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That's the most useless starting point for the map because loving everything goes through London. Something like Leeds, York, Bristol would be more interesting.
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Nov 12, 2021 20:32
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a pipe smoking dog posted:Please give more context, I'm begging you.
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Nov 12, 2021 20:54
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I'd like to see their definition for eastern vs western cottage.
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Nov 12, 2021 23:56
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Mr. Wiggles posted:I'd like to see their definition for eastern vs western cottage. Yeah, that's why it's a bad map.
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Nov 13, 2021 00:10
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Mr. Wiggles posted:I'd like to see their definition for eastern vs western cottage. Western cottages say the Nicene Creed with the "filioque," Eastern cottages have kickass icons.
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Nov 13, 2021 00:10
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Mr. Wiggles posted:I'd like to see their definition for eastern vs western cottage. The side they're on past the midpoint of the map. Which honestly that's the only clear meaning on the map.
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Nov 13, 2021 00:45
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I'm the iconoclast cottages.
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Nov 13, 2021 00:47
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In the west they build cottages like this, but in the east you know they got the cottages like this
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Nov 13, 2021 00:51
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I'm the Scots that live in a geode.
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Nov 13, 2021 01:02
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Guavanaut posted:I'm the Scots that live in a geode. Something something the cave fairies.
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Nov 13, 2021 06:35
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Quorum posted:Western cottages say the Nicene Creed with the "filioque," Eastern cottages have kickass icons. 
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Nov 13, 2021 06:42
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Guavanaut posted:I'm the Scots that live in a geode. Those are bothies.
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Nov 13, 2021 09:21
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Mr. Wiggles posted:I'd like to see their definition for eastern vs western cottage. I think what they're going for here is the differences in vernacular construction methods caused by differences in the availability of building materials. In Western Europe, the European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) tends to dominate forests and woods. As a hardwood, it lends itself to timber-framed construction where wood is used sparingly, but joints are often complex.   Forests in the Eastern part of the subcontinent, on the other hand, tend to be dominated by Norway spruce (Picea abies) which is a softwood. It's easier to fell and grows straight, making it ideal for log construction.   Now you ask, how does the differ from log cabins (or lodge cabins) and my answer is: I'll be damned if I know. Maybe the use of thatch as roofing instead of wood shingles? In conclusion, it's still a bad map.
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Nov 13, 2021 09:29
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You guys need to learn about logs
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Nov 13, 2021 10:59
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Rebel Blob posted:Context is that map nerds hate this map. It apparently was made out of whole cloth for Wikipedia ten years ago and exists on pages like Vernacular architecture of the Carpathians. I knew it was a bad map, but I didn’t know that it was the map version of The Chart.
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Nov 13, 2021 11:04
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The map would be fine if Portugal had Eastern cottages.
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Nov 13, 2021 14:37
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I do recall noting that houses in Turkish Thrace (aside from Istanbul itself we passed through Tekirdag and some tiny farm towns) looked very different from houses I'd been seeing in northern Greece. And that map does seem to indicate why.
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Nov 13, 2021 16:05
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Jasper Tin Neck posted:I think what they're going for here is the differences in vernacular construction methods caused by differences in the availability of building materials. In Western Europe, the European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) tends to dominate forests and woods. As a hardwood, it lends itself to timber-framed construction where wood is used sparingly, but joints are often complex.
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dublish posted:The map would be fine if Portugal had Eastern cottages.
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Nov 13, 2021 18:11
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SlothfulCobra posted:The side they're on past the midpoint of the map. There definitely is a very striking point in Switzerland where chalets turn from typical Swiss style wooden ones, to Italian style stone ones. Even in that their map is wrong, as Val Verzasca is shown in blue, but it is very much dominated 99% by stone structures, but OTOH it's not very granular and the way it follows mountains is weird. I have no idea what the hell they are trying to show that weird loop that goes through the Jura range though (why is it only in part of the Jura and not all of it? Also TBH I have never noticed any differences architecturally in the Jura as compared to, say, Gros-de-Vaud). Also I can't imagine what is happening in the Massif Central not that I've ever been there, and none of the three "organic" distinctions make any sense to me.
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https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1460382136926679055 I’m seeing double here, four Aswans.
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Nov 16, 2021 07:00
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I think I may have read this thread a bit too much recently. Last night I had a dream that Egypt had split into three different countries called Jumbo, Afrique, and something else I've forgotten. The top two being shaped like hexagons and the southern country being a triangle. I don't remember anything else from this dream except looking at a map on news site on my phone and being angry at how ugly the new borders were. I am going to boldly assume that this dream is prophetic and that the dissolution of Egypt is imminent.
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Nov 16, 2021 22:38
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FreudianSlippers posted:I am going to boldly assume that this dream is prophetic and that the dissolution of Egypt is imminent. If you encounter a man with a coat of many colors, be sure to have him interpret your dreams for you.
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Nov 16, 2021 22:54
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FreudianSlippers posted:I think I may have read this thread a bit too much recently. Last night I had a dream that Egypt had split into three different countries called Jumbo, Afrique, and something else I've forgotten. The top two being shaped like hexagons and the southern country being a triangle. My plan: Sudan rename itself Upper Egypt. Egypt itself rename itself North Africa. Kongo rename itself High Egypt. Upper Egypt rename itself New Kongo. South Africa rename itself Bottom Egypt. Kongo rename itself Old Kongo. Bottom Egypt rename itself Egypt. 
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Nov 17, 2021 08:41
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Nov 17, 2021 09:02
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Theres a famous photo of some rich homes in paris where the windows did not had windowblinds. It was a shock to many people here in spain. "What the hell!". The average spanish probably think these are the most advanced people on earth. But having not blinds on the windows is like... what the hell is this non-terrae barbarian place? https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2018/04/12/inenglish/1523524502_160274.html That 20% is explained by 80% of spanish thinking the foreigners have windows blinds and ignorance they don't. Tei fucked around with this message at 10:12 on Nov 17, 2021 |
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Nov 17, 2021 10:07
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English percentage is far, far too low.
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Nov 17, 2021 10:12
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Tei posted:Theres a famous photo of some rich homes in paris where the windows did not had windowblinds. Window shutters are such a weird thing, my partner's sister lives in germany and her and her husband have the shutters at the front of their house closed all the time and it just feels so bleak and dark.
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Nov 17, 2021 10:19
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I have blinds on the inside of most of my windows, either wood or cloth. Mostly because they came with the house and to keep the sun out or heat in rather than a fear of Dutch Calvinists looking at my balls.
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Nov 17, 2021 10:24
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If the Calvinists see your balls it was ordained by God even before the creation of the universe.
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Nov 17, 2021 10:31
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FreudianSlippers posted:I don't remember anything else from this dream except looking at a map on news site on my phone and being angry at how ugly the new borders were. A true thread goon
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Nov 17, 2021 11:28
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a pipe smoking dog posted:Window shutters are such a weird thing, my partner's sister lives in germany and her and her husband have the shutters at the front of their house closed all the time and it just feels so bleak and dark. Uh, you're not supposed to keep them closed during the day. I think your sister-in-law is just a goon. I just have that adhesive stuff (I'm not sure what the proper term is in English or even in Dutch) covering half of my front window so I still get sunlight without people being able to see my dark and shameful Catholic secrets from the outside
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Nov 17, 2021 11:37
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In eastern europe you also keep your blinds down, well for the most part; certainly they are everywhere. TBH I keep my curtains closed even in the UK, but that's mostly because my bedroom has a giant window (as in, 90% of one wall) pointed at a busy street at street level, so it would be hard to avoid flashing people when changing or what have you. e: I'm pretty sure it was suppose to be a living room but shared housing & that. Private Speech fucked around with this message at 11:47 on Nov 17, 2021 |
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Nov 17, 2021 11:45
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a pipe smoking dog posted:Window shutters are such a weird thing, my partner's sister lives in germany and her and her husband have the shutters at the front of their house closed all the time and it just feels so bleak and dark. The rolling shutters are a brilliant invention, you can get your bedroom properly dark, and not have that flaming hell orb in the sky wake you up way too early. But yeah, you open them during the day, unless you're a shut-in weirdo.
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Nov 17, 2021 11:54
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Pretty shocked at how low France is.
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French chauvinism is mostly a legacy thing, its actual national mood is incredibly pessimistic, and it has been for several decades at this point.
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Nov 17, 2021 12:28
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Phlegmish posted:French chauvinism is mostly a legacy thing, its actual national mood is incredibly pessimistic, and it has been for several decades at this point. We're not especially gung-ho about having the best culture ourselves but we're pretty confident about "certain cultures" (read:   ) being the obectively worst ones.
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Nov 17, 2021 12:36
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Arte is the superior culture.
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The supreme culture is the Kalmyks. Rest of the world is all unwashed barbarians.
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