[unsigned -- written in handwriting so neat, the sentences are lined perfectly on the page.]

[dual-worlds.livejournal.com]

To those who are well-versed in Earth's history and claim to be from the early 21st century or beyond:

World War I
World War II
Brush Wars
Cold War
Eugenics Wars

Are there any conflicts on this list that are unfamiliar to you? If so, which ones?

Your input on this matter would be most helpful.

Comments

[poolcuemurder.livejournal.com]

I apologize, but these Brush and Eugenics Wars are both foreign to me. I do also have to wonder about not including the Holy War on that list.

[dual-worlds.livejournal.com]

In the universe I come from, these are the major global conflicts of 20th century Earth.

I am unfamiliar with this Holy War, however.

[whohitreset.livejournal.com]

I'm with the guy above me, except I don't know about any Holy War, either.

[dual-worlds.livejournal.com]

Fascinating. One must wonder how many separate universes are represented among us.

[forgot-it-all.livejournal.com]

World War I, World War II and the Cold War are common knowledge for anyone who stayed awake during school. I'm unfamiliar with the Brush and Eugenics Wars, however. Am I to assume from the order that the Brush Wars happened between WWII and the Cold War?

-R.Aoyagi

[dual-worlds.livejournal.com]

This seems to be the trend among many of the patients who are familiar with Earth.

While the list was compiled mostly in chronological order, it is worth noting that the Cold War and Brush Wars technically overlap. In many ways, the ongoing nature of the Brush Wars was a direct result of the tension that existed during the Cold War, as they were fueled by two rivaling superpowers who sought to supply warring Asian countries with weaponry.

The fact only one of these conflicts seems to exist in your own universe is quite curious.

[gothamsfuture.livejournal.com]

Yeah, have to go with the general consensus so far. WWI, WWII, and Cold War are common in [slight hesitation] my time. Never heard of the other two, or any Holy War.

[dual-worlds.livejournal.com]

This seems to be a common response so far.

Your input is appreciated.

[1imited-edition.livejournal.com]

The term 'brush wars' is used generically to describe small regional conflicts but to my knowledge there is no conflict identified by that name alone. I also am not aware of any Eugenics Wars on Earth.

[dual-worlds.livejournal.com]

That is correct. However, in my universe, it is also used to refer to a series of conflicts that occurred in Asia during the mid 20th century. Two world powers supplied arms to the smaller nations that were warring with one another. This period was also marked by a time of social turmoil in some countries, as there were many -- particularly among young students -- who became riotous in protest of these wars.

While those who are unfamiliar with the Brush Wars are actually familiar with the Cold War, I have yet to find anyone who is familiar with either the Brush Wars or Eugenics Wars, and not the other. I find it fascinating that people either know of both, or neither at all.

[tartaros-avatar.livejournal.com]

World War I is especially familiar to me... The Brush Wars and Eugenics Wars are not familiar to me. This list does not include what I know as the first and second Rikti Wars, among other less notable conflicts.

Are you confused as to the differing timelines of the dimensions inmates have been taken from?

--Stefan Richter

[dual-worlds.livejournal.com]

In what years did these Rikti Wars occur?

I am merely attempting to ascertain how my universe diverges from those of the other inmates here.

[This anon very much approves of the OP's handwriting]

[lawful_perfect]

I have never heard of the Brush Wars nor of the Eugenics Wars. The other three are quite familiar to me.

[dual-worlds.livejournal.com]

I see. I would not have expected for that to be the trend among the majority of those who have responded, and yet it is.

Your input is appreciated.

[i-dont-paint.livejournal.com]

I've never heard 'Brush Wars' used to refer to a specific set of conflicts. I've never heard of the Eugenics Wars at all.

Is it safe to assume these are listed in chronological order?

[dual-worlds.livejournal.com]

Judging from other people's comments, it appears as though the Brush Wars bear a strong resemblance to the conflicts known as the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

They are listed in chronological order for the most part, although the Brush Wars and Cold War overlap.

[madeinthehrl]

The Brush Wars and Eugenics Wars are unfamiliar to me. The list does not include the Solar Wars, which took place in my world during the mid-to-late twenty-third century.

[dual-worlds.livejournal.com]

My list only contains conflicts of the 20th century. I am attempting to ascertain at what point my universe diverges from that of the other inmates here.

I am from the mid 23rd century. However, given the fact there are already notable differences in our timelines, it would not surprise me if these Solar Wars never occurred in my universe.

[stiffserpent.livejournal.com]

I'm from six days before the start of the twenty-first century, and the two I don't know are the Brush Wars and the Eugenics Wars. The Cold War is ending, but the wall between the East and West still exists inside too many people to call it truly over.

[stiffserpent.livejournal.com]

And I'm going to make a really wild out-there guess that you're not familiar with The Mercenary War, right? Although it's hardly on the scale of those conflicts you mentioned that I recognised.

[haplesstracker.livejournal.com]

No Brush Wars (what the heck?) or Eugenics Wars. I've heard of the Cold War, but I don't think it was a real war.

[stiffserpent.livejournal.com]

You're wrong. A war isn't something that can be defined as easily as an official statement, or the actions of the two sides. The Cold War was forged in the split between East and West, Communism and Capitalism, with fear being the only reason preventing the deaths of billions of people. Proxy battles were held in South African states, civil wars deliberately stirred up between ethnic groups, each side funded by a single superpower. It was the first 'World War of Information' fought through sponsorship and manipulation, and with propaganda and lies. The populace of every country was sculpted into a perfe [here the script suddenly loses colour. Embossed scribbles on the edge of the paper indicate that his ballpoint pen has run out of ink.]


[It continues rather unceremoniously in pencil.]
You're wrong.

[thirdboywonder.livejournal.com]

Going with the masses on this one. WWI and WWII are familiar. Cold war is familiar. Never heard of the other two. The big conflict you missed, as far as I can tell, is the Vietnam war in the 60's and 70's.

What is this Eugenics War, anyway? I'm curious.

[still pretty messy by reason of sedation]

[feartehreaper.livejournal.com]

Yeah Ive heard of some of those... have you ever heard of the first + second network crisis? AKA Pluto's Kiss + Pluto Again.

[strikeouts neatly torn off the top of the sheet before posting]

[toxicspiderman]

Eugenics Wars? KHAAAAAN?

1988, heard of WWI and WWII and the Cold War. "Brush Wars" sounds like a nice victor's whitewash for 'Nam and Korea and all those little Southeast Asian squabbles Americans can't tell apart with a concordance, a map, and a Catholic-school nun teaching history with a ruler. Add Iran/Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Chad, Libya -- pretty much the whole damn Middle East. Really, the entire fucking world, most of the time. But if your Earth's anything like mine, that shouldn't be a surprise.

-- Sangamon Taylor

[strikeout unreadable]

[purgatio]

21st century? Earth? Seriously. Well, I guess the majority of 'patients' here are from before me....

Don't know any details, but those are probably way back when, if you say they happened on Earth. How weird.

[strikeouts barely legible]

[piggy-king.livejournal.com]

You know, you could have just asked if anyone's heard of the Eugenics Wars.

And before you ask, I have never heard of them. Or any of the wars you wrote down