This map is from 1884 and is, shockingly, not the only pig-themed map from that era. (via Big Think)
FERGUSON: To me, America is like baseball. If I swing at a pitch and miss, what am I going to do, give up the next two pitches? If I swing and miss at this pitch, that’s just a swing and a miss. There’s no morality attached to failure. Failure morally has a moral component, but failure in a creative or professional sense is just information. That’s one of the big things for me about the U.S. Our kids, by the time they’re five years old, know that if they can hit a ball three times out of 10 pitches, they’ll go to the Hall of Fame. They know that seven misses or seven failures are no disgrace. That’s just playing the game. Beat that attitude!
PLAYBOY: That’s an infectious argument.
FERGUSON: It’s the core of my patriotism. And it’s a patriotism that has nothing to do with geography or even history. It’s a philosophical patriotism. It’s about “Okay, we screwed up. Let’s try it again.
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, both Muslims!
I’m kidding, though I may be the only one.
good:
#ohamerica
Yup.
The world map according to Americans (it’s a couple of years old, but still awesome).
Charlie Day yelling on “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia,” via Vulture.



