kgb.com
this time it's disguised as the knowledge generation bureau.
Start your victory gardens
I saw that commercial too and wondered how having "KGB" as your company's name is beneficial when advertising to Americans
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I'll take care of this.
Soup would give his life.
Not for honor.
But for youuuuuuu
Snake eaterrrr
How do people not see these things when making a domain.
I'm uneducated I suppose.
What's the big deal?
Quote from: Monsieur Barrett on January 12, 2009, 12:53:39 PM
I'm uneducated I suppose.
What's the big deal?
Me too. :(
I don't get it.
Quote from: Monsieur Barrett on January 12, 2009, 12:53:39 PM
I'm uneducated I suppose.
What's the big deal?
Quote from: Tomboh, Zyphet, and Travis's Best Friend on January 12, 2009, 01:05:17 PM
Me too. :(
I don't get it.
The KGB was the secret police of the Soviets. Search KGB on Wikipedia and it'll redirect you to the article.
Oooooooooh.
That's kind of scary...
i came into this thread expecting something about israel
Quote from: Pancake Persona on January 12, 2009, 01:14:56 PM
i came into this thread expecting something about israel
it's not really a threat because the day the US cuts funding for those idiots, they'll collapse
How do people not know about the KGB? Maybe schools should try to get past world war II for once in American history considering they make kids take it so many times
Quote from: Bassir on January 12, 2009, 01:24:40 PM
it's not really a threat because the day the US cuts funding for those idiots, they'll collapse
Our politicians are too spineless. AIPAC sends a questionnaire to every new member of congress elected, if they answer the questions wrong expect to see their donor list shrink, substantially. And politicians are whores for more money and votes.
You guys mean the super volcano?
If anyone seriously doesn't know what the KGB was, then they ought to be euthanized on the spot. :3
I'm kind of surprised there was anyone in here that didn't know what the KGB was.
Quote from: YPR on January 12, 2009, 08:25:07 PM
How do people not know about the KGB? Maybe schools should try to get past world war II for once in American history considering they make kids take it so many times
I think you mean we should get past the civil war.
I've spent a grand total of a week learning about World War II throughout all my time in school, but I've heard the same shit about the Civil War for over 6 months.
lincoln sucked, grant sucked, lee sucked, the confederacy sucked, the south still sucks, and i don't give a damn about the civil war
But yeah, the KGB was never mentioned anywhere in any of my classes ever.
Quote from: Pancake Persona on January 13, 2009, 04:19:20 AM
I think you mean we should get past the civil war.
I've spent a grand total of a week learning about World War II throughout all my time in school, but I've heard the same shit about the Civil War for over 6 months.
lincoln sucked, grant sucked, lee sucked, the confederacy sucked, the south still sucks, and i don't give a damn about the civil war
But yeah, the KGB was never mentioned anywhere in any of my classes ever.
Yeah... come to think of it, I never made it to World War II until I took AP American history... My dad is just a huge history guy so I picked obscure facts up from the movies he watched. Like... most people don't know of the Winter War between Russia and Finland in WWII. Well maybe Lozal does
Yeah KGB was never mentioned in school to myself either. I read a book about it a year or two ago though, even though I did know what it was before then for some reason.
Quote from: Paranoid Pancake on January 12, 2009, 10:02:44 PM
I'm kind of surprised there was anyone in here that didn't know what the KGB was.
apparently i'm retarded
All of you need to stfu. Not learning about this or that in high school is no excuse for not knowing something.
Especially when it only takes 15 minutes or so of browsing fucking wikipedia to get acquainted with basic facts on world history.
:3
Quote from: Slim on January 13, 2009, 03:36:51 PM
All of you need to stfu. Not learning about this or that in high school is no excuse for not knowing something.
Especially when it only takes 15 minutes or so of browsing fucking wikipedia to get acquainted with basic facts on world history.
:3
I know, even if they are looking at the Nintendo article they just have to do:
Nintendo
1991
KGB
Quote from: Arm Leg Leg Arm Head on January 13, 2009, 03:38:48 PM
I know, even if they are looking at the Nintendo article they just have to do:
Nintendo
1991
KGB
Nintendo? whats dat!?!?!?! wtf i never learned bout dat in ne of my hi skool classes!!!!! saddood;
KGB is that a breakfast cereal or something
We are the only ones aware. We have to stop it.
Quote from: Slim on January 13, 2009, 03:36:51 PM
All of you need to stfu. Not learning about this or that in high school is no excuse for not knowing something.
Especially when it only takes 15 minutes or so of browsing fucking wikipedia to get acquainted with basic facts on world history.
:3
you're an asshole
p.s.. wtf is a stalin?/?
Quote from: Nyerp on January 13, 2009, 06:26:15 PM
you're an asshole
p.s.. wtf is a stalin?/?
you're a vagina
p.s. i dunno i think it was leik the place where a famus battel hapenned or somethin O_0
Quote from: YPR on January 13, 2009, 07:10:20 AM
Like... most people don't know of the Winter War between Russia and Finland in WWII. Well maybe Lozal does
powerofone;
Yes, I know about that much because of my fascination with Finland.
But, no, the KGB was never once mentioned in my classes.
Quote from: Slim on January 13, 2009, 03:36:51 PM
All of you need to stfu. Not learning about this or that in high school is no excuse for not knowing something.
Especially when it only takes 15 minutes or so of browsing fucking wikipedia to get acquainted with basic facts on world history.
:3
Yeah, because we should be expected to look up everything on wikipedia before we even hear of it
Quote from: Pancake Persona on January 13, 2009, 08:53:22 PM
Yeah, because we should be expected to look up everything on wikipedia before we even hear of it
Uh, yeah, the information is readily available on the Internet to anyone who seeks it, so not learning about something important in your superficial and cursory history classes is no excuse for not knowing it, as I've already stated.
Especially when it's something as fucking basic as the existence of the KGB,
you fucking idiot. Fucking fucking fuck fuck fuck :3
Quote from: Slim on January 13, 2009, 08:59:49 PM
Fucking fucking fuck fuck fuck :3
You sound like fido n_u
Quote from: YPR on January 13, 2009, 09:01:35 PM
You sound like fido n_u
Actually, this post:
Quote from: Phydeaux on January 13, 2009, 06:18:39 PM
who the fuck is that i don't even know who the fuck that is who the fuck is that
was the inspiration for that part of my post. n_u
Quote from: Slim on January 13, 2009, 08:59:49 PMwho seeks it
can't seek something without first knowing of it, dumbass
Quote from: Pancake Persona on January 13, 2009, 09:14:16 PM
can't seek something without first knowing of it, dumbass
just fucking click random article until you know everything fuck
Quote from: Pancake Persona on January 13, 2009, 09:14:16 PM
can't seek something without first knowing of it, dumbass
it's pretty difficult to not have knowledge of the existence of a place called the soviet union, dumbass
anyone with even a passing interest in what life was like there is bound to come into contact with the acronym KGB after reading about it for oh i don't know maybe five minutes
oh hey it looks like KGB is the russian abbreviation for "committee for state security" look at all the obscure and quirky knowledge that i possess after 5 seconds of wiki-ing wow i must be like a genius or something right
Quote from: Slim on January 13, 2009, 09:19:19 PM
anyone with even a passing interest in what life was like there...
Not everyone is a kid on the internet obsessed with communism.
Quote from: Pancake Persona on January 13, 2009, 09:22:48 PM
Not everyone is a kid on the internet obsessed with communism.
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WORLD POLITICS FOR THE ENTIRE FOUR DECADES AFTER WWII REVOLVED AROUND THE FUCKING SOVIET UNION PEOPLE SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO KNOW AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DAMN PLACE JEEZ IT'S NOT EXACTLY AN OBSCURE TOPIC YOU STUPID FUCKING DUMBASS WHORE PIECE OF SHIT CUNT.
(and before anyone comments on it, i do believe that caps lock was called for in this case. :3)
We did a unit on the Cold War last year and I heard KGB not once. But I do recognize the name and know it's something to do with Soviet Russia.
Quote from: Slim on January 13, 2009, 09:31:02 PMPEOPLE SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO KNOW AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DAMN PLACE
It's cold and Lenin and Stalin lived there and they have lots of nukes.
That's about the extent of the average high school student's knowledge.
Quote from: Forest Hiro on January 13, 2009, 09:33:18 PM
We did a unit on the Cold War last year and I heard KGB not once. But I do recognize the name and know it's something to do with Soviet Russia.
The only reason I even recognized those three letters is because they're in TF2, but I never really thought about what it really meant.
Quote from: Forest Hiro on January 13, 2009, 09:33:18 PM
We did a unit on the Cold War last year and I heard KGB not once. But I do recognize the name and know it's something to do with Soviet Russia.
There you go. That's all I'm asking for here: the ability to associate the KGB with the Soviet Union. Nothing special.
I'd like to see what kind of society it would be if Lawlz got his way and ignorance became not only socially acceptable, but encouraged. I can see his slogan now: Apathetic teens of the world unite! We have nothing to lose but our appreciation for world history that occurred so recently that most people alive today can remember it being in the news. A little wordy, but I'm sure it'll get the job done.
By the way, that was another reference to communism from a pretentious kid on the Internet, in case you missed it, Lawlz. I'll be sure to spell these things out from now on just in case there's someone out there who doesn't get it.
See the last few lines of the Communist Manifesto if you're curious how I referred to communism in this post, kids.
n_u
Quote from: Slim on January 13, 2009, 09:55:17 PM
I'd like to see what kind of society it would be if Lawlz got his way and ignorance became not only socially acceptable, but encouraged. I can see his slogan now: Apathetic teens of the world unite!
Whoa there nigger, I think you're getting ahead of yourself.
If someone has no way of knowing anything about something because they were merely never informed of it or its existence, it's their own damn fault? psyduck;
tell me the third document george w. bush signed this morning immediately after he woke up. its contents are vital to your survival, dumbass. maybe.
After I saw this thread, I immediately checked Wikipedia to see what it was. WHOA THERE THOSE STUPID ATTEMPTS AT ARGUMENTS YOU MADE WERE NOTHING BUT BASELESS ASSUMPTIONS, WHOA. The problem is you're saying it's our fault for never having heard of it before, when really it's not.
I can't even remember why I know about the KGB. I have no idea if we discussed it in school at all.
Quote from: Paranoid Pancake on January 13, 2009, 10:25:52 PM
I can't even remember why I know about the KGB. I have no idea if we discussed it in school at all.
dude ur fuckin stuped u no nuttin abut dis wurld ur a dum teen dat no nuttin ur aptheedick u fucken dumb$$
da govs gonna taek ovur ur mind u n00b if u dunt wiki it faget
Quote from: Pancake Persona on January 13, 2009, 10:24:12 PMIf someone has no way of knowing anything about something because they were merely never informed of it or its existence, it's their own damn fault? psyduck;
Hey, you're starting to get it now! Applause and celebration are in order.
Quotetell me the third document george w. bush signed this morning immediately after he woke up. its contents are vital to your survival, dumbass. maybe.
After I saw this thread, I immediately checked Wikipedia to see what it was. WHOA THERE THOSE STUPID ATTEMPTS AT ARGUMENTS YOU MADE WERE NOTHING BUT BASELESS ASSUMPTIONS, WHOA. The problem is you're saying it's our fault for never having heard of it before, when really it's not.
The one small little detail that you're missing here is that knowledge of the KGB and the random thing you just made up are in no way analogous. One was a major historical element in the Soviet Union throughout the entire Cold War whereas the pointless crap that you're talking about is pointless crap that no one cares about regarding the bureaucratic procedures of the U.S. government. In order for your flippant response to constitute a valid refutation, it would have had to come up with a piece a knowledge that is comparable to the KGB example in historical significance and also is acceptable for people to not know.
Alas, since the very nature of the task renders it impossible, I fear that any efforts to accomplish it are futile. Oh yeah, and yes, it is your responsibility to fill your own brain to an adequate level and yours alone. Everyone else can't do
everything for you, you fucking lazy oaf.
Quote from: Pancake Persona on January 13, 2009, 10:27:34 PM
dude ur fuckin stuped u no nuttin abut dis wurld ur a dum teen dat no nuttin ur aptheedick u fucken dumb$$
da govs gonna taek ovur ur mind u n00b if u dunt wiki it faget
Maybe that half-assed parody would have worked a little better if you didn't use it on someone who clearly stated that he knew about the KGB despite having
not learned about it in school.
n_u
Quote from: Slim on January 13, 2009, 10:49:43 PM
One was a major historical element in the Soviet Union throughout the entire Cold War whereas the pointless crap that you're talking about is pointless crap that no one cares about regarding the bureaucratic procedures of the U.S. government.
So the Soviet Union, an entity that no longer exists, is infinitely more important than our own government that's currently screwing the whole world in the butt?
goonish
Quote from: Pancake Persona on January 14, 2009, 12:13:55 AM
So the Soviet Union, an entity that no longer exists, is infinitely more important than our own government that's currently screwing the whole world in the butt?
goonish
Nope. It's a good thing that's not what I said, though.
The Soviet Union, an entity that shaped world events for decades and had a profound impact on the political atmosphere of every country across the globe, the repercussions of which are still being felt to this very day, was and is infinitely more important than "the third document George W. Bush signed this morning immediately after he woke up," which was the brilliant example you gave if you recall.
And now here's a stupid fucking out-of-place smiley to lighten the mood: goonish
^___^
Quote from: Slim on January 14, 2009, 02:01:52 AM
Nope. It's a good thing that's not what I said, though.
The Soviet Union, an entity that shaped world events for decades and had a profound impact on the political atmosphere of every country across the globe, the repercussions of which are still being felt to this very day, was and is infinitely more important than "the third document George W. Bush signed this morning immediately after he woke up," which was the brilliant example you gave if you recall.
And now here's a stupid fucking out-of-place smiley to lighten the mood: goonish
^___^
hey idiot, the problem is you don't know what he may have signed and what it may do. your argument is you're "stupid apathetic teens for not knowing about something that happened in russia that us history doesn't teach you about." well i think you're a stupid apathetic teen for not knowing what's going on with our own government today.
Some schools will actually talk about it, and that's fine and all, but apparently most schools don't and that's not the fault of the students.
you're stupid so shut up
Quote from: Pancake Persona on January 14, 2009, 02:12:30 AM
hey idiot, the problem is you don't know what he may have signed and what it may do. your argument is you're "stupid apathetic teens for not knowing about something that happened in russia that us history doesn't teach you about."
You were contrasting the "third document signed" example with the KGB issue that we've been discussing, as if to say that because I presumably didn't what the document was, it put me on the same level as the people who didn't know about the KGB (therefore making my arguments null and void). I carefully explained that the two things are very different and cannot be compared, thus making your argument specious. For one thing, you're talking about a current event that happened within the past 24 hours (assuming that it even happened at all and you're not fabricating the example) that speculatively may or may not have an effect on some people somewhere down the road and I'm talking about an important historical entity--the KGB--that directly affected the lives of millions of people for 40 years.
Now, which one should someone be at fault for not knowing about? Your entire argument depends upon equating the two examples.
Quotewell i think you're a stupid apathetic teen for not knowing what's going on with our own government today
Actually, I have deep and intricate knowledge of the current political situation in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world. Luckily, my knowledge isn't dependent upon knowing the answer to some random question that you pulled out of your ass. If one didn't care, then yes, you'd be right; they would indeed be a stupid apathetic teen.
btw don't call me a teen i'm only 12 years old right now gosh saddood;
QuoteSome schools will actually talk about it, and that's fine and all, but apparently most schools don't and that's not the fault of the students.
y so tedious???
Now we return to my original argument that I stated in the first place. Let me restate it once again for the sake of clarity: knowledge of an entity called the KBG that existed within the Soviet Union is obligatory knowledge for
everyone no matter how old, young, short, fat, or tall--even if one's high school did not touch upon it the subject--since it was such a significant organization in world history.
Furthermore, if one is in fact ignorant of what the KGB was and sees it mentioned, then one should either hang one's head down in shame and go hide in a dark corner somewhere or spend the five seconds required to obtain the relevant information through a popular search engine (e.g., google, yahoo, etc.) or through wikipedia; under no circumstance should one advertise one's ignorance as one's offense in this case is too egregious for anyone else to know.
In conclusion, those who do not have previous knowledge of the KGB, like you and the rest of apathetic teens you represent, ought to be lined up against the wall and promptly dealt with by the firing squad.
And
that, ladies and gentlemen, is my argument. :3
Quoteyou're stupid so shut up
yeah well you're a dumb meany-head who likes spinach
why don't you go play with all the other meany-head dum-dums in the sandbox over there doodhuh;
Quote from: Slim on January 14, 2009, 03:17:14 AM
In conclusion, those who do not have previous knowledge of the KGB, like you and the rest of apathetic teens you represent, ought to be lined up against the wall and promptly dealt with by the firing squad.
I just scanned your shit, saw "apathetic" (because I knew it'd be mentioned), and simply went goonish
Ignorant = lacking knowledge of something. The KGB was never mentioned in any class throughout most of our school careers. Since most of us never heard of it until this day, we had no reason to look it up and in fact we couldn't look it up because we didn't know of it--that's why most of us discovered what it was when we read this topic today and immediately went out to inform ourselves.
Honestly, I don't get what the hell you've been arguing about this whole time aside from (YOU TEENS ARE SO APATHETIC AND DUMB FOR NOT GOOGLING SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER POPPED UP IN YOUR LIFETIME UNTIL NOW."
Did you know Ada Lovelace was the first computer programmer? If you didn't, you're an idiot that should be shot because what she did is very valuable to our current world. thomas jefferson was also among the first to grow tomatoes, and alexander hamilton was gay, and there's plenty of other shit many people don't know. you can't expect everyone to instantly look up every single goddamn thing they hear every single goddamn second of their lives. Someone having a conversation in a restaurant in the table beside you mentions the KGB, but you've never heard of it before. Should you give a shit? Nope, not really.
that's why most of us never learned of it unless we did extensive research of russia and world war ii history and the cold war or watch the history channel all day or had an excellent history teacher, all of which are very unlikely in current america and amongst these "apathetic teens" you're talking about
I don't see how the fact I'm not obsessed with Russian history and communism is a bad thing. It by no means makes me "apathetic."
HI, I'M A FUCKING IDIOT NAMED SLIM AND I, BY CHANCE, KNOW A USELESS FACT THAT YOU DON'T AND WILL ENDLESSLY FLAUNT IT OVER YOU BECAUSE I'M AN INSECURE ASSHOLE
Have you idiots not seen any action or espionage films made before the 90's?
Quote from: Pancake Persona on January 14, 2009, 03:45:36 AMI just scanned your shit, saw "apathetic" (because I knew it'd be mentioned), and simply went goonish
yeah well if that's true then i guess i'll just have to go and insert that word randomly into this post to throw you off the trail for a while gosh i'm so devious i surprise myself sometimes tee hee
QuoteIgnorant = lacking knowledge of something. The KGB was never mentioned in any class throughout most of our school careers. Since most of us never heard of it until this day, we had no reason to look it up and in fact we couldn't look it up because we didn't know of it--that's why most of us discovered what it was when we read this topic today and immediately went out to inform ourselves.
I know what the word ignorant means; I don't need a definition from you. The way you defined it is exactly how I've been using it.
I already addressed the rest of this drivel in my previous [apathetic] post. Read it over a few more times and let it really sink in.
QuoteHonestly, I don't get what the hell you've been arguing about this whole time aside from (YOU TEENS ARE SO APATHETIC AND DUMB FOR NOT GOOGLING SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER POPPED UP IN YOUR LIFETIME UNTIL NOW."
You're dwelling on the description "apathetic" too much. That was something I attributed to you after seeing your blasé attitude toward people's embarrassing lack of knowledge, or ignorance (if I am permitted to use that term in your presence). My [apathetic] argument doesn't depend upon branding you apathetic.
There are plenty of other perfectly applicable words to use in this situation. Uh, like imbecilic, for example. No wait, how about asinine? Yeah, I shall henceforth call you asinine instead of apathetic. Better?
QuoteDid you know Ada Lovelace was the first computer programmer? If you didn't, you're an idiot that should be shot because what she did is very valuable to our current world. thomas jefferson was also among the first to grow tomatoes, and alexander hamilton was gay, and there's plenty of other shit many people don't know. you can't expect everyone to instantly look up every single goddamn thing they hear every single goddamn second of their lives. Someone having a conversation in a restaurant in the table beside you mentions the KGB, but you've never heard of it before. Should you give a shit? Nope, not really.
Back to the specious examples are we? I thought we were [apathetic] past that.
Everything you listed is obscure, irrelevant crap and in no way compares to the importance of the KGB. I know that computers have been programmed by people and that this was an important achievement; knowing the name of the first person who did this is trivial. I know who Thomas Jefferson was; his tomato-growing prowess is trivial. I know who Alexander Hamilton was; his disputed sexual orientation is trivial.
It would make sense to bring up those things if I had been making a big deal about someone not knowing some little trivial detail about the people involved with the KGB or the exact year something happened with it. All I'm saying is that people ought to know that the damn thing existed. Likewise, if someone didn't know who Thomas Jefferson or Alexander Hamilton were or that computers can be programmed nowadays, I'd expect you count this as a mark against the [apathetic] person and not accept "but my high school didn't talk about it ;--;" as an excuse.
Also, I'm not saying that knowing about the KGB has a tremendous impact on one's day-to-day life. If we reduced everything to how much it affects the average person in their day-to-days lives, then hardly anything really matters at all--not any history, that's for sure. However, I am of the opinion that knowing that the KGB existed is such an obvious historical fact to know that it reflects back poorly on a person if they do not possess this knowledge.
Quotethat's why most of us never learned of it unless we did extensive research of russia and world war ii history and the cold war or watch the history channel all day or had an excellent history teacher, all of which are very unlikely in current america and amongst these "apathetic teens" you're talking about
I don't see how the fact I'm not obsessed with Russian history and communism is a bad thing. It by no means makes me "apathetic."
No. You're not getting it.
Knowledge of the KGB's existence is not arcane. It does not take an obsession with anything to know about, nor does it require extensive research. Every educated adult in the fucking world knows about it. Just because you didn't does not suddenly make it esoteric; it just makes you a dumbass.To clarify for all the other Nyerp's out there: I am not trying to assert that I am smarter or superior in any way because I knew this [apathetic] fact. Knowing about the KGB is such common knowledge that it says nothing about a person if they do know about it. I'm not trying to flaunt this knowledge, as doing so would be absurd considering what a basic fact it is.
Quote from: Nyerp on January 14, 2009, 04:24:11 AM
HI, I'M A FUCKING IDIOT NAMED SLIM AND I, BY CHANCE, KNOW A USELESS FACT THAT YOU DON'T AND WILL ENDLESSLY FLAUNT IT OVER YOU BECAUSE I'M AN INSECURE ASSHOLE
HI, I'M NYERP AND I TYPE IN GIANT SIZE 12, BOLD, ITALICIZED FONT BECAUSE I'M COMPENSATING FOR MY SMALL PENIS SIZE OH YEAH AND I HAVE A PENCHANT FOR FINE WINE AND A PASSION FOR THE GAME OF CROCHETwow nyerp you sure said some crazy stuff there it's almost as if that wasn't you saying it at all. giggle;
Quote from: Friendly Hostile on January 14, 2009, 05:47:11 AMHave you idiots not seen any action or espionage films made before the 90's?
Agreed. Cold War politics are infused into the popular culture of the period.
...Which is another reason why you'd have to be an idiot to not know about the KGB,
which is what I've been saying all along.
Quote from: Friendly Hostile on January 14, 2009, 05:47:11 AM
Have you idiots not seen any action or espionage films made before the 90's?
Maybe even after. There are tons of movies out there that are about that era. huhdoodame;
Quote from: Pancake Persona on January 13, 2009, 10:27:34 PM
dude ur fuckin stuped u no nuttin abut dis wurld ur a dum teen dat no nuttin ur aptheedick u fucken dumb$$
da govs gonna taek ovur ur mind u n00b if u dunt wiki it faget
...uh, okay? What the hell did that have to do with what I just said?
Quote from: Slim on January 14, 2009, 05:57:29 AM
Knowledge of the KGB's existence is not arcane. It does not take an obsession with anything to know about, nor does it require extensive research. Every educated adult in the fucking world knows about it. Just because you didn't does not suddenly make it esoteric; it just makes you a dumbass. along.[/i]
so then lack of knowledge of any historical event ever makes one inherently stupid
For anyone born after its existence, actual knowledge of it seems rare. There aren't many people that talk about it in regular conversations (unless you're an outsider that's obsessed with nazis and communism, then sure) so it's less likely for a younger person to know what it is than actually have been aware of it. There may be some references to it in stuff like TF2, but really, again, who looks up every goddamn thing they see during every second of their life? Most schools don't cover it, almost no one talks about it, and thus it's highly improbable for it to be "common knowledge" among the general youth. Hell, I doubt even half of the American population over 30 would be able to tell you exactly what it was beyond "some russian/communist thing." Most people don't even know what the hell the CIA does, so you honestly can't expect them to know all about the KGB.
So I'm taking it that no one will know about the Gestapo either then?
Quote from: YPR on January 14, 2009, 01:43:35 PM
So I'm taking it that no one will know about the Gestapo either then?
The only thing schools these days talk about are nazis, the civil war, the revolutionary war, the civil war, Lincoln, slavery, and the civil war.
so yes, that's something i've heard just a little bit about
Quote from: YPR on January 14, 2009, 01:43:35 PM
So I'm taking it that no one will know about the Gestapo either then?
yes i know about that psyduck;
Well the KGB seems pretty comparable to the Gestapo doodhuh; if not more infamous
Quote from: YPR on January 14, 2009, 01:50:19 PM
Well the KGB seems pretty comparable to the Gestapo doodhuh; if not more infamous
american schools don't care about russia, and that's the problem
And you have to remember America worships jews and Israel so they'll only cover the stuff nazis did.
Quote from: Pancake Persona on January 14, 2009, 01:51:03 PM
american schools don't care about russia, and that's the problem
And you have to remember America worships jews and Israel so they'll only cover the stuff nazis did.
I seem to remember them running drills for decades in case of Russian attack
I don't remember that, especially since many European Jews trying to emigrate and escape were denied entry prior to WWII
When I first learned about the KGB via Wikipedia, I took the time to learn how to say it in Russian.
This was a few years back, and I still know how to say it. I remember hearing the term once on The Sopranos and in The Good Shepherd, so I looked it up.
Quote from: Andrew Ryan on January 13, 2009, 07:42:59 PM
So tell me, friend, which one of the bitches sent you? The KGB wolf? Or the CIA jackal? Here's the news: Rapture isn't some sunken ship for you to plunder, and Andrew Ryan isn't the giddy socialite who can be pushed around by government muscle.
Let's do something about it
THE POWER OF GOD
I just saw a commercial for it on tv. O_0 You text a question to 542 542 and they answer it.
Quote from: Pancake Persona on January 14, 2009, 01:51:03 PM
american schools don't care about russia, and that's the problem
And you have to remember America worships jews and Israel so they'll only cover the stuff nazis did.
Somehow I doubt your school is what all of America's schools model themselves after.
In my history classes we went over the Cold War several times, so it's pretty likely that we touched on the KGB. But like I said before, I don't actually remember if we specifically went into the topic of the KGB at all.