Comments by "Owain Shebbeare" (@shebbs1) on "Biographics" channel.

  1. Or the one where Walter and Jeff are in a sleigh and Walter is, as usual, bitching but then asks if they are being paid, to which Jeff answers that they are...which greatly changes Walter's mood!😁😁
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  2.  @MarielaQue  Depends on where you are. Where I am (Victoria, Australia), there are definite effects on civil liberties imposed by the state government and, to a lesser extent because of constitutional roles, the federal government. These effects may be temporary suspensions on associations, movement and so on, but there are concerns that not all these assumed liberties will be returned. I am not too worried myself, even though I dislike the state government, I reckon things won't change much in the longer term, but there are some who are very concerned. Oh well, time for a beer, a liberty I definitely can exercise!🍺
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  3. Thanks for the virtue signalling, I feel so instructed by your moral arrogance.
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  4.  @bigfish92672  It was a problem, especially given communists, and other Leftists still persecute Jews.
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  5. Most pilots did know the best way to extend range already, but there is a tendency to credit CL with creating and implementing the techniques, not just broadening that knowledge.
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  6. His involvement in hydrocephalus treatment is well know. The slightly earlier Spitz-Holter shunt, of which I have two still forms the basis of many modern shunts, though certainly not all. The Wafe-Dahl valve is largely superseded but szved many lives.
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  7. Probably one of the most famous book in popular culture, but rarely read, much less understood of correctly quoted. "Principia', and " Micrographia" and several others are more regarded in scientific circles mainly as they cement the foundations of modern science.
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  8. Marxist philosophy is an epic fail. It is a prime example of doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. These failures are labelled today under the usual claim of "but that wasn't REAL Communism" by the sorts of morons who would happily impose their abominable interpretation on the rest of us.
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  9. Your point? This doco has no reason to mention India.
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  10. I tend to believe that more money somply magnifies who you are, in most cases. If you are morally sound and grounded, you can do a lot of good. I have many doubts about Zuckerberg though.
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  11. Well YT finds wangs offensive. Apparently we all need to become androgynous drones like they are!
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  12. Well, Newton wasn't a robust giant either!
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  13. Sure looks like him!
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  14. I know, Hawaii should be called out more often! 😁
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  15. Not every psycho. Some use visions, politics, other religions, and many other justifications for their murderous acts. Using the concept of loyalty to the State allowed atheists to murder on an industrial scale without the petty influence of theology.
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  16. He didn't deserve death, but he shouldn't have acted like a loutish prick.
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  17. They really did make an ass of the script, in a funny way.
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  18. Good thing it isn't up to you.
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  19. The US is the greatest? Well you are entitled to your opinion, many no doubt agree with you, but it is still just an opinion.
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  20. Bad scripting, though to most people "ejecting" and "bailing out" are synonymous.
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  21. Both get used, it is rather inconsistent.
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  22. Not entirely sure, but I think John Paul II has been done. Might be thinking of another channel.
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  23. So if the hawking remains in the middle, you are gone? Seems a tad extreme, though only to yourself really.
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  24. Like all Americans in WW2, as with WW1; better late than never!
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  25. Not really.
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  26.  @rodrigolabarre  Scotland, despite the Minister's claims they could leave anytime, is dependent on the rest of the UK. They also voted recently to remain.
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  27.  @rodrigolabarre  What's a "wife beater argument"? The allusion means nothing to me, AND if it is what I assume it is, is not germane to this situation. The people voted to leave the EU in 2016, and also to remain in the UK. Sure, have another vote on Scottish independence, likely you will keep trying until you finally get it. Saying "they don't want the English" is a bit of a stretch when you consider the sheer amount of cash that heads north every year, and people know it, but are likely just venting. Sure Scotland might survive just fine, good bloody luck to them, but it will need to be true, full independence with no Scottish votes in Westminster, or a perpetual lifeline to bail out Scotland's economy. The parasitism, economically, hasn't come from the English, it has come from SCotland.
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  28. Well the channel is American, and they are simple people when it comes to the English language. Odd they use an English narrator.
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  29.  @eddiedeleon3784  If you are talking to me, then my answer is that American ways of speaking English are neither universal, nor necessarily correct. We Brits find "American English" to be quaint and humourous, and often wrong. To-may-to, tomato.
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  30. Definitely not the first to imagine it, but it was the first practical, self-powered, vehicle. If you have an alternative, suggest it.
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  31. Pretty sure nobody was confused.
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  32. True, but not much is really known about his life.
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  33. We don't. Most of us are flexible.
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  34. Pronunciations vary. American pronunciation is considered quaint, even odd, elsewhere.
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  35. Better than American bombast! Far more dignified.
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  36. @Eason Cheng Good to finally see someone who knows their stuff!
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  37.  @vibinginmybedroomrn9948  After a certain point her craziness was her own.
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  38. Obama was caught out asking for Russian help in the 2012 election. Obama definitely did use the instruments of state to track and persecute Republican organisations. Not sure of Donny Boon's exact claims, but mine are solid.
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  39. No, there are many more over-rated people, in many areas of society.
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  40. Feel better? I doubt your country's leaders have a great reputation either. They are our royals, your foreign opinion doesn't have any value.
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  41. Why? The things Parks fought against were all created and run by Democrats? Be it the KKK, Jim Crow or the leaders in Alabama!
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  42. Definitely more recognised outside the US.
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  43. Dr John Snow, one of the first to accurately map a cholera outbreak would be a good biographics.
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  44. Bad scripting...by Americans who should know better.
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  45. Same as Labor (sic, though it shouldn't be) diddlers in Australia, or the perverts that infest the Democratic Party in the US. Hell, those Americans now have a Hair-sniffer in Chief, at least until Kamala bumps him off.
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  46. "Historical people"? Yep, definitely true, locally, globally and in many areas of endeavour. Specifically relating to pirates he is likely the most well known, though how feared he truly was is hard to say.
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  47.  @lordbrain8867  Oh Cromwell doesn't deserve adulation, I agree, but few of us give a crap about that uptight megalomaniac. Interesting to study, but a total wanker. The rest of us, and our history is awesome, and I say this knowing it will be accepted as dair, balanced and reasonable. Seriously though, name a country that doesn't have didgy acts in its history. The US is full of them, Britain's European neighbours too, every Asian and African nation, the other American nations...
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  48. It is yet another case where literature replaced the facts as history. Not surprising is the number of British and Americans who think that Robin Hood was a real person, and the characterisations in the stories were true reflections of who they really were.
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  49. I thought there was one. Might be mis-remembering.
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  50. Well I don't like his populist Lefty politics either so, as a physicist and amateur astronomer, I focus mainly on his science. We all have elements to our beliefs, be they social, religious, political or scientific, that others may disagree with, in whole or in part. Remember he grew up in a country, and time, where Socialism was strong, and he likely also benefited from the NHS, Britain's National Health Service.
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