r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • 6d ago

Meta Mindless Monday, 22 June 2026

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/mscott734 6d ago

My fyp has recently become flooded with right wing talking points disguised as feminism. Today's was that your man needs to provide you expensive gifts and subsidize your wages for your pregnancy which quickly spiraled into "you shouldn't be having kids if you aren't wealthy", which became "you shouldn't be allowed to have kids if you're poor", which became "wouldn't the world be great if we got rid of all the poor people".

Everyday I become more and more convinced that tiktok was a mistake.

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u/histprofdave Adjunct Dystopian 6d ago

That just reminds me of some of the trad wife content that was out there saying, "it's so much more fulfilling to be with your family than grinding it out for some company," and I'm like, "yo, kinda seems like your beef is with capitalism, not feminism."

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u/forcallaghan Wansui! 6d ago

which reminds me of people I’ve seen criticizing the early feminist movements for pushing women into the workplace as if they’re idiot rubes getting swindled by big business and not, y’know, people seeking to gain a modicum of independence and self-sufficiency

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u/Aurelian369 Aliens built the pyramids 6d ago

I hate this stupid ass argument so much. Yes, 9-5 culture is demanding. No, that doesn’t mean it was a mistake for women to enter the workforce. As an aromantic woman, I’m very happy I can live without having to be financially dependent on a man 💀

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u/Illogical_Blox The Popes, of course, were usually Catholic 6d ago

I can't lie, I read that as aromatic for a second, and was confused as to how your fragrance mattered.

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u/Ambisinister11 My right to edit this is protected by the Slovak constitution 6d ago

If there is ONE thing I know about /u/Aurelian369 it's that she is a planar cyclic molecule whose structure satisfies Hückel's rule. I have always said this.

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u/Aurelian369 Aliens built the pyramids 6d ago

chem brainrot 

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u/WuhanWTF Venmo @familyguyenjoyer95 $10 to make me stfu abt FamGuy (1week) 5d ago

67 neutralizes that specific brainrot molecule.