It's a fallacy to see it as designed in the 17th century. It has been part and parcel of the mass media (and mass consumption) epoch. Was money "designed" in Phoenicia? Well sure but that d… (View Post)

Try the following signage: "USE ALL LANES" then shortly before a lane is closed "MERGE IN TURN". (View Post)

FPT Also look at the school system - not just the segregation into private and state, but how property prices go up near the "better" state schools because no-one who's got any money wants … (View Post)

The atmosphere at the SCO meeting must have been similar to what it was in NATO when Turkey invaded Cyprus. Azerbaijan versus Armenia is also flaring up, with 200 killed this week. (View Post)

Because there's a lot of sh*t between them? (View Post)