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Re: The Faroes

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Post by krn1p4n1c »

halgir wrote: post #40
fouronnes3 wrote: post #6

Unfortunately home to grindadrap [0], one of the most cruel traditions in the world where hundreds of white dolphins are hunted with high speed motor boats and painfully slaughtered for sport. [0] https://www.seashepherdglobal.org/latest-news/slaughter-dolp...

I dislike Sea Shepherd as an organization, due to their distasteful methods (and personal bias, being a Faroese resident). But I spoke with several of their volunteers during one of their campaigns, and was pleased to realize that, as individuals, their hearts are mostly in the right place. Nearly all of them claimed to be vegan, which I feel does give you legitimate ethical grounds from which to criticize grindadráp…

The high levels of mercury and other heavy metals doesn’t dissuade you from eating the meat?

Re: The Faroes

#82

Post by mapmeld »

MattRogish wrote: post #45

What strikes me immediately are the vibrant colors of the houses. Walk through most any suburban American neighborhood and you'll primarily see neutral shades of white, gray, beige, or the occasional muted blues and greens. Sometimes someone will be daring and paint their house in a deep, dark blue or purple (or even black) but that feels relatively rare. If near the ocean, typical "seaside pastels" come into view. W…

I've noticed colorful houses in Greenland and Svalbard, too. I think it's to combat the bleakness, remoteness, and coldness in winter

Re: The Faroes

#83

Post by vondur »

mkl wrote: post #78
p1mrx wrote: post #43

I first heard about these islands when they built a roundabout under the ocean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVD0hG-_5gQ&t=47s

Non-video information page: https://visitfaroeislands.com/en/plan-your-stay/getting-arou...

Wow super cool. That’s got to be a ton of money to spend on these islands with such a small population.

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Post by l8rlump »

sebtron wrote: post #5

> Faroe's name comes from a combination of fær (sheep) and eyjar (islands). I have always thought it came from "fjær" (far). According to Wikipedia it is debated, and it may even come from "fara" (to travel).

Or how about the Danish “får” (sheep) and “ø” (Island)?

Re: The Faroes

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Post by l8rlump »

These rich and colourful photos remind me of an internal battle I’m having with my own amateur photography. I’ve always aspired to this kind of styling, but lately been intrigued by how you can sometimes make photos subjectively better by muting the colours, making them less true to life, reducing the contrast, etc. Advocates for that style would call the photos in the blog post “cartoonish”. I guess there’s a place for both styles. For what it’s worth, I think the photos in the blog post are great.

Re: The Faroes

#86

Post by bazoom42 »

handzhiev wrote: post #22
Gys wrote: post #20

No trees at all on any of these photos, except for one photo which seems to be part of a garden (and maybe it is only larger bushes). I would feel very depressed by that alone.

It's too windy for trees there, similarly to large parts of Iceland. People could probably plant trees that are not high - I don't know what species will feel good in this climate though.

It is not the wind, it is the sheep which eat the trees before the grow big. Trees grow in some gardens and parks, so it is possible.

Re: The Faroes

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Post by bazoom42 »

l8rlump wrote: post #84
sebtron wrote: post #5

> Faroe's name comes from a combination of fær (sheep) and eyjar (islands). I have always thought it came from "fjær" (far). According to Wikipedia it is debated, and it may even come from "fara" (to travel).

Or how about the Danish “får” (sheep) and “ø” (Island)?

The name is older than Danish as a distinct language. The suggested etymology is from Old Norse.

Re: The Faroes

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Post by bmacho »

Etheryte wrote: post #55

Would've thought trying to block right-clicking on pictures died in the 90s, yet here we are. Trying to stop someone on the internet from saving pictures you've explicitly served them on your website isn't the silliest thing I can think of, but it's definitely up there.

Makes perfect sense to me

Re: The Faroes

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Post by halgir »

krn1p4n1c wrote: post #81
halgir wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I dislike Sea Shepherd as an organization, due to their distasteful methods (and personal bias, being a Faroese resident). But I spoke with several of their volunteers during one of their campaigns, and was pleased to realize that, as individuals, their hearts are mostly in the right place. Nearly all of them claimed to be vegan, which I feel does give you legitimate ethical grounds from which to criticize grindadráp…

The high levels of mercury and other heavy metals doesn’t dissuade you from eating the meat?

It does. I eat small portions, rarely. My son has fortunately not expressed any interest in eating it, and I won't encourage him to.

Re: The Faroes

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Post by noir_lord »

vondur wrote: post #83
mkl wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Non-video information page: https://visitfaroeislands.com/en/plan-your-stay/getting-arou...

Wow super cool. That’s got to be a ton of money to spend on these islands with such a small population.

It was (by major western country standards) remarkably cheap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EruSZNI4th4

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