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The business about the 1750s probably has something to do with the British doing their changeover from Julian to Gregorian calendars then, but you can't look too carefully at the details. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.16|108.162.219.16]] 18:51, 17 December 2018 (UTC) | The business about the 1750s probably has something to do with the British doing their changeover from Julian to Gregorian calendars then, but you can't look too carefully at the details. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.16|108.162.219.16]] 18:51, 17 December 2018 (UTC) | ||
: Perhaps the "previously-unstudied history in the 1750s" refers to the eleven days that were simply removed when the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_(New_Style)_Act_1750 Calendar Act 1750] went into effect? [[User:Mr. I|Mr. I]] ([[User talk:Mr. I|talk]]) 00:23, 19 December 2018 (UTC) | : Perhaps the "previously-unstudied history in the 1750s" refers to the eleven days that were simply removed when the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_(New_Style)_Act_1750 Calendar Act 1750] went into effect? [[User:Mr. I|Mr. I]] ([[User talk:Mr. I|talk]]) 00:23, 19 December 2018 (UTC) | ||
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I'm confused. Is there any joke apart from the obvious "haha, studying history by fully covering time slices instead of topics"? [[User:Fabian42|Fabian42]] ([[User talk:Fabian42|talk]]) 19:05, 17 December 2018 (UTC) | I'm confused. Is there any joke apart from the obvious "haha, studying history by fully covering time slices instead of topics"? [[User:Fabian42|Fabian42]] ([[User talk:Fabian42|talk]]) 19:05, 17 December 2018 (UTC) | ||
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:Are you hinting at an xkcd movie? Perhaps Black Hat trying to destroy the world classhole-ily?[[User:Linker|Linker]] ([[User talk:Linker|talk]]) 12:59, 18 December 2018 (UTC) | :Are you hinting at an xkcd movie? Perhaps Black Hat trying to destroy the world classhole-ily?[[User:Linker|Linker]] ([[User talk:Linker|talk]]) 12:59, 18 December 2018 (UTC) | ||
::An xkcd movie would be... entertaining... I would watch it! (I assume most people on this wiki would, too, there IS a reason we are here, after all...) [[User:Nyx goddess|Nyx goddess]] ([[User talk:Nyx goddess|talk]]) 22:08, 18 December 2018 (UTC) | ::An xkcd movie would be... entertaining... I would watch it! (I assume most people on this wiki would, too, there IS a reason we are here, after all...) [[User:Nyx goddess|Nyx goddess]] ([[User talk:Nyx goddess|talk]]) 22:08, 18 December 2018 (UTC) | ||
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Two sides to the same coin? We normally think about historians studying time periods on the order of years, decades, or even longer periods (e.g. the Dark Ages), which naturally takes less time than the original era. Another joke is the idea that an entire department is devoted to such narrow periods, but maybe it's a really small college. | Two sides to the same coin? We normally think about historians studying time periods on the order of years, decades, or even longer periods (e.g. the Dark Ages), which naturally takes less time than the original era. Another joke is the idea that an entire department is devoted to such narrow periods, but maybe it's a really small college. | ||
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The answer is clear: The History Department needs more funding. | The answer is clear: The History Department needs more funding. | ||
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[[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 17:05, 18 December 2018 (UTC) | [[User:ProphetZarquon|ProphetZarquon]] ([[User talk:ProphetZarquon|talk]]) 17:05, 18 December 2018 (UTC) | ||
Randall touched on this problem with history in Comic #1979, where he said history was so huge! [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 03:58, 19 December 2018 (UTC) | Randall touched on this problem with history in Comic #1979, where he said history was so huge! [[User:Ianrbibtitlht|Ianrbibtitlht]] ([[User talk:Ianrbibtitlht|talk]]) 03:58, 19 December 2018 (UTC) | ||
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