Pesky starving children... they're suffering just makes me feel so icky and guilty and impotent!
Africa is fucked up because of an imperial system that raped the continent of natural resources and of people, which destabilized indigenous government and social order, and from which the West (that's us!) benefited and continues to benefit.
you can also do the supercooled water trick with soda, as i discovered the time i put a ginger ale in the freezer for just a bit too long. it was liquid when i took it out of the freezer, but as soon as i opened the cap (it was a glass bottle) and the soda started to fiz, it froze solid. really cool, but also sort of disappointing -- it's really hard to drink frozen soda.
Africa is fucked up because of an imperial system that raped the continent of natural resources and of people, which destabilized indigenous government and social order, and from which the West (that's us!) benefited and continues to benefit.