@MummaBear My dad taught me. He had a poster on the door of the tool cupboard because the colours had changed. I was the only one in the Brownies and Guides who could do it.
@Bernard Interesting. Both Hieroglyphs and Cuneiform were around about 3-4 thousand years BC. If true, this is a major find. Mankind has clearly been making marks for a long time, but a written form of language is specific to there being a consensus of meaning attached to symbols and a culture of passing on the learning and interpretation of these meanings. I also find it interesting when we know of cultures who have almost no writing, for example some native north, south and central American tribes. Is this evidence of a predominately oral culture or something else? One commonality of all cultures is artistic development. I cannot think of a civilisation that didn't produce art in some form or other. What the writing is used for tells us a great deal about a civilisation, because the medium is the message. The key moments for mankind were speaking, writing (including reading), publishing/printing (and now its extension of the internet). I wonder if there is another milestone awaiting us.
@HebrideanHecate At the risk of offending the Uniparty, I would like to see this man deported. If anyone who wants him to stay can explain to me why he would benefit society, I'm all ears.
@TriptychTwinsRidesAgain Yep. the really fun part is that we've been conditioned to pretend it is normal, or that it would be better if we just had nice thoughts about the problem and pretended that maybe our unkind thoughts might be the problem.
@Sherri_Ingrey It's not just that. Weak men won't step up or speak up. Weak men hide behind authority. Weak men have no idea how to be men. Then they can't teach the next generation how to be men either. And some conflate strength with aggression. Women have to be strong, but this usually gets conflated with being bossy or demanding, especially by weak men. We're in a real mess.
@RadicalCartoons For many gay men, the *trans* issue is simply not an issue. Even women in gay men's spaces rarely impacts them (although I hear that this has been flagged as a problem recently) so why would they care.
P*ssing off the government one post at a time. Definitely a dinosaur. Idiots, bores and virtue signallers need not apply. Whatever your cult is, I don't do it. Clean out of fucks to give.