London 2012 Olympics logo - HORRIBLE

[Marqsaynt]

Why, what'd you mean by it?

The Soviet Union didn't officially collapse until 1991... which means your textbooks would still be wrong.

[ThomPhoenix]

Man, what do they teach people these days?

[Parallo]

I know a guy who is convinced that there was a world war III started by Adolf Hitler's brother in the 50's. I am surrounded by idiots.

[ThomPhoenix]

Phew, am I glad I'm not surrounding you!

[Parallo]

You are. You posted above and beneath that post

[Raa]

Why, what'd you mean by it?

The Soviet Union didn't officially collapse until 1991... which means your textbooks would still be wrong.

But that's general knowledge. More general than the extinction of the British.

I know a guy who is convinced that there was a world war III started by Adolf Hitler's brother in the 50's. I am surrounded by idiots.

One of my middle school teachers once had a student who believed there was no World War II and that no one was ever prosecuted by Nazis. There was also a student who didn't believe in the moon, and another thought the greenhouse effect was caused by a huge glass sphere surrounding Earth. And one of my friends thought ketchup was a cancer-causing substance that was used to limit the world's population below its carrying capacity.

This is so  

 

[Marqsaynt]

Raa, it wasn't supposed to be taken so seriously... it was just a little good natured poke at the US public schools systems.


Also, I heard the British really became "extinct" do to over hunting by poachers. You know those redcoats fetch a nice chunk of change on the black market. Even heard there was a "Save the British" Wildlife Refuge set up somewhere in Hyde Park but, the poachers would just wait for the next big football (soccer) match then, pick them off when they all congregated at their respective "watering holes" to watch the game.

[Raa]

Raa, it wasn't supposed to be taken so seriously... it was just a little good natured poke at the US public schools systems.

And how do you know I'm not joking?

To be on topic... Why did they choose that one in the first place? It has no meaning, plus it hurts my eyes.

[Marqsaynt]

Just be glad it's only hurting your eyes and not giving you a seizure... I seem to recall reading somewhere that when that logo is animated, it can adversely effect people with epilepsy.

Edit: Pretty sure here's where I read it: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6724245.stm

[Einnol]

Marqsaynt, thanks for pointing that out.  I remember reading that too while link surfing some of those articles related to that logo.  It was this article here:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6729611.stm .  The fact that it triggered seizures in at least 22 people is the most disturbing thing about that logo, IMO.   

[ThomPhoenix]

You are. You posted above and beneath that post

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Darn it.

[LigH]

About Britain vs. England, Burma vs. Birma vs. Myanmar, and the USSR:

Hamudistan is located between Iran and Persia.
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Aaah, a few are indeed educated in geometry.

[zorbels]

It was this article here:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6729611.stm . 

Mayor of London Ken Livingstone said the company that produced the film which triggered the seizures should not be paid "a penny" for its "catastrophic mistake".

Well let us hope the company who produced the film doesn't get paid. I wouldn't want anyone receiving a penny for a seizure I might have had watching something like that!

Holly hell cows on wheels! They spent *points below*

Liberal Democrat MP Bob Russell, who also signed the motion, said the £400,000 spent on the logo's design had been a "spectacular waste of money".

* zorbels faints

I just can't believe it is worth that much if even a penny.