The Off Topic Topic

[Barrister]

Sounds about right.

I'm a big fan of more certainty and less discretion in sentencing - which is anathema to Canadian judges.

[Syt]

If Pretty Woman starred Willem Defoe.

WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK!

https://twitter.com/MichaelWarbur17/status/1434437468351344640

[Josquius]

Interesting poll in Japan I've recently heard of.
Two questions-
1: Do you think Japan is a groupist or individualist culture?
2: Are you an individualist or a groupist?

Replies to 1- 90% say groupist.
Replies to 2- 50% say individualist.

[Tamas]

Interesting poll in Japan I've recently heard of.
Two questions-
1: Do you think Japan is a groupist or individualist culture?
2: Are you an individualist or a groupist?

Replies to 1- 90% say groupist.
Replies to 2- 50% say individualist.

But I think that's fair - I think a society's peer pressure on what's publicly accepted can continue LONG after the majority of individuals actually disagree with it privately. 

[Sheilbh]

I suspect UK answers would be the exact opposite. 90% of people would say we're an individualist society, but about 50% would say they are groupist.

[Josquius]

This came to mind for me


As yeah. I think we get this in the west these days too. A big tendency for people to think they're special and above the others. Only they see the truth with their facebook memes.

[Sheilbh]

I don't normally buy into the whole "decline" thing - but I do wonder what happened to our ability to do figurative statues. The Braveheart statue in its new home, a stadium in the fourth division of Scottish football

[The Brain]

Still better than the movie.

[Josquius]

Perfect example of one of those times where it's a lot better than anything I could ever do but I am still well within my rights to criticise.

[Richard Hakluyt]

It might look better once the Brain has painted it 

[Syt]

what happened to our ability to do figurative statues

Not sure what you mean.

[Sheilbh]

A proposal to resolve the statue wars: all contentious statues are removed BUT they are replaced by statues of that person by modern sculptors.

[Syt]

Remember Asian Elvis?

[Josquius]

Crazy theory: Historic statues tend to show rather life-like depictions of handsome great men.
Yet we know historically people tended to have shitty diets.
Maybe....historic figures actually looked like our modern statues and it was in the statue making process that they changed to become handsome.
The opposite happens with modern figures.

:p

[The Larch]

What about the massive North Korean statues that are popping up around Africa?