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patriotism/nationalism
Oli:
We're done here.
ViolentDove:
We get inventions drilled into us at school, possibly to make up for the fact that we have bugger-all else to feel nationalistic about (except sporting heroes, explorers, and the occasional massacre). Apparently the stump-jump plow (what the fuck, guys) and the hills hoist (it's a clothesline) are meant to fill us to the brim with love and pride for our country.
That said, an Australian had a hand in the development of Penicillin... definitely a great thing, but I take no national pride in it whatsoever. I see this more as a reason why collaborative science is great- initially discovered by a Scotsman, further developed by an Australian, and English, Scottish and Americans all had a hand in it's eventual road to a purified, mass-produced drug.
Vendetagainst:
*ahem*
"the traditional definition of a skyscraper began with the "first skyscraper", a steel-framed ten story building. Chicago's now demolished ten story steel-framed Home Insurance Building (1885) is generally accepted as the "first skyscraper".
Oli:
The point wasn't we had skyscrapers first.
The point was castles.
Johnny C:
Other cultures did castles and palaces earlier, the Brits just added useless shit to them.
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