I've fallen back and can't get up!
Nov. 4th, 2007 04:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chris_gerribAll the clocks are now back an hour, and as I write this, the sun is setting.
Everybody else is commenting on this, so I might as well too: Hitler farted a lot (link via John Scalzi). Although Hitler's problem was amusing and probably self-induced, the more important point is that history is made by individuals. Sometimes they're sick, or tired or just plain weird. A history that doesn't consider that is missing the point.
For example - prior to say 1850, the water in most towns and cities was unsafe to drink. So people drank other stuff - in Europe and America, beer, wine and whisky. A lot of it. How many famous historical figures of history were making critical decisions while half-drunk?
Moving from high drama to a more personal matter, I recently signed up for E-Harmony's online dating service. (What can I say? I'm a single geek.) What I like about E-Harmony so far is their "structured communication" system. Basically, instead of saying "here's a match, now email her," they allow sending questions and answers picked from a list. This encourages folks to get off the dime and reach out. Or at least my mother hopes so :-)
Everybody else is commenting on this, so I might as well too: Hitler farted a lot (link via John Scalzi). Although Hitler's problem was amusing and probably self-induced, the more important point is that history is made by individuals. Sometimes they're sick, or tired or just plain weird. A history that doesn't consider that is missing the point.
For example - prior to say 1850, the water in most towns and cities was unsafe to drink. So people drank other stuff - in Europe and America, beer, wine and whisky. A lot of it. How many famous historical figures of history were making critical decisions while half-drunk?
Moving from high drama to a more personal matter, I recently signed up for E-Harmony's online dating service. (What can I say? I'm a single geek.) What I like about E-Harmony so far is their "structured communication" system. Basically, instead of saying "here's a match, now email her," they allow sending questions and answers picked from a list. This encourages folks to get off the dime and reach out. Or at least my mother hopes so :-)
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Date: 2007-11-05 02:38 pm (UTC)I think the larger consideration is that there were lots of people running around with undiagnosed mental problems. Fetal alcohol is but one example.