Topic: Let's broaden our minds: the non-film-related cool stuff thread

Most of the stuff I gravitate toward discovering and learning more about is, naturally, film-related. I'm certainly interested in other topics, but I don't always find them just due to the circles I run in and websites I read.

So, this is the thread to post cool or interesting sites or articles on topics not related to films or filmmaking. Let's introduce each other to new and exciting worlds of knowledge.

With that in mind, try to make posts/links educational. Don't just post a picture of a cool building, for example -- link to the architecture site explaining who designed it, what their thought process and goals were, etc. I don't want to just see something cool, I want to learn something cool.

Annnnnnnnd GO.

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I like the fact that he is skeptical of many different points, whether they be identified as "conservative" in modern lingo or not. Conservatism, for all the rhetoric out there, can leave a bad taste in many people's mouths, so I find it interesting that he is not a "evangelist" of conservatism, who insist that conservative ideals must be spread across the world. That, to me, is a bit refreshing.

I certainly lean towards a conservative points of view, but the idea that one person has all the answers is something that I am skeptical towards.

Thanks for sharing! smile

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I would rather this thread not fall into being political -- we should start another thread for political discussion if so desired -- but I will just say I'm still not clear on what "conservatism" means, or what the "good" version is that people insist the modern American right-wing does not represent.

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God loves you!

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6 (edited by BigDamnArtist 2013-11-07 00:07:17)

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ZangrethorDigital.ca

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**It's 2021 now and I hate everything I've said in this thread.**

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White text on a black background is the only thing that separates man from the animals, bucko.

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Hummingbirds aren't real.  RON PAUL 2012

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For the next hour, everything in this post is strictly based on the available facts.

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Interesting, although any language is going to be full of these, due in great part to the inate laziness of speakers and the inevitability of omitted words. In fact, the second meaning you prescribe to your example is actually derived from omitted words and isn't accurate (the full sentence being something like "which relatives do you want to have visit?"). It's a contracted sentence that could mean the same but really just reflects poor grammar. The reason why when wanna is used, the meaning is clearer, is that it is a contraction of the original meaning, and is not also a contraction of the secondary meaning (which as above is a misreading).

Much of language works on subtle clues here and there, and regardless of the isolation of a spoken or written statement, there would always be a context that would lead us to read or hear a certain meaning. Indeed, I would argue that it's impossible to not have context of some kind.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. - Carl Sagan

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For the next hour, everything in this post is strictly based on the available facts.

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(UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

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God loves you!

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Eddie Doty

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They didn't buy the cars, they were only renting them. I doubt that's gonna happen to Tesla anytime soon.

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