Patriotism is the belief that together we can make this place really lasting and good.

the problem is with the definition of “this place”. a patriot’s vision of “this place” is restricted by borders drawn by politicians.

no sane person should ever “be ok” with that extent of tunnel vision. “this place” should extend to the world we all share.

the minute we think of ourselves as being part of a tribe – of being a subgroup – we lose sight of the fact that we are all together with each other on this third rock from the sun.

we know of no other life as yet. the only life we have amongst ourselves and around us on the crust of this planet is therefore doubly sacred.

why would we want to dilute something so wonderful by etching a border between ourselves and creating a “you” versus a “me”? why would we even want to maintain that division even if it were ostensibly given to us “by chance”?

(separately, it would be a travesty to say that the so-called “tribes” inhabiting india and pakistan, south korea and north korea, czechia and slovakia, all the present-day components of the former yugoslavia, northern ireland and the republic of ireland, and all other such sets of people divided by manmade norms were “given to us by chance”.)

arteta has ranked ancelotti above wenger in interviews solely because the former has repeated his success in different leagues and different conditions. it’s evident that arteta values this diversity of experience more than that of building a legacy.

i would wager that he’ll look to move on once he achieves one PL and one CL trophy each at the soon-to-be-named arsene wenger arena.

wouldn’t those funds be better invested into developing a hard mode that makes you fly only boeing aircraft?

sometimes, one thinks, any intelligence for government would be a good idea.

til that tahoma is actually a mountain and not just a font.

can’t wait to see pics of the peak of times new roman, now!

poor mo was always picked at the end.

patriotism is nothing but loyalty to real estate. - dr. gregory house.

seriously, though. it’s high time we thought of ourselves as co-passengers on a single planet-sized ship rather than attributing memberships to everyone on the basis of arbitrarily drawn lines on a map.

d’you think they discus the sport at the dinner table?

ah, the british and their penchant for carving unwanted lines.

this is great but is there a higher-res version?

ah, so it was another misunderstanding, then. she was taught that the queen can do absolutely anything on the chess board and proceeded accordingly.

i can believe it. i bet trump felt cold in the copter and ordered the pilot to turn off that giant overhead fan.

that’s an odd use of the word “accordingly”. you don’t get to select a response that is an arbitrary overreaction and then treat it as normal.

even if the world is a violent place, there are other ways to deal with it. at least that’s the case for humans and their power of thought.

but yeah, if the counterargument is that the people that underwent this training were either not human or not capable of thought…

who am i to argue. sure, i’ll hibernate now!

it was all a result of a misunderstanding. his coach told him to focus on the H, G files of the chessboard and he heard that as something else.

wait till you hear about their approach to roulette!

damn. how would russians watch unwanted ads now?

they must use linux because i don’t see any windows.

would it be about control? a fantasy about having access to a modernised version of a slave who is bound to do the protagonist’s oft-perverted bidding with reduced rights of their own?