Origins Of Imperialism Human imperialism has been around for a long time, in a lot of different forms, and under a lot of names. Imperialism, of course, is when large societies have become empires are specifically and strategically attempting conquest. But even smaller bands of raiders like the Vikings of the middle ages […]
Impending Cannibal Apocalypse
Science Fiction Story There is this really cool story by I think Ray Bradbury. It’s about this planet that has a bunch of people. The first use fire, then they discover agriculture, then they have an Industrial Revolution and then they invent nuclear weapons. Then they use the weapons on themselves, bombing […]
Jesus Pyramid Scheme
Happy Hour Taquitos I went to my local bar a couple of weeks ago. They have a pretty good happy hour. Drinks aren’t really all that cheap, but between 4 and 7 they have a free appetizer buffet. It’s not healthy, it’s the same kind of stuff you’d find in the frozen […]
Juggling Clowns Pork
Hey, Buddy! A friend called me a couple weeks ago. Not a close friend, more of an acquaintance. She said her family was having this huge barbecue party in the park. She said it was for a bunch of different things, but one of the main thing was her daughter’s fifth birthday. […]
Thought Cancellation Pattern
Middle Age Genius One of the more interesting ideas that happened between the early and high middle ages was the idea of scholasticism. Before, they only had monasticism. Which meant focusing only on one set of ideas. Back then, these were ideas about God and society and the teachings of the Catholic […]
Occultist Seed Theory
Weird Pie Man I used to have this really weird neighbor a while back. He loved to bake pies, and he was always giving everybody pies. They were really good, and he kind of had a legitimate reason for this strange behavior, but it was still kind weird. He’d just show up […]
Hallucination Instinct
Viking Invasions During the early middle ages in Europe, life was very chaotic. One reason was that for about 300 years, the Vikings had a short term, lighting attack based, military superiority. They had these thin boats that didn’t need a lot of depth. They could sail up rivers, deep into Europe. […]
Underground Cult Camp
Horribly Dumped I have a friend who just got horrifically and unexpectedly dumped. He even was talking about shopping for engagement rings. The breakup came way out of left field, his girlfriend told him she was cheating on him with a delivery guy that comes to his work. Another friend of mine […]
SETI Telepathy
Information Theory There’s an idea from information theory that talks about how you can understand randomness and begin to see trends. That you can start to look beneath the surface and find deeper meanings that others can’t see. The more you study things like this, the more discoveries you can make. For […]
Gaslighting Hallucination Instinct
TV Show A friend of mine and I had just returned from a local bar and we’d decided to watch TV. The Simpsons came on, and I thought I recognized the episode. I told my friend all the funny things that were about to happen. He looked at me and said, this […]
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