What have you learned today? P3

by **Staenwald** » Tue May 31, 2011 2:43 pm

Trollgaard wrote:I learned that at the end of the Bronze Age many major cities throughout the Mediterranean were burned and destroyed. One theory is that they were destroyed by the "Sea Peoples". I learned that I'm going to read up on the Bronze Age more than I was planning on!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Peoples

by **Trollgaard** » Tue May 31, 2011 2:44 pm

Dumb Ideologies wrote:
Trollgaard wrote:I learned that at the end of the Bronze Age many major cities throughout the Mediterranean were burned and destroyed. One theory is that they were destroyed by the "Sea Peoples". I learned that I'm going to read up on the Bronze Age more than I was planning on!

Angry rebellion from the redundant bronze craftsmen.

OH IS BRONZE TOO GOOD FOR YOU NOW?

Haha! As I was reading earlier I thought that maybe some of the cities were destroyed by rebellions against the kings/priests/whoever was in power at the time. I don't know if that's true, but the thought came up as I was reading.

Who knows, maybe the bronze craftsmen led the charge!

by **Bellganamos** » Tue May 31, 2011 2:44 pm

I learned that you should not underestimate four foot tall, morbidly obese substitute teachers.

by **Trollgaard** » Tue May 31, 2011 2:45 pm

Staenwald wrote:
Trollgaard wrote:I learned that at the end of the Bronze Age many major cities throughout the Mediterranean were burned and destroyed. One theory is that they were destroyed by the "Sea Peoples". I learned that I'm going to read up on the Bronze Age more than I was planning on!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Peoples

I've read that. Thanks for the link though! I've got a few books on the subject I'm reading through.

by **Staenwald** » Tue May 31, 2011 2:46 pm

Trollgaard wrote:
Staenwald wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Peoples

I've read that. Thanks for the link though! I've got a few books on the subject I'm reading through.

interesting. i have a new business venture idea...

by **Trollgaard** » Tue May 31, 2011 2:48 pm

Staenwald wrote:
Trollgaard wrote:
I've read that. Thanks for the link though! I've got a few books on the subject I'm reading through.

interesting. i have a new business venture idea...

Oh yeah?

by **Dumb Ideologies** » Tue May 31, 2011 2:49 pm

Trollgaard wrote:
Staenwald wrote:interesting. i have a new business venture idea...

Oh yeah?

BRING BACK BRONZE

by **Staenwald** » Tue May 31, 2011 2:55 pm

Trollgaard wrote:
Staenwald wrote:interesting. i have a new business venture idea...

Oh yeah?

probably not very profitable. More about low key community co-operation for dismal profits. Imagine how many people would sell their used garden or DIY equipment, and rent it back ,only when they need it. Or perhaps if i hold it for them centrally, for a fee, and they can use it whenever they like, and others can rent the equipment when it is not in use, for a fee, which goes to the owner of the tools. Therefore, it increases the use of assets, allows co-operation in the community, and people get some money in it too. Plus, I could offer advertising space for local traders and businesses.

by **Coffee Cakes** » Tue May 31, 2011 2:56 pm

Staenwald wrote:
Trollgaard wrote:
Oh yeah?

probably not very profitable. More about low key community co-operation for dismal profits. Imagine how many people would sell their used garden or DIY equipment, and rent it back ,only when they need it. Or perhaps if i hold it for them centrally, for a fee, and they can use it whenever they like, and others can rent the equipment when it is not in use, for a fee, which goes to the owner of the tools. Therefore, it increases the use of assets, allows co-operation in the community, and people get some money in it too. Plus, I could offer advertising space for local traders and businesses.

That's kinda like a tool bank... except for the funds made from advertising. I like that idea, it's different.

by **Staenwald** » Tue May 31, 2011 2:57 pm

Coffee Cakes wrote:
Staenwald wrote:probably not very profitable. More about low key community co-operation for dismal profits. Imagine how many people would sell their used garden or DIY equipment, and rent it back ,only when they need it. Or perhaps if i hold it for them centrally, for a fee, and they can use it whenever they like, and others can rent the equipment when it is not in use, for a fee, which goes to the owner of the tools. Therefore, it increases the use of assets, allows co-operation in the community, and people get some money in it too. Plus, I could offer advertising space for local traders and businesses.

That's kinda like a tool bank... except for the funds made from advertising. I like that idea, it's different.

i've never heard of a tool bank before. i looked it up...that's non-profit...not worth my time.

by **Staenwald** » Tue May 31, 2011 3:00 pm

it all stems from my OCD for efficiency. Interestingly i'm not a hoarder though. And I don't really have the space or the time to work out how to use my waste efficiently yet.
well i put the idea in my book.

by **Dumb Ideologies** » Tue May 31, 2011 3:00 pm

Staenwald wrote:
Coffee Cakes wrote:
That's kinda like a tool bank... except for the funds made from advertising. I like that idea, it's different.

i've never heard of a tool bank before. i looked it up...that's non-profit...not worth my time.

All banks are full of tools.

by **Staenwald** » Tue May 31, 2011 3:01 pm

Dumb Ideologies wrote:
Staenwald wrote:i've never heard of a tool bank before. i looked it up...that's non-profit...not worth my time.

All banks are full of tools.

all tools have a use. tbh a bank is probably the best place for them, behind bars yet not in prison.

by **Hellegnium** » Tue May 31, 2011 3:02 pm

I learned not to flirt with someone until you're sure beyond a doubt of their gender. :blush:

ooops! Sorry sir!

by **Staenwald** » Tue May 31, 2011 3:05 pm

Hellegnium wrote:I learned not to flirt with someone until you're sure beyond a doubt of their gender. ooops! Sorry sir!

by **Zeth Rekia** » Tue May 31, 2011 3:11 pm

Hellegnium wrote:I learned not to flirt with someone until you're sure beyond a doubt of their gender. ooops! Sorry sir!

Cute.

by **The Corparation** » Tue May 31, 2011 3:35 pm

I learned that I can half ass a debate and still do OK.

by **Soviet Haaregrad** » Tue May 31, 2011 3:43 pm

Bullshit arguments are still bullshit 4 weeks later.

by **Zeth Rekia** » Tue May 31, 2011 3:48 pm

That, with enough faith.... one can believe anything.

by **Flameswroth** » Tue May 31, 2011 3:57 pm

I've learned that we may say we hate abortion threads, but in reality we're slavering at the chance to reply the moment another rises.

by **Angleter** » Tue May 31, 2011 3:58 pm

I found out playing as an independent Ireland on Victoria II is bloody impossible since no-one'll sell you any steel and you've got sod-all for natural resources. This got me thinking, and I looked up the potato famine. Turns out it was the Whigs and their extreme laissez-faire politics that was to blame, so I've now decided that Nick Clegg must apologise to the Irish. And to us Britons too, since the Potato Famine invigorated Irish separatism and thus the Troubles.

by **Buffett and Colbert** » Tue May 31, 2011 3:58 pm

Flameswroth wrote:I've learned that we may say we hate abortion threads, but in reality we're slavering at the chance to reply the moment another rises.

I tend to stay out of them, nowadays. Sometimes I take a peek if I see Bottle posted.

by **Soviet Haaregrad** » Tue May 31, 2011 4:01 pm

Flameswroth wrote:I've learned that we may say we hate abortion threads, but in reality we're slavering at the chance to reply the moment another rises.

I love them. I love them so much I may just copypasta my replies as they(both my replies and the other arguments) are so predictable that it's not worth while to post new ones. Actually, we should just sticky 1 abortion thread and let it never die.

by **Nightkill the Emperor** » Tue May 31, 2011 4:03 pm

Soviet Haaregrad wrote:
Flameswroth wrote:I've learned that we may say we hate abortion threads, but in reality we're slavering at the chance to reply the moment another rises.

I love them. I love them so much I may just copypasta my replies as they(both my replies and the other arguments) are so predictable that it's not worth while to post new ones. Actually, we should just sticky 1 abortion thread and let it never die.

Should we try that with religion?

by **Soviet Haaregrad** » Tue May 31, 2011 4:06 pm

Nightkill the Emperor wrote:
Soviet Haaregrad wrote:
I love them. I love them so much I may just copypasta my replies as they(both my replies and the other arguments) are so predictable that it's not worth while to post new ones. Actually, we should just sticky 1 abortion thread and let it never die.

Should we try that with religion?

Honestly, there's a dozen or more topics we could do that with.

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