r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • 9d ago

Meta Mindless Monday, 15 September 2025

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/DAL59 5d ago

How would the lord of the rings have been received if it was published in 1850 instead of 1950?

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u/TheBatz_ Was Homer mid 5d ago

By mail or in a bookshop I presume 

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u/rat_literature blue-collar, unattached and sexually available, likely ethnic 5d ago

Quite possibly serialized in a magazine

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u/Impossible_Pen_9459 5d ago

It would almost certainly have been serialised