Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moviePig Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: The First Swedes Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2025 16:19:42 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: nobody@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2025 21:19:44 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="dc23dffe4680cae1225d66654193d1b3"; logging-data="698002"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18H4WR03GvUXm3b3MgtRL+8aFumQ9fsKd8=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:pVvCjOJHg7tt2+ev4TsjEG83590= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 1833 On 3/22/2025 3:48 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote: > BTR1701 wrote: > >> State TV in Sweden (SVT) has produced a big budget series called HISTORY OF >> SWEDEN. > >> This is who the government wants its people to believe were are the first >> Swedes: > >> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1903440799997796352/vid/avc1/1484x1080/zSkOkYQL6jojG3pq.mp4?tag=16 > > No fucking way. Isn't the theory that as primitive man moved further and > further north, skin pigmentation lightened? I've never read that skin > lighted after people moved into colder and colder climates. > > I'm horrified that they weren't vegetarians. They would be dark-skinned when they arrived, and evolve to lighter-skinned to maintain Vitamin D levels despite reduced sunlight.