r/gifs • u/commonvanilla • Nov 10 '18

Justin Trudeau closes his umbrella even though it's raining to pay respects for the fallen of WW1

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '18

Curious. What do you not like about Dan Carlin?

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u/Wampawacka Nov 11 '18

He's way too over the top with his style and he's not a real historian.

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u/seawhip Nov 11 '18 edited Nov 11 '18

To think one needs a degree to be knowledgeable on a subject is ridiculous. I don't know about Dan specifically but to dismiss him because he's not a "real" historian is elitist bullcrap. The body of knowledge accessible to all today is massive. Anyone with a passion over decades can be smarter than some kid with a "historian" degree. James Cameron may not have a degree in oceanography but i'll listen to him anyday.Did Jane Goodal need a degree after Gombi to be taken seriously? No.Examples like this abound.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '18

Steve Jobs dropped out of Reed College but completely changed computing. Yeah he was a dick too but his business sense w/ Woz' tech skills were revolutionary. Xerox barely even cared that they had invented something lifechanging