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RvW: What did the French accually won on their own. Napoleon came far but failed. They had a big empire before WWII, so they did well then but.... Read this thread, I`m not going to discus it all again.
I never said they won anything, merely that I hadn't heard them being called failures before. But, do you think it makes sense to have a argument along the lines of "they once had a great empire, but then they lost it, so they're failures"...?
Every great empire has fallen; even Alexander the Great's Empire (who ruled pretty much the entire known (to him) world) was utterly destroyed within a few generations. How does it make sense to disregard the achievement of conquering that empire (and Napoleon did his fair share of conquering, we can all agree about that, right?) just because it was later lost?
So back on topic: TBBT is indeed also humour and science, but more humour than sience, while Mythbusters is more science than hunour.
s/on/off/, fixed that for you :p
Besides, TBBT isn't really about science at all; it's about geeky humour with a "science sauce" poured over it, just to make it look better.
MB on the other hand is all about science (and, contrary to let's say Brainiac..., getting things right and oh, not faking it). Also, they're not so much about "fun" as they are about "cool stuff". And, every once in a while, something important (such as the episode about getting trapped in a car underwater, which showed just
how dangerous that is; there's a very real possibility that episode saved a few lives, even if just by getting people to realise it).
So long and thanks for the lols
Wait, I didn't see any fish anywhere...?
/me troutslaps Ska2D2
Aaah,
there it is! ;)