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ComradeCosmobot posted:It's not politically-motivated per se, but it's certainly got its own bias to it: It still boggles my mind whenever I see a global map that isn't centered on England (Greenwich?) unlimited shrimp fucked around with this message at 19:41 on Feb 1, 2013 |
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I'm glad they decided to build the arms factory in one of the least defensible areas in the town.
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Feb 7, 2013 20:13
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withak posted:I think the problem is that usually the term is used to discuss the development of civilizations. These maps are more of a interesting correlation between favorable geology and agriculture conducive to slavery, and then a correlation between past slavery and present political opinion. quote:The people voting democrat didn't just happen to set up a civilization there thousands of years ago and are currently dealing with the consequences; they were forcibly dragged there in the relatively recent past. Regardless of the merits of environmental determinism, that map/article is a good example of how geological conditions can shape human history in subtle ways. unlimited shrimp fucked around with this message at 22:12 on Feb 13, 2013 |
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Feb 13, 2013 22:09
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Sleep of Bronze posted:'Land of Strangers', 'Bright Helmet's Farm' ... and 'Newcastle', 'Blackpool', 'Oxford'. Sometimes we just mean what we say. Oxford City Council also has a particularly literalist bent in its logo: Instead I'm from a city named after a town founded by some rear end in a top hat named Brand.
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Mar 19, 2013 15:17
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Regarde Aduck posted:Protestantism possibly causes a lifestyle outlook that leads to diabetes. It's not impossible when you frame it logically. Considering the type of people who got kicked out of Europe and forced to flee to the Americas, religion probably is important when considering some of the ills of American history. Puritans, for example, were unforgivable scum and their legacy is still felt today. Alternately, "poverty_sucks.jpg"
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Jul 31, 2013 21:48
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I wish billowing silk robes and bowls of coral were still in fashion.
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Aug 1, 2013 20:50
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Lord Tywin posted:Here's a 16th century map of the Nordic countries e: \/ That's cool as heck. 
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Now I want to make a movie about an overworked code monkey who inadvertently starts a nuclear war between India and Pakistan because of his sloppy coding on the Windows 95 timezone feature, played by Paul Giamatti.
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