Daily random tidbit.

[Giovanni Schwartz]

I correct myself. There is no way to express the concept of Deja Vu in Chinese that is not a simple description (which is remarkably hard to do. I mean, you can say "It's a glitch in the Matrix", but what does that really mean?).

[Katya]

I correct myself. There is no way to express the concept of Deja Vu in Chinese that is not a simple description (which is remarkably hard to do. I mean, you can say "It's a glitch in the Matrix", but what does that really mean?).

Right. And it's perfectly valid to say "there isn't a simple word or phrase for this," which is an interesting observation on grammar or culture. (There's no word for "how" in French as an adjectival modifier. E.g., you can't say "How tall are you?" You have to say something like "What is your height?")

But people who make the "no word for X" observation tend to jump to the conclusion that the speakers of that language can't fathom the very concept of X, which generally isn't true.

[Portia]

What is hugger-mugger? That kid who used to hang out in the library?

[Dead Cat]

The Doctor married his old self's daughter, who also happened to be his own clone daughter. Yeah.

[UffishThought]

Wait, what? Is this Dr. Who?

[Dead Cat]

Yes.

[mic0]

TIL all about KWC - Kowloon Walled City. Crazy stuff. Here is a nice summary with some good pictures.

[Talons]

TIL all about KWC - Kowloon Walled City. Crazy stuff. Here is a nice summary with some good pictures.

That was incredible, thanks for sharing.

[Digit]

Eddie the cop on The Simpsons is a son of Mr. Burns.

[Digit]

Atari and Chuck E. Cheese's were both founded by the same guy, Nolan Bushnell, a University of Utah College of Engineering graduate and, according to Time Magazine in 1999, a "lapsed Mormon."

[Talons]

Eddie the cop on The Simpsons is a son of Mr. Burns.

Was this from a new episode?

[Digit]

On closer examination, I don't see a certain source in the form of a specific episode. That's a wiki site, so maybe some editor just put it there because of a perceived resemblance and it never got undone.

[Digit]

Guam is home to the largest K-Mart in the world. Funny, in the picture it doesn't look too much bigger than the average super Walmart.

[Digit]

Tim Russ, who played stoic Vulcan Tuvok on Star Trek Voyager, was the one who played the Spaceball who, while combing the desert with an afro comb, angrily yelled out "We ain't found s***!"