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Re: Contemplate This (or That, or the Other Thing)

Post by pErvinalia » Wed Jul 12, 2017 1:19 am

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Post by JimC » Wed Jul 12, 2017 4:38 am

You're getting a little dotty, rEv... :nono:
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Post by Hermit » Wed Jul 12, 2017 4:45 am

JimC wrote:A bit deceptive, that map - the land area of the US is approximately 9,162,000 square kilometres, with Oz at 7,618,000. To my eye, adding and subtracting bits, it seems closer...
The map is of the contiguous part of the USA. Leaving Alaska and Hawaii out the remainder is 8,080,464.3 km². According to Geoscience Australia our continent covers 7,692,024 km². So the overlay looks properly scaled.

Not that any of this matters from an economic or demographic point of view.

GDP (millions of US$)
USA 18,036,648
EU 16,832,631
Australia 1,230,859

Population (millions):
EU 510.1
USA 325.4
Australia 24.5
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Post by JimC » Wed Jul 12, 2017 4:47 am

Hawaii is neither here nor there (so to speak...), but I forgot about Alaska... :oops:
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Re: Contemplate This (or That, or the Other Thing)

Post by Forty Two » Wed Jul 12, 2017 5:13 pm

The ending of the movie Inception.

The spinning top is a red herring. At the beginning of the movie, it's noted that the spinning top is his wife's totem, not his. His totem is his wedding ring, which he wears when he's dreaming. In the ending scene, he's not wearing the ring.

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I didn't notice that. I'll watch for it next time I watch the movie.
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Re: Contemplate This (or That, or the Other Thing)

Post by Forty Two » Fri Jul 14, 2017 4:40 pm

"Everything is racist, everything is sexist, everything is homophobic." - Anita Sarkeesian.

Everything includes feminism.

Therefore, feminism is racist, sexist and homophobic.

QED.
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Re: Contemplate This (or That, or the Other Thing)

Post by pErvinalia » Sat Jul 15, 2017 1:20 am

"everything" except the enlightened ones...
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Re: Contemplate This (or That, or the Other Thing)

Post by Rum » Sat Jul 15, 2017 8:02 am

You may not personally believe in tis sentiment but I think I do.

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Re: Contemplate This (or That, or the Other Thing)

Post by rainbow » Sat Jul 15, 2017 9:41 am

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Europeans used to use ground up human remains as medicine.
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Re: Contemplate This (or That, or the Other Thing)

Post by JimC » Sat Jul 15, 2017 9:52 pm

Whereas you would use it as a garnish... :tea:
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Re: Contemplate This (or That, or the Other Thing)

Post by NineBerry » Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:05 pm

Tomorrow, I will eat at a diner that has been operating for 900 years:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regensbur ... ge_Kitchen
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Re: Contemplate This (or That, or the Other Thing)

Post by JimC » Sat Jul 15, 2017 11:42 pm

As long as you don't get 900 year old left-overs...
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Re: Contemplate This (or That, or the Other Thing)

Post by NineBerry » Sun Jul 16, 2017 12:45 pm

Couldn't eat there. Too many US pensioner tourists.
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Re: Contemplate This (or That, or the Other Thing)

Post by rainbow » Sun Jul 16, 2017 1:29 pm

JimC wrote:Whereas you would use it as a garnish... :tea:
Some say if you consume your enemies, they can't haunt you. :whisper:

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