Are you being a misogynist and claiming that I'm clothes obsessed because I'm a woman? When the full post is about economic theory and economies needing a constant flow and craftspeople? WTF? You pick up on the t-shirt comment? You got a problem dude...

I knew nothing of the story, and genuinely enjoyed it. As the facts are true it made for a wild story I never saw coming. I'm usually bothered by anachronisms etc. but was so engrossed in the story I barely noticed anything else! (Terrible promo shot though!)

That Elon wanders around in a t-shirt surely goes against this. His money isn't getting him anything nice, and there is no money going to tailors so they can buy stuff.

Yet whenever I tried to say this I was told I didn't understand, thats not how economics works etc. Seems I was right!

surely strangle an economy because there isn't enough sloshing about to buy stuff. Look at stately homes. Super rich people bought super expensive stuff, which meant paying lots of money to lots and lots of trade people - the super rich got a super nice house/suit/car and other people got paid.

And they definitely can't buy your stuff if they're ill/dead. Victorian factory owners were evil, but they made sure people were a) alive enough to buy stuff and b) had enough money to buy stuff (not lots of stuff, but what they were selling).

Hoarding more money than whole countries will

I am terrible at money and economics. Never understood it. I'm a musician. But as a teen I was confused at the direction of capitalism because if you make money selling stuff and the people you want to buy your stuff don't have the money to buy your stuff, you can't sell your stuff.

In 1868 people didn't understand and the only way Europeans could see something like that was in the BM. Its not 1868 anymore - we have 3D printing, long haul flights affordable for most, Wikipedia and a better understanding of other cultures. Returning it would be part of our history and theirs

Our whole world has changed... that would be a better and more moving exhibit if it was a model, with a picture showing this scene and the artefact on Rapa Nui. Being in the BM is part of its story, but doesn't have to be the end.

Not believing something isn't the spirit of a dead person doesn't mean it isn't scary. I've screamed and freaked out at a dressing gown hanging on a door, a spider (I'm not scared of spiders) and my own scarf.

but if you wanna get high, there are way cheaper alternatives.

I have chronic insomnia and so when I can't get medical help and am desperate to sleep I get promethezine from the pharmacy. Its more expensive now than buying illegal prescription Xanax/Zopiclone. I can understand taking Benadryl for allergies and enjoying a few whiskies with it to feel funny,

Many of these sorts of things might well be fun for a one time experiment or when you're actually ill, but you have to take so much it is incredibly inefficient. Surely it would be cheaper and easier to find an actual drug dealer and buy something pukka?

Hear hear. They are a scourge! They cause nothing but litter and trouble. Three nights a year is more than enough and it makes them a proper celebration when they're not associated with neerdowells.

Mad right? Imagine buying a 'mini' anything else and it being a maxi! The whole point was to be small... the world has gone insane!

How is this tool use, but ripping open a packet left in a bin isn't?

I suppose you can justify racism as a result of immigration if you've told everyone that brown immigrants are the reason everything is bad and being racist is the remedy. It is a direct correlation in the case of the govt...

He introduced me to his cats 'Adolf' and 'il Duce'. I'd quieted my mind when he'd told me his cats were more intelligent than mine because they were asian, but in that second it all made sense...

I went to NYC in 2005ish and my friend asked if I wanted to see the ruins of the twin towers. I said it felt ghoulish as I was a tourist, bit we decided it would be good to get a sense of where it happened. Arrived to souvenir sellers and selfies. It was proper weird.

My first thought...