Professor Phobo
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Sun Yat-Sen feels like a strong possibility now.
can’t believe this is the second freud to come upSigmund Freud
arwa al-sulyahi is almost too good of a pick to be in this borderline joke threadARWA AL-SULYAHI (Arabia/Yemen)
Rani Lakshmibai?Nur Jahan is probably the most powerful woman in Indian history until Indira Gandhi
Lakshmibai ruled over a small principality, Nur Jahan was grey eminence for arguably the largest empire in Indian history (though it would reach its peak two rulers later under Aurangzeb)Rani Lakshmibai?
arwa al-sulyahi is almost too good of a pick to be in this borderline joke threadshe’d be an amazing leader to feature in the game. She was on my civ 6 wishlist, but I forgot to add her while updating my civ 7 one.
Lakshmibai is a good choice for India, but not as powerful as Nur Jahan was at her peak. Definitely an influentual and transformative figure though, which should put her on Firaxis's leader radar.Rani Lakshmibai?
Lakshmibai ruled over a small principality, Nur Jahan was grey eminence for arguably the largest empire in Indian history (though it would reach its peak two rulers later under Aurangzeb)
We Can All Do Our Part In Making It Less Of A Joke Thread
Lakshmibai is a good choice for India, but not as powerful as Nur Jahan was at her peak. Definitely an influentual and transformative figure though, which should put her on Firaxis's leader radar.
wish I’d remembered to post Freud sooner, but he would be one of the funniest leader choices they could makecan’t believe this is the second freud to come up
could be some legendary one-liners.wish I’d remembered to post Freud sooner, but he would be one of the funniest leader choices they could make
(can’t remember the other one I was thinking of… I’d also get a kick out of Proust, but that’s not it…)
I don’t know, so care to explain why he’s funny?For boomer generation and older ones, Pope John Paul II would be actually kinda amazing Polish leader.
But younger generations, especially below the age of 35, would die laughing (if you know you know)
There was/is an immense cultural pushback by the young against his cult status (which as of the time of his passing was pretty much the norm, he's very much still revered by older people, even some who acknowledge his controversies), starting with troll deep web subcultures and progressing to basically mainstream. Phrases like the "greatest of all the Poles" evolved from genuine affection of the populace towards him towards memes of a "great", ie. gigantic godzilla-like John Paul II walking among buildings. The number with a meaning of the time of his death is a meme too and is noted every time it appears, and there's an extremely well known edited portrait of him with a smug smile and a "yellow mug". He's arguably the biggest meme in Polish internet history, so much so that whenever he appears randomly, he immediately puts a grin on an initiated viewer's face. Then there are some extremely edgy memes, tens of thousands of them (collected by some like postcards, post stamps or coins), made by essentially trolls, associating him with paedophilia, and it's unfortunately linked to one of the genuine problems of the Catholic Church under his leadership. But that's honestly another can of worms, and a serious one this time. Majority of Poles would enjoy him as a leader, although a large part for ironic reasons, however there are some humourless reasons against his inclusion.I don’t know, so care to explain why he’s funny?