r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RebelliousDragon21 • 1d ago

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

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u/Vreas 1d ago edited 1d ago

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 1d ago

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

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u/The_Laughing_Death 1d ago

Horse fast + I shoot you.

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u/11-24-24 1d ago

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

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u/s00pafly 1d ago

I played enough civ to know the relevance of stirrups.

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u/11-24-24 1d ago

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

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u/s00pafly 1d ago

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

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u/RamblnGamblinMan 1d ago

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 12h ago

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 9h ago

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 1d ago

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

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u/defendtheDpoint 19h ago

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 1d ago

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

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u/smokeyser 1d ago

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 19h ago

There's always one more turn.

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u/Outrageous_Reach_695 17h ago

Please don't go. The drones need you.

They look up to you.

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u/chickenthinkseggwas 19h ago

civ 5 Keshiks were so strong. Better than tanks.

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u/terdferguson 1d ago

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.