Women’s equivalent of the Roman Empire

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I think about lost cities a lot. Like what happened right before everyone decided to leave these huge thriving communities.

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Anonymous wrote:The gruesome slaughter really began when the Europeans invaded and leaned on literal slaughter (enslaving and chopping off limbs and other body parts leaving them to suffer infection and slow death).

I think the Mayan civilization is more interesting to contemplate because it isn't as explicitly documented down to the smallest detail as the Roman Empire. The Aztecs are interesting too in terms of mythological belief systems.

The Romans (to me) are more exciting for movies, novels and history classes because it's like a well documented soap opera with lots of intrigue, turnover and the architecture and sculpture to back up each rulers' legitimacy and how they align with their predecessors or

Nothing the Europeans did compared to the death cult that was the Aztec empire, which, by the way, was one reason why the Aztecs fell so quickly to the Spanish. The scale and level of human sacrifice by the Aztecs was staggering and breathtakingly cruel.

Then I'd probably rank the Mongols at their peak close to the Aztecs for savagery and brutality. Then more recently, although not an empire, would be regimes like Pol Pot and some of the African tyrants. We may even want to contemplate people like Mao and Stalin with their collectivist policies.

As for the Romans, men in the west have been thinking and even obsessed with the Roman empire ever sine the collapse of the empire. The learned men of medieval Europe, who were mostly churchmen but also aristocrats, were very conscious of the lost empire. That pattern continued into the Renaissance and the Enlightenment and to the present. What likely attracts continued interest in the Romans is the juxtaposition of greatness and collapse, as an empire the Romans accomplished a certain level of human genius in society and culture and politics, and yet it still collapsed and retreated into a dark age. It's the realization that a people can accomplish so much on a civilizational level, and still fall back into ignorance.

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Anonymous wrote:I think about lost cities a lot. Like what happened right before everyone decided to leave these huge thriving communities.

I have recently been thinking about population collapse. Cities can be abandoned very quickly when the conditions are right - or wrong. There are some indicators that we will see it happening soon, rather than only in the past.

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Anonymous wrote:The gruesome slaughter really began when the Europeans invaded and leaned on literal slaughter (enslaving and chopping off limbs and other body parts leaving them to suffer infection and slow death).

I think the Mayan civilization is more interesting to contemplate because it isn't as explicitly documented down to the smallest detail as the Roman Empire. The Aztecs are interesting too in terms of mythological belief systems.

The Romans (to me) are more exciting for movies, novels and history classes because it's like a well documented soap opera with lots of intrigue, turnover and the architecture and sculpture to back up each rulers' legitimacy and how they align with their predecessors or

This is the opposite of what actually happened.

Sorry, you do not know history. I've studied this including original first hand writings by Diego de Landa. Mayan libraries filled with their books were also burned to the ground. Another reason there is way more info about the Roman empire.

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Anonymous wrote:I think of psychology everyday.

how people think, why people do things the way they do things, why sibling are the same/different, why different cultures do things differently, how good is integrated differently in different cultures.

Not really equivalent of thinking about Empire - more a modern popular culture phenom …

Lol. No. You don’t understand the assignment.

Psychology has been around longer than the Roman Empire

But… thinking about your ex best friend is like the Roman Empire. Ffs.

I was different PP sorry and forgot to clarify.

Neither examples are good equivalents for thinking about the Roman Empire - that was the assignment right?

No the assignment is what do women think about more often than you could ever imagine.

Hating men?

Nope just why someone like you gets hold of a bone and protects it like it still has meat on it.

What is the psychology behind someone who is stuck in their single minded thinking. Were you abused? Were you treated like a princes who could do no wrong then the world hit you like a truck? Small town myopic thinking? Big city know it all?

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Anonymous wrote:The gruesome slaughter really began when the Europeans invaded and leaned on literal slaughter (enslaving and chopping off limbs and other body parts leaving them to suffer infection and slow death).

I think the Mayan civilization is more interesting to contemplate because it isn't as explicitly documented down to the smallest detail as the Roman Empire. The Aztecs are interesting too in terms of mythological belief systems.

The Romans (to me) are more exciting for movies, novels and history classes because it's like a well documented soap opera with lots of intrigue, turnover and the architecture and sculpture to back up each rulers' legitimacy and how they align with their predecessors or

This is the opposite of what actually happened.

Sorry, you do not know history. I've studied this including original first hand writings by Diego de Landa. Mayan libraries filled with their books were also burned to the ground. Another reason there is way more info about the Roman empire.

Can you ever hear yourself?

Do you often wonder why you gave few friends? Never get invited to the cookout?

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Anonymous wrote:I think of psychology everyday.

how people think, why people do things the way they do things, why sibling are the same/different, why different cultures do things differently, how good is integrated differently in different cultures.

Not really equivalent of thinking about Empire - more a modern popular culture phenom …

Lol. No. You don’t understand the assignment.

Psychology has been around longer than the Roman Empire

But… thinking about your ex best friend is like the Roman Empire. Ffs.

I was different PP sorry and forgot to clarify.

Neither examples are good equivalents for thinking about the Roman Empire - that was the assignment right?

No the assignment is what do women think about more often than you could ever imagine.

Shouldn’t it be what women think about far, far more than men can imagine?

One answer might be how to avoid sexual assault.

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Anonymous wrote:The gruesome slaughter really began when the Europeans invaded and leaned on literal slaughter (enslaving and chopping off limbs and other body parts leaving them to suffer infection and slow death).

I think the Mayan civilization is more interesting to contemplate because it isn't as explicitly documented down to the smallest detail as the Roman Empire. The Aztecs are interesting too in terms of mythological belief systems.

The Romans (to me) are more exciting for movies, novels and history classes because it's like a well documented soap opera with lots of intrigue, turnover and the architecture and sculpture to back up each rulers' legitimacy and how they align with their predecessors or

This is the opposite of what actually happened.

Sorry, you do not know history. I've studied this including original first hand writings by Diego de Landa. Mayan libraries filled with their books were also burned to the ground. Another reason there is way more info about the Roman empire.

Can you ever hear yourself?

Do you often wonder why you gave few friends? Never get invited to the cookout?

Lol, I'm just fine, not stunted enough to turn to personal attacks when I'm wrong.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think about lost cities a lot. Like what happened right before everyone decided to leave these huge thriving communities.

I have recently been thinking about population collapse. Cities can be abandoned very quickly when the conditions are right - or wrong. There are some indicators that we will see it happening soon, rather than only in the past.

Recent events have shown how vulnerable our own government/society is

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Anonymous wrote:I think of psychology everyday.

how people think, why people do things the way they do things, why sibling are the same/different, why different cultures do things differently, how good is integrated differently in different cultures.

Not really equivalent of thinking about Empire - more a modern popular culture phenom …

Lol. No. You don’t understand the assignment.

Psychology has been around longer than the Roman Empire

But… thinking about your ex best friend is like the Roman Empire. Ffs.

I was different PP sorry and forgot to clarify.

Neither examples are good equivalents for thinking about the Roman Empire - that was the assignment right?

No the assignment is what do women think about more often than you could ever imagine.

Shouldn’t it be what women think about far, far more than men can imagine?

One answer might be how to avoid sexual assault.

This. Personal safety, sexual harassment, sexual assault. How much of our mind space is devoted to these subjects and how much of our lives we adjust because of these concerns.

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Anonymous wrote:The gruesome slaughter really began when the Europeans invaded and leaned on literal slaughter (enslaving and chopping off limbs and other body parts leaving them to suffer infection and slow death).

I think the Mayan civilization is more interesting to contemplate because it isn't as explicitly documented down to the smallest detail as the Roman Empire. The Aztecs are interesting too in terms of mythological belief systems.

The Romans (to me) are more exciting for movies, novels and history classes because it's like a well documented soap opera with lots of intrigue, turnover and the architecture and sculpture to back up each rulers' legitimacy and how they align with their predecessors or

This is the opposite of what actually happened.

Sorry, you do not know history. I've studied this including original first hand writings by Diego de Landa. Mayan libraries filled with their books were also burned to the ground. Another reason there is way more info about the Roman empire.

Okay. But I'm not sure how you missed the extensive (pervasive) human sacrifice by both the Mayans (who were no longer a significant military power when the Spaniards arrived) and the Aztecs. The fear and worship of death.

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Anonymous wrote:I think of psychology everyday.

how people think, why people do things the way they do things, why sibling are the same/different, why different cultures do things differently, how good is integrated differently in different cultures.

Not really equivalent of thinking about Empire - more a modern popular culture phenom …

Lol. No. You don’t understand the assignment.

Psychology has been around longer than the Roman Empire

But… thinking about your ex best friend is like the Roman Empire. Ffs.

I was different PP sorry and forgot to clarify.

Neither examples are good equivalents for thinking about the Roman Empire - that was the assignment right?

No the assignment is what do women think about more often than you could ever imagine.

Shouldn’t it be what women think about far, far more than men can imagine?

One answer might be how to avoid sexual assault.

This. Personal safety, sexual harassment, sexual assault. How much of our mind space is devoted to these subjects and how much of our lives we adjust because of these concerns.

It was more fun to consider empires but when it comes down to actual mental attention, yes, avoiding predatorial men is up there.

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Anonymous wrote:The gruesome slaughter really began when the Europeans invaded and leaned on literal slaughter (enslaving and chopping off limbs and other body parts leaving them to suffer infection and slow death).

I think the Mayan civilization is more interesting to contemplate because it isn't as explicitly documented down to the smallest detail as the Roman Empire. The Aztecs are interesting too in terms of mythological belief systems.

The Romans (to me) are more exciting for movies, novels and history classes because it's like a well documented soap opera with lots of intrigue, turnover and the architecture and sculpture to back up each rulers' legitimacy and how they align with their predecessors or

This is the opposite of what actually happened.

Sorry, you do not know history. I've studied this including original first hand writings by Diego de Landa. Mayan libraries filled with their books were also burned to the ground. Another reason there is way more info about the Roman empire.

Can you ever hear yourself?

Do you often wonder why you gave few friends? Never get invited to the cookout?

Lol, I'm just fine, not stunted enough to turn to personal attacks when I'm wrong.

It’s not a person attack it’s just that I’m always thinking of the psychology behind this. Can you explain?

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Real Housewives.

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Anonymous wrote:I think of psychology everyday.

how people think, why people do things the way they do things, why sibling are the same/different, why different cultures do things differently, how good is integrated differently in different cultures.

Not really equivalent of thinking about Empire - more a modern popular culture phenom …

Lol. No. You don’t understand the assignment.

Psychology has been around longer than the Roman Empire

But… thinking about your ex best friend is like the Roman Empire. Ffs.

I was different PP sorry and forgot to clarify.

Neither examples are good equivalents for thinking about the Roman Empire - that was the assignment right?

No the assignment is what do women think about more often than you could ever imagine.

Shouldn’t it be what women think about far, far more than men can imagine?

One answer might be how to avoid sexual assault.

This. Personal safety, sexual harassment, sexual assault. How much of our mind space is devoted to these subjects and how much of our lives we adjust because of these concerns.

It was more fun to consider empires but when it comes down to actual mental attention, yes, avoiding predatorial men is up there.

Yes. I know the idea is to come up with something funny & meme-worthy. But, as someone already pointed out, the Roman Empire thing is most likely a white guy thing, and probably only common among those with a certain level of education and socio-economic status. You know, the subset of humanity who can afford to devote their thoughts to random, esoteric things. But most everybody else, including women, don't have the mental space for that kind of thing. If you want to find something kind of frivolous that a lot of women would admit to thinking a lot about it would probably be something like "what to wear" or "the state of my hair." Other than that, women generally have too much real crap to think about all the time, carrying the mental load of family life and managing social interactions and worrying about not becoming prey.

So, yeah, it's not so easy to come up with a funny, esoteric, random thing that women as a group "surprisingly" think a lot about. Sorry to be a party pooper.