LRRcast for Lobster vs Scorpion and Save our Games

[Arius]

Man, good podcast and all, but the USA bashing made me slightly uncomfortable.

To be fair, we're at 24 upper and 35 lower out of 57 countries surveyed in education. Which is funny, because the upper is when it is compared to more education systems that are not part of the OECD.

[Master Gunner]

Depends on which previous discussion you're referring to, we've come to multiple conclusions at different times on the war as a whole and the Burning of Washington in particular. But lets not start that again.

Right because it was settled

Repeatedly. With different outcomes each time. So it wasn't settled in the slightest, people just gave up and the last person to post won.

[A Model Worker]

Why isn't The Arrostook war ever brought up? Over twice as many Americans were needlessly slaughtered than their Canadian opponents in non-combat.

[Cybren]

There wasn't any USA bashing going on. Or rather there was but who cares. In fifty years Canada will be all but indistinguishable from us anyway.

[SilentBobCDN]

On the wood pulp / ice thing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete

I would have liked to the the 60', 1000lb ship made entirely of ice.

[tak197]

I know that the Canadians burned our Capital down in that war, but they've apologized for it, because they are just so daggum nice all the time...

[Cade Antilles]

Yay! Morgan remembered our conversation about the War of 1812! I don't know why that pleases me so much, but it does!

[iamafish]

while i enjoyed mention of the war of 1812, you all seem to forget that it was little more than a proxy war between France and Britain. so really, we burned the white house down, using Canadians, who were members of the British Empire anyway.

[Vigafre]

while i enjoyed mention of the war of 1812, you all seem to forget that it was little more than a proxy war between France and Britain. so really, we burned the white house down, using Canadians, who were members of the British Empire anyway.

Funny thing is that my history teacher just went over this today.

And by went over, I mean like 15 seconds.

[Cade Antilles]

Funny thing is that my history teacher just went over this today.

And by went over, I mean like 15 seconds.

And congratulations, you just received the standard allotment of education time in the US reserved for the War of 1812. It's just not taught here. Most likely for two reasons: 1) We lost. 2) It changed nothing.

[Chfan]

Lyinginbedmon, you remind me of how I'd probably sound if I was in the LRRcast...

[Genghis Ares]

He reminds me of Pip, ten years older.

[Cybren]

oooh! oooh! How about a "the US has 50 different independent education curriculum requirements so depending on what state you're in, the topics of your history class will vary greatly"?

[A Model Worker]

oooh! oooh! How about a "the US has 50 different independent education curriculum requirements so depending on what state you're in, the topics of your history class will vary greatly"?

Unless you take an AP history course which has defacto nation wide syllabus requirements. But those who take those, probably aren't ignorant of the events being discussed to begin with.

[tak197]

oooh! oooh! How about a "the US has 50 different independent education curriculum requirements so depending on what state you're in, the topics of your history class will vary greatly"?

Unless you take an AP history course which has defacto nation wide syllabus requirements. But those who take those, probably aren't ignorant of the events being discussed to begin with.

THIS.

[Karmic Knight]

Unless you take an AP history course which has defacto nation wide syllabus requirements. But those who take those, probably aren't ignorant of the events being discussed to begin with.

My AP American History teacher laughs in the face of de facto national requirements, laughs.

[Yaxley]

My AP American History teacher was in his last year before retirement and mostly told us stories about when he was in Vietnam. Except when he would interrupt himself to laugh at us because he would be on the golf course the following year, and we would still be in school.

[MindStrider]

Quick note for anyone who's wondering (or ever has wondered) QI actually stands for "Quite Interesting" it's a panel game and has a round called "general ignorance" which is where I believe Lyinginbedmon got confused. It's great, btw. You learn a lot and laugh a fair bit, too!

[Lyinginbedmon]

Alan Davies and Stephen Fry have such a delightful comedic relationship

[MindStrider]

Alan Davies and Stephen Fry have such a delightful comedic relationship

Don't they just, though? I do find enormous negative scores on quiz shows to be inordinately entertaining.

[InsaneFool]

There are two Raiders and one Vulcan in my house right now.

Also one Longshot, two Mavericks, two Buzz Bee shotguns, three of those little pistols from the six-gun packs, and a few other random things.

That sounds a lot like our collection...

[Metcarfre]

There are two Raiders and one Vulcan in my house right now.

Also one Longshot, two Mavericks, two Buzz Bee shotguns, three of those little pistols from the six-gun packs, and a few other random things.

That sounds a lot like our collection...

My own; Longshot, Titan, Magstrike, RF20, Mech Tommy Twenty, Hornet, 3x Buzz Bee Double Blast (one being repaired/modified) are the "large" guns. Pistols include Maverick (modified), two NightFinders (one modified), Scout, and Splitfire.

[Genghis Ares]

I got a rock.

[SilentBobCDN]

I got a rock.

A Nerf Rock? I dont think I've heard of those, are they any good?

[Zivlok]

I really liked Lying in this episode. Also, Morgan. I listened to it using my neighbor's wifi whilst locked out my house, and was duly entertained.