Glossary of Sealion Threads

[KyleB]

Another thread...

http://www.alternatehistory.com/disc...d.php?t=223550

[teg]

Originally Posted by KyleB

Another thread...

http://www.alternatehistory.com/disc...d.php?t=223550

I thought the whole point of this thread was for noobs to post in here their silly Sealion ideas?

And couldn't we have a notice in the sign up page saying:

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT SEALION LOTS. IT WOULDN'T WORK. ACCEPT IT. NOW GO AND POST SOMETHING INTERESTING.

[Color-Copycat]

No, the point of this thread is to direct newcomers to preexisting threads and AH scenarios that have thoroughly deconstructed the Sealion delusion in order that they may learn to accept the inevitability of its failure.

[Fabius Cunctator]

I hope people will also be reminded that not every opinion is related to Sea Lion. In a vote on which World War was closest for the Nazis, people had a hard time avoiding the Sea Lion admonition. Air superiority during the battle of Britain is not the exact same topic as saying that Sea Lion was likely to work with minor tweaks. Saying that WW2 was more of a toss-up at some point than WW1 is not all about sea lion either.

Just a reminder, Sea Lion, important as it was, is not always and everywhere important... except maybe on that Star Wars / Sea Lion thread with the occult bats, sea lions, and crabs. That one is comedy and there the Sea Lions are always and everywhere important.

[eliphas8]

Originally Posted by Fabius Cunctator

I hope people will also be reminded that not every opinion is related to Sea Lion. In a vote on which World War was closest for the Nazis, people had a hard time avoiding the Sea Lion admonition. Air superiority during the battle of Britain is not the exact same topic as saying that Sea Lion was likely to work with minor tweaks. Saying that WW2 was more of a toss-up at some point than WW1 is not all about sea lion either.

Just a reminder, Sea Lion, important as it was, is not always and everywhere important... except maybe on that Star Wars / Sea Lion thread with the occult bats, sea lions, and crabs. That one is comedy and there the Sea Lions are always and everywhere important.

I remember that poll, wasnt it like 70% saying that World War I was easier to win with a much smaller number arguing that World War II was easier to win?

[Fabius Cunctator]

Originally Posted by eliphas8

I remember that poll, wasnt it like 70% saying that World War I was easier to win with a much smaller number arguing that World War II was easier to win?

Goes to show the level of group-think. One-party states could only dream of such a vote-count.

[Michele]

Originally Posted by Fabius Cunctator

Goes to show the level of group-think. One-party states could only dream of such a vote-count.

Naaah. That's just a sizable majority of thinkers.

You want to get a vague idea of one-party-state levels of vote counts? What about Turkmenistan's President who was elected with a neat 97%?
In his acceptance speech, he stated he had hoped to do better, but he'll strive for 100% in the next elections.

(This latter paragraph is a joke. The previous one isn't.)

[eliphas8]

http://www.alternatehistory.com/disc...d.php?t=234336

We got another one.

[eliphas8]

Originally Posted by Fabius Cunctator

Goes to show the level of group-think. One-party states could only dream of such a vote-count.

NO it isnt, thats only heavy corruption and voter fraud. One party states have numbers along the lines of 179% of the people support the leading party.

[Shaby]

And here is a new one. Enjoy.

[Armored Diplomacy]

The latest one:

http://www.alternatehistory.com/disc...d.php?t=240691

(Can anyone help me properly emb this?)

(Fixed)

[CalBear]

Originally Posted by Peter Parker

The latest one:

http://www.alternatehistory.com/disc...ad.php?t=24061

(Can anyone help me properly emb this?)

I'm going to assume that you actually thought this was funny.

Do this sort of thing again and you get a vacation.

[Armored Diplomacy]

Originally Posted by CalBear

I'm going to assume that you actually thought this was funny.

Do this sort of thing again and you get a vacation.

OOPS! That was a mistake. I actually thought that led to a recent Sealion thread. I must have typed something wrong in the link.

I meant to add in the new "Hitler takes Britain" thread by TMS2224. I see now I forgot to put a "9" in where I should have.

Fixed.

[Armored Diplomacy]

http://www.alternatehistory.com/disc...d.php?t=243170

Does this count?

[overoceans]

Another poster brought to my attention that I had made a rather grave error by positing a Nazi invasion of Newfoundland in WWII, and advided me to check out this thread. So, here I am. Apologies again.

I suppose, in keeping with the OP of the thread, this sticky would be an apt place to house my offending post:

Ah, maybe if the Nazis had somehow managed to grab Nfld. during World War II. Then Stalin, after conferring with FDR, Churchill, and MacKenzie King, orders American and Canadian Communists to flood up there and fight the fascists. Roosevelt and King like the idea, because it'll get the domestic Communists out of their hair for a while, so they use their navies to sail partisans in and mop up. They figure they can wring the island back from the Soviets after the war. But Stalin has other ideas.

It would still be pretty hard for the Soviets to exert any control over their Newfoundland proxy in the postwar, geography being what it is. And the Socialist Republic Of Newfoundland would not enjoy much support from its citizens, such as the later third-world Communists did. The Soviets would probably just trade it away by 1950.

Here is the thread

[King of Rome]

Whats wrong with new folks talking about a point in history they like? Sure it's talked to death, but some new people want to talk about it.

[Grey Wolf]

Originally Posted by King of Rome

Whats wrong with new folks talking about a point in history they like? Sure it's talked to death, but some new people want to talk about it.

But its a violation of our collective elitism!

Best Regards
Grey Wolf

[King of Rome]

Originally Posted by Grey Wolf

But its a violation of our collective elitism!

Best Regards
Grey Wolf

Oh... I did not know there was an elite class. Can I join? I will totally h8 on teh n00bs in that case.

[lycan]

http://www.alternatehistory.com/disc...d.php?t=237049

[Michele]

http://www.alternatehistory.com/disc...d.php?t=259851

Just don't come by sea, only by air. Yeah right.