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yoghurt_cap t1_j87b8ti wrote

Reply to comment by MyLinkedOut in TIL that due to a restaurant offering free sushi to anyone with Chinese characters for salmon in their name, hundreds of Taiwanese changed their names in a situation that was dubbed "salmon chaos". Some are now stuck with names like Salmon Dream or Dancing Salmon. by Kurma-the-Turtle

That's exactly why I bought a plug in hybrid. You can't fix other people's stupid, but at least I can fix my own. $1 a 'gallon' and I never have to stop at a gas station except for road trips.

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critfist t1_j8744lp wrote

Reply to comment by Your_Ebb_And_Flow in TIL the Pacific island nation of Nauru has been so damaged by phosphate mining that in 1964 Australia offered to repopulate the entire nation to Curtis Island near the Australian Coast. Nauru refused the offer in order to maintain their sovereignty and not become part of Australia. by triviafrenzy

> You go to the first safe country

Doesn't always work. Isn't always safe. If you want an example the refugee camps in Turkey are infamous for the lack of funding and terrible conditions. You wouldn't want to stay there for any long period of time. You're a human being and actually want a life that's more than waiting for help while living in squalor. For many families the solution was to have the adult men go for work where it's available so the family could have a better life.

> Most refugees are in fact not refuges

Utterly untrue. I think your views have been seriously warped if you believe this. There are 89.3 million refugees globally. Of which 72% are hosted in neighbouring countries. Only 17% of refugees are hosted in high income countries. Far from your narrative of "window shopping."

It's also insane to think that detaining them in a distant pacific island is fine even if your warped vision was true. If someone breaks a law just deport them why are you putting them on a prison island? It's psychotic.

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epochpenors t1_j871xda wrote

Reply to comment by _PM_ME_YOUR_FORESKIN in TIL that due to a restaurant offering free sushi to anyone with Chinese characters for salmon in their name, hundreds of Taiwanese changed their names in a situation that was dubbed "salmon chaos". Some are now stuck with names like Salmon Dream or Dancing Salmon. by Kurma-the-Turtle

There was a pizza place near me that offered free slices for life if you got their logo visibly tattooed on yourself. People did it, then it immediately went out of business.

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hsvsunshyn t1_j86tzvw wrote

Reply to TIL that the EU has a blacklist for airlines they consider unsafe, even if they don’t fly within Europe by humanesadness

I figured they did at some level, but I did not specifically think about it until I watched Mentour Pilot's video on the Quantico/OrientThai/One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269 crash in Thailand. Petter specifically advised using the EU blacklist to check on smaller/regional airlines, even if they do not fly to the EU, before flying with them.

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Jdoggcrash t1_j86shoq wrote

Reply to comment by Team_Rckt_Grunt in TIL a Gameboy was stored in a barracks that was bombed in The Gulf War and it ran Tetris like nothing happened. by FalseWallaby9

I’ve had three pairs of joy cons including the ones that came with the switch I bought. All three have drift. None of them as bad as yours but at this point I just bought a regular controller and play on the TV like you. Not worth it to keep spending money on the hope that this won’t happen again with the next pair.

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747ER t1_j86r15x wrote

Reply to TIL the Pacific island nation of Nauru has been so damaged by phosphate mining that in 1964 Australia offered to repopulate the entire nation to Curtis Island near the Australian Coast. Nauru refused the offer in order to maintain their sovereignty and not become part of Australia. by triviafrenzy

Nauru is genuinely one of the most interesting countries in the world. Not much left of it now, but their connection to Australia and low population makes it home to quite a few world records (not all of them for the best). Such a fascinating country!

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