Comment on This makes so much more sense

rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s all Greek to me.

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  • elephantium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This makes me think of that old Doctor Who episode where they’re in Pompeii, and anytime the Doctor or companion uses a Latin phrase, the locals get agitated and say things like “Hey! ME. NO. SPEAKIE. THE. CELTIC!”

    Cute little quirk with the handwavey translation thing.

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• sangeteria@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Can be fixed w “northwest” and “southwest”

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  • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    my thought is that tere are places in the middle that noone want’s to lay claim to. :)

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    • elephantium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      This made me think of the Bir Tawil dispute on the Egyptian-Sudanese border.

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      • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        TIL. I was thinking more of Israel, but that scans too. :)

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