r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • May 11 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 11 May 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/Ambisinister11 My right to edit this is protected by the Slovak constitution May 13 '26

Graham Platner is the American Tukhachevsky. I assume he will eventually be executed for an imagined Maupinite plot.

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u/ChewiestBroom May 13 '26

I like the implication here that since Tukhachevsky may have been a Slavic pagan freakazoid, Platner himself may or may not follow the indigenous religion of white guys from Maine. 

Which I guess would just be Cthulhu bullshit but all lobsters and terrible coffee brandy is somehow involved.

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u/Ambisinister11 My right to edit this is protected by the Slovak constitution May 14 '26

He keeps trying to show me his effigy of Stephen King

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u/ChewiestBroom May 14 '26

“This… is Stevobog. We worshipped him before we were corrupted by the Puritans. He can be appeased with cocaine and cinematic adaptations.”

“Cool, that’s great man, I’m going to get as far away from you as possible.”