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Nyarly Das kann doch nicht sein! from Saksa Since: Feb, 2012
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#101: Sep 26th 2011 at 2:45:36 AM

If the North had won the American Civil War (yes, I'm actually on-topic here), maybe it would have a black president now. Quite a crazy thought.

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#102: Sep 26th 2011 at 12:36:23 PM

If the North won the war then the blondes would still be serfs and King Avram would be a failed king with Geoffery as the ruler of the North.

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#103: Sep 26th 2011 at 5:18:57 PM

I dunno, it would be almost impossible for the North to win without the AK-47.

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#104: Sep 27th 2011 at 4:27:20 AM

I wonder what would have happened if the Russians hadn't invaded us using their zombie cohorts.

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HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
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#105: Sep 27th 2011 at 2:24:09 PM

Ugh, I do so hate having to triple tape my AK-47 magazines together just to stand in the breadline.

Than I have to go stand in the bullet line.

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#106: Nov 14th 2012 at 12:25:39 AM
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#107: Nov 14th 2012 at 7:16:05 AM

What do you know? I heard a rumor that if the North had won the Civil War a black man would have been elected President twice. I mean, who would believe that?

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#108: Nov 14th 2012 at 7:37:43 AM

Man, if the North won, do you think that Gone With The Wind would have been made with Humpfrey Bogart still?

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Inhopelessguy Since: Apr, 2011
#109: Nov 14th 2012 at 7:45:34 AM

Pfft. Slavery's never going to end. I don't see how the North could end it.

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#110: Nov 14th 2012 at 9:50:16 AM

The north winning the war is as crazy a thought as America achieving independence in the first place.

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#111: Nov 14th 2012 at 1:05:47 PM

[up]I say, what independence would you need? Hasn't Brittania always been fair to her subjects?

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Inhopelessguy Since: Apr, 2011
#112: Nov 14th 2012 at 1:06:41 PM

Well, those in British North America are loyal subjects and totally not traitors to the Empire.

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#113: Nov 14th 2012 at 2:57:01 PM

[up]And we owe it all to Dr. Franklin coming to his senses and realizing who was going to win in the war; I mean, honestly, 13 disorganized militias loosely tied by one general who didn't even like his troops, or the mightiest military power in the world? I'd do the same, and I'm not even a genius like Franklin was. Could you imagine a man of his intelligence siding with Washington's "army"?

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#114: Nov 14th 2012 at 4:24:06 PM

Wait, wait, wait, you weren't informed on how Washington was a loyalist to the crown the whole time?

Now, if the French Revolution had been put down, that would have been awful.

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#115: Nov 14th 2012 at 7:00:10 PM

[up]Well, the war with the Napoleonic Empire wouldn't have been such a terrible conflict if the French crown was still around.

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#116: Nov 14th 2012 at 7:04:08 PM

EDIT: Oh wait, I already said this in this thread before, never mind.

edited 14th Nov '12 7:05:34 PM by dRoy

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#117: Feb 12th 2014 at 4:58:02 PM

If the North won the war, Ned would still be alive.

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#118: Feb 12th 2014 at 6:03:04 PM

Frankly, I think the north would have won the Civil War- even though the South had Voodoo powers- had it not been for our British overlords. Sure, they were likely intervening to prevent the North from using Aether bombs to turn the South into a radioactive wasteland just like Spain, but given enough time, the whole U.S. would've had the same fate Ireland suffered if the British didn't intervene: Shunted into another dimension.

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#119: Feb 12th 2014 at 6:07:26 PM

THE NORTH SHALL RISE AGAIN!

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#120: Feb 13th 2014 at 7:57:30 AM

Meh, you think the North winning the Civil War is mind blowing? Imagine if the Taiping Rebellion had failed! That would mean we would never have had a Christian China! (For a cerain definition of "Christian", of course.) And Hong Xiquan, the "brother of Jesus" (yeah, right...), would have been relegated to a historical curiosity, rather than the massive source of conflict between China and the west that he turned into. Hell, since the Nien rebellion and the Muslim rebellions would likely also have failed, the historical division of China between the Nien to the north, the Taipings in the south and the Muslim states in the west would never happen, and we'd still have a massive unified China under the Qing! The Qing would probably become powerful enough to threaten most of Asia and possibly the American West coast as well, but luckily they would likely be alot more friendly towards the West than the current Chinese states are.

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#121: Feb 13th 2014 at 8:09:06 AM

^ And yet the Chinese states are struggling against this thing called communism.

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#123: Feb 13th 2014 at 7:45:34 PM

Frankly, I see no reason why the South was complaining in the first place. Automota had completely replaced slave labor and the Texas Perpetual Motion Machine was bringing plenty of wealth into the South. Sure, it achieved sentience after the war and flooded the Midwest with dinosaurs, but that's the price to pay for progress.

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#124: Feb 14th 2014 at 3:30:25 PM

The south has 3rd world thinking in a 1st world nation, it's ridiculous.

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#125: Feb 15th 2014 at 4:23:22 PM

Thank God I moved to the Outer Terminus area when I got the chance last year...

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