Topic: What I learned today! (Read 194914 times)

Mongrel · « **Reply #2320 on:** July 02, 2012, 04:31:14 AM »

About the deadly land once known as Action Park

Brentai · « **Reply #2321 on:** July 02, 2012, 06:44:40 AM »

Snopes doesn't have an entry for it, which is unfortunate, because this whole thing sounds like a hilarious joke. Especially when you get to stuff like "the owners later added a skate park and a microbrewery"...

Niku · « **Reply #2322 on:** July 02, 2012, 07:21:19 AM »

I'm disappointed that half of the fatalities are "drowned in the tide pool". I mean, c'mon, I wanted at least a few amputations on the teacup ride.

TA · « **Reply #2323 on:** July 02, 2012, 07:00:31 PM »

Thad · « **Reply #2324 on:** July 03, 2012, 06:42:54 AM »

...but that changes EVERYTHING!

François · « **Reply #2325 on:** July 03, 2012, 01:49:23 PM »

In curious symmetry to the "tits and ass visible in the same angle" thing, Liefeld didn't realize we don't simultaneously see both of Arnold's pecs and the back of his neck.

Thad · « **Reply #2326 on:** July 20, 2012, 03:20:37 PM »

"Goosnargh" is the name of a place!

Which fits in with the whole theme of The Meaning of Liff, actually, of taking place names and assigning them to things there are no English words for.

falselogic · « **Reply #2327 on:** July 23, 2012, 01:07:29 PM »

goose berries are a real thing. They are sour on the outside and sweet on the inside!?

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #2328 on:** July 23, 2012, 01:23:20 PM »

Quote from: Thad on July 03, 2012, 06:42:54 AM

...but that changes EVERYTHING!

Not really. The head size and neck placement are still off. Also the way the arm disappears from existence behind the shield. And a lot of other things. It's sort of like Liefeld, I don't know, ineptly copied a photograph but didn't use his imagination or artistic license to correct for differences between his drawing and the photo.

ANYWAY:

The (Secret) City of London Part 1: History

So there's London, the city, and the City of London?

Thad · « **Reply #2329 on:** July 23, 2012, 01:32:27 PM »

Quote from: Disposable Ninja on July 23, 2012, 01:23:20 PM

Not really. The head size and neck placement are still off. Also the way the arm disappears from existence behind the shield.

But these are not the things that people have historically criticized about that image.

Büge · « **Reply #2330 on:** July 25, 2012, 07:28:27 PM »

Today I learned that cuttlebone is so heat-resistant that it is used for casting metal jewelry.

Nickasummers · « **Reply #2331 on:** July 26, 2012, 12:10:51 PM »

Today I learned google is finally rolling out the amazing internet they have been talking about casually for a while
https://fiber.google.com/plans/residential/

Ocksi · « **Reply #2332 on:** July 26, 2012, 01:22:16 PM »

Is "talking about casually" a euphemism for "establishing in towns they have offices in, as well as participating in national, inter-, and intrastate auctions for telecommunication rights"?

Nickasummers · « **Reply #2333 on:** July 26, 2012, 01:49:50 PM »

I didn't realize they had been doing anything serious about it until now. Every few months a see some small comment about it somewhere on the internet and then nothing for a while

Mongrel · « **Reply #2334 on:** July 30, 2012, 07:15:39 PM »

The plot to kill Winston Churchill with an exploding bar of chocolate

Mongrel · « **Reply #2335 on:** July 31, 2012, 08:35:06 AM »

Ze airship renaissance!

I love the "Cat Logic" in the last sentence on the first page.

Zaratustra · « **Reply #2336 on:** July 31, 2012, 11:19:07 AM »

Quote from: Disposable Ninja on July 23, 2012, 01:23:20 PM

Quote from: Thad on July 03, 2012, 06:42:54 AM
...but that changes EVERYTHING!

Not really. The head size and neck placement are still off. Also the way the arm disappears from existence behind the shield. And a lot of other things. It's sort of like Liefeld, I don't know, ineptly copied a photograph but didn't use his imagination or artistic license to correct for differences between his drawing and the photo.

ANYWAY:

The (Secret) City of London Part 1: History

So there's London, the city, and the City of London?

The City of London is a square-mile section inside London proper. It's basically London's Wall Street - it's full of skyscrapers and financial institutions. To complete the plutopunk scenario, the governing body is called City of London Corporation.

The City of London is inside London or Greater London, which includes Central London (pretty much every landmark), Inner London (the area where you could conceivably bicycle to Westminster and back) and Outer London.

So when a job recruiter posts a job in "East London", it might be a rich-ass Islington place two farts from the Big Ben, a hipster startup at Shoreditch, or a factory floor job three hours away from civilization.

Brentai · « **Reply #2337 on:** July 31, 2012, 12:13:50 PM »

"City of x Corporation" is not all that rare. Once upon a time the word "corporation" meant what it actually means and wasn't immediately associated with a commercial conglomerate.

François · « **Reply #2338 on:** July 31, 2012, 05:58:55 PM »

Ear pointing is a thing.

I guess the most surprising aspect of this is that it surprised me at all, really.

Thad · « **Reply #2339 on:** July 31, 2012, 06:38:50 PM »

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