John J.
Senior Member.
Yeah, I wouldn't trust them. Grandma: "I could've sworn I put my laxatives in the bathroom cabinet..."
Kyle Ferriter
Senior Member.
Advanced energy egg technology, revealed
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https://enron.com/#egg
Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEiKPlEJ_5_/
RTM
Senior Member.
FatPhil
Senior Member.
Perhaps ChatGPT shouldn't have told him he was so smart and that his ideas have so much merit?
Ann K
Senior Member.
It takes two for the sphere, and the instructions need to be translated into mystery-speak characters.Wait, am I supposed to laugh at that as making fun of the Mayan Calendar nonsense from some years back, or as a Buga Sphere reference? I mean, I'm laughing, I just want to understand why?
FatPhil
Senior Member.
And so the search for the other half must be hastened - let your congressman know: this is important, funding is needed right now!
That's definitely not a funny cartoon.
JMartJr
Senior Member.
That's definitely not a funny cartoon.
obiwanbenobi
Active Member
Ann K
Senior Member.
Yes, cats do that. It's their Special Skill.
Mendel
Senior Member.
obiwanbenobi
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Mendel
Senior Member.
@obiwanbenobi do you think the Ship of Theseus is still the same ship?
Maybe we should ask the philosophers whether a spaceship part is still a spaceship part when it's no longer part of a spaceship?
(Especially if it looks like a windmill part?)
Ann K
Senior Member.
Do you live in the "same" civilization as your great-great-grandparents?
obiwanbenobi
Active Member
Do you live in the "same" civilization as your great-great-grandparents?
Not all of them - some were from overseas.
JMartJr
Senior Member.
Valid point, but I'd say "overseas" does not in and of itself mean "a different civilization." I'd argue that different countries can be part of the same over-arching civilization, especially in an era when cultural "stuff" is so readily passed around the world and travel is so widely avaialable
Ann K
Senior Member.
I think that the difference between, say, America of 1800 and Germany of 1800 is probably less that the difference between America of 1800 and America of 2025.
I have read (or perhaps I should say tried to read) British novels of a century or more ago, and my frustration at the thoughts and actions of the individuals made me realize that I had no reference point in my own current life to help me understand the embarrassments or societal strictures in their lives. I'm aware of the difference between my life now and that of my childhood, or my parents' generation. I'm not talking about the obvious advances in technology, but the societal attitudes under which we were raised. There is also a significant difference between urban and rural or between north and south. Civilizations don't remain static.
Mendel
Senior Member.
"Western civilisation."
Though my mind went "Africa" when I read "overseas". For Americans, it could ofc also indicate China, Japan, SE Asia, or any other place.
FatPhil
Senior Member.
InB4: "I think it would be a good idea" (almost certainly a fabrication, but a great quip nonetheless).
We have to of course remember that in 1800, Germany wasn't Germany (you were still /Heiliges Romisches/, IIRC, and included regions we now call Belgium and probably Kaliningrad), and America wasn't America (I think they'd reached the Mississippi by then, but the Louisiana purchase (which *doubled* its area but still didn't get anywhere near the west coast) hadn't happened yet).
However, I too think that the melting-pot of cultural influences sustained a (perhaps "Western", perhaps "European") homogeneity across both sides of the Atlantic, and that our 21st century connection with that time is far weaker.
Ann K
Senior Member.
Of course. Silly of me to ignore that, since I have copies of immigration papers of my husband's ancestors from "the Grand Duchy of Baden".
FatPhil
Senior Member.
That seems almost diametrically opposite to my view of the region's history. And, apparently, UNESCO agrees:
-- https://en.unesco.org/silkroad/countries-alongside-silk-road-routes/egyptExternal Quote:
(As does the anthropology MPhil (Cantab) PhD (Cantab) in the room, but she's not citable on this specific matter.)
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