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The most unrealistic part of Odyssey is the journey taking 20 years

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  • ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Reminds me of this cdebd838-092d-4c11-9c58-9eeab8d4c63e

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    • Bakkoda@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I am going to downboat you because I’m a Subaru fan not because you are incorrect in your choice of vehicle.

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      • ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        When I first saw Subaru impresa back in 1998 I was a child, but I could see how special the car was. In fact, during late 90s and 2000s we had some very special cars coming out of rally.

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    • aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Most movies would end faster if the main character was driving a Lancer.

      • Little Miss Sunshine
      • Driving Mrs. Daisy
      • The Brave Little Toaster
      • Planes, Trains, & Automobiles
      • Homeward Bound
      • Speed…
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      • vrek@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The exorcist would be a VERY different movie though…

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      • turtlesareneat@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The new testament

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    • doingthestuff@lemy.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ok I’ll throw in mine too, SHERP!Image

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      • Juvyn00b@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        This is actually the correct answer. The journey to and within Mordor would be nothing for a SHERP!!

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    • Grostleton@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      “Sam, you’re breaking the car!”

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    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Lol. Reminds me of Moses wondering the desert for 40 years to go like 400 miles.

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    • theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I don’t know not sure there is usable road? And this isn’t quiet the nazgul would be waiting for them and an ambush would be easy to set up.

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    • omega_x3@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      One does not simply drive into Mordor…oh hell you have an Evo? Go on you’re good

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    • Bluewing@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      When I see a rally car, I see a Lancer careening through a missed curve at high speed and flying off into the forest only to get wraped around several innocent trees.

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    • Gwot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Idk, maybe one of those Dakar cars could take gnarlier shortcuts

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  • rem26_art@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The Odyssey happened a long time ago. Before Google Maps. Those were the MapQuest days so things weren't so accurate and they probably got lost

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    • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You’d need to print them out for reference on the journey.

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      • hoch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Look at Mr. Moneybags with a printer.

        My parents would make me copy down directions by hand.

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    • runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      and even then it was early MapQuest days and I’m sure Odysseus “knew a shortcut”.

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    • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Only the best navigators could hold the map quest printout up at dashboard height with one hand and simultaneously watch the road signs, the road, and the turn by turn instructions simultaneously. Many failed and simply drove off the face of the earth.

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      • jrubal1462@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Oh God that anxiety when the printed directions tell you to turn right in 3.5 miles, and you feel like you’ve gone about 5 but you’re not sure, and maybe that slight split in the road counted as a right turn, and now you should be moving on to the next step but you’re not quite sure…

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    • arrow74@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Also taking a boat overland takes forever, they don’t sail well on land

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    • helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      maps.app.goo.gl/PQcdE14Z7A4WwdVk6?g_st=ac

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  • slaacaa@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Were they stupid?

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    • cannibalkitteh@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No, they were just drawing it out for the Odysseus Cinematic Universe.

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    • Fishy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They took a boat, clearly a detour

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      • aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        They used Bing maps.

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      • late_list@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That explains it. No direct water route. The Erie canal hadn’t been dug yet.

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  • anguo@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • Siethron@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Wait. France is the land of the dead?

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      • FluidBeef@quokk.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Always was.

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      • neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        [Land of the dead](https://nourishingdeath.wordpress.com/2013/06/28/lower-brittany-the-land-of-the-dead/)

        [Empire of the deadl](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/empire-of-the-dead-1-63434391/)

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    • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This guy was so bad at sailing, it’s astounding.

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      • anguo@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I mean, he was a victim of the wrath of Poseidon, not that much you can do about that when at sea.

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      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Seems to be decent at the sailing part. Navigation doesn’t seem to be even a minor part of his bailiwick

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    • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Looks like the good old “Didn’t took a right at the crossroads and continued forward instead and then kept on insisting ‘I know the way’” driving problem.

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    • spitfire@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Most of the bad stuff happened in Italy

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    • hakunawazo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s… a creative attempt at the traveling salesman problem.

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  • Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Honda Odyssey is a good choice for that type of trip, but I’m more partial to a Crystler Pacifica, my self.

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    • kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I prefer the Christler Pacifica, personally

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    • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have one of those I love that thing

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  • myster0n@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, but once you factor in traffic …

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  • TomMasz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Just off the upper left of the map there’s Greece, NY. It’s a Rochester suburb. Just throwing that out there.

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    • SpacePanda@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Looks like Rome is right there too.

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      • jrubal1462@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Also Syracuse. And Marathon is in the map area but not labeled at this zoom.

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    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If there’s a new York, why not also a new Greece?

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      • luciferofastora@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=41.876111&mlon=-86.54…

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  • Fmstrat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Turn off highways and watch what happens.

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    • tmyakal@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Pretty sure you can still take Rt 13 and Rt 20 most of the way. Going through each town and hitting lights will add some time, sure, but we’re talking an hour, maybe 90 minutes. Odysseus has no excuse.

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      • Fmstrat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I did it by accident. It was interesting.

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      • Bakkoda@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        20 goes coast to coast still i think

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  • kungen@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Everyone’s talking about driving… but you actually can take a boat from Troy to Ithaca. Just take the Erie Canal west until you reach Montezuma, at the confluence proceed to the Cayuga-Seneca Canal, and continue south through Cayuga Lake, and at the end you’ll reach Ithaca.

    Easy enough and only takes a couple days at the most. I have no idea why they needed to make some movie about this.

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  • gray@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It was back in the days before cars

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    • Allero@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Also probably not in New York

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      • PhoenixDog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Probably? Do you have proof it wasn’t?

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      • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        New Amsterdam?

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  • spitfire@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That was the whole point, wasn’t it?

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  • Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Image

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  • ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Most of that time was just hanging out on an island not traveling

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  • MutantTailThing@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Still accurate if you’re in the Russian army

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  • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Don’t eat the lotuses in Schenectady.

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  • rustydrd@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • spitfire@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Scranton doesn’t seem to be on the route. If they’d take a detour like in the original though…

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      • rustydrd@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Come on, how can you not make that detour…

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  • Bakkoda@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The problem is they turned onto Chrysler Ave instead of hitting 890 on crosstown and once you get on Chrysler Ave it’s impossible to get off and then you’re just stuck at Schenectady.

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    • tmyakal@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hi neighbor! I love seeing other locals on lemmy.

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  • 4am@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Troy NY is a fucking psychotic place

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    • tmyakal@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s a hell of a lot better than it used to be. I remember being scared to be there in the '90s. They’ve put a lot of money into cleaning up downtown and the waterfront. Crime has plummeted through the floor. New construction and new restaurants have moved in. These days, it’s nearly the hipster Brooklyn scene of the Capital Region.

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      • 4am@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That’s good to hear, I think around 2005 was my last experience there. Hope they figure it out!

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  • Kcap@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you’re making this arduous journey, I strongly recommend stopping by the Hi-way Dairy Bar in Candor on 96B. Grab a Berry Twist, you won’t be disappointed.

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  • sundray@lemmus.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s easy to lose track of time when you’re having fun.

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    • SourDragon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Unrelated to the content at hand, but I recognise your pfp. Hello, fellow stoner.

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  • azimir@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s with a car, is it’s totally different.

    If you had to push a Greek penteconter the whole way down that freeway, with occasional side trips for special requests, it might take you a long time too.

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  • No_Money_Just_Change@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    As I probably will never see either: are any of the places on the map, especially itaka and troy (us) worth a visit?

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  • 1984@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s not the most unrealistic part, unfortunately…

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  • skvlp@lemmy.wtf ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ok, now show me the trip estimate for making that trip in a big boat…

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  • DrSoap@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Took a quick detour for a garbage plate i see

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  • itisileclerk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s a “fast food” version of the Odyssey compared to the original Michelin-starred meal.

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  • Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ohio’s is 35 mins

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  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I noticed when he finally stepped back on his land again, he brought milk, because he told Telemachus back then that he was stepping out to get some milk. /s

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  • ryan213@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Now you try rowing a boat on the highway!

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  • eestileib@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Don’t do it during fall colors or you’ll be going 25 down one-lane roads.

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