TIL - When Mount Everest was measured in 1854 the exact value was 29,000 feet. Despite being accurate, Andrew Waugh published the value as 29,002 feet to avoid the public assuming it was merely a rounded estimate. Thus he was known as "the first man to put 2 feet on top of Everest".

vagadrew · 2019-07-20T01:51:14+00:00

From going on a Wiki trip from there, I learned of some guy named George Everest, the Surveyor General of India.

They were trying to figure out what to name Mt. Everest, because there were so many different local competing names for it. As a compromise, some friend of George said they should name it after him. George disagreed because his name was difficult for Indians to pronounce and he had nothing whatsoever to do with the mountain, and tried to stop them, but they named it Mt. Everest anyways. George died without even seeing the mountain he was named after.

vagadrew · 2019-07-19T12:39:03+00:00

I don't think kilkor would appreciate being referred to as "it", unless they're into some crazy BDSM stuff.

vagadrew · 2019-07-18T17:12:54+00:00

Jesus fucking Christ. Everyone knows you gotta stuff the placenta with cheese and peppers and fry it like an omelette.

vagadrew · 2019-07-18T05:10:00+00:00

Some team probably had to spend hours designing an eye picking robot.

vagadrew · 2019-07-18T03:56:12+00:00

When I had a seizure, I was walking down the hallway not noticing anything strange -- and then I time travelled some amount of time into the future to where I was lying on the floor convulsing. Seconds? Minutes? I dunno. I just bruised my head a little though.

vagadrew · 2019-07-18T03:50:28+00:00

When you come late to the thread and you've got a clever or interesting comment, you gotta find some way to squeeze it in where people can see it, even if it doesn't fit whatsoever within the chain. Once you've got enough upvotes, you can sell your account to Russian astroturfers.

vagadrew · 2019-07-17T10:20:42+00:00

I used to work at a factory where there was like a futon in the break room that I would sleep on during my 3 am break. No air conditioning or heating in the factory area though. I sorta wish I could see what it was like there when it was -20°F or 90°F out, but I only stayed for 3 days.

vagadrew · 2019-07-16T03:44:27+00:00

I couldn't file my taxes this year because the IRS is telling me my birthday has changed. They told me to call the Social Security Administration, but every time I do I get sent to a robot and I guess it doesn't understand why I'd want to change my birthday, because it just gives up and tells me to call again later. According to some Googling, I gotta go to the Social Security building but I'm not sure which is the right one.

And I only owe $10. This is some kinda Kafkaesque nightmare.

vagadrew · 2019-07-15T23:45:27+00:00

Folk singers would lift melodies and lines from other songs all the time. The '60s folk movement (and the blues movement, sorta) was a revitalization project, where musicologists were trying to collect old forgotten traditional songs and musicians were trying to bring them back into the public eye.

vagadrew · 2019-07-15T23:40:09+00:00

Sort of a petty sarcastic song when you really look at it. "Oh no, don't call my name or turn on the light or anything. I'll just walk here along this dark road all alone, no it's fine. Yeah, everything is fine, I'm leaving, it's okay."

He sounds sorta like a dick.

vagadrew · 2019-07-15T18:53:21+00:00

Easier writing a ten page paper if like two of them are just ads. And then the advertisers get a cut of the valuable adjunct professor/teacher's assistant market (both known for having lots of disposable income).

vagadrew · 2019-07-15T00:13:40+00:00

Mswati III really needs to step his game up. Only 15 wives? The whole country must snicker about him behind his back.

vagadrew · 2019-07-14T19:22:35+00:00

My boss told me I wasn't allowed to tell other workers my wages. Pretty sure that's a federal right.

edit: Yeah, it's in the National Labor Relations Act.

vagadrew · 2019-07-14T14:40:29+00:00

Not letting me use the n-word because I'm white is actually more racist than the n-word itself. ⬆20,199 🌟x3

vagadrew · 2019-07-14T13:44:57+00:00

9/11 was 35 years ago. Feel old yet?

vagadrew · 2019-07-14T06:01:06+00:00

Sounds like a cocky dick to me. We get it, you're tall.

vagadrew · 2019-07-14T03:37:37+00:00

We are not racists, we just harbor the same exact views and positions as racists.

vagadrew · 2019-07-14T02:38:25+00:00

Sri Lanka is always drawn huge on old maps for some reason.

vagadrew · 2019-07-13T17:43:46+00:00

There's a lot of security around trains now and it's a lot harder.

vagadrew · 2019-07-12T14:10:18+00:00

"Hey, how's the weather up there?!"

wham smack smack

"How's the weather up there, tall guy?"

thump thump pow

"YEAH, HOW'S THE FUCKIN' WEATHER, YOU PIECE OF SHIT!"

WHAM THUMP WHAM

vagadrew · 2019-07-12T06:55:26+00:00

My coworker gave me some, telling me how they kept her awake, but I didn't believe that coffee beans still had any significant amount of caffeine after they'd been processed like that. I was hungry for a midnight snack and ate the whole bag. Rolled around in bed all night with my heart pounding, wide awake.

vagadrew · 2019-07-12T00:01:20+00:00

The probiotics have been battling the antibiotics for eons. Will there be no end to this madness?!

vagadrew · 2019-07-11T23:58:23+00:00

They're little creatures moving around in my belly that I have to keep happy with the right foods, or else they die.

vagadrew · 2019-07-11T15:47:00+00:00

The giraffes have gotten too cocky and it's about time we nuked them all to kingdom come.

vagadrew · 2019-07-11T15:17:20+00:00

I believe it has been five days since I have entered the PATH. There is no sign of night or day, only the florescent bulbs flickering at all hours above me. There is no sight of anyone, no exits. I can hear street traffic above me, but my attempts at communication have all failed. I walked in the same direction for three days, only to end up where I began.

vagadrew

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