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And thanks to a massive effort to increase their profile as a tourist destination, Iceland is among the cheapest places on earth to fly to. Round-trip flights from the west coast go on sale for <$300 all the time, and those people live on the east coast, which routinely sees <$200 fares. I've also seen lots of promos where you can fly, say, from Seattle to Paris for $400 on IcelandAir with up to four days' layover in Reykjavik for free. They really, really want you to visit. Of course once you're on the ground there, it's basically Tokyo pricing - $300+ for a hotel, $100pp for a simple restaurant meal, etc.
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All I know about Iceland is that they worship the guys that make the MMO space game. Like the mayor publicly thanks them and they have national holidays about it.
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Jul 17, 2017 15:44
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Mu Zeta posted:All I know about Iceland is that they worship the guys that make the MMO space game. Like the mayor publicly thanks them and they have national holidays about it. To be fair that game shovels a lot of money into the country.
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Jul 17, 2017 16:02
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Mu Zeta posted:All I know about Iceland is that they worship the guys that make the MMO space game. Like the mayor publicly thanks them and they have national holidays about it. Iceland wants to be your friend  A shame they stopped updating quote:August 29, 2014 at 6:01pm - Today I had an eruption. What did you do? canis minor has a new favorite as of 16:13 on Jul 17, 2017 |
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Jul 17, 2017 16:09
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The Bloop posted:It is to me. Color coded continents don't lie Am I blind or is that another world map without new Zealand?
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Jul 17, 2017 16:12
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Len posted:Am I blind or is that another world map without new Zealand? You've never played Risk have you?
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Jul 17, 2017 16:13
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It's up there beneath Kamchatka and beside Mongolia.
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Jul 17, 2017 16:15
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Bird in a Blender posted:My wife and I eloped in Alaska. We just carried on our wedding clothes instead of checking them. We did not want to risk losing bags even though we had a direct flight. I read that wrong, and pictured you boarding the plane in your wedding clothes.
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Jul 17, 2017 16:33
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Scarodactyl posted:Some things like lime juice can induce severe uv sensitivity and result in really bad blistery sunburns, so it is possible. The urge to sacrifice a little patch of skin on my leg to test this is very strong. Can I just spray a little lime juice on and go mow the lawn or what?
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Jul 17, 2017 16:37
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bongwizzard posted:The urge to sacrifice a little patch of skin on my leg to test this is very strong. Can I just spray a little lime juice on and go mow the lawn or what? Lime juice will not only cause a strong burn, it will also leave that patch of skin discolored for years.
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Jul 17, 2017 16:41
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Mu Zeta posted:All I know about Iceland is that they worship the guys that make the MMO space game. Like the mayor publicly thanks them and they have national holidays about it. Iceland has the population of a small town. The president of Iceland congratulating the creators of EVE is like the mayor of rear end Creek putting a ribbon on the prize cow of the county.
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Jul 17, 2017 17:11
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Iron Crowned posted:You've never played Risk have you? Oh poo poo duh. I just know world maps without new Zealand is very much a thing
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Jul 17, 2017 17:27
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walrusman posted:And thanks to a massive effort to increase their profile as a tourist destination, Iceland is among the cheapest places on earth to fly to. Round-trip flights from the west coast go on sale for <$300 all the time, and those people live on the east coast, which routinely sees <$200 fares. I've also seen lots of promos where you can fly, say, from Seattle to Paris for $400 on IcelandAir with up to four days' layover in Reykjavik for free. They really, really want you to visit. I went to Reykjavik last year and didn't see this as far as pricing either way. A direct flight from Chicago was ~$700 and with a layover in NY it was ~$900. Pricing there wasn't that bad either. I paid under $200 per night for a hotel and we went to some really nice restaurants and ordered a bunch of food/drinks and it was right around $100pp and we were splurging.
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Jul 17, 2017 17:29
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steinrokkan posted:Iceland has the population of a small town. The president of Iceland congratulating the creators of EVE is like the mayor of rear end Creek putting a ribbon on the prize cow of the county. I know one other thing about Iceland and it's that there's a website/app they use to make sure they aren't related to the person they are loving.
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Jul 17, 2017 17:35
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Mu Zeta posted:I know one other thing about Iceland and it's that there's a website/app they use to make sure they aren't related to the person they are loving. They're almost certainly related to the person they're loving. The app is to make sure they're not first cousins. http://www.wired.co.uk/article/iceland-incest-app
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Jul 17, 2017 17:49
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Johnny Aztec posted:Lime juice will not only cause a strong burn, it will also leave that patch of skin discolored for years. Man I am so loving curious about this. Like, I assume that plenty of times I have have gotten lime juice on myself outdoors (squirting lime in beers, spilling a good marg) so it is crazy to think it could be that bad, but Google is full of gross pictures of the results so idk.
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Jul 17, 2017 17:53
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Phanatic posted:They're almost certainly related to the person they're loving. The app is to make sure they're not first cousins.
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Jul 17, 2017 19:08
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Strudel Man posted:Yeah, everybody's related to everybody anyway, it's just a question of degree. The thing in Iceland though is that first, there's a small gene pool to begin with. And second, last names are all patronymics so closely related people frequently have different last names. So the chances of picking someone up at a bar and it turning into a cousin-loving scenario are higher than pretty much anywhere else. I mean, white South Africans are a small gene pool as well, but it's much easier to figure out who you're related to there.
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Jul 17, 2017 19:23
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Phanatic posted:The thing in Iceland though is that first, there's a small gene pool to begin with. And second, last names are all patronymics so closely related people frequently have different last names. So the chances of picking someone up at a bar and it turning into a cousin-loving scenario are higher than pretty much anywhere else. I mean, white South Africans are a small gene pool as well, but it's much easier to figure out who you're related to there. Pretty easy to find a partner you're definitely not related to if you're a white south african.
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Jul 17, 2017 19:30
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Phanatic posted:The thing in Iceland though is that first, there's a small gene pool to begin with. And second, last names are all patronymics so closely related people frequently have different last names. So the chances of picking someone up at a bar and it turning into a cousin-loving scenario are higher than pretty much anywhere else. I mean, white South Africans are a small gene pool as well, but it's much easier to figure out who you're related to there. There's an app for that! Gotta be a super good way to see if the person you're chatting up is into you or not be like "so you wanna see if we're cousins?" and if they're like hell yeah you're in.
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Jul 17, 2017 21:40
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https://twitter.com/bilalfarooqui/status/887025375754166272
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Jul 17, 2017 22:23
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https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3827284 Airport thread up.
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Jul 17, 2017 23:05
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Tom Tucker posted:There's an app for that! They posted about this a few posts before yours
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Jul 18, 2017 16:25
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The discussion of Iceland and Greenland reminds me of the Ben Stiller movie "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", where he ends up in Greenland on a photo-based scavenger hunt trying to track down a photographer. He recognises the thumb of one of the guys at a bar and his response is great: "There are 8 people in Greenland. It's a good place to find a thumb... By the way, the reason I drink? Word of advice: Do not cheat on your wife in a country with 8 people in it..." I liked that movie.
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BioEnchanted posted:The discussion of Iceland and Greenland reminds me of the Ben Stiller movie "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", where he ends up in Greenland on a photo-based scavenger hunt trying to track down a photographer. He recognises the thumb of one of the guys at a bar and his response is great: Me too but it would have been way better if it wasn't a 2 hour celebrity ad for match.com
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Jul 20, 2017 14:25
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Byzantine posted:...is Iceland not considered part of Europe? Only half of it.
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https://twitter.com/beccawinning/st...ners-claim.html Chipotle, the fast-casual restaurant chain, has had a rough go of it for the past few years, from the E. coli outbreak in November of 2015 to customers experiencing norovirus-like symptoms at one of the Virginia locations earlier this week. Now, it’s raining rats in their downtown Dallas location restaurant, according to a patron. http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2017/07/20/rats-fall-from-ceiling-at-dallas-chipotle-diners-claim.html Nasty.
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Lime Tonics posted:https://twitter.com/beccawinning/st...ners-claim.html But don't worry, investors -- they're getting a new website designed by RZA! Bloomberg: Chipotle Taps Wu-Tang Clan for Marketing Buzz After Safety Scare. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-19/chipotle-taps-wu-tang-clan-for-marketing-buzz-after-safety-scare
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Jul 20, 2017 21:31
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Don't be stupid, it's not raining rats in a chipotle restaurant. those are clearly mice
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In fairness, the mice do appear to be trying to leave.
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Lime Tonics posted:https://twitter.com/beccawinning/st...ners-claim.html Free pet with every meal.
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Sir Lemming posted:But don't worry, investors -- they're getting a new website designed by RZA! Ecoli aint nothin to gently caress with.
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chitoryu12 posted:Free pet with every meal. It's just free food for your pet snakes. Very thoughtful of Chipotle.
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Byzantine posted:...is Iceland not considered part of Europe? Some people have really dumb ideas about islands. It's common to see people denying that the Caribbean islands are in America, which I could sort of see, especially in countries that use a dual America continent model, but you even see people trying to say Britain isn't in Europe. I wonder if they'd extend this to inland seas, like would someone say Gotland isn't in Europe? Never seen anyone say Japan or Sri Lanka aren't in Asia, though, so there probs isn't any consistent system behind it.
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Osama Dozen-Dongs posted:but you even see people trying to say Britain isn't in Europe. Pretty sure this is part of the Conservative Party platform.
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Pastry of the Year posted:In fairness, the mice do appear to be trying to leave. They don't wanna get sick.
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Jul 21, 2017 12:53
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Blue Footed Booby posted:We apparently live in a world where not only is geography forgotten, only rich people can afford to go on a vacation. Ever. Lol if you can even afford rent uncle pennybags
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Solice Kirsk posted:They don't wanna get sick. They look awfully sluggish to me. Maybe already poisoned.
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Osama Dozen-Dongs posted:Some people have really dumb ideas about islands. It's common to see people denying that the Caribbean islands are in America, which I could sort of see, especially in countries that use a dual America continent model, but you even see people trying to say Britain isn't in Europe. I wonder if they'd extend this to inland seas, like would someone say Gotland isn't in Europe? Never seen anyone say Japan or Sri Lanka aren't in Asia, though, so there probs isn't any consistent system behind it. I'm reminded somehow of an observation I've made that most Australians pretty much act like we're twenty miles off the coast of England.
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