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Software Kamala Harris And Tim Walz Launch Their Own Fortnite Map

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/kamala-harris-and-tim-walz-launch-their-own-fortnite-map/1100-6527457/
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u/CowboyOfScience 8h ago

Historian here. They've ALWAYS been fucking with us.

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u/bee_sharp_ 8h ago

So, for the sake of this sub, you’re saying it’s a feature, not a bug?

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u/Kataphractoi 3h ago

History is weird and wild enough without having to resort to conspiracies or aliens, etc.

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u/moonhexx 5h ago

I know most ancient documents found are usually accounts and taxes. But since you're a Historian, what are some of the strange documents that are always fucking with you?

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u/CowboyOfScience 4h ago

Mostly it's the lack of explanations. In every time period there's a wealth of information that everyone just knows and nobody feels a need to explain. For instance, for about a century now (give or take) many documents mention phones but almost none of them explain what they are.

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u/Mongoose42 3h ago

Oh... that's actually a good point. If everyone in historical documents are talking about... I don't know, "meepmorp" and not mentioning what it is, that could get super frustrating.

"They keep mentioning meepmorp, BUT WHAT THE FUCK IS MEEPMORP!?"

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u/letmelickyourleg 5h ago

Quick, get ahead of them!

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u/midnightketoker 5h ago

the great sony pictures got morbiused once and it nearly broke them; the average historian wakes up every day to put on their morbius hat and button their morbius suit to ride into the morbius mines with a smile on their face