so someone just said theyāre āreally interested in historyā how careful do you have to be?
Ā āi just think history is interesting in general! iām not interested in any specific part of itā: this person is most likely safe. never drop your guard though
āiām interested in this specific subject or time period in history. (ex. ancient egypt,Ā the golden age of piracy, the history of the printing pressā: still probably safe. be on the lookout for certain risky historical subjects. you should know them you see themĀ
āiām really into WW2 historyā: this is the caution zone, thereās plenty of valid reasons to be into WW2, but if they start talking about how Operation Sealion totally could have succeeded, itās time to abort
Ā āiām specifically into roman history, the crusades, prussian military history, and WW2ā: danger! do NOT talk about history with this person. in fact, do not talk to this person at all. you will regret it, you do not want to know what they think of the treaty of versailles or why germany lost the first world war
this post has inspired three different responses
1) people who lack any reading comprehension skills whatsoever and seem to think iām sayingĀ ābeing into history makes you badāĀ
2) history students/historians saying some variation ofĀ ātbh this is trueā
3) the kind of people my last point was specifying calling me slurs
