Quote Originally Posted by Erit View Post
You'd have be insane in the membrane to be using Oil of Olay now that a scientific study (a real scientific study, not some marketing one) has said that Boots No 7 is only one that actually seems to work.

Everyone knows Inuit men are the best. They can make a house in a day, good at making fire, catching fish (which proves they have a great deal of patience) and they can even get you a fur coat. Practically perfect in every way.




I disagree. I find my wits and senses duller than ever. If anything age complicates and convolutes my thought process. I would not necessarily say I was better or wiser. In some areas I am weaker, others stronger. I am certainly not the same person I was when I was 13, and to say that I am more sophisticated would be a gross over simplification. Just because a 13 year old hasn't read the works of Sun Tzu and Marcus Aurelius that doesn't mean you can write them off. Indeed there aren't many of any age who have read both I am sure, myself for one. Personally while I feel The Art of War was an interesting read with plenty of excellent quotes, it is largely only useful now as a text for business management, a subject that I am not fond of. The Battle of Hasting's and the Winter campaigns of WWII's relevance are entirely subjective. I doubt the Battle of Hastings is of any particular importance to those not from the british isles. Whereas you may be more than familiar with it, I doubt you could be equally familiar with the history of the Holy Roman Emperors, or the Capture of Quebec City. What of the history and causes behind The Opium Wars, which I would argue is of much more relevance to our Age than the Battle of Hastings.
As for the Boots no.7 and Oil of Olay, i tend not to read scientific reports, as i'm a bookkeeper, they go way beyond my knowledge.

As for the wars... good point.. BUT..

In general (will no-one please take offense to this) in Europe we think or know that Americans don't know anything apart from how big their next burger has to be. YouTube is overloaded with clips of people being asked where certain places are on the world map. If the educational system seems to be so rotten, how can they know anything about Battle of Hastings or the Opium Wars (to name two). I wonder how many Americans know who Peter Stuyvesant is. I wonder even more how many Americans know how close they were to speaking Dutch instead of English..

But I'm sure that in Europe there is many kids these days that haven't got a clue about these things either. How many Europeans would know the meaning behind Friday the 13th? April Fools Day?

And to a 13yo reading Sun Tzu.. Let a 13yo read in the first place, that lacks, how many 13yo's do you know who actually pick up a book/novel voluntarily and read for fun?