That's pretty much it as far as US history, though occasionally some less talked about periods get more detail. One US history class I had spent quite a bit of time on the gilded age and the age of imperialism.

@ Syd

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! you know we're here for ya at least.

@Syd: You Are Not Alone. We're here for you.

Because it already exists.

edited 19th Jul '13 8:05:06 AM by AceOfScarabs

Sorry to hear that, Syd. But Happy Birthday anyways! You Still Have Us!(Why is that not a trope? Where someone is assured 'you still have us' and feels even worse?)

what's it called, then? I searched for it, but couldn't find anything.

edited 19th Jul '13 8:07:04 AM by kegisak

I don't know much about British bacon, but I know american bacon is different from the Candian variety.

Re: Blackadder, it would be possible, although there wouldn't be quite so much of a spread. I'm thinking like American Revolution, Civil War, World War I/Prohibition (WWII is done to death), Vietnam, Modern Era, and Future. Or something.

@Kegisak: I had that revelation a long time ago, I just rarely have the time to benefit from it.

@Syd: Happy Birthday! At least you can hang around here.

@Kegi: Look at the trope in my previous post :P

Presents

@ Syd

You're not alone, you have us. Happy birthday.

@ blackadder

Whilst it's true that England has more history to work with than America (the first one ended 516 years ago...if you count the new millennium special, it was 2, 000 years ago), America has had such an interesting time in it's short life. It doesn't just have to be about wars y'know. The goal of the Blackadder dynasty was to become King...the American version could simply be 'become the richest guy in the country'.

Good times could be:

Puritan times,

The revolution era,

The civil war,

The wild west period,

The roaring Twenties,

The depression,

Any one of the big wars of the 20th century (ww1, ww2, Korea, Vietnam etc)

The 80's

@Ace: Nah, that's a more serious trope. I'm talking about, like,

Person: Oh god, I'm such a loser. Nobody likes me.

Friends: We Like you.

[beat]

Person: But you're all losers too!

Friends: Okay, so maybe we don't like you so much.

@Applelight: It would certainly be an interesting idea. There could even be overlap between the eras; like the protagonist of one era could be a supporting character in the next one.

@ JT

There's an interesting thought.

I have no idea what the American Blackadder should be like though. Or named. He should have a different name. Or who Boldrick or any of the others would be like.

The only thing I know about Blackadder is that it changes time periods and that Rowan Atkinson is involved.

Although ideally it would have it's own original cast. Something like Seinfeld, only adjusted for each era.

edited 19th Jul '13 8:24:32 AM by JapaneseTeeth

@Applelight: If wanted too you could stretch it all the way back to the Spanish colonial period. After all the oldest european settlement in the US is about twice as old as the country itself.

The great thing about BL is, despite being the same character...they are different people.

The first BL, Prince Edmund Plantagenet, Duke Of Edinburgh, was a complete idiot and a simpering, cowardly, sneaky little creep.

The second one, his great-grandson Lord Blackadder, was clever, witty, snarky, and still devious and sneaky...but also very impulsive, reckless, arrogant and prone to digging himself into holes.

The third one, Mr Blackadder esquire, was cold, calculating, and utterly ruthless...and much smarter than the previous two.

The fourth one, Captain Blackadder, was much more weary and defeated than his ancestors, and just wanted to survive, never mind gaining power or influence.

Rule of thumb was, as time went on, BL got poorer but smarter...and Boldrick got stupider and less hygienic.

That could work. Maybe the american Blackadder could be Spanish?

edited 19th Jul '13 8:33:06 AM by ApplelightLimited

Damn it, today I'm going to write something! I don't know what, and it may be as little as a single page, but I'm tired of giving up.

Blackly amusing

Sorry if this is late, but...

If someone stole cash from me that I was saving for Bronycon... I woulda just asked for a full refund and not went that year.

What?!!

Yeah, if that is what I would had to go through, and someone wanted to spoil my fun... I would ask for a refund, and try to find another place to live. Hey, I would need the money, anyway... And some sacrifices would have to be made.

Sleeping :3

I would just make sure not to keep my money where it could be stolen. That's what ATMs are for.

edited 19th Jul '13 9:20:26 AM by AceOfScarabs

I still have more the enough to cover it, just, going to be tighter in how much i can spend there. I am NOT missing this. I have NEVER been somewhere like this, just gone off and had something even clsoe to a real vacation... EVER am NOT missing this.

I know that feel, I fought hard to get my weekend off for Animax's fest last year. It's just that I've always felt you should keep your real stash of cash somewhere safer, like an actual safe or a bank. Trusting people is nice and all, but I wouldn't tempt anyone with something that important, as I wouldn't be too mad if, say, they raided my Small Change Jar because they needed some coinage.

I shouldn't need to freaking hide stuff in my own damn house. And even then it WAS hidden, and the damn door is locked whenever me and Silver aren't home.

What happened?

I had $300 bucks walk out of my room on it's own, just found it was missing this morning.

Oh bloody hell. And I take it you know how it happened?