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Reply to comment by vibrant_crab in TIL a year after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English sent their own Armada to Spain, leading to similar losses of ships and men, and an ignominious English defeat by malektewaus

The UK managed to get their version of history taught in the entire west, for some reason:

- The Spanish armada's failure is known, this isn't known

- Everyone knows about the devastating English longbow and Agincourt, even though England, you know, lost that war.

- The Irish potato famine and the Bengal famine, if they're known about at all, are mostly seen as a tragic accident and not the fault of the Brits at all. Conversely, for example the Holodomor is seen as a malicious and intentional genocide. I'm not saying those situations are the exact same, but it still seems a bit skewed to say that the Brits were 0% at fault for their famines while the Soviets were 100% at fault for their famines.

- While obviously the UK was important in WW2, frankly its role is a bit overstated while the Soviet Union's role is a bit understated.

- Even though the Brits had the largest empire ever, they're still thought of as polite, cultured people as opposed to people who ran an empire.

- India's colonization is seen as quasi-positive in the west.

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Reply to Baby clothes have pockets but babies have zero need for pockets. Meanwhile women's clothing often lacks pockets when women desperately need them. by HalfLawKiss

This is always so weird to me.

We're not living in the Soviet Union, where women's clothing don't have pockets because the communist party determines what kind of clothing gets made.

If women indeed desperately want clothing with pockets and if indeed it's simply not really available, then just start your own company and you'll probably be a millionaire in a decade.

This sounds to me more like women say they want pockets, but then when they're actually in the store they prioritize other things over pockets.

It's a bit like how people say that they want more leg room during their flight, but then in practice they always book the cheapest flight instead.

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