Marguerite Bennett's Blog, page 8
November 15, 2017
marzipanandminutiae:
derinthemadscientist:
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burntcopper:
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penroseparticle:
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My favorite thing is that Europe is spooky because it’s old and America is spooky because it’s big
“The difference between America and England is that Americans think 100 years is a long time, while the English think 100 miles is a long way.” –Earle Hitchner
A fave of mine was always the american tales where people freaked out because ‘someone died in this house’ and all the europeans would go ‘…Yes? That would be pretty much every house over 40 years old.’
‘…My school is older than your entire town.’
‘Sorry, you think *how far* is okay to travel for a shopping trip?’
*American looks up at the beams in a country pub* ‘Uh, this place has woodworm, isn’t that a bit unsafe?’ ‘Eh, the woodworm’s 400 years old, it’s holding those beams together.’
A few years ago when I was in college I did a summer program at Cambridge aimed specifically at Americans and Canadians, and my year it was all Americans and one Australian. We ended the program with a week in Wessex, and on the last day as we all piled onto the bus in Salisbury (or Bath? I can’t remember), the professors went to the front to warn us that we wouldn’t be making any stops unless absolutely necessary. We’re headed to Heathrow to drop off anyone flying off the same day, then back to Cambridge.
“All right, it’s going to be a long bus ride, so make sure you’re prepared for that.”
We all brace ourselves. A long bus ride? How long? We’re Americans; a long bus ride for us is a minimum of six hours with the double digits perfectly plausible. We can handle a twelve hour bus ride as long as we get a bathroom break.
The answer. “Two hours.”
Oh.
English people trying to travel around Australia and wildly underestimating distance are my favourite thing
a tour guide in France told my school group that a particular cathedral wouldn’t interest us much because “it’s not very old; only from the early 1600s”
to which we had to respond that it was still older than the oldest surviving European-style buildings in our country
kimreesesdaughter:
The year is 2018. Your bills are on autopay. You just got paid and you still have...
The year is 2018. Your bills are on autopay. You just got paid and you still have $1200 from the last check. When you want something, you buy it without moving money around. Your credit cards are paid off. You and your friends have 2 international trips planned and paid for this year. Your parents are in great health and you’re able to help if they need anything. You love your job. Your desired creative career is falling into place and you get to take your little cousins to Six Flags and Universal Studios over the Summer. Your relationships are healthy and supportive. All of the toxic energy from the past 6 years is gone. You going to concerts, eating good across the states and your crib has art and warmth throughout. 2018 is going to be so good to you.
systlin:
systlin:
tomfordvelvetorchid:
WHY DID A GROUP OF WHITE MEN WRITE LAWS FOR PEOPLE THAT...
WHY DID A GROUP OF WHITE MEN WRITE LAWS FOR PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE BORN HUNDREDS OF YEARS LATER WHY ARENT WE ALOUD TO CHANGE AND REVISIT THE CONSITUTION AS TIME CHANGES SHIT THATS FROM 300 YEARS AGO DONT APPLY TO TODAY THE FUCK
The reason for this, he said, was that he feared that Americans would not view themselves as stakeholders in the foundation document of US law, and therefore become divorced from the idea of their own self-governance, and that politicians from the President down would become ‘like wolves’.
*Looks around at America in 2017*
Yeah he fuckin called that shit.
November 14, 2017
liaraswife:
It’s a little fishy that Kevin Spacey is getting (rightfully) kicked out of every movie...
It’s a little fishy that Kevin Spacey is getting (rightfully) kicked out of every movie or show he’s currently in after the rape allegations against him, while directors and actors like Roman Polanski, Woody Allen or Casey Affleck are still out there making movies and winning awards
napoleanbonafarte:
markv5:
Механик
“I came here to fix the car...
Механик
“I came here to fix the car and beat you with a wrench. As you can see, I’ve already finished fixing the car”
nostalgiaunicorn:
“It is said a hero is only as good as their...
“It is said a hero is only as good as their enemies. Thus, a good story has to have a well-written villain, somebody that earns respect. After all, what is a hero without a villain to challenge them?”
flowisaconstruct:
broodingborzoiboyscout:
“Why do you take politics so personally.”
What if I told...
“Why do you take politics so personally.”
What if I told you
that these policies
affect me personally?
Sure sign of privilege if you think politics is just a game or a topic of conversation and not life or death.
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