teardownthewalls

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

This is a big part of why I love them so much. Hardly a week goes by that I don't think of the "boots theory of socio-economic unfairness" from Men at Arms!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Bill Phillips seems like a pretty cool guy, certainly fits the mad scientist archetype!

I actually haven't read Making Money but I will now :)

[–] [email protected] 62 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (8 children)

I learned this term from Terry Pratchett a few years ago as the disc in discworld rotates and the four cardinal directions are rimward, hubward, turnwise and widdershins. Instead of north south east west.

Edit: though I never knew it was a real word!