Seemingly trivial things that annoy you

briantrumpet

[wrong thread]

First.Aspect

What does idiom mean?

Is it a synonym of politician?

briantrumpet

First.Aspect said:

What does idiom mean?

Is it a synonym of politician?

Sorry, you're replying to a deleted post, so you might get short shrift.

First.Aspect

I have no sins to confess, so that's fine.

briantrumpet

First.Aspect said:

I have no sins to confess, so that's fine.

You can cast the first stone then.

rjsterry

First.Aspect said:

rick_chasey said:

rjsterry said:

rick_chasey said:

Not least as the nation state is only really a concept in a way we understand it today in around the middle of the 17th Century (though a little before, but you get the idea).

Not to mention that the vast majority of the various empires are not represented. But it's more that there is so little information displayed yet everyone is gushing over it as if it's the most amazing thing. It's like cats and a laser pointer.

I think a lot of people struggle to visualise the past.

Bit snobby to discount it as being useful, I think. It would be like me ridiculing popular science programmes.

Why not think of it as an interesting and engaging introduction to European history?

I think Cbeebies may have offered more insight into European History.

It just doesn't tell you very much. There's a far better map-based animation that tells a similar story but in much more depth.

First.Aspect

rjsterry said:

First.Aspect said:

rick_chasey said:

rjsterry said:

rick_chasey said:

Not least as the nation state is only really a concept in a way we understand it today in around the middle of the 17th Century (though a little before, but you get the idea).

Not to mention that the vast majority of the various empires are not represented. But it's more that there is so little information displayed yet everyone is gushing over it as if it's the most amazing thing. It's like cats and a laser pointer.

I think a lot of people struggle to visualise the past.

Bit snobby to discount it as being useful, I think. It would be like me ridiculing popular science programmes.

Why not think of it as an interesting and engaging introduction to European history?

I think Cbeebies may have offered more insight into European History.

It just doesn't tell you very much. There's a far better map-based animation that tells a similar story but in much more depth.

Afraid that CBeebies is pitched at enquiring ypung minds, so is a bit too fast paced for a lot of people.

Half of all people are of below average intelligence, remember.

rick_chasey

Wrong thread but this map is a real winner

Associated article

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/kaiser-reich-and-the-making-of-modern-germany

rjsterry

First.Aspect said:

rjsterry said:

First.Aspect said:

rick_chasey said:

rjsterry said:

rick_chasey said:

Not least as the nation state is only really a concept in a way we understand it today in around the middle of the 17th Century (though a little before, but you get the idea).

Not to mention that the vast majority of the various empires are not represented. But it's more that there is so little information displayed yet everyone is gushing over it as if it's the most amazing thing. It's like cats and a laser pointer.

I think a lot of people struggle to visualise the past.

Bit snobby to discount it as being useful, I think. It would be like me ridiculing popular science programmes.

Why not think of it as an interesting and engaging introduction to European history?

I think Cbeebies may have offered more insight into European History.

It just doesn't tell you very much. There's a far better map-based animation that tells a similar story but in much more depth.

Afraid that CBeebies is pitched at enquiring ypung minds, so is a bit too fast paced for a lot of people.

Half of all people are of below average intelligence, remember.

Particularly illustrated when you attend a school meeting for parents and they ask for any questions.

First.Aspect

rick_chasey said:

Wrong thread but this map is a real winner

Associated article

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/kaiser-reich-and-the-making-of-modern-germany

Can you please email that to nicola@snp.onepartystate.scot and tell her that see, she isn't special?

secretsam

Wires. Just...wires. Trip hazard, fiddly, get in the way wires.
Grrr.

rick_chasey

If you want a modern version of the HRE, check this one out.

Just off wiki, but gives you an idea how in that the part of the world maps were simultaneously very important and very unimportant

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Mitteleuropa_zur_Zeit_der_Staufer.svg

pinno

rjsterry said:

rick_chasey said:

Not least as the nation state is only really a concept in a way we understand it today in around the middle of the 17th Century (though a little before, but you get the idea).

Not to mention that the vast majority of the various empires are not represented. But it's more that there is so little information displayed yet everyone is gushing over it as if it's the most amazing thing. It's like cats and a laser pointer.

Don't diss my cat.

orraloon

First.Aspect said:

Half of all people are of below average intelligence, remember.

Getting these annoying popup games ads from Microsoft, want to play a sudoku or similar but have to wait for an ad for some other to play out. And today's offering has a banner saying average IQ 85-115. Isn't average IQ number 100? Or is that mode not mean? Can an average be a range of values?

rick_chasey

Intelligence distribution is on a bell curve, it's not linear. Most people are of similar intelligence...

kingstongraham

I saw an episode of Pointless recently where they asked the question "Which city beginning with L was known to the Romans as Londinium? Its present day landmarks include Tower Bridge and St Paul's Cathedral."

78 out of 100 could work it out.

First.Aspect

kingstongraham said:

I saw an episode of Pointless recently where they asked the question "Which city beginning with L was known to the Romans as Londinium? Its present day landmarks include Tower Bridge and St Paul's Cathedral."

78 out of 100 could work it out.

Harry Enfield nailed it.

"Bpotato."

masjer

kingstongraham said:

I saw an episode of Pointless recently where they asked the question "Which city beginning with L was known to the Romans as Londinium? Its present day landmarks include Tower Bridge and St Paul's Cathedral."

78 out of 100 could work it out.

Leeds?

Ben6899

masjer said:

kingstongraham said:

I saw an episode of Pointless recently where they asked the question "Which city beginning with L was known to the Romans as Londinium? Its present day landmarks include Tower Bridge and St Paul's Cathedral."

78 out of 100 could work it out.

Leeds?

Lowestoft

morstar

Try watching numberwang for a real tv quiz show.

rjsterry

Zwei und siebzig.

Ben6899

rjsterry said:

Zwei und siebzig.

THAT'S NUMBERWANG!

Pross

Watching My Fair Lady and a woman behind deciding it’s a karaoke version

rjsterry

Someone accidentally put oat 'milk' in my tea.

First.Aspect

rjsterry said:

Someone accidentally put oat 'milk' in my tea.

Does anyone actually understand the point of oat milk?

Is it just a vegan-sniff your own wind fad thing?

rjsterry

It's not the worst approximation if you can't tolerate or don't want to drink real milk but it's not for me.

Pross

First.Aspect said:

rjsterry said:

Someone accidentally put oat 'milk' in my tea.

Does anyone actually understand the point of oat milk?

Is it just a vegan-sniff your own wind fad thing?

It’s OK on cereal, horrible in a hot drink though

First.Aspect

Pross said:

First.Aspect said:

rjsterry said:

Someone accidentally put oat 'milk' in my tea.

Does anyone actually understand the point of oat milk?

Is it just a vegan-sniff your own wind fad thing?

It’s OK on cereal, horrible in a hot drink though

But it must be essentially carbs and water, right?

masjer

It stops this sort of thing and indirect suckling.

Pross

First.Aspect said:

Pross said:

First.Aspect said:

rjsterry said:

Someone accidentally put oat 'milk' in my tea.

Does anyone actually understand the point of oat milk?

Is it just a vegan-sniff your own wind fad thing?

It’s OK on cereal, horrible in a hot drink though

But it must be essentially carbs and water, right?

Certainly far less protein than real milk