Frexulfe

Frexulfe t1_ja889m2 wrote

Reply to comment by Perpetual_Doubt in TIL a year after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English sent their own Armada to Spain, leading to similar losses of ships and men, and an ignominious English defeat by malektewaus

I think you are wrong (read it like a person to person comment, not a horrible furious scream in the internet).

AFAIK, there has been a real propagandistic push agains Spain and Catholics from UK and others. The theory is mostly accepted, only aspects of the theory are debated:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Legend_(Spain)

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Frexulfe t1_j9kdl98 wrote

Reply to comment by keetojm in TIL to finish writing The Hunchback of Notre Dame within an impossible deadline of 6 months, Victor Hugo locked his clothes away, making him unable to go outside and procrastinate which forced him to do anything but finish writing his book. by Old_Sport7920

Douglas Adams would get locked up in a Hotel room by his Publisher.

Somebody (maybe Douglas himself, can't remember) wrote a mock-up on how the telephone conversation with the publisher was, pov publisher:

"Hi Douglas, you know deadline is in tow weeks, how is progress?"

"What does "doing my best" means?"

"Douglas, how many pages have you written?"

"Great, I will send a courier immediately to pick that ONE PAGE"

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