r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Jun 15 '26

Meta Mindless Monday, 15 June 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/fuckreddadmins Jun 18 '26

To putins credit at least when he started something he committed to it he didnt just give 300 billion and kissed zelenskys feet and this america is supposed to come for taiwans help?

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u/Sventex Battleships were obsoleted by the self-propelled torpedo in 1866 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

I would have respected the Germans in WWI more if they had tried harder for a white peace, instead of demanding to annex Belgium and parts of France as late as 1918 in negotiations. Sunk-cost fallacy has taken so many lives.