EristicTrick

EristicTrick t1_jb3ik8m wrote

Reply to TIL that the Convair Model 118, a tentative flying car from 1947, was shelved because its prototype crashed when a test pilot mixed up the flight engine's fuel gauge with the road engine's and didn't see the former run out. While he survived, this killed interest in the project. by ShabtaiBenOron

What I'm hearing is that we could all have Jetsons cars, except that Reuben Snodgrass ruined it for everyone. Snodgrass!!!

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EristicTrick t1_jatob1w wrote

Reply to Banning Words Won’t Make the World More Just - The Atlantic by vaikrunta

These style guides appear to be written by people who eschew etymology, and may have read some George Lakoff without comprehension. While we should absolutely reflect on the metaphors and power dynamics intrinsic to our vocabulary, if we can no longer use "stand together" or decry "blind avarice" because not everyone has working legs and eyes... we may as well give up and go back to pointing and grunting.

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EristicTrick t1_jaawnhh wrote

Reply to comment by russianlexicon in TIL of Zazous, French youths in World War Two who dressed in "big or garish clothing", listened to Jazz and got into conflict with fascists by OliverOdysseus

It is always fascinates to me how subcultures form into a constellations of political attitudes juxtaposed with specific fashion and musical tastes. Which comes first?

Today, listening to e.g. certain punk music can be a gateway to antifa ideologies, and I guess back then it was the same, except jazzier

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EristicTrick t1_j6bu4nq wrote

Reply to comment by TacoS4Me-69-420 in TIL to decide what measurement system America should use, John Quincy Adams took 3 1/2 years to produce a 268 page Report on Weights and Measures that ultimately concluded changing to the French metric system would be too difficult for the young nation. Congress took no action on the report. by iamveryDerp

Your worldview is fucked and your linked source is pathetic. Go defend genocide somewhere else.

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