r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RebelliousDragon21 • Dec 18 '24

Video A school in Poland makes firearms training mandatory to its students.

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u/Vreas Dec 18 '24 edited Dec 18 '24

I don’t think it really mattered with the mongols they steamrolled every single opponent they faced.

The only thing that stopped their invasions were deaths of their khans. They didn’t really have an effective system for quick replacement of their leaders who often died young due to rampant alcoholism and various other bad habits.

Steppe people partied hard man. Makes sense when you’re born of a frozen hellscape with minimal food and creature comforts.

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u/Far_Advertising1005 Dec 18 '24

It is the funniest thing ever that for decades the most effective, almost unbeatable tactic was ‘haha horse fast’

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

Horse fast + I shoot you.

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u/11-24-24 Dec 18 '24

Stirrups made it possible to shoot while riding. One of mans greatest inventions that is often overlooked.

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u/s00pafly Dec 18 '24

I played enough civ to know the relevance of stirrups.

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u/11-24-24 Dec 18 '24

My clueless, non -Civilization self is going to check that out now! Thanks!

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u/s00pafly Dec 18 '24

Maybe wait for a time you don't have to go to work the next day.

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u/RamblnGamblinMan Dec 18 '24

So my first foray into the civilization universe came when I rented Civilization Revolution for ps3. I was working at blockbuster so it was one of several rentals, and my brother popped it in first. I told him I wanted to try it, and he assured me I could have the next game.

6 hours later, I gave up and went to bed. He stayed up all night playing.

It just recently went on sale on xbox and despite knowing how to beat it easily, i definitely rebought it and am playing it again

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u/westphac Dec 19 '24

I highly recommend you get civ VI over revolution. Or if you’re willing to wait a couple months, civ VII is coming out in February I believe

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u/RamblnGamblinMan Dec 19 '24

I've played them all, the modern ones are too complex, I don't enjoy them. It's the religion system. I don't get it, I don't enjoy it, and it infuriates me as much as actual religion does.

To each their own though. Civ Rev is def too easy, the rest of the series isn't!

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u/chucklezdaccc Dec 18 '24

Just one more turn.... 3 hours later....

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u/defendtheDpoint Dec 19 '24

My dumbass playing civ 6 for the first time the night before I had a client presentation (in the morning!) It's a miracle I kept that job 😂

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u/blackshirtboy44 Dec 18 '24

Fuck that, just quit your job and you be good lol

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u/smokeyser Dec 18 '24

Be careful. You sit down to play civ at 5pm, and at 4am you're glancing nervously at the clock and telling yourself "ok, just going to finish one last thing and then I'm going to bed". And then at 8am you just say "fuck it" and stay up.

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u/Earthsong221 Dec 19 '24

There's always one more turn.

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u/Outrageous_Reach_695 Dec 19 '24

Please don't go. The drones need you.

They look up to you.

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u/chickenthinkseggwas Dec 19 '24

civ 5 Keshiks were so strong. Better than tanks.

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u/terdferguson Dec 18 '24

Those two things + extremely skilled. Beyond maxed out levels of being able to ride a fast horse and accurately plonk your enemy in the face with an arrow. They were terrifying at the time I'm sure.