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[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not necessarily escape. More, experimenting out in the world, then run home and decide that the planet is entirely backwards.

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[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Yes, experience, and bring something back to the museum

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[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 0 points 1 year ago*

Is that a common take away? Mine is "holy shit if only Americans realized how much better is at despite spending so much less".

The only thing I've been disappointed by is how poorly the rest of the world treats nature, from trash just dumped in the woods in rural Japan to hiking trails in China that are entirely paved, with gamer RGB lighting, and food vendors every like quarter mile to hiking in jungle in vietnam and hearing no wildlife all night, except the occasional breathing of a water buffalo.

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[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 127 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

The guy on the right is Ben Innes from Aberdeen. He posed for a picture to post on social media next to Seif Eldin shortly after he hijacked a plane in Cyprus whilst wearing what turned out to be a fake suicide belt. Ben didn't know it was fake at the time of course.

[–] Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 year ago (1 child)

That's a big smile for not knowing

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[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 40 points 1 year ago

I mean if you think it's your last photo, wouldn't you wanna look good

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[–] GTG3000@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago

He also said later that it was to try and get a better look at the bomb.

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[–] riskable@programming.dev 78 points 1 year ago

Terry Pratchett nailed it in The Color of Magic.

Twoflower was a tourist, the first ever seen on the discworld. Tourist, Rincewind had decided, meant 'idiot'.

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Asking: “ where can I find a pub”

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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Wherever you are in the world, there is usually an Irish pub serving Guinness.

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Also according to Hemingway, you can find at least 2 Estonians in every port in the world.

I can’t confirm that, but I can confirm that there are Irish pubs here in Estonia too.

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

As a Finn, even when we have five times your population, I still believe that to be true of Estonians but not of Finns.

Also when you find those two Estonians, you can purchase cartons of cigarettes and bottles of Viru Valge off of them.

You know, to have after the visiting the Irish pub.

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Viru Valge? God damnit they're letting out reputation down. Everyone knows you take crates of Vana Tallinn with you on trips so you can use it to bribe people. Or maybe that's just in former soviet republics

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

Vana Tallin is for the bougie folk who can't handle 80% Viru Valge. I was but a youngster when I first encountered a bottle. Friend said you can take a sip if you don't look at the bottle. I took a few massive gulps, almost half the bottle.

Then I swallowed.

Man I was surprised. And it didn't spend that long in me, tbh.

But yeah Vana Tallin is a much more sociable liquor. I'm just Finnish and want my money's wörth, lol.

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

Ah that one is called Viru Valge Vägev, where Vägev means Mighty.

Of course when I was a student, I bought alcohol by euros per millilitre of alcohol content to get my money’s worth too. Nowadays I buy what I like the taste of, which sometimes ends up being expensive peaty Islay single malt scotch, and sometimes the cheapest gin I can find, to pair with a mediocre tonic. I don’t remember the last time I drank vodka neat lol

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

Juu väkeväähän se oli.

It's almost the same word in Finnish, "väkevä" which does mean "mighty", "strong", but literally it's basically "full of (little) folk", although idk if Estonian also uses "väki" in the same way but it's the etymology of vägev anyhow. As in "the little folk" or "fairy folk" sort of, as anything magical or powerful would've been said to be so. Not that anyone's really believed in any sort of fairyfolk for a long time, but just thought it might be interesting, perhaps especially so for a fellow finnic person (and/or I'm just somewhat interested if this all works in Estonian as well or if you've read about it idk)

In Finnish folklore, Väki is the life force that flows in every single living creature and being. It is similar to the concept of mana in Hinduism, life force chi in Chinese culture or the Force in Star Wars. Väki literally means a group. It describes the power / group or spirits that reside in a certain idea/concept/element or being.

https://littlewomen.medium.com/v%C3%A4ki-the-power-in-finnish-folklore-abeb0a9d3c04

Oh yeah I don't buy the cheapest stuff anymore either. Actually bought fairly expensive rums last winter, tried some out to see whether it was worth it. It definitely is worth it to go at least mid-shelf in most things, and sometimes the top shelf doesn't feel like a waste either.

Vodka neat is kinda horrible, tbh. A good vodka martini with a really smooth vodka, yea. Just vodka, neat? No thanks, can't do it since that one time I drank a little hand sanitizer (non-denatured) in the army. 'Twas like >73% abv. I was fuuuuuccckeeed, uuupp. Luckily I was an NCO and had independence a bit so I went to the neighbouring barracks (just a firedoor in between them, same building) to use their showers for an hour or so (as the barracks was empty 1/3 of the year).

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

So I don't know about the little folk, but vägi does indeed mean some kind of unquantifiable strength, force, power. As an adjective (vägev), it's closest to "awesome", "mighty", "great". Yes, magical power is also vägi, but then outside of folklore and mythology, I'd dare say its meaning could be considered tangentially related to the Finnish "sisu"? As it sorta describes a person's, a group's, or even a nation's ability to make things happen in the face of hardship.

I've gone shot for shot of neat vodka with alcoholics when I was younger... And I was the one still awake after 20 or so shots. But now I can't stand the taste (I don't think I could then either - luckily the guy whose birthday it was, decided to throw all his vodka in the freezer). I don't think I've actually tried a vodka martini. I've had vermouth neat for some reason, but not a vodka martini. Given that I have half a bottle of some Ukrainian vodka I have no idea what to do with, I might go out and buy a bottle of vermouth to give that a try. Or I might combine it with orange juice later tonight because I already have some of that and I'm likely working till 5 or 6 AM (home office, software engineer, contracting, not an employee)

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https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/v%C3%A4ki

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

So I don't know about the little folk, but vägi does indeed m

Bro I wasn't really asking.

I was telling you about the history of our language-tree.

Viro is a Finnic language and that is the etymology of Finnic "väk-/väg"

Descendants edit

Estonian: vägi
Finnish: väki
Ingrian: väki
Karelian: väki
Livonian: vä’g
Ludian: vägi
Veps: vägi
Võro: vägi
Votic: vätši (“nation, people”)

Sisu is a completely different concept.

Orange juice and vodka is something I can't even sniff anymore, or Fanta and vodka. It's just... disgusting. This is mostly why I drink rum nowadays, I don't have any traumas associated with it lol

But a vodka martini properly made is nice. The strength should be like 20-30% depending how wet/dry you make it. Some even make them "dirty" (this when instead of just adding an olive/orange peel, you actually add a little bit of the brine from the olive jar).

Vermouth neat isn't that bad, but it's kinda "thick" so to speak. Rich flavour. The vodka cuts through so well. Idk, it's just a drink I like when it's properly made. Fairly expensive to get from bars though. Perhaps not for you idk, although you guys aren't that far away anymore in terms of price difference. It used to be a lot more when you guys weren't in the Euro.

I'm jealous or a home office though. Or rather a position to use one. Oh well.

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

I was talking about modern usage of the word in Estonian, where it has less to do with the original magical forces and more about determination, fortitude and drive.

Interestingly, Estonian resources don’t mention the little folk. There is of course mentions of the word going back to Uralic roots and the concept of vägi potentially going back to the Neanderthals, but nothing on little people.

I do love how the English Wikipedia article on the Finnish Väki mentions vitun väki. That one has caused me a lot of grief in life lol

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

less to do with the original magical forces and more about determination

So... do you imagine that Finns still use the connotation from thousands of years ago?

It means the same thing here, more or less. I'm just talking about where the word comes from, originally. If you just go on the street and start asking / explaining about some magical connotations to regular words, people would be afraid of you, lol.

Finnish wiktionary doesn't know it either. It's only when you look at proto-Finnic that you'll get these as connotations. The language from which both of our languages are from.

Usage notes

The sense "power, strength" now exists only in some compounds and derived words, such as väkivalta (“violence”), väkijuoma (“alcoholic beverage”), väkevä (“strong”), and väkisin (“forcefully”). A transitional sense exists in e.g. sotaväki, which can be thought to mean either military power or the people in the army; such words may have contributed to the semantic change

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[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago*

I once went on a perilous hiking trip with my dad. We jumped crevices, scaled bare rock with nothing but ropes and wits, and spent the nights alone up in that wilderness, shivering next to insufficient fire pits. Once we got to the peak and took in the majesty of creation, we turned around saw that there was an Irish pub there at the top

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[–] justsquigglez@leminal.space 22 points 1 year ago

Man, I just watched this video last night and it's a crazy watch. The guy was surprisingly calm given the situation (though I'm sure he was freaking the fuck out on the inside.) and it just kept escalating.

Seeing the humanity among the Nepal community was heartwarming as well.

I haven't watched the update videos yet, but I know he's released several more videos recapping the events, the proceeding fallout, and interviewing some of the people he had encountered.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IyxSqeFrlp0

[–] TRBoom@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

This video of his was very entertaining.

[–] ReiRose@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you, great share. Also he has the perfect eyebrows for this, very expressive

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[–] NovaSel@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

"Bloody hell it's hot down here. And no hotels either! Sauna'a are quite warm though."

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

One of my life long dreams is to document events around the world. It is dangerous to be caught up in the middle of a social unrest, but it would be a mad story to tell in the future if you survived!

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Iroh returns as tourist

[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Careful, he might accidentally appropriate your cultural items and place them in his museum

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It’s a great video

[+] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world -34 points 1 year ago (17 children)

To British people, the third world is their playground, where they can visit and act like they own the place

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[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Nepal is one of the few countries they tried to conquer but couldn't. Instead, they hired them as mercenaries.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishnu_Shrestha

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

There is a Nepalese regiment in the British army; just in case you were unaware that Nepal is well known and respected in (much of) the UK population.

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[+] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world -13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There is a Nepalese regiment in the British army

Why do you think that is? You colonized them

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 11 points 1 year ago

You need to reread your history book because that literally never happened.

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[–] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Interesting. So every single account of the Anglo-Nepalese war is incorrect. I shall get on to every credible historian and point out this error. Thank you for your help.

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[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 2 points 1 year ago

How did that lodge itself in there?

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech [S] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Guy here is acting like tourism is the same as conquering a place

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[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Never heard of a neo colony and how many subjugated financially and quietly, not guns and boots on the ground. But if you’re English you love colonialism so I can’t change your views of that

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech [S] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm not but you go right on assuming things about other people if it supports your worldview I guess

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[–] BillBurBaggins@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

That sounds like you think "the third world" is some group that collectively decides on the same thing. But at the same time you haven't given them any agency otherwise they would ban tourists from entering.

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[+] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world -10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Oh you’re right I’ll just forget about the centuries of genocide and racism against my people 🤷‍♂️

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[–] Soulg@ani.social 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

What the fuck does this have to do with a guy riding a bike through a few countries for a YouTube channel my guy

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[–] ysjet@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago*

It doesn't, the dude is just racist and too much of a coward to even own up to it. So he tries to hide it behind made-up 'justifications' like wars that never happened, or colonization of places that famously couldn't be colonized.

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[–] BillBurBaggins@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

By tourists?