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#21

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Valmy - Today at 01:02:08 PM

As ever, a mix

I feel like acres and hectares are used by people with land like farmers.

On property listings you have square metres and square feet.

Personally I have zero sense of area so I don't personally have a rough sense of either. Although the football pitch comparison helps, if I ever get into farming.

My mother owns some of her family's land they took from native Americans during the Oklahoma land run. I manage it now. Which mostly consists of me contacting farmers and saying "hey farmer would you please farm my land? We will charge you basically nothing."

And then they are like "I don't know...farming basically free land is still kind of risky." Ah agriculture.

#22

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Sheilbh - Today at 12:58:32 PM

As ever, a mix

I feel like acres and hectares are used by people with land like farmers.

On property listings you have square metres and square feet.

Personally I have zero sense of area so I don't personally have a rough sense of either. Although the football pitch comparison helps, if I ever get into farming.

#23

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Jacob - Today at 12:57:16 PM

I think Europeans are pretty confident in their cultures and who they are.

#24

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Valmy - Today at 12:44:31 PM

Today I learned- an acre is around 1/2 a football pitch.
Now I can actually visualise acres.

That's cool. I have always pictured it as about 5 times the size of a suburban lot in the US. Half of a football...er...pitch is a little easier.

Do Brits still use acres? I figured you had moved to square meters...er...metres by this point.

#25

Off the Record / Re: The EU thread

Last post by Josquius - Today at 12:36:28 PM

I'm curious though how modern China would deal with such losses.

might not register, it's not even a 1000th of their population

A strategy game view. If its your son you absolutely will notice it.
And China in some ways seems a better place and some ways a worse place for that kind of outrage than Russia.
Though I suppose they will probably follow the same pattern of killing off minorities rather than people from the major cities.

#26

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Valmy - Today at 12:20:55 PM

European leaders are weak willed, like most of their populations. Combined with an atmosphere of oikophobia and subsequent lack of belief in the superiority of our cultures and societies...
Why would they bother defending? They've been beaten already.

Even if they lack a belief their culture and society is superior, why should that be a reason not to defend it? Surely a culture and society is worthwhile just because it is yours not because it is superior to everybody.

[oikophobia]

#27

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Razgovory - Today at 12:11:55 PM

European leaders are weak willed, like most of their populations. Combined with an atmosphere of oikophobia and subsequent lack of belief in the superiority of our cultures and societies...
Why would they bother defending? They've been beaten already.

Is that what is causing the housing crisis?  People are scared of houses?

Afraid/ashamed of the self, the indigenous, the own culture and civilisational achievements.
which you very well know.

I have never seen that term before today.  I just knew the Greek root Oikos, house.

#28

Gaming HQ / Re: PSA: Game Discounts

Last post by garbon - Today at 12:06:29 PM

Ah I deleted some stuff, this is actual what is relevant link to claim games:

https://luna.amazon.co.uk/claims/home?g=s

#29

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 12:02:09 PM

The other point to make is Ma is new to caucus and so he has now seen first hand what PP is, and the conclusion he made from the observation speaks for itself.

#30

Gaming HQ / Re: PSA: Game Discounts

Last post by Baron von Schtinkenbutt - Today at 11:58:51 AM

I opened that link, and the #2 game right now is Angry Birds: Flock Party.  I read it real quick and thought it said Fuck Party.