just wonging.

Day 1 I still don't know how I pulled it off. Leaving Tallinn a little later than expected, 11:45. Ran to Viru Center and caught a Number 18 bus. By the time I got to the southern outskirts, it was 12:15. Started hitching immediately. Had a marker, but failed to find cardboard. No light-colored clothing. Only had my thumb. Defied all hitchhiking rules that I previously researched. Outside of Rimi supermarket, most cars were heading into town. Waited for 30 minutes or so in the cold. Unsure of my location, I walked back 500m towards the city, found another petrol station. Again people headed into town and not out. There were traffic lights but they only turned red when cars had to cross on the perpendicular crossing, and intervals were too short. Cars were often moving too fast. It'd been raining for 1 hour now. Horrible location. My confidence was waning, not a particularly good start. But traditions are there for a reason. I stood in front of the traffic lights, thu...

Season 4, Episode 3. Scenario: Sheldon and Amy invent a game called Counterfactuals. They create alternative worlds in which one key aspect is different from ours and they pose questions to each other about a situation where that key aspect matters. Question: In a world where rhinoceroses are domesticated pets, who wins the Second World War? Answer: Uganda. Argument; Kenya rises to power on the export of rhinoceroses. A Central African power bloc is formed, colonizing North Africa and Europe. When war breaks out, no one can afford the luxury of a rhino. Kenya withers, Uganda triumphs. Various questions can be posed. First up the answer itself is deterministic and certainly some will have problems with it. But Sheldon is in various ways fan of determinism anyway, so just for jokes. What IR theory applies? Not a clear cut. Central African power bloc that forms shows tendencies of hardcore realist power, always seeking expansion and becomes an imperialist po...