Girlfriend Asks About World War I

My gf asking how the First World War started “OK so Germany had this plan for fighting a two front war, actually it starts earlier than that...so Serbia started the Austro-Hungarian empire because of, hang on, earlier than that, so it all starts with the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 and the unification of Germany in the hall of mirrors, actually let me start earlier

A woman listens as a man launches into an increasingly detailed explanation of how the First World War began. The joke is that a simple question receives an enormous historical lecture that keeps moving further back in time, making this useful as a reaction to overexplaining or getting lost in details. EN: A woman listens as a man launches into an increasingly detailed explanation of how the First World War began. The joke is that a simple question receives an enormous historical lecture that keeps moving further back in time, making this useful as a reaction to overexplaining or getting lost in details.

• @jeppa420 / 16295 2021-04-15