
thespanishcel
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Ded srs I respect history as the study of the past but it attracts so many weirdos I distance myself from them. Just check social media comments or soyit threads and you will see a pattern. From what I see history attracts:
-Band kids who make unfunny memes trying to be smart and edgy but fail
-People with extreme political opinions
-Larpers who like to pretend to be a crusader, a roman centurion, wehrmacht soldier, etc.
You don't see this kind of people in other parts of humanities like literature, anthropology, classics, etc. Philosophy also tends to attract weirdos but they're the pretentious smart kind not the cringe type. Maybe it's because history is more simple and accessible? Also good to note that this type of people are very obsessed with military history to the point it's the only kind of history they focus. Ask them something outside Rome, medieval warfare or the 20th century and they will be very lost kek. I always thought being obsessed with war and military is a childish trait.
-Band kids who make unfunny memes trying to be smart and edgy but fail
-People with extreme political opinions
-Larpers who like to pretend to be a crusader, a roman centurion, wehrmacht soldier, etc.
You don't see this kind of people in other parts of humanities like literature, anthropology, classics, etc. Philosophy also tends to attract weirdos but they're the pretentious smart kind not the cringe type. Maybe it's because history is more simple and accessible? Also good to note that this type of people are very obsessed with military history to the point it's the only kind of history they focus. Ask them something outside Rome, medieval warfare or the 20th century and they will be very lost kek. I always thought being obsessed with war and military is a childish trait.