TIL: Today I Learned

[Farm Boy]

That show is worth a full gamut watch, imo.

 

[EgonSpengler]

TIL the derby matches between Los Angeles FC and L.A. Galaxy are being called "El Tráfico."

 

[Narz]

Actually manby of them do find the term "Native Americans" as offensive, i know of one guy in person who is proud to call himself an Indian.(I'm think he's Iroquois but i'm not sure)He always went on a rant when people used the term "Native American"(usually along the lines of "It's the f-in stupidest term ever made).

I was reading a NYer article today and wondered how blacks feel about the expression "people of color", to me it's annoying and vague (are Chinese people of color? Hispanics of 100% European origin?) Probably some poll somewhere about what they prefer.

 

[Narz]

I didn't know a motel under $100 a night existed anywhere in North America...

Guess you don't travel much. Out of maybe 40 overnight stays in at least 15 states I've paid more than $100 maybe 4 or 5 times.

 

[PhroX]

TIL that in the '40s, the Finns used Polka to detonate Soviet mines.

 

[Broken_Erika]

TIL

 

[Samson]

TIL - In the UK there are more statues of goats than there are of non-mythological women.

 

[Kyriakos]

TIL - In the UK there are more statues of goats than there are of non-mythological women.

Hm... No, not going there

 

[The_J]

...how many statues of goats are there in the UK (must be at least 1), and for what purpose?

 

[Broken_Erika]

So, Men Who Stare At Goats?

 

[Birdjaguar]

Didn't the Rolling Stones have an album with a goat's head on the cover?

 

[Samson]

...how many statues of goats are there in the UK (must be at least 1), and for what purpose?

Sorry, the reporting is so bad no-ones says. According to the national trust, in total, there are 925 public statues in the UK. 158 of these are women, and of these only 25 are non-mythical, non-royal women. So I guess it must be more than that. I would be surprised if there are not quite a few regimental mascots and stuff.

 

[Snerk]

How many statues of mythical goats though?

 

[Hrothbern]

TIL
That goats were seen by christian culture more as bad, demonic, judas, lust
And sheep as good, the ram honorable
Quite a clash with the Viking culture where the goat was good.

 

[Kyriakos]

Is there a statue of the three billy goats gruff?

Goats are tied to Pan, so Satan/lust etc.
The ram supposedly is a useful animal, which helps keep the herd in place. Eg even the cyclops Polyphemos respected his ram (and yet Odysseus hid underneath it).

 

[Hrothbern]

Is there a statue of the three billy goats gruff?

Goats are tied to Pan, so Satan/lust etc.
The ram supposedly is a useful animal, which helps keep the herd in place. Eg even the cyclops Polyphemos respected his ram (and yet Odysseus hid underneath it).

Yes
Also: goats turn out to be good leaders for sheep !
You can even use them as judas-goat to bring a flock of sheep to anywhere you want.

What I understand why the ram was seen as honorable, to be respected, was the stubborn determination of a ram. Seen as a masculine value.
A goat is more easygoing and that was considered as weak

 

[GoodSarmatian]

Sorry, the reporting is so bad no-ones says. According to the national trust, in total, there are 925 public statues in the UK. 158 of these are women, and of these only 25 are non-mythical, non-royal women. So I guess it must be more than that. I would be surprised if there are not quite a few regimental mascots and stuff.

First it was non-mytholgical women, now it's non-mythological and non-royal women. Looks like someone is moving the goat posts.

You can even use them as judas-goat to bring a flock of sheep to anywhere you want.

Uhm...I don't want to go full SJW, but maybe there should be another name for that...

 

[Hrothbern]

Uhm...I don't want to go full SJW, but maybe there should be another name for that...

Ohhhh
I have no awareness how what I said could be offending
So sorry if so... and better forget it

 

[Farm Boy]

It's a pretty old animal husbandry term.

I'm not grokking. Other than it was originated using religious language by people likely of that religion, how is it offensive?

 

[GoodSarmatian]

Not offensive, just weird.
Also, maybe the people who wrote the Bible had ulterior motives when they named that chatacter Judas. Whn I publish my edition I'll change the name to Gerhard, after Gerhard Schröder.