So I read that sentence, and my first thought was, “Huh, that’s true for me, I’ve only been to St. Petersburg for about six hours.” Where’s the headsmack smiley when you need it?
“More people have been to Russia than I have,” can be parsed sensibly. It’s comparing two groups of people" “People who have been to Russia,” and “People I have.” The speaker owns some undetermined number of slaves, but the total is less than the total number of people who have visited the nation of Russia.
Why does…
look weird?
It looks like a xerox of the original.
There’s no anti-aliasing.
Basically the black lines are usually outlined in gray. This makes the jagged appearance a lot less visible. But this one, for some reason is only black and white. You can see the jags.
https://www.displaydaily.com/images/stories/antialiasing.gif
Ruling ancient Smyrna is probably better than kissing Aunt Verna.
Or maybe, you’ll summit Annapurna?
Since my (great-) Aunt Verna was born in the 1890s, and has been quietly decomposing for over a quarter-century now, hell yes! 
Looks like the anti-aliasing has been added
Indeed, and now my post makes me look crazy…
Not as crazy as your new avatar / selfie! 
Returning to the Tower of Babel episode, does anyone have a suggestion for who, other than a cunning linguist, they should have brought up to meet god, and what sort of dire consequences awaited god’s sense of humor visited upon humanity as a result?
I’m envisioning bringing a CTer. Or maybe a Round Earther which might have been controversial at the time. Despite the expanded view from the top of the tower.
If it caused vitamin D deficiency then Pfizer before Moderna might cause sunburna.
My very aged MIL likes to bitch about how old & wrinkly she looks.
When I point out that 4 of 5 of her female HS classmates are dead and 6 of 7 male classmates, and they all look really crappy about now she usually relents. Usually.
Being reminded that most of my friends/contemporaries are dead and the rest are deteriorating would not make me less grumpy.
Ancient Smyrna’s been decomposing for considerably longer than that, no?
It’s all in the delivery 
Sort of look on the bright side!
Being reminded that a guy who is almost the same age as me just won the superbowl doesn’t really make me less grumpy either.
Ah, so when you remind her that her contemporaries are all dead, you do in a threatening tone?
“It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.”
– Tom Lehrer
Yeah, but I wouldn’t have to kiss it, and it probably smells better.
