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It is always fascinating when Americans re-discover that old things actually exist. But, as they say, an American thinks that 100 years is a long time while a
by teddyh 2y ago
It is always fascinating when Americans re-discover that old things actually exist.
But, as they say, an American thinks that 100 years is a long time while a European thinks that 100 miles is a long way.
- dang 2y agoPlease don't post nationalistic flamebait to HN. That's a pretty insulting variant of it. (I love the adage you quote, though. When I first heard it it said "Canadian" and "Englishman", which probably says something about how far back it goes.)
- poulpy123 2y agoI didn't even notice the author was American. You don't need to be one to be fascinated by archaeology.
- teddyh 2y agoNo, but the absolute riveted fascination with the fact that historical things actually exist (as clearly exhibited by the featured article) is, in my experience, uniquely American. Most of the people in the rest of the world are surrounded in their daily lives by ancient things; if not buildings, then monuments, castle ruins, petroglyphs, etc. But it is not unusual to hear Americans say things like “someone once died in this house!”.