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wezmon posted:Oh man, I feel pretty dumb for this one. There's a cool looking spy game that's been sitting in my Steam backlog forever called Invisible Inc. I just thought "might be time to finally give this a go" , and then it hit me... Is that the side scrolling Cold War one? If so that game kicks rear end
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Ecuador is called that because it's on the equator.
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Organza Quiz posted:Ecuador is called that because it's on the equator. I'm awfully tempted to refer to it as Republic of the Equator now, that's very pulp sci-fi
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pik_d posted:Well it's not like anyone lives on Endor* to give it a more official name. It only makes sense that the inhabitants of Endor** give a name to Endor***. I can't believe you did a recursive footnote. What is this, House of Leaves?
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Philippe posted:I can't believe you did a recursive footnote. What is this, House of Leaves? That's not recursive though, just a simple footnote redirect
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Organza Quiz posted:Ecuador is called that because it's on the equator. Literal translations of country names are a hoot, some of my favourites are Benin (Land Of Argument), Nauru (We Go To The Beach), Azerbaijan (Protected By Fire), Bhutan (Land Of The Thunder Dragon) and Senegal (Our Canoe) Here's a handy page: https://finty.com/au/research/world-map-literal-translation-country-names/
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verbal enema posted:Is that the side scrolling Cold War one? If so that game kicks rear end Invisible Inc is an isometric turn-based game, you're thinking of CounterSpy
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Organza Quiz posted:Ecuador is called that because it's on the equator. In contrast, the Equator does not pass through Equatorial Guinea.
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Platystemon posted:In contrast, the Equator does not pass through Equatorial Guinea. 'Guinea' is a generic term meaning 'black people'. There's a lot of countries with names that mean "Hey there's black people here" thanks to Spain and Portugal dividing up the entire world in the 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas and then sailing around to every place they could and randomly naming half of them. World maps have always been crazy racist. Papua New Guinea pretty much translates to "Hey there's also black people here but the have really frizzy hair" https://www.jstor.org/stable/27864458
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:'Guinea' is a generic term meaning 'black people'. Always thought it meant Italians
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Jan 23, 2022 09:54
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Guinea was commonly used as a slur against Italians from Southern Italy + Sicily, who often had a darker complexion than people from the North (hence they were "black").
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exquisite tea posted:Guinea was commonly used as a slur against Italians from Southern Italy + Sicily, who often had a darker complexion than people from the North (hence they were "black"). “Now if that’s a fact, tell me: am I lying?”
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Philippe posted:I can't believe you did a recursive footnote. What is this, House of Leaves? They didn't break the tables so....
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Torquemada posted:“Now if that’s a fact, tell me: am I lying?” lol
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Here's one. Cobbled streets? Is it only the UK that has a yen for murdering the elderly each winter and making entire high streets completely inaccessible for wheelchair users or is this a global thing?
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They have them in Prague too, I was amazed at the skill Czech women had in walking easily in stilettos on cobbled streets.
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learnincurve posted:Here's one. Nope, you can still find them in some places in the states, although they're probably less common. Sometimes you even get the best of both worlds, where they've been paved over but the pavement is in such lovely condition that half the street is worn down to the cobblestone underneath! 
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In Rochester NY we get potholes so bad you sometimes see brick
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Captain Hygiene posted:Nope, you can still find them in some places in the states, although they're probably less common. Sometimes you even get the best of both worlds, where they've been paved over but the pavement is in such lovely condition that half the street is worn down to the cobblestone underneath! "These potholes are garbage why don't they fix them?" *Votes no on all taxes that would go to roads*
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I don't know if this fits the spirit of the thread, but for a long time I've seen the Toyota truck or whatever labeled "4Runner" and I've casually asked people what that meant, but nobody has ever actually had an answer. I guess I also never asked a truck person. I always thought it was like a phonetic play on words, like "foreigner", or maybe a fun way of writing "forerunner", and if not that then maybe the 4 implied like 4 wheel drive, like it was a four-runner? According to Toyota’s FAQ archive, it's a portmanteau of "four-wheel drive" and "off-road runner". That is an exceptionally convoluted and somehow lazy portmanteau, somehow even less interesting than what I had guessed. I didn't expect to be disappointed by something so trivial, and yet I am :\
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drat, that is stupid. If I were toyota I would have just kept my mouth shut
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somepartsareme posted:Invisible Inc is an isometric turn-based game, you're thinking of CounterSpy Ah well
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I think since this is the SA forums, we can all safely assume the name of the vehicle is racist.
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The 4Runningdown 4Runners
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Milkshake truck'd
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A play on "forerunner" must be a part of it. That they are trying to convey the idea that it's a 4 wheel-drive vehicle that runs places with a pun seems like the most likely thing.
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It's obviously a pun on forerunner, whoever at Toyota said otherwise probably wasn't even alive when it was named.
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I'm still amused that they thought putting "TRD" on their vehicles was a good idea
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Endor was the name of the doctor
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Ok, I didn't figure it out but looked it up. I went looking for what the original of the pizza song is. You know, this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoeUbnpv4xI Not speaking Italian, the only lyrics of it I know are something that sounds like "funiculee, funicula". I've sometimes mused that that sounds a lot like "funicular", which is that cable-car like thingy. I figured it was from an opera or something. It turns out it's not from an opera, it is actually called "Funiculì, Funiculà", and it was written to "commemorate the opening of the first funicular railway on Mount Vesuvius"! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funicul%C3%AC,_Funicul%C3%A0
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christmas boots posted:Endor was the name of the doctor It's actually the name of the game.
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Hyperlynx posted:It turns out it's not from an opera, it is actually called "Funiculì, Funiculà", and it was written to "commemorate the opening of the first funicular railway on Mount Vesuvius"! Oh, huh. I knew the name of it but I absolutely would've guessed it was from an opera. I wouldn't have known what a funicular railway was either.
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I think I only became aware of the word funicular while playing Psychonauts 2, and I've kept seeing it come up in weird contexts since.
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Funiculars are fun and icular.
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Kantesu posted:I think I only became aware of the word funicular while playing Psychonauts 2, and I've kept seeing it come up in weird contexts since. Speaking of which: if anyone can figure out what the hell the point was in putting in a part of a game where the player just has to sit and wait for the funicular to go up the mountain, please do post it ITT
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Hunting too many animals in Oregon Trail tanks the population endgame.
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Which is weird to me since you're travelling hundreds of miles west but
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Hyperlynx posted:Ok, I didn't figure it out but looked it up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z99ajcyaeyo
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Hyperlynx posted:Speaking of which: if anyone can figure out what the hell the point was in putting in a part of a game where the player just has to sit and wait for the funicular to go up the mountain, please do post it ITT It's the one place where you use the pin that makes the time bubble speed things up instead of slowing it down.
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Long underwear isn't just an extra layer of fabric for general insulation, it's stretchy so that it directly touches your skin. That way the cold air can't touch you directly through the inevitable gaps of air through your clothing. You can wear extra layers on top of that for extra insulation, but it's important to ensure your body has at least one layer of cloth completely insulating every inch of your skin if possible. I live in the loving Dakotas  I've just been wearing pajama pants to layer up, first time I've had the real thing
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