TIL that Icelandic people are never allowed to leave.
this post was submitted on 25 Dec 2023
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I learned that hummingbirds are native to North America and they don’t have them in Europe. That made me sad for all of them over there.
Birds in the rest of the world actually bother to learn the lyrics.
Best we can do is hummingbird moths.
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Wait, did Iceland actually fall for our prank? They believe snakes exist! Next they'll start believing in Australia!
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I'm blind
Flat braille: the most useful thing since InAudible, my startup producing audiobooks for deaf people.
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Come to Florida and I will show you beautiful things!
Meanwhile, you live in the land of the most beautiful homo sapiens on Earth. So you got that going for you.
Trade experiences and learn?
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I feel sorry for anyone who never gets to see a praying mantis in person. Coolest critter on the planet
Coolest critter on the planet
Idunno, penguins are pretty damn cool, pun intended..
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Yeah but Puffins
I will never see a hot spring I will never see a land of grass I will never see a volcano I will never see a glacier I will never see a puffin I will never see a lamb
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at least he can have all the accidental incest he wants
[picture of depressed man looking away from the sky exploding in ribbons of ethereal color]
comes with living on a place that is still being birthed out of the planet's interior
Ah, the gentle train, truly one of earth's most fascinating creatures
Don’t be fooled by those hippy dippy nature shows. A feral train will kill you and everyone you love the moment your back is turned.
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will see: volcano
They don't have trains in Iceland?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Iceland
they used to, for certain construction projects (harbor, hydro dam). but none currently, although a passenger light rail has been proposed around their capital
Low population, heavily concentrated in one city, with little heavy industrial activity, coupled with very unforgiving terrain (steep volcanic grades) and even more unforgiving weather (severe frost heaves/thermal fluctuation, huge snow load).
there's just no economic reason to build difficult railways when your entire country is like 300mi across and never moves enough stuff in bulk to need it. including people.
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they got the little ponies and the northern lights tho that's pretty cool
Do zoos not exist there?
It's cruel to keep trains in the zoo, they need a lot of space to roam
You can go to a museum and see a taxidermied train there
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Their zoo is actually really funny, it has like a donkey and a cow in it.
I have see all if these except a praying mantis. What happens then? Enlightenment?
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no train ?
Not enough people outside the capital to make it worth it. They have had rail systems built but were later decommissioned. One was built for the building if a harbor but after construction it didn't get much use.
There's like 370k people in all of Iceland.
Why don't they all live on a train? Are they stupid?
A train barreling through a snowy wasteland? I've seen a documentary about this
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Iceland is very small. It takes about 25 hours to drive around the entire circumference of the country. That, coupled with there being a very small population in general, any train would be empty most of its running hours.
Reykjavik, Iceland biggest city, is super easy to walk. The entire thing. It takes almost no time. You don't need a train if you can get everywhere by foot.
We rented a car while there and experienced zero traffic.
Also sections of the country routinely get closed off because the ground is exploding with molten rock, it's much easier to reroute road traffic and maintain infrastructure especially in such complex topography.
Got a lot of nice waterfalls though.
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