Rumours and Stuff

[Poupou Escobar]

History is nearly always written with an agenda.

Unlike modern academia, which is politically neutral?

 

[Das Hassler]

Yes a high likely that he existed. Did he really never tell a lie or is that a embellishment?
Hardly a fair comparison between a historical figure who existed 235 years ago

Pretty sure it was Abe Lincoln who was reputed to have never told a lie...not to be confused with Don Trump....Abe was taller and never wore lifts

 

[TheCrowe]

The queen of reading words and not understanding the meaning. I forgot where I was and probably should've dumbed it down for you. My apologies.

Your constant need for attention is just beyond pathetic.
Seriously.

 

[TheCrowe]

Pretty sure it was Abe Lincoln who was reputed to have never told a lie...not to be confused with Don Trump....Abe was taller and never wore lifts

There definitely was the Honest Abe story but also the GW Cherry tree mythology.

 

[TheCrowe]

Unlike modern academia, which is politically neutral?

Where did I say that you fool? Did your mother not give you enough attention?

 

[Zoso]

Just a total coincidence.
No one alive knows what actually happened over a period of 400+ years 2000 years ago.
History is nearly always written with an agenda. Just facts.

Even ‘knowing’ what happened is complex. Think about this…how Covid be written/understood in 50 years time and how many of us would agree with the future narrative?
We were all there and the likelihood even two of us in this little forum agree on events, motivations, cause etc is very low.
History requires a bit more than data.
We’re a species that needs stories and somehow complex events get distilled down to simple memes that make it easy for us to navigate life.
I think my point is…truth is hard to nail down.

 

[TheCrowe]

Even ‘knowing’ what happened is complex. Think about this…how Covid be written/understood in 50 years time and how many of us would agree with the future narrative?
We were all there and the likelihood even two of us in this little forum agree on events, motivations, cause etc is very low.
History requires a bit more than data.
We’re a species that needs stories and somehow complex events get distilled down to simple memes that make it easy for us to navigate life.
I think my point is…truth is hard to nail down.

Exactly. Truth becomes more elusive the further we travel through time.

 

[Stevie]

I laid on the couch today and watched cricket literally all day. That’s big for me considering I really don’t enjoy it typically but I was glued.

The reason was the incredible debut from Konstas. A 19yo making a test debut OPENING as batsman for the Boxing Day test against the Indians. Doesn’t get much bigger and he brained them!

Everyone loves a great sporting story and I hope Parra catch fire next year. There are so many potential big stories to be played out if things go well!!

Let’s hope we have some good times.

 

[Das Hassler]

Exactly. Truth becomes more elusive the further we travel through time.

The only thing that truth and sex have in common

 

[King-Gutho94]

I laid on the couch today and watched cricket literally all day. That’s big for me considering I really don’t enjoy it typically but I was glued.

The reason was the incredible debut from Konstas. A 19yo making a test debut OPENING as batsman for the Boxing Day test against the Indians. Doesn’t get much bigger and he brained them!

Everyone loves a great sporting story and I hope Parra catch fire next year. There are so many potential big stories to be played out if things go well!!

Let’s hope we have some good times

With the greek heritage Konstas has his family look like they have 100 times more class about them then the Kyrigos family of flogs in Tennis who have the same background.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Your constant need for attention is just beyond pathetic.
Seriously.

*discussion

 

[Tiger5150]

With the greek heritage Konstas has his family look like they have 100 times more class about them then the Kyrigos family of flogs in Tennis who have the same background.

Weird parallel. Are you trying to tell me that two family's, with the same distant heritage are indeed.......different?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Where did I say that you fool? Did your mother not give you enough attention?

She was a heroin addict mate, she was very busy.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Weird parallel. Are you trying to tell me that two family's, with the same distant heritage are indeed.......different?

Everyone knows what Greeks are like and this Konstas bloke breaks the mould ffs! Or was it Kyrgios that was very un-Greek?

 

[TheCrowe]

She was a heroin addict mate, she was very busy.

Bingo!

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Too easy

 

[Avenger]

I laid on the couch today and watched cricket literally all day. That’s big for me considering I really don’t enjoy it typically but I was glued.

The reason was the incredible debut from Konstas. A 19yo making a test debut OPENING as batsman for the Boxing Day test against the Indians. Doesn’t get much bigger and he brained them!

Everyone loves a great sporting story and I hope Parra catch fire next year. There are so many potential big stories to be played out if things go well!!

Let’s hope we have some good times.

I watched it a bit too and I’m not really into cricket either.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Even ‘knowing’ what happened is complex. Think about this…how Covid be written/understood in 50 years time and how many of us would agree with the future narrative?
We were all there and the likelihood even two of us in this little forum agree on events, motivations, cause etc is very low.
History requires a bit more than data.
We’re a species that needs stories and somehow complex events get distilled down to simple memes that make it easy for us to navigate life.
I think my point is…truth is hard to nail down.

And since religion deals with the unknown, it's not about knowing, it is about believing. That's why it's called faith.

 

[Tiger5150]

Everyone knows what Greeks are like and this Konstas bloke breaks the mould ffs! Or was it Kyrgios that was very un-Greek?

When they picked a greek bloke I was expecting this guy

 

[Poupou Escobar]

They're all Greek to me.