Conquer Club

Haggis_McMutton wrote:

Dukasaur wrote:

Funkyterrance wrote:Yeah, the UK should have won the last one anyway. At night from a distance it's almost breathtaking.

All the beautiful capitals -- Bern, Budapest, London -- lost first round to far inferior challengers. Just another example of popularity contests having no relation to any objective criteria.

Or, in other words: "my subjective preferences are objectively better than your subjective preferences."

Haggis_McMutton wrote:

Dukasaur wrote:

Funkyterrance wrote:Yeah, the UK should have won the last one anyway. At night from a distance it's almost breathtaking.

All the beautiful capitals -- Bern, Budapest, London -- lost first round to far inferior challengers. Just another example of popularity contests having no relation to any objective criteria.

Or, in other words: "my subjective preferences are objectively better than your subjective preferences."

Baron Von PWN wrote:Honestly Belarus should have won.

Dukasaur wrote:

Baron Von PWN wrote:Honestly Belarus should have won.

You are kidding, right? That place looks like a converted prison.

Dukasaur wrote:

Baron Von PWN wrote:Honestly Belarus should have won.

You are kidding, right? That place looks like a converted prison.

Funkyterrance wrote:Honestly though, the capitals are inanimate objects, what can we hold against them personally?
That being said, there has to be some acknowledgement to the science of aesthetics.

Haggis_McMutton wrote:

Funkyterrance wrote:Honestly though, the capitals are inanimate objects, what can we hold against them personally?
That being said, there has to be some acknowledgement to the science of aesthetics.

How is aesthetics a science?
I thought it was a branch of philosophy.

Dukasaur wrote:

Haggis_McMutton wrote:Or, in other words: "my subjective preferences are objectively better than your subjective preferences."

Yes, because I'm objectively better than you.

x-raider wrote:Stumbled upon this thread. Could we try it again with Fictitious capitols. (not to be confused with Fictitious capital)

For example:
Terminus vs Trantor vs Kalgan (Foundation)
Romulus vs Vulcan vs Qonos (Star Trek)
Edoras vs Barad-dûr vs Minas Tirith vs Eisengard (LoTR)

If people want I'll have a go at making a thread.

x-raider wrote:Haha, you guys are great.
The best has got to be...

Dukasaur wrote:

Haggis_McMutton wrote:Or, in other words: "my subjective preferences are objectively better than your subjective preferences."

Yes, because I'm objectively better than you.

I'm going to go ahead with my idea that sparked this retrospective conversation in the first place.

x-raider wrote:Stumbled upon this thread. Could we try it again with Fictitious capitols. (not to be confused with Fictitious capital)

For example:
Terminus vs Trantor vs Kalgan (Foundation)
Romulus vs Vulcan vs Qonos (Star Trek)
Edoras vs Barad-dûr vs Minas Tirith vs Eisengard (LoTR)

If people want I'll have a go at making a thread.

Funkyterrance wrote:Depends on who you ask, there's no definitive answer.
If you would rather split hairs than actually discuss something, be my guest. I think you may find a dictionary more entertaining than these forums, however.