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| **[[Dave Howery]]**: Everyone used to be strangely convinced that Dave has a giant bushy biker beard (which he strenuously denies) and Dave himself wants to invade Canada with an army of robot tanks. Now people just ignore him. See main article. | **[[Dave Howery]]**: Everyone used to be strangely convinced that Dave has a giant bushy biker beard (which he strenuously denies) and Dave himself wants to invade Canada with an army of robot tanks. Now people just ignore him. See main article. |
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| **Hockey-Rice**: [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=3656|A 2004 ASB scenario]] by [[KJM]] in which Canada and China merge into one country called Hockey-Rice to provide a worthy opponent to the USA. Its flag is a colour-inverted and flipped Nazi flag. [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=20685|Often]] [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=75677|referenced]] in mid-2000s AH.com media. | **Hockey-Rice**: [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=3656|A 2004 ASB scenario]] by [[KJM]] in which Canada and China merge into one country called Hockey-Rice to provide a worthy opponent to the USA. Its flag is a colour-inverted and flipped Nazi flag. [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=75677|Often referenced]] in mid-2000s AH.com media. |
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| **The [[Sheep Thread]], AKA "SHEEP THE SIZE OF VW CAMPER VANS!!!!!!"**: Legendary ASB thread created by Landshark which ran for many pages and spawned multiple [[AH.com Religions]]. | **The [[Sheep Thread]], AKA "SHEEP THE SIZE OF VW CAMPER VANS!!!!!!"**: Legendary ASB thread created by Landshark which ran for many pages and spawned multiple [[AH.com Religions]]. |
| **Fake Spanish**: Popularised by [[Thermopylae]], the Fake Spanish language is often called upon when presenting new media for a TL, especially "El Mappo!" whenever a new map is made. (Real Spanish would be 'La Carte!' or "¡El Mapa!") Fake Spanish is also often used with respect to the [[Heterosexual Reconquista]]. | **Fake Spanish**: Popularised by [[Thermopylae]], the Fake Spanish language is often called upon when presenting new media for a TL, especially "El Mappo!" whenever a new map is made. (Real Spanish would be 'La Carte!' or "¡El Mapa!") Fake Spanish is also often used with respect to the [[Heterosexual Reconquista]]. |
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| **The Inevitable Republic of [[Deseret]]/Inevitable Kingdom of [[Burgundy]]/Inevitable Kingdom of [[Hungary]]**: A term coined by [[Imajin]] for Deseret and then modified by [[Thande]] for Burgundy and by some other members for Hungary, to describe how those two states often pop up in maps of North America and Europe, respectively, with little explanation, often defying the [[alternate history:butterfly effect]]. This meme also inspired the name 'Inevitablid Caliphate of Europe' (see below). | **The Inevitable Republic of [[alternate history:Deseret]]/Inevitable Kingdom of [[Burgundy]]/Inevitable Kingdom of [[Hungary]]**: A term coined by [[Imajin]] for Deseret and then modified by [[Thande]] for Burgundy and by some other members for Hungary, to describe how those two states often pop up in maps of North America and Europe, respectively, with little explanation, often defying the [[alternate history:butterfly effect]]. This meme also inspired the name 'Inevitablid Caliphate of Europe' (see below). |
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| **The [[alternate_history:Space Filling Empire]]**: Another map term invented by Imajin, to describe how inexperienced mapmakers often fill up areas they have no ideas about (usually Africa or Central Asia) with a poorly defined empire or union of some kind. The concept is now referenced at TV Tropes. | **The [[alternate_history:Space Filling Empire]]**: Another map term invented by Imajin, to describe how inexperienced mapmakers often fill up areas they have no ideas about (usually Africa or Central Asia) with a poorly defined empire or union of some kind. The concept is now referenced at TV Tropes. |
| **Chinese inventions**: According to AH.com, not only did [[China]] invent gunpowder, the printing press etc. before anyone else, but also any concept that comes up in a thread about China, such as censorship, [[usa|America]], and exaggeration. Most notably, as [[Dave Howery]] observed, the Chinese invented bears, you know. | **Chinese inventions**: According to AH.com, not only did [[China]] invent gunpowder, the printing press etc. before anyone else, but also any concept that comes up in a thread about China, such as censorship, [[usa|America]], and exaggeration. Most notably, as [[Dave Howery]] observed, the Chinese invented bears, you know. |
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| Interestingly, as observed by [[Thande]], the **Romans** [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=3255953&postcount=1388|invented Taoism, South Korea, and Pepsi-Cola]]... | Interestingly, as observed by [[Thande]], the **Romans** [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-3255953|invented Taoism, South Korea, and Pepsi-Cola]]... |
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| **[[Landshark]] is actually Mama Cass out of the Mamas and the Papas**: Deduced by [[The Bald Imposter]]. | **[[Landshark]] is actually Mama Cass out of the Mamas and the Papas**: Deduced by [[The Bald Imposter]]. |
| **[[The Colour Scheme War]]**: An [[ah.com conflicts|AH.com civil war]] that //almost// errupted due to arguments among the [[Mappist Cabal]] over the merit of various [[resources:map colour schemes]] and the results of a narrow vote on what to colour non-communist Russia on AH maps - green or gold or something else entirely ? Three main ideological factions arose from the conflict, becoming mini-memes in and of themselves: The [[Greensheviks]] (pro-Green Russia), the [[Goldilocks]] (pro-Gold Russia) and the [[Map Marauders]] (anarchistic, Russia to be coloured according one's preferences). Yeah, a lot of the humour was based on [[pods:Russian Civil War]] analogies... The Colour Scheme War has recently been picked up as a potential story arc for [[stories:AH.com Enterprise|the revived AH.com series]]. | **[[The Colour Scheme War]]**: An [[ah.com conflicts|AH.com civil war]] that //almost// errupted due to arguments among the [[Mappist Cabal]] over the merit of various [[resources:map colour schemes]] and the results of a narrow vote on what to colour non-communist Russia on AH maps - green or gold or something else entirely ? Three main ideological factions arose from the conflict, becoming mini-memes in and of themselves: The [[Greensheviks]] (pro-Green Russia), the [[Goldilocks]] (pro-Gold Russia) and the [[Map Marauders]] (anarchistic, Russia to be coloured according one's preferences). Yeah, a lot of the humour was based on [[pods:Russian Civil War]] analogies... The Colour Scheme War has recently been picked up as a potential story arc for [[stories:AH.com Enterprise|the revived AH.com series]]. |
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| **2011, the First Year of the ASB**: The year [[2011]] has had events so unlikely that it has been dubbed the Year of the ASB. This has gotten somewhat annoying, and sometimes results in the speaker being slapped [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/attachment.php?attachmentid=155326&d=1317449313|with a frozen trout]]. | **2011, the First Year of the ASB**: The year [[2011]] has had events so unlikely that it has been dubbed the Year of the ASB. This has gotten somewhat annoying, and sometimes results in the speaker being slapped [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/155326/|with a frozen trout]]. |
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| **2012, the Second Year of the ASB**: The year 2012 is also known as the Year of the Future History Cliche, because it has had technology develop that was future history cliches, such as hydrogen leaves, artificial life, Indian satellites, asteroid mining, rogue geoengineering, revamping the USA's states, and all that jazz. | **2012, the Second Year of the ASB**: The year 2012 is also known as the Year of the Future History Cliche, because it has had technology develop that was future history cliches, such as hydrogen leaves, artificial life, Indian satellites, asteroid mining, rogue geoengineering, revamping the USA's states, and all that jazz. |
| **All Mac's Favourite Shows Get Cancelled**: [[MacCaulay]] is known for going on epic rants about his favourite TV shows being cancelled by daft American TV executives (starting with //Stargate Universe//). This has led to the idea that TV executives deliberately spy on him to find out which shows he likes so they can cancel them. | **All Mac's Favourite Shows Get Cancelled**: [[MacCaulay]] is known for going on epic rants about his favourite TV shows being cancelled by daft American TV executives (starting with //Stargate Universe//). This has led to the idea that TV executives deliberately spy on him to find out which shows he likes so they can cancel them. |
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| **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/attachment.php?attachmentid=148805&d=1312072437|China]] Need Not [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/attachment.php?attachmentid=148808&d=1312073008|Throwing Banana]]**: Anyone who says otherwise is a "western propogenda fucker", spreading anti-Chinese "propoganda". Just ask [[kahing]]. | **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/148805/|China]] Need Not [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/148808/|Throwing Banana]]**: Anyone who says otherwise is a "western propogenda fucker", spreading anti-Chinese "propoganda". Just ask [[kahing]]. |
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| **Sealion TV**: The moniker bestowed upon Spike TV's Alternate History television show after their first episode depicted a pathetically ASB German victory in WWII followed by Nazi occupation of the United States. | **Sealion TV**: The moniker bestowed upon Spike TV's Alternate History television show after their first episode depicted a pathetically ASB German victory in WWII followed by Nazi occupation of the United States. |
| Some common references include (but are not limited to): What if Peoples blood becoming strawberry syrup, earth exploding in 1982, Sonic the Hedgehog in 1926, etc. Masteraccount's escapades were one of the reasons why Ian officially forbade the posting of cruel and pointless scenarios in the ASB forum. (Though this rule has been in place since the site's existence, so it was technically nothing new.) | Some common references include (but are not limited to): What if Peoples blood becoming strawberry syrup, earth exploding in 1982, Sonic the Hedgehog in 1926, etc. Masteraccount's escapades were one of the reasons why Ian officially forbade the posting of cruel and pointless scenarios in the ASB forum. (Though this rule has been in place since the site's existence, so it was technically nothing new.) |
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| **Two warm-water ports ! And a transcontinental railroad to connect them ! And Alsace-Lorraine !**: A list of territorial demands, expanding on "a warm-water port", that can be applied to virtually any state (except France, obviously). First used in reference to [[New Mexico]] by [[Kaiphranos]], discussing a [[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=6015863&postcount=5268|map]] by Beedok; has since [[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=6355780&postcount=13|appeared]] for [[Austria]], regarding the rumored accession of the [[greece|Greek]] island of Ikaria. | **Two warm-water ports ! And a transcontinental railroad to connect them ! And Alsace-Lorraine !**: A list of territorial demands, expanding on "a warm-water port", that can be applied to virtually any state (except France, obviously). First used in reference to [[New Mexico]] by [[Kaiphranos]], discussing a [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6015863|map]] by Beedok; has since [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6355780|appeared]] for [[Austria]], regarding the rumored accession of the [[greece|Greek]] island of Ikaria. |
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| **Everyone loves Brian Schweitzer**: Due to the popularity of current Governor of [[Montana]] Brian Schweitzer both in his own right with AH.com's Amerileft and with the writers of American political timelines in the FH forum, this has led to the idea that most or all of AH.com's members are madly in love with Schweitzer and act like creepy stalkers with a crush towards him. | **Everyone loves Brian Schweitzer**: Due to the popularity of current Governor of [[Montana]] Brian Schweitzer both in his own right with AH.com's Amerileft and with the writers of American political timelines in the FH forum, this has led to the idea that most or all of AH.com's members are madly in love with Schweitzer and act like creepy stalkers with a crush towards him. |
| **[[Swiftian Fae Monarchism]]**: [[Orville_third]] once started a thread regarding an article on an internet rumor that Nicholas Cage is a vampire, offhandedly mentioning his theory that Taylor Swift is a fairy princess. The thread quickly diverted to the latter topic. Since then, it has not only popped up regarding Orville_third's comments, but [[King Thomas]] has joined in, and it even shows up during unrelated threads. | **[[Swiftian Fae Monarchism]]**: [[Orville_third]] once started a thread regarding an article on an internet rumor that Nicholas Cage is a vampire, offhandedly mentioning his theory that Taylor Swift is a fairy princess. The thread quickly diverted to the latter topic. Since then, it has not only popped up regarding Orville_third's comments, but [[King Thomas]] has joined in, and it even shows up during unrelated threads. |
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| **[[underboard|The Underboard]]**: Prior to the end of the world in December 2012, [[Glen]] [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=6966240&postcount=32|revealed to us]] the terrifying secret behind this mythical eldritch location of the [[New Board]]... | **[[underboard|The Underboard]]**: Prior to the end of the world in December 2012, [[Glen]] [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6966240|revealed to us]] the terrifying secret behind this mythical eldritch location of the [[New Board]]... |
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| **Richard Nixon**: There are a variety of running themes related to America's 37th president. Firstly, AH.com is home to more people than usual who will defend his overall record (though by no means everyone) rather than seeing him as entirely defined by Watergate as is common in popular culture, a dissonance which often surprises newer members. Secondly, the fact that Nixon always looks awkward in photos and has some rather surprising ones (like one with Elvis and one where he's levitating) has made him a common target for the "Things that look like AH but aren't" thread. Overall, Nixon comes up in conversations more often than you might think. | **Richard Nixon**: There are a variety of running themes related to America's 37th president. Firstly, AH.com is home to more people than usual who will defend his overall record (though by no means everyone) rather than seeing him as entirely defined by Watergate as is common in popular culture, a dissonance which often surprises newer members. Secondly, the fact that Nixon always looks awkward in photos and has some rather surprising ones (like one with Elvis and one where he's levitating) has made him a common target for the "Things that look like AH but aren't" thread. Overall, Nixon comes up in conversations more often than you might think. |
| **Computer Strategy Game Geopolitics:** The apparent belief of some more obscure members of the site (including the ever-dependable [[n00bs]]) that current international geopolitics is basically just a larger version of grand strategy or real time strategy computer games. (In truth, AH.com's long-lasting obsession with both genres might have something to do with it.) This leads to peculiar statements that show up //shockingly often// even in Political Chat threads. [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=346714|One example]] out of many... Perhaps the commonest cliché of these beliefs is the notion that a rebellious new nation or separatist/insurgent group "needs to hold territory for a certain amount of time" and then will become //somehow// automatically approved and recognised by the rest of the world. (Your bet as to "Why?" is as good as our's. It might have something to do with the popular contemporary notion of "humans are all apathetic" being taken to its logical extreme.) | **Computer Strategy Game Geopolitics:** The apparent belief of some more obscure members of the site (including the ever-dependable [[n00bs]]) that current international geopolitics is basically just a larger version of grand strategy or real time strategy computer games. (In truth, AH.com's long-lasting obsession with both genres might have something to do with it.) This leads to peculiar statements that show up //shockingly often// even in Political Chat threads. [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=346714|One example]] out of many... Perhaps the commonest cliché of these beliefs is the notion that a rebellious new nation or separatist/insurgent group "needs to hold territory for a certain amount of time" and then will become //somehow// automatically approved and recognised by the rest of the world. (Your bet as to "Why?" is as good as our's. It might have something to do with the popular contemporary notion of "humans are all apathetic" being taken to its logical extreme.) |
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| **This post requires an AH.com [NAME OF PRECIOUS METAL] Account to view:** [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=10479555#post10479555|Started by]] [[xnm|Richard Harrow]] in Sabot Cat's Social Thread, spoofing the premium account nature of a lot of sites on the Internet, including many bigger discussion forums. [[nlspeed]] wasn't particularly satisfied by this joke, deeming it old and bearded. [[CannedTech]] proposed that curious AH.commers should pay for these account viewing fees by Dogecoin - because an AH site needs it's own made-up equivalent of Bitcoin, of course! | **This post requires an AH.com [NAME OF PRECIOUS METAL] Account to view:** [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-10479555|Started by]] [[xnm|Richard Harrow]] in Sabot Cat's Social Thread, spoofing the premium account nature of a lot of sites on the Internet, including many bigger discussion forums. [[nlspeed]] wasn't particularly satisfied by this joke, deeming it old and bearded. [[CannedTech]] proposed that curious AH.commers should pay for these account viewing fees by Dogecoin - because an AH site needs it's own made-up equivalent of Bitcoin, of course! |
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| **"[[Dogs of Flanders]]", Lord Roem's (virtual) band:** A running joke about [[Lord Roem]] that started in the fourth [[how do you look|How do you look ?]] thread after he posted some photos of him and his friends on a moody-looking sea coast with overcast weather, and joked about it being a good background for an album cover. [[Georgepatton]] was quick to embrace this, and the band "Dogs of Flanders" [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=8245202#post8245202|was born]]. Ever since then, Dogs of Flanders had already published [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=10524688#post10524688|a second album]]. | **"[[Dogs of Flanders]]", Lord Roem's (virtual) band:** A running joke about [[Lord Roem]] that started in the fourth [[how do you look|How do you look ?]] thread after he posted some photos of him and his friends on a moody-looking sea coast with overcast weather, and joked about it being a good background for an album cover. [[Georgepatton]] was quick to embrace this, and the band "Dogs of Flanders" [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-8245202|was born]]. Ever since then, Dogs of Flanders had already published [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-10524688|a second album]]. |
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| **Technocracy is fascism for nerds:** The meme developed and reoccured in a series of threads in PolChat from early 2015, in which board members theoretically discussed technocracy's feasibility and effectiveness as a real world political regime. While the consensus was that technocracy would see little success and effectiveness in any realistic scale, the meme was embraced by quite a few AH.commers with a wry sense of humour. | **Technocracy is fascism for nerds:** The meme developed and reoccured in a series of threads in PolChat from early 2015, in which board members theoretically discussed technocracy's feasibility and effectiveness as a real world political regime. While the consensus was that technocracy would see little success and effectiveness in any realistic scale, the meme was embraced by quite a few AH.commers with a wry sense of humour. |
| **"Bellowing Antropoids" and "Britain is Fat/VAT":** Mostly [[the politibrits|politbrit]] memes that appeared after the conclusion of the controversial "Brexit" referendum in the UK. Shortly after their spread in Political Chat, they became so memetic that they quickly lost any serious connotations they might have had first, and devolved into purely sarcastic usage by all involved. | **"Bellowing Antropoids" and "Britain is Fat/VAT":** Mostly [[the politibrits|politbrit]] memes that appeared after the conclusion of the controversial "Brexit" referendum in the UK. Shortly after their spread in Political Chat, they became so memetic that they quickly lost any serious connotations they might have had first, and devolved into purely sarcastic usage by all involved. |
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| **Top Kekkonen:** Charming meme devised by [[DrakonFin]] by combining the already established Internet expression "top kek" (a belly laugh, a "super-<nowiki>LOL</nowiki>") with a photo of a chuckling Urho Kekkonen, Finland's famous Cold War era president. The caption added to the photo was, naturally, "Top Kekkonen". Originally intended [[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/vladimir-zhirinovsky-tells-americans-to-vote-for-trump-or-face-nuclear-war.400589/page-3#post-13356778|as a one-off joke]] in a thread discussing Putin's politics towards Finland and other neighbours of Russia, it developed something of a cult following in PolChat and was still being used even several months later. Effectivelly became the indigenous AH.com version of the "top kek" shorthand. | **Top Kekkonen:** Charming meme devised by [[DrakonFin]] by combining the already established Internet expression "top kek" (a belly laugh, a "super-<nowiki>LOL</nowiki>") with a photo of a chuckling Urho Kekkonen, Finland's famous Cold War era president. The caption added to the photo was, naturally, "Top Kekkonen". Originally intended as a one-off joke in a thread discussing Putin's politics towards Finland and other neighbours of Russia, it developed something of a cult following in PolChat and was still being used even several months later. Effectivelly became the indigenous AH.com version of the "top kek" shorthand. |
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| **"Their account surely got hacked/doxxed !":** Many younger AH.commers who joined in the latter 2010s seem to have a tendency to blame virtually every kick or ban of anyone who eventually exposed themselves as a racist/troll/etc. to be the result of "his/her account getting hacked", "getting doxxed", and so on. Admittedly, once or twice is a possibility not to be dismissed. But when tens of people eventually reveal themselves as unpleasant individuals who severely break the board's rules (time and time again, until they're banned), the idea that they're merely the products of "hacked accounts" by some mean-spirited anonymous persons becomes... dubious, at best. | **"Their account surely got hacked/doxxed !":** Many younger AH.commers who joined in the latter 2010s seem to have a tendency to blame virtually every kick or ban of anyone who eventually exposed themselves as a racist/troll/etc. to be the result of "his/her account getting hacked", "getting doxxed", and so on. Admittedly, once or twice is a possibility not to be dismissed. But when tens of people eventually reveal themselves as unpleasant individuals who severely break the board's rules (time and time again, until they're banned), the idea that they're merely the products of "hacked accounts" by some mean-spirited anonymous persons becomes... dubious, at best. |
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| **The Pemon people of Venezuela are badass archers who can defeat anyone:** In the otherwise mostly sad thread on developments in Venezuela during its long-lasting 2010s crisis, a short-lived memetic joke got started after [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/venezuela-thread.363264/page-201#post-18504223|a report appeared]] on the 22nd February 2019 about the native Pemon minority of Venezuela. The Pemon locals single-handedly arrested some police and army employees of the regime, who were attacking and harassing them. A photo found on the Internet, showing the situation after the arrest and Pemon victory, showed members of the Maduro regime police surrendered, waiting in an outdoor tent. Local Pemon citizens stood nearby, guarding them. The sole armed Pemon seen in the photo [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/venezuela-thread.363264/page-202#post-18506236|carried a... native bow]]. This led to some AH.commers joking for a while that the downtrodden natives are badass enough to have beaten the gun-toting cops and militias //with only bows and arrows//. Predictably, a lot of comparisons to the oldest //Civilization// games, where spearmen were known to beat tanks and helicopters due to bugs or balacing issues, promptly ensued. Though the actual situation of the Pemon [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/venezuela-thread.363264/page-233#post-18584655|wasn't cheery at all]], their feat of resisting harassment by regime personnel and even arresting them on their own (without bothering to brag about their weaponry in the photos) earned them the admiration of AH.commers frequenting the Venezuela thread. Given the all-around awful developments in Venezuela at the time, and even regime-loyal cops and soldiers defecting not only out of disgust, but //because they admitted to running out of ammo//, the AH.com speculation that the shrinking ammo supplies could make Pemon bows suddenly deadlier than guns seemed to have gained a new lease of life ! | **The Pemon people of Venezuela are badass archers who can defeat anyone:** In the otherwise mostly sad thread on developments in Venezuela during its long-lasting 2010s crisis, a short-lived memetic joke got started after [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/venezuela-thread.363264/page-201#post-18504223|a report appeared]] on the 22nd February 2019 about the native Pemon minority of Venezuela. The Pemon locals single-handedly arrested some police and army employees of the regime, who were attacking and harassing them. A photo found on the Internet, showing the situation after the arrest and Pemon victory, showed members of the Maduro regime police surrendered, waiting in an outdoor tent. Local Pemon citizens stood nearby, guarding them. The sole armed Pemon seen in the photo [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/venezuela-thread.363264/page-202#post-18506236|carried a... native bow]]. This led to some AH.commers joking for a while that the downtrodden natives are badass enough to have beaten the gun-toting cops and militias //with only bows and arrows//. Predictably, a lot of comparisons to the oldest //Civilization// games, where spearmen were known to beat tanks and helicopters due to bugs or balacing issues, promptly ensued. Though the actual situation of the Pemon [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/venezuela-thread.363264/page-233#post-18584655|wasn't cheery at all]], their feat of resisting harassment by regime personnel and even arresting them on their own (without bothering to brag about their weaponry in the photos) earned them the admiration of AH.commers frequenting the Venezuela thread. Given the all-around awful developments in Venezuela at the time, and even regime-loyal cops and soldiers defecting not only out of disgust, but //because they admitted to running out of ammo//, the AH.com speculation that the shrinking ammo supplies could make Pemon bows suddenly deadlier than guns seemed to have gained a new lease of life ! |
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| | **Petike - part MacGyver, part Jason Bourne ?:** Petike got back into his old archery and bowyery hobby during the summer of 2019. He showed off photos of his first-ever hand-built, entirely non-metal crossbow in the social thread, commenting humbly "I was bored over the weekend, so I made this...". The showcase prompted comments such as General Tirpitz's "//Compared to bored General Tirpitz, bored Petike is much more productive.//" and Baron Bizzare's "//Note to Self: Do not give Petike plutonium when he's bored.//". Be warned, Petike announced plans to make a lever-action "latchet crossbow" later that summer, again with using only scrap materials. Best head for the hills, ladies and gents ! (Currently, there is no proof that Petike played the MacGyver theme song as BGM while assembling his contraption of doom.) |
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| | **"Put videos under a spoiler, please !":** Minor meme based on actually reasonable netiquette, that originated in several fast-paced PolChat discussion threads where people were posting a lot of videos, frequently, rather than just every now and then. This resulted in the loading times and loads in some people's browsers causing issues. As a result of the issue, Ian the Admin asked everyone politely but firmly to please put all shared videos in those discussion threds under a spouler. Though this issue kept recurring from time to time by people who forgot the rule, others were quick to remind them to... "Put videos under a spoiler, please !". |
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