The Whining and Bitching Thread
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King Richard
Hello there
@A1a23: If you'd stay outside for more than a few minutes and get used to the temperature it wouldn't be so bad. When you're coming from inside, where I presume you have AC, of course it's going to feel unbearable.
Einherjar86
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How the fuck does the History Channel get away with doing all this hideous pseudo-academic (and sometimes not academic at all) bullshit? "Apocalypse Island" is on right now, and it's about the possibility that an artifact and monument found on a remote island could somehow offer clues to the 2012 apocalypse. There was a quite racist portrayal of a Mayan male exhausting himself before a fire, impaling his penis with a wooden spear-point, wrapping paper around the bloody wound and then burning the paper. From the smoke of the burning paper, apparently they could commune with the gods.
Interesting, okay; but ridiculous when the dude at the center of the episode actually believes all this (which he does). The entire voyage that the episode focuses on is based around the possibility that all this bullshit is actually true.
Interesting, okay; but ridiculous when the dude at the center of the episode actually believes all this (which he does). The entire voyage that the episode focuses on is based around the possibility that all this bullshit is actually true.
Fuck the history channel, and fuck basically every other 'factual' channel.
The best factual shows here always come outa the BBC and Channel 4 and even they're slowly dumbing shit down for the average person.
Stuff like Horizon used to be fairly decent, and in general factual/documentary shows made over here seemed to be less pedantic and repetitious than what I saw from the US but that's all changing and now shit fucking sucks.
Watching things like the TTC lectures >>>>> spoon fed TV bullshit aimed at the common TV barnacle.
God bless docs4you.org
The best factual shows here always come outa the BBC and Channel 4 and even they're slowly dumbing shit down for the average person.
Stuff like Horizon used to be fairly decent, and in general factual/documentary shows made over here seemed to be less pedantic and repetitious than what I saw from the US but that's all changing and now shit fucking sucks.
Watching things like the TTC lectures >>>>> spoon fed TV bullshit aimed at the common TV barnacle.
God bless docs4you.org
Der Morgenstern
Trailer Park Bacchus
They had a show on yesterday that attempted to establish the link between major natural disasters and interference by aliens. This was all wrapped up with presenting the works of Zecharia Sitchin as being factual and true. They also interviewed Erich von Däniken. At no point did they ever interview anyone who was critical of the ancient astronaut theory.
Cythraul
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The History Channel has been pissing me off for a few years now. They really went down the tubes. These days the National Geographic Channel has some pretty decent stuff when they're not playing that show with that fruitcake who teaches dogs to behave. PBS World is pretty good too (yeah, that's right, I like public television.)
Der Morgenstern
Trailer Park Bacchus
You're a fucking socialist.
All jokes asisde, PBS is awesome and their Secrets of the Dead series is rock solid in terms of presentation, factual evidence and just being interesting in general.
All jokes asisde, PBS is awesome and their Secrets of the Dead series is rock solid in terms of presentation, factual evidence and just being interesting in general.
Yeah, that guy who teaches dogs to behave, Cesar Milano or whatever his name is... my mother watches that show all the time. It's horrible.
Der Morgenstern
Trailer Park Bacchus
Einherjar, I'm watching this Mayan show you're referencing and they're interviewing the same fuckers they did during the show I talked about. Alience and ancient astronaut theory.
What the fuck is wrong with this channel?
What the fuck is wrong with this channel?
Dak
mentat
It's programming the plebs to accept the "Ascended Masters", whether they are real, or it's Project Bluebeam makes no difference.
Einherjar86
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So fucking dumb.
cookiecutter
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Actual history has a smaller audience than entertaining pseudo-science. I wouldn't worry about it.
Zephyrus
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Krow
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mutantllama
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In Maine we are allowed to bitch about the heat because to us 75 is a hot day and we can stay inside so we don't have to deal with tourists clogging up the state with their fanny packs and asking where the diet cokes are at a health food store and getting mad because we don't carry it when there are other stores that carry it right across the street.
Zephyrus
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Krow
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It gets pretty bad here sometimes. it was 95 friday and 80% humidity. Bank sign thermometers were reading 115~118. Where I work sent everyone home it was so bad.
Onder
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I hate fucking beer when I have to wake up in the morning. If I have one, like I did, it will put me to sleep and I will do nothing more now. If I have three, I will be up now and pretend I‘m still preparing for tommorow‘s exam but it will infact only cause a shitty waking tommorow. If I have more, which would probably happen if I had those three, I wouldn‘t wake up at all. So I only had one and now I‘m lying in bed feeling shitty about myself.
