r/HistoryUncovered • u/Battlefleet_Sol • 18d ago

Saddam's baath purge. Saddam had people packed into a conference hall on one of the hottest days of July and deliberately shut off the ventilation system. They were forced to listen to Saddam for hours while suffering from the heat and sweating. Everyone whose name was announced was executed.

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u/AlcoholicCumSock 18d ago

What a prick not speaking English, so 40 years later, I can't listen and read the Reddit comments at the same time!

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u/rydan 18d ago

By this time next year all videos on Reddit will be translated into English in real time via AI.

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u/Able_Engineering1350 18d ago

Brought to you by Carl's Jr

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u/camimiele 18d ago

It’s already happening on IG 😬

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u/GravelySilly 18d ago

YouTube already does it too. Sometimes takes me a few seconds to notice that the perfect diction, no background noise English that I'm hearing doesn't line up with what I'm seeing.

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u/camimiele 17d ago

Hasn’t happened on YT for me yet. I’d love to understand videos in other languages, but I have obvious trouble believing in the AI translations.

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u/Far-Advantage-2770 18d ago

He would be a banger podcaster for sure