Elfen High 2 (OOC 7, Closed, Humans Not Allowed)

[Nationstatelandsville]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13452711

This is genuinely fascinating.

This could quite possibly mean that the Amondawa moved away from other linguistic influences before such a concept arouse - which means that either people have been living in the Amazon for far longer than we think, or that said concept is far younger than we think possible.

But I'm no anthropologist.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13452711

This is genuinely fascinating.

This could quite possibly mean that the Amondawa moved away from other linguistic influences before such a concept arouse - which means that either people have been living in the Amazon for far longer than we think, or that said concept is far younger than we think possible.

But I'm no anthropologist.

I think the odds lean toward the latter.

Also, the Indonesian language doesn't understand your silly tenses.

http://www.cracked.com/article_18823_5- ... nd_p2.html

Perhaps weirder than that, Indonesian people often don't use terms to explain the passage of time at all. That is, in English if you're reporting a crime, you're either going to say, "Mel Gibson shot my dad," "Mel Gibson is shooting my dad" or "Mel Gibson is about to shoot my dad." There's no way to relay that information without giving away where in the shooting process we currently are chronologically. But in Indonesia they have a way to just convey that without any tense at all, and they often do it.

[Nationstatelandsville]

This could quite possibly mean that the Amondawa moved away from other linguistic influences before such a concept arouse - which means that either people have been living in the Amazon for far longer than we think, or that said concept is far younger than we think possible.

But I'm no anthropologist.

I think the odds lean toward the latter.

Also, the Indonesian language doesn't understand your silly tenses.

http://www.cracked.com/article_18823_5- ... nd_p2.html

Perhaps weirder than that, Indonesian people often don't use terms to explain the passage of time at all. That is, in English if you're reporting a crime, you're either going to say, "Mel Gibson shot my dad," "Mel Gibson is shooting my dad" or "Mel Gibson is about to shoot my dad." There's no way to relay that information without giving away where in the shooting process we currently are chronologically. But in Indonesia they have a way to just convey that without any tense at all, and they often do it.

The Indonesian language sounds like an old black-and-white comedy sketch.

You know, the ones they would describe as "zany!" and have fat white guys with Chaplin mustaches.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

Seriously though- the thought that the concept of time is younger than we imagined brings up points of its own- how did human civilisations the world over discover and utilise that concept? And why did this one Latin American tribe not?

[Nationstatelandsville]

Seriously though- the thought that the concept of time is younger than we imagined brings up points of its own- how did human civilisations the world over discover and utilise that concept? And why did this one Latin American tribe not?

Short answer?

Aliens.

Long answer?

Time Lords.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

Seriously though- the thought that the concept of time is younger than we imagined brings up points of its own- how did human civilisations the world over discover and utilise that concept? And why did this one Latin American tribe not?

Short answer?

Aliens.

Long answer?

Time Lords.

Seems a good an explanation as any.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23766759

I feel like this is a setup for a comedy film.

[Individuality-ness]

Right now I'm pissed off at some people on NSG (you know what I'm talking about Night), so I won't put up an IC response until tomorrow most likely. Instead, I'm reading a book about chiropractic medicine and how it should start adhering to science-based principles instead of "all disease can be cured by spinal manipulation".

[Nightkill the Emperor]

Right now I'm pissed off at some people on NSG (you know what I'm talking about Night), so I won't put up an IC response until tomorrow most likely. Instead, I'm reading a book about chiropractic medicine and how it should start adhering to science-based principles instead of "all disease can be cured by spinal manipulation".

Mkay, tis fine.

Though you should do what I do and realise that absolutely nothing anyone says on NSG matters.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

So a Glawgow MP dropped his British citizenship to be the governor of Pakistani Punjab.

Glasgow is so bad he went to Pakistan.

[Erinkita]

So a Glawgow MP dropped his British citizenship to be the governor of Pakistani Punjab.

Glasgow is so bad he went to Pakistan.

It's worse than you can imagine.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

So a Glawgow MP dropped his British citizenship to be the governor of Pakistani Punjab.

Glasgow is so bad he went to Pakistan.

It's worse than you can imagine.

YouTube's being a bitch, what is it?

[Nationstatelandsville]

So a Glawgow MP dropped his British citizenship to be the governor of Pakistani Punjab.

Glasgow is so bad he went to Pakistan.

Glasgow is a place that let Craig Ferguson be in a punk band.

No, I'm still not over this.

[Erinkita]

It's worse than you can imagine.

YouTube's being a bitch, what is it?

That sucks. :/
It's a clip from a show called Garth Marenghi's Darkplace where the main character give a melodramatic rant about his one night is Glasgow.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

So a Glawgow MP dropped his British citizenship to be the governor of Pakistani Punjab.

Glasgow is so bad he went to Pakistan.

Glasgow is a place that let Craig Ferguson be in a punk band.

No, I'm still not over this.

I was going to make Glasgow the new Capitol of the UK, but then I decided that'd be terrifying.

[Erinkita]

Australian politics is just terrible.

[Nationstatelandsville]

Glasgow is a place that let Craig Ferguson be in a punk band.

No, I'm still not over this.

I was going to make Glasgow the new Capitol of the UK, but then I decided that'd be terrifying.

"In other news, Prime Minister Angus has decided to pay this year's tax refunds with bagpipe solos."

[Nightkill the Emperor]

Australian politics is just terrible.

Us outsiders find it brilliant.

[Nightkill the Emperor]

I was going to make Glasgow the new Capitol of the UK, but then I decided that'd be terrifying.

"In other news, Prime Minister Angus has decided to pay this year's tax refunds with bagpipe solos."

Mind, I made it Edinburgh.

[Nationstatelandsville]

"In other news, Prime Minister Angus has decided to pay this year's tax refunds with bagpipe solos."

Mind, I made it Edinburgh.

"In other news, Nat has only hold of Edinburgh because of Blackadder."

[Nightkill the Emperor]

Mind, I made it Edinburgh.

"In other news, Nat has only hold of Edinburgh because of Blackadder."

Edinburgh is the second richest city in the UK and part of Scotland.

[Erinkita]

Mind, I made it Edinburgh.

"In other news, Nat has only hold of Edinburgh because of Blackadder."

It was the scientific centre of Europe once.

Australian politics is just terrible.

Us outsiders find it brilliant.

It's not. We have elections every 3 years, which means parties always have to be thinking of the next one. It encourages short-term bullshit policies that sound flashy but change nothing. This leads to massive widespread political apathy. And since we have compulsory voting, the only way to win an election is to appeal to people who know and care nothing about politics, giving further incentive to PR-friendly fluff over actual substance, which worsens the apathy problem and creates a vicious cycle.

[Erinkita]

Nale!

[Nationstatelandsville]

"In other news, Nat has only hold of Edinburgh because of Blackadder."

It was the scientific centre of Europe once.

Us outsiders find it brilliant.

It's not. We have elections every 3 years, which means parties always have to be thinking of the next one. It encourages short-term bullshit policies that sound flashy but change nothing. This leads to massive widespread political apathy. And since we have compulsory voting, the only way to win an election is to appeal to people who know and care nothing about politics, giving further incentive to PR-friendly fluff over actual substance, which worsens the apathy problem and creates a vicious cycle.

BUT JOHN OLIVER SAID IT WAS A GOOD IDEA!

(cries)

[Nightkill the Emperor]

"In other news, Nat has only hold of Edinburgh because of Blackadder."

It was the scientific centre of Europe once.

Us outsiders find it brilliant.

It's not. We have elections every 3 years, which means parties always have to be thinking of the next one. It encourages short-term bullshit policies that sound flashy but change nothing. This leads to massive widespread political apathy. And since we have compulsory voting, the only way to win an election is to appeal to people who know and care nothing about politics, giving further incentive to PR-friendly fluff over actual substance, which worsens the apathy problem and creates a vicious cycle.

On the plus side, you can write "All politicians are wankers" on your ballot and someone has to read it.