GayTuckerCarlson [she/her]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 天前Trump to rename Veterans Day as ‘Victory Day for World War I’ hexbear.netimagemessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1111arrow-down1imageTrump to rename Veterans Day as ‘Victory Day for World War I’ hexbear.netGayTuckerCarlson [she/her]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-22 天前message-square65linkfedilinkfile-text
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/01/trump-rename-veterans-day-victory-day-for-world-war-i-00323118
minus-squareanaesidemus [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 天前You joke, probably, but they called it the Great War at the time or even the “war to end all wars” “Surely we won’t do it again but worse a few decades later”
minus-squareSamotsvetyVIA [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 天前So, it was called the Great War, but not because it was great?
minus-squareanaesidemus [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 天前yeah, I’ve heard it kinda sucked
minus-squareEiren (she/her)@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 天前…Great in size, like how the “great” white shark is so named because it’s the largest living predatory shark.
You joke, probably, but they called it the Great War at the time or even the “war to end all wars”
“Surely we won’t do it again but worse a few decades later”
So, it was called the Great War, but not because it was great?
yeah, I’ve heard it kinda sucked
…Great in size, like how the “great” white shark is so named because it’s the largest living predatory shark.