Presently42

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[–] Presently42 -4 points 1 day ago (16 children)

So, I hate to be the breaker of bad news, but the UK has left the EU 🤷 Don't shoot the messenger

[–] Presently42 31 points 3 days ago

This is a spectacular post

[–] Presently42 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Isn't that what throwaway accounts are for?

[–] Presently42 8 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Why delete this treasure trove of good information??

[–] Presently42 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I've been working my way chronologically through They shot pictures don't they for ten or more years, and was stuck in 1975 for nine or so months. Finally got through with a big push:

  • Dog Day Afternoon
  • Picnic at Hanging Rock
  • Grey Gardens
  • Xala
  • The Man Who Would Be King
  • Welfare
  • Seven Beauties
  • Sholay
  • Numéro deux
[–] Presently42 1 points 1 month ago

Not quite as reformed as those two fine languages

[–] Presently42 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

0.5 mm²of what? 0.5 MM² OF WHAT??

[–] Presently42 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Slowly learning Icelandic, with vague intentions of moving there. Icelandic is fairly phonetically written: most letters produce the same sound no matter their location. By comparison, spoken English has changed drastically from it's written equivalent: there have been spelling reforms in Icelandic, and basically none in English

[–] Presently42 4 points 1 month ago

Happy birthday! Here's a celebratory cake 🎂

[–] Presently42 4 points 1 month ago

In case you don't already know, Deutsche Welle have superb documentaries in voluminous quantities

[–] Presently42 4 points 2 months ago

My current Minecraft project is recreating all of the lighthouses of Iceland in their correct places. I'm using Wikipedia's pictured list for my basis. So far I've imported a topographical map and am using world painter to create Icelandic Minecraft biomes. Fun times

[–] Presently42 1 points 2 months ago

Anyone else spot the lit stick of dynamite in the bottom right corner, that he's about to kick? Weeeee

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