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[nooleen]

Borderline Nationality Disorder

"Even the cut of the hedgerows – once a reliable indicator of a farmer’s religion – offer no real clues."

anyone know what the difference is between protestant and catholic hedgerows?

(not the set-up for a joke; i'm actually asking)

 

[Scientician 0.8]

"Even the cut of the hedgerows – once a reliable indicator of a farmer’s religion – offer no real clues."

anyone know what the difference is between protestant and catholic hedgerows?

(not the set-up for a joke; i'm actually asking)

Stereotypically, Protestant hedgerows are better kept, maintained as are/were average Protestant farms versus Catholic. Tidier, neater, trimmer. I have no idea if it is bollocks or not. Most likely is, but a lot of people believe or believed it.

 

[nooleen]

ah i see

probably not full of plaster statues of holy mary either

 

[Scientician 0.8]

ah i see

probably not full of plaster statues of holy mary either

Stereotypically, Protestants were into having tree lined avenues too. "House of the planter is known by the trees" etc.

 

[pete]

took me a few tries to get through this for the rage it induced

Parents recount seeing dead babies squeezed into metal box

 

[Scientician 0.8]

This is pretty in'eresting. Modern Drunkard Magazine

 

[nooleen]

very inneresting

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[Cornu Ammonis]

Yoko Ono and the Myth That Deserves to Die -- Vulture

 

[hydromancer]

One of the World's Biggest Extinction Crises Is Being Caused by Cats | VICE News

 

[Lili Marlene]

The World Needs Female Rock Critics - The New Yorker

 

[pete]

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/18/world-without-end-raffi-khatchadourian

 

[Lili Marlene]

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/18/world-without-end-raffi-khatchadourian

do you think it sounds good or dreadfully boring after about 5 mins?

 

[jonah]

The World Needs Female Rock Critics - The New Yorker

Interesting! Overall I agree, but kind of has the blinders on to make a point. Still good tho.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Interesting! Overall I agree, but kind of has the blinders on to make a point. Still good tho.

which specific blinders are you referring to?

 

[pete]

do you think it sounds good or dreadfully boring after about 5 mins?

Depends on the split between narrative-driven, multiplayer & emergent gameplay I guess. Intelligent design vs randomness vs the hell of other people.

Elite got by perfectly well with emergent only, but that was the 80s.

 

[nooleen]

i wonder how much detail there is in the geology

probably very little

 

[nooleen]

a look at the disproportionate influence of zealots in the context of the latest sub-gamergate quasi-scandal

Sci-fi’s right-wing backlash: Never doubt that a small group of deranged trolls can ruin anything (even the Hugo Awards) - Salon.com

 

[jonah]

Skyping with the enemy: I went undercover as a jihadi girlfriend | World news | The Guardian

 

[pete]

Ireland's media silenced over MP's speech about Denis O'Brien | Media | The Guardian

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

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