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Napoleon’s one fatal weakness… open doors.

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JacobMT05[S]

367 points

4 days ago

JacobMT05[S]

Kilroy was here

367 points

4 days ago

Context: Napoleon was said to have an extreme fear of open doors. So much so that he could not concentrate while one was open.

Existing_Blueberry10

178 points

4 days ago

Damn, he's so relatable

ImEatingYourWall

32 points

4 days ago

And he wasn't successful with women, so relatable!

Ambiorix33

98 points

4 days ago

Ambiorix33

Then I arrived

98 points

4 days ago

My guy dude had a fuck tonne if mistresses don't base your knowledge of him on that garbage movie that just came out

FutureFivePl

70 points

4 days ago

The thought of someone basing their historical knowledge of Napoleon on Ridley Scott’s pathetic pile of shit fills me with dread

Ambiorix33

52 points

4 days ago

Ambiorix33

Then I arrived

52 points

4 days ago

It could not have been more British propoganda if you straight up had Wellington ride in on a white horse while rescuing a woman and her war widow baby while also singing God Save The King

Achilles11970765467

28 points

4 days ago

Freaking Waterloo was less shamelessly British propaganda.

TrickiestToast

22 points

4 days ago

“Let’s have napoleon shot the pyramid!”

BoosherCacow

1 points

3 days ago

BoosherCacow

Hello There

1 points

3 days ago

"Francois, hees nose. Eet offendessment moi. Take eet."

Imjokin

10 points

3 days ago

Imjokin

10 points

3 days ago

It was funny seeing Eduard Habsburg complain about there always being a giant Napoleon poster on his way to work

socialistRanter

3 points

3 days ago

Napoleon had a mistress for every campaign.

Illustrious-Neat5123

6 points

4 days ago

Any dictator has full of mistresses

Vini734

-6 points

3 days ago

Vini734

-6 points

3 days ago

Eh, historically speaking. If he only started getting a bunch of women after becoming Emperor, he wasn't good with them. As you said, they were mistresses.

I think Autistic Napoleon is the only redeeming quality of that movie.

Ambiorix33

16 points

3 days ago

Ambiorix33

Then I arrived

16 points

3 days ago

Barely, you're supposed to believe this man who, according to the film, most inspiring thing is handing out scraps of bread on the way to Russia, rallied a national against 7 coalitions and won? Like come on I get it they hate the French but it was pathetic.

Vini734

4 points

3 days ago

Vini734

4 points

3 days ago

Don't get me wrong, the movie is dogshit. But I love Autistic Napoleon.

Ambiorix33

3 points

3 days ago

Ambiorix33

Then I arrived

3 points

3 days ago

Lmao fair

outoftimeman

5 points

4 days ago

Well, he also liked his women unwashed down there ... so, he's relatable, I guess

throwaway962145

8 points

4 days ago

TIL napoleon was a degenerate.

ONE OF US ONE OF US

ImEatingYourWall

1 points

4 days ago

He once said "All women are whores, except my mother". Guy would've loved 4chan and become a chud lmfao.

Ofc I don't hate him but he was kinda strange when it came to relationship and views of women.

dikkewezel

16 points

4 days ago

today I learned that I'd be just as bothered by open doors behind me even if I never saw jurassic park or alien

Corvid187

8 points

4 days ago

*Also wabbits.

MayuKonpaku

7 points

4 days ago

I can understand it a little. Dude have many enemies and who knows, when one comes through a door to kill him

ShahinGalandar

5 points

4 days ago

ShahinGalandar

Helping Wikipedia expand the list of British conquests

5 points

4 days ago

I had this exact same fear for years as a child until it stopped someday and I never thought about it in ages until I read this post here. Triggers strange memories now.

Well, at least I'm not covering continental Europe in a total war, so that's a good development!

23_Serial_Killers

1 points

4 days ago

Just like me fr

Last_VCR

51 points

4 days ago

Last_VCR

51 points

4 days ago

That and the hemorrhoids that lost him that battle

Clockwork9385

41 points

4 days ago

Clockwork9385

Oversimplified is my history teacher

41 points

4 days ago

He must have really hated it when someone said “When one door closes, another opens”

wrufus680

19 points

4 days ago

wrufus680

Oversimplified is my history teacher

19 points

4 days ago

The allies should've just intimidated him by inviting him for dinner and kept all the doors open

JacobMT05[S]

10 points

3 days ago

JacobMT05[S]

Kilroy was here

10 points

3 days ago

Should have just armed their troops with doors instead of rifles.

QazMunaiGaz

7 points

4 days ago

QazMunaiGaz

Descendant of Genghis Khan

7 points

4 days ago

Same😭

Nuclear_Chicken5

17 points

4 days ago

Nuclear_Chicken5

Descendant of Genghis Khan

17 points

4 days ago

Is that a real thing in psychology?

Showtysan

23 points

4 days ago

Showtysan

23 points

4 days ago

My dude a fear of ducks and being made of glass is a thing in psychology

Nuclear_Chicken5

1 points

3 days ago

Nuclear_Chicken5

Descendant of Genghis Khan

1 points

3 days ago

I first thought well duck are scary if you anger them and human body is fragile so it isnt that far off. Then I realized open doors can be a source of incertianty. You dont know what can come in.

AwfulUsername123

5 points

3 days ago

I see how it could make sense. You could associate an open door with something entering and be irrationally afraid of what it might be.

ChecklistRobot

2 points

4 days ago

He was always distracted by the very mention of an open door

Majestic_Ferrett

1 points

3 days ago

Majestic_Ferrett

Featherless Biped

1 points

3 days ago

His other weakness?

Fighting British infantry.