When I was at university, we put on a play based on “The Cold Equations”. The technical types (like me) wanted to follow the story. Others found the premise “cold”, “aggressive”, “unfeeling”, “wrong”… (View Post)

“If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole.” (View Post)

Membership in the Roman senate required an explicit level of wealth in land (or cash, which few had). “Trade” was explicitly excluded. The job of the Censors was to throw anyone out, who wasn’t rich … (View Post)

The positive hatred for technical knowledge is quite startling to behold. If you aren’t used to it. (View Post)

Also, mistaking physical diversity for philosophical diversity. See the parade of NU10K clowns - they are quite diverse in colour, sex etc. But no diversity of thought - the same ghastly word salad, … (View Post)