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It makes you wonder how we actually went downhill from the Roman era.
[QUOTE=Animosus;41076818]It makes you wonder how we actually went downhill from the Roman era.[/QUOTE] You're typed that on a computer. In what way did we go downhill?
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;41076905]You're typed that on a computer. In what way did we go downhill?[/QUOTE] In the years up until the Renaissance.
[QUOTE=Animosus;41076818]It makes you wonder how we actually went downhill from the Roman era.[/QUOTE] Yes I wish we could go back to the good old days. Over crowding, diseases, lack of proper housing, barbarian invasions, barbarians burning and salting our farmland, apartments collapsing because they're built with wood and shit bricks, rebellions, corrupt and ruthless politicians, you know [i]the good old days[/i]. I'd rather be in my air conditioned, well maintained, fire-safe apartment rather than living in a 3 story tall building made of rotted timber and shit bricks with no running water, no bathroom, no windows, and is prone to collapse at any moment.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;41076905]You're typed that on a computer. In what way did we go downhill?[/QUOTE] I was meaning we seemingly went downhill, for a very long time, until a couple of hundred years ago. Why didn't we advance on what they had back then?
[QUOTE=Animosus;41077040]I was meaning we seemingly went downhill, for a very long time, until a couple of hundred years ago. Why didn't we advance on what they had back then?[/QUOTE] The empire split, one became the Byzantine empire and the other was burnt to the ground.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;41076905]You're typed that on a computer. In what way did we go downhill?[/QUOTE] maybe this way? [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/rMBTg2j.jpg?1[/IMG]
[QUOTE=booster;41007557]Cherenkov telescopes are so awesome looking. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Ct2ct3_nah_n.jpg/1024px-Ct2ct3_nah_n.jpg[/img] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/VERITAS_array.jpg/1024px-VERITAS_array.jpg[/img] Has a sci-fi feel to them.[/QUOTE] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/The_MAGIC_Telescope_at_night.jpg[/img] One of them being focused on a foggy night!
[QUOTE=Rapist;41078281][img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/The_MAGIC_Telescope_at_night.jpg[/img] One of them being focused on a foggy night![/QUOTE] Too bad they never use the lasers anymore :(
[QUOTE=-Dutch-;41077946]maybe this way? [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/rMBTg2j.jpg?1[/IMG][/QUOTE] Wow who would have thought the ancient Romans invented photography, truly an advanced culture
[QUOTE=Animosus;41077040]I was meaning we seemingly went downhill, for a very long time, until a couple of hundred years ago. Why didn't we advance on what they had back then?[/QUOTE] Maybe if you get your mind out of only western Europe and expand your horizons, you'd see how wrong you are in this. [editline]18th June 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;41077022]Yes I wish we could go back to the good old days. Over crowding, diseases, lack of proper housing, barbarian invasions, barbarians burning and salting our farmland, apartments collapsing because they're built with wood and shit bricks, rebellions, corrupt and ruthless politicians, you know [i]the good old days[/i]. I'd rather be in my air conditioned, well maintained, fire-safe apartment rather than living in a 3 story tall building made of rotted timber and shit bricks [B]with no running water, no bathroom[/B], no windows, and is prone to collapse at any moment.[/QUOTE] Rome had running water and bathrooms.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;41080035] Rome had running water and bathrooms.[/QUOTE] The apartment complexes they built to deal with over crowding typically didn't. For the buildings that had running water, the top floors rarely did have running water or even bathrooms.
[video=youtube;cZvT1bSMYwI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZvT1bSMYwI[/video]
[QUOTE=MenteR;41072479]i made this [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/alienattack3resize.png[/img] and since you guys post art all the time in the thread i tought it'd be appropriate.[/QUOTE] May I ask you: > what inspired you on making this picture? > what the hell is this creature? > the story behind this picture
[QUOTE=Myth Alex;41080909]May I ask you: > what inspired you on making this picture? > what the hell is this creature? > the story behind this picture[/QUOTE] He is a descendent of a Mayan and he foretells the future.
[QUOTE=kidkiller745;41081383]He is a descendent of a Mayan and he foretells the future.[/QUOTE] Did he foretell [I]this?![/I] [IMG]http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/9745/onc9.png[/IMG] Sorry. Just couldn't let that planet be doomed. [B]Edit:[/B] The other option was for the earth to punch-out the creature with boxing gloves. [B]Edit:[/B] I did it anyway. [IMG]http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/5331/xac.png[/IMG]
[QUOTE=-Dutch-;41077946]maybe this way? [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/rMBTg2j.jpg?1[/IMG][/QUOTE] africa 2000 years ago: [img]http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~klio/im/rr/carthage/Carthage%20Harbor.jpg[/img]
[IMG]http://imageshack.us/a/img823/6540/9rp.png[/IMG]
[QUOTE=R-money;41090962][IMG]http://imageshack.us/a/img823/6540/9rp.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] Might want to put some context behind that for those that don't know.
[QUOTE=$$>MUFFIN<$$;41091186]Might want to put some context behind that for those that don't know.[/QUOTE] Charlie Sheen in Platoon ain't takin no shit from Ghost from Call of Duty
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;41076905]You're typed that on a computer. In what way did we go downhill?[/QUOTE] Well we went from what the Romans had to shitting in a hole in the ground for hundreds of years. Only in the last 150-250 years have we caught up again and surpassed it, really
[QUOTE=R-money;41090962][IMG]http://imageshack.us/a/img823/6540/9rp.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] [I]i bet you can suck a golf ball through a garden hose[/I]
[QUOTE=Virtanen;41090318]africa 2000 years ago: [img]http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~klio/im/rr/carthage/Carthage%20Harbor.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] AKA Roman Empire [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Punic_War[/url]
[QUOTE=MenteR;41072479]i made this [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/alienattack3resize.png[/img] and since you guys post art all the time in the thread i tought it'd be appropriate.[/QUOTE] It reminds me of the exoskeleton form of Metroid Prime from... Metroid Prime :v: [img]http://images.wikia.com/metroid/images/d/d3/Metroid_Prime_%28creature%29_rip.png[/img]
[QUOTE=Virtanen;41090318]africa 2000 years ago:[/QUOTE] africa 4500 years ago: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LwZQu0J.jpg?1[/IMG] content lama eye [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/QfSbjp2.jpg?1[/IMG] camel eye [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/JpwlV6Y.jpg?1[/IMG]
[QUOTE=-Dutch-;41095341]lama eye [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/QfSbjp2.jpg?1[/IMG] camel eye [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/JpwlV6Y.jpg?1[/IMG][/QUOTE] Looks like vag-eye-nas.
[QUOTE=TheTalon;41092387]Well we went from what the Romans had to shitting in a hole in the ground for hundreds of years. Only in the last 150-250 years have we caught up again and surpassed it, really[/QUOTE] Keep in mind that those technologies only existed for the wealthy and important. The vast majority of the Roman Empire's population lived outside the city. It was that way for every civilization before Rome and after until the Industrial Revolution when European populations began to migrate from the country into the cities. One mistake people make when interpreting history is to assume that technological and social progress is a given, and that anything that doesn't advance that progress is inherently bad. They often argue that if it weren't for the Dark Ages (as they call it) we would have moon bases by now. But there's no way to prove that, and it's wrong to blame our ancestors for it. History does not progress in a steady upward curve of technological and social development. History is more complex than that.
[QUOTE=Mjolnir82991;41096398]Keep in mind that those technologies only existed for the wealthy and important. The vast majority of the Roman Empire's population lived outside the city. It was that way for every civilization before Rome and after until the Industrial Revolution when European populations began to migrate from the country into the cities. One mistake people make when interpreting history is to assume that technological and social progress is a given, and that anything that doesn't advance that progress is inherently bad. They often argue that if it weren't for the Dark Ages (as they call it) we would have moon bases by now. But there's no way to prove that, and it's wrong to blame our ancestors for it. History does not progress in a steady upward curve of technological and social development. History is more complex than that.[/QUOTE] Yeah! If my ancestors weren't busy spending time at the local Inn drinking with whore 300 years ago I could be Bruce Wayne now!
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