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  • Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the Welsh language being preserved and also for the Welsh names to be documented.

    If the names appear on an OS map then mountain rescue will be aware of them. I mean, ideally people would be able to use their phone with the OS app to give a map reference to the rescue team but seeing as it's usually the ill prepared that get into trouble then a way to narrow down a search is useful especially in challenging weather conditions.

    Also having heard cousins repeatedly pronouncing Dolgellau as "doggyloo" even after I had explained what the real pronunciation was makes me sceptical that putting the Welsh names on a map which will be largely used by non-Welsh speakers would be helpful.















  • Spendrill@lemm.eetomoviesWho's the superior filmmaker?
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    7 months ago

    Missed out Cape Fear, Age Of Innocence, Kundun, Gangs Of New York, Bringing out the Dead, Hugo and Wolf of Wall Street amongst others to make the argument.

    Also Kevin Smith used a crane shot that spent about thirty seconds travelling up a blank brick wall in Mallrats. I like Kevin and his films are often fun watches but even he would not entertain this post as a serious proposition.


  • Spendrill@lemm.eetochapotraphouseHelp me dunk on my friend
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    7 months ago

    Yes, that's fair, I think. I was more saying that most of us don't fall neatly into either a good or bad category. I usually say I'm not good but I'm good enough - under most circumstances you will encounter a fairly even tempered and even kind individual but sometimes you will encounter a grumpy person who is not going to help you with whatever problem you have.

    Far as this discussion goes I was using 'good' as a placeholder for "truly hardworking passionate, driven, disciplined, and motivated" because I didn't want to have to type it out since the origin was an image and I'm lazy enough not to want to keep typing that.


  • Spendrill@lemm.eetochapotraphouseHelp me dunk on my friend
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    7 months ago

    I think it's fair to say that only 1% aren't arseholes and then the rest of us are on a sliding scale. I have moments of great altruism and then again I have moments of misanthropy. I think that's true of most of us. So yes, talking about good people or bad people kind of relies on a utilitarian measurement that is doomed to failure. It is however demonstrably true that there are some people who achieve the consistent levels of kindness that we wish we could maintain.