From the Depths of Wikipedia

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:37 pm

I would not eat that. It's basically lemon jello. But it does look cool.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:06 pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_U ... d_Railroad

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 5:29 am

Spider fights spider fights!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_fighting

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 8:01 pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huis_Ten_ ... me_park%29

But...why?

Foxwarrior · Post by **Foxwarrior** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 8:04 pm

Makes sense to me, of course you'd want your theme park to have an "exotic" setting.

ETortoise · Post by **ETortoise** » Fri May 01, 2020 1:35 am

It probably has a lot to do with the Netherlands historical connection to Japan. Doesn't the Japanese word for western science literally translate as "Dutch learning?"

The Adventurer's Almanac · Fri May 01, 2020 1:44 am

Do you have to be at least 6 feet tall to work there?

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Fri May 01, 2020 10:03 pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orville_Peck

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sat May 02, 2020 1:26 pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclecticism

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sat May 02, 2020 3:52 pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Naked_Gardening_Day

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Sat May 02, 2020 7:06 pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baki_the_Grappler

Iduno · Post by **Iduno** » Sun May 03, 2020 8:49 pm

ETortoise wrote:It probably has a lot to do with the Netherlands historical connection to Japan. Doesn't the Japanese word for western science literally translate as "Dutch learning?"

Samurai Champloo had a lot of weird "the Dutch are great" stuff too. I can see it being a cultural thing that have. Most places do.

The Adventurer's Almanac · Sun May 03, 2020 9:01 pm

Being the only trading partner with your country for 250 years probably results in some weird cultural favoritism.

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Mon May 04, 2020 10:33 am

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koxinga

Koxinga's a Japanese/Chinese pirate/Ming Loyalist who defeated the Dutch in Taiwan, and his exploits got turned into a popular kabuki play during the Tokugawa isolationist period:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battles_of_Coxinga

The Dutch took the loss in good humor and cracked jokes that their left behind wives and daughters will be a delight to Chinese men used to mean Chinese wives
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege ... _Zeelandia

Thaluikhain · Post by **Thaluikhain** » Mon May 04, 2020 1:51 pm

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Cellular_cosmogony

This version of the "Hollow Earth" thing doesn't contain dinosaurs and princesses. Or even dinosaur princesses.

The Adventurer's Almanac · Mon May 04, 2020 4:02 pm

The Cellular Cosmology article wrote:Koreshanity has several nutty beliefs, including reincarnation

Is this racist or is every belief system considered nutty by them?

Grek · Post by **Grek** » Mon May 04, 2020 4:23 pm

It's rationalwiki. They reflexively take the anti-religious position on every topic, regardless of the merits. Admittedly, reincarnation is almost certainly incorrect. But the fact that rationalwiki thinks that is largely accidental. It is instructive to note that their page on reincarnation spends more time talking about judeo-christian belief in reincarnation than it does about hindu/buddhist beliefs on the subject, and more time talking about 'past life regression' woo than about either of those combined.