Posts Tagged ‘history’

How Have Serbians Preserved An Entire Ethnicity of People Who All Look Drunk?

Serbia seems to have produced an entire nation of citizens who all look like they are drunk

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The Kyrgyzstan Revolt Is What Happens When Citizens Are Denied Vowels

The explosion in tensions in Kyrgyzstan this week showed how susceptible governments are if they oppress citizens and command a weak police presence. We have all learned that you can’t keep citizens from the vowels they deserve. I’m not exactly sure where Kyrgyzstan is located. I tried searching for it on Google Maps, but instead [...]

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Do Architects of Crappy Landmarks Dream That Their Structures Will be Destroyed in a Michael Bay Film?

The pinnacle for an architect is no longer recognition and awards, but rather it’s getting your structure destroyed in a Michael Bay disaster movie. I wonder if the architects of crappy structures and landmarks – be it in major cities or crappy towns across the Midwest (I’m looking at you, Cincinnati) – dream of this [...]

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Sports Histories

Whenever two teams are going to face off in the playoffs, the newspapers and broadcasters inexplicably offer the historical records between the teams.  It makes no sense to me when the paper explains that, say, the Orioles are 8-4 against the White Sox in playoff series since 1912 coming into the upcoming matchups. Is the [...]

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