The thread of learning something new every day
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@Machpants said in The thread of learning something new every day:
So you meant to put this in the stupid shit thread, and accidentally put it in the learning thread?
You're a bundle of joy huh.
Today I learned that there's a devil in Canada but it's actually a fucking tree, not a make believe supernatural creature! Fucking unreal. Thanks world.
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@Bones said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@Machpants said in The thread of learning something new every day:
So you meant to put this in the stupid shit thread, and accidentally put it in the learning thread?
You're a bundle of joy huh.
Today I learned that there's a devil in Canada but it's actually a fucking tree, not a make believe supernatural creature! Fucking unreal. Thanks world.
The Grumpy old man thread is that way
( points )
Go and vent over there.
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@MN5 said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@Bones said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@Machpants said in The thread of learning something new every day:
So you meant to put this in the stupid shit thread, and accidentally put it in the learning thread?
You're a bundle of joy huh.
Today I learned that there's a devil in Canada but it's actually a fucking tree, not a make believe supernatural creature! Fucking unreal. Thanks world.
The Grumpy old man thread is that way
( points )
Go and vent over there.
I have no idea how you take out of that, that I was the grumpy one.
Duh it's just wood.
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They loved a centring kick.
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Why is it only today that I have learned of this fluffybunny:
Stumbled on to a podcast called "Real Dictators". This ... err ... example shows up.
Apparently Macias existed within my awareness of international news growing up in the 70s and 80s, but for some reason didn't feature in news reports that made my consciousness...
Seems his successor/nephew Obiang remains El Presidente since he took over in 1982, and according to said podcast is the longest serving President if any Country in the world (Wiki says 2nd longest, but that nay be semantics arounp "pres", "head of state", "leader", etc). Regardless, seems he must be universally loved by the populace...
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I mean it makes perfect sense, but still...
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Good find
Actually gruntled, whilst a word, is a relatively new one.
It was first used in the 1930's by P G Wodehouse of Jeeves and Wooster fame, as a deliberately humorous antonym of disgruntled. The original "gruntle" is a 16th century archaism meaning to grumble.
Similar in its creation to underwhelmed which has only been around since the 60's whereas both whelmed and overwhelmed have been in use for centuries.
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@nonpartizan yeah think it took me until my early twenties maybe.
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@nonpartizan said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@Bones said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@nonpartizan yeah think it took me until my early twenties maybe.
The classic case of you look at the picture one way you see this, the other something entirely different....
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@nonpartizan said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@Bones said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@nonpartizan yeah think it took me until my early twenties maybe.
The classic case of you look at the picture one way you see this, the other something entirely different....
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It's like this one...when looked at upside down, looks like a robot having its way with a crab...
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B booboo referenced this topic
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Francisco Macías Nguema - Wikipedia
QI - Quite Interesting