Are you what's wrong with the world?

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

I've known for a long time that all the problems in my life are my fault

I don't think you realize in how good a stead this knowledge will keep you in one day. Everyone gets slapped by genuine tragedy from time to time but that's pretty meh compared to the problems we create for ourselves. You seem to know the difference between the two which hopefully will prove an invaluable understanding one day.

 

[Borachio]

I guess I am what's wrong with the world. I've known for a long time that all the problems in my life are my fault, and I failed at trying to do anything to solve those. If I can't even do that, I'll just be no good at helping to make the world better.

But life is good!

Tell me what to say to make you cheer up just a little bit, and I will say it.

 

[dutchfire]

I suggest you never look up the politics of the Jersey Shore crowd, as it will obviously disappoint you...

Fixed that for you

 

[Crezth]

Hey, I liked Hitchens

He's an interesting speaker, but he's no Einstein.

 

[Disgustipated]

So could someone umm, post the picture again and list who each one in the picture is? I'm really curious.

I recognize Einstein (everyone knows that, even dummies), and Hawking. But I'm not sure on some of the others. I think the guy with the white beard is Darwin. Who is the black lady?

 

[Borachio]

Yes. It's me that's wrong with the world. I admit it, OK? It's all my fault.

You can blame me for everything that's not right.

Happy now?

 

[AlpsStranger]

He's an interesting speaker, but he's no Einstein.

Well, I do agree there. I was speaking more of him not being Snooki.

Who is the black lady?

That's a wonderful woman named Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Her husband gives me gas sometimes ( though he's not such a bad guy, ) but she's great.

 

[Yeekim]

I only recognized like 6 or 7 from the left side. Thankfully, I have no idea who the broad on the right is, so looks like I'm part of the solution.

 

[Disgustipated]

I don't even watch MTV, but I used logical conclusion to deduce that the picture on the right is Snooki. Just from all I've heard about her and her drinking. I figured only an alcoholic like her would put 2 beer bottles into a margarita.

 

[Borachio]

Hawking, Einstein, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Sagan, Curie, Thomas Paine, Tesla, Freud, Hitchens, Darwin?

 

[bathsheba666]

Think I recognised about 6 of those scientists and of course i recognised Snookie from the cultural spill over we get from the states.

That would be the kind of cultural spill that includes diced carrots, I guess.

I had heard of Jersey Shore.

 

[Yeekim]

I don't even watch MTV, but I used logical conclusion to deduce that the picture on the right is Snooki.

Also, do I get bonus points for not even knowing that there is (was?) some person called "Snooki"?

 

[Leoreth]

You've already kept your faith in mankind, do you want more?

 

[Yeekim]

You've already kept your faith in mankind, do you want more?

Fair enough!

 

[Borachio]

I've never heard of Snooki before. But I like the look of her. Anyone got her phone no.?

 

[Dachs]

Oh, and that's leaving aside the Holmes argument [heavily paraphrased]: why should I know these people or their theories if they don't directly affect the everyday needs of my life? Why should I clutter my mind with eccentricities like understanding the heliocentric theory if that room can be better served studying the differences between cigar ashes or committing to memory a detailed layout of London and its roads?

This is why I don't need to post much on CFC anymore. There are other people to handle my talking points.

 

[Disgustipated]

I've never heard of Snooki before. But I like the look of her. Anyone got her phone no.?

I hope you are joking. For the life of me, I can't imagine why any guy would like her. Look at her picture in the OP, she looks like she's drugged out.

 

[Borachio]

So? I have very catholic tastes.

And I'm sure I could persuade her to a happier lifestyle, given the chance. A win-win for the two of us.

 

[Deaths Advocate]

To be fair, it largely has been westerners who have dominated the hard sciences, until say 40-50 years ago. There's definitely non-westerners in the club, probably with al-Khwārizmī being the most obvious name in my head, but it's a pretty slanted group.

Really depends upon the scale of history you look at. The Chinese understood a lot of things while the west was still in mud huts!

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Why would knowing Snooki and not knowing, say, Carl Sagan, make me what's wrong with the world? For the record, I knew who everyone was on that picture (though I'm guessing the center one on the far left... is it Curie? Poor picture quality.)

Hitchens, Tesla, Sagan... I'm also guessing this picture came from a redditor. So, I grant this person:

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4/5 Swedens of Bravery.

That was my guess.

And I won't try and pretend I don't know who Snooki is or that I've never watched Jersey Shore.
So as for my 'wrongness', I guess I'm a wash.