Comments on: This Friday, procrastinate with history! http://boingboing.net/2012/09/28/this-friday-procrastinate-wit.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 10:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: chenille http://boingboing.net/2012/09/28/this-friday-procrastinate-wit.html#comment-1544369 chenille Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184167#comment-1544369 You mean the blue, green, red, and white? Because sports steams still have colors to this day, and commercial as those are, it's not the same thing as the sponsors they advertize. Rome had lots of sponsorship and advertizing by very rich people, just like today - but so far as I know, those people still tended to be humans. You mean the blue, green, red, and white? Because sports steams still have colors to this day, and commercial as those are, it’s not the same thing as the sponsors they advertize.

Rome had lots of sponsorship and advertizing by very rich people, just like today – but so far as I know, those people still tended to be humans.

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]]> By: Marko Raos http://boingboing.net/2012/09/28/this-friday-procrastinate-wit.html#comment-1544271 Marko Raos Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184167#comment-1544271 Once you delve into it, the analogues between Roman empire in its decadence and today's global society can be pretty starling. Once you delve into it, the analogues between Roman empire in its decadence and today’s global society can be pretty starling.

]]> By: Dr. Chronobiologist http://boingboing.net/2012/09/28/this-friday-procrastinate-wit.html#comment-1544205 Dr. Chronobiologist Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184167#comment-1544205 Maggie, you have a job? Like 9-5, regular duties, that kind of thing? Maggie, you have a job? Like 9-5, regular duties, that kind of thing?

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/09/28/this-friday-procrastinate-wit.html#comment-1544197 Brainspore Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=184167#comment-1544197 Interesting, I didn't realize that the chariots were almost completely covered in the brightly-colored logos of corporate sponsors. Interesting, I didn’t realize that the chariots were almost completely covered in the brightly-colored logos of corporate sponsors.

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