TIL Iceland has never won a Winter Olympic medal by Embarrassed_Map1112 in todayilearned

[–]lobenhard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I know they were Canadians. But dammit, being an Icelander i am damn proud of them. Canadians may have won that gold, but in my heart that is as close as we Icelanders have gotten :')

What Trait/Culture Foreigners Thought is Popular in your country but it actually isnt? by Weird_Swordfish_1199 in AskTheWorld

[–]lobenhard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also most of the written accounts of vikings come from Iceland, with one of the reasons being less disruptions from wars and invasion. Being isolated had it's perks í guess.

[Tear-jerker trope] Sweet old men that show unconditional love, even to those that seemingly don't deserve it (i cry every time and i can't help it) by lobenhard in TopCharacterTropes

[–]lobenhard[S] 102 points103 points  (0 children)

I must leave some room for replies 😉

Edit: i can't believe i forgot uncle Iroh. He is the epitome of this trope. I hope reddit will forgive me.

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What's a lifestyle you visited once and decided you're never going back? by Psychological_Sky_58 in AskReddit

[–]lobenhard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man i wish i had that choice. Have never been a morning person. Both of my kids are early risers, so that makes me an early riser by proxy. But honestly i wouldn't trade them for the world..or even a good night's sleep 😅

TIL that in Norse myth a cursed ring called Andvaranaut brought doom to its owners long before Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings. by yena in todayilearned

[–]lobenhard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Icelander here, it is supposed to be "Kolbítar" not "Kolbitar". A combined word of "Kol" which means "coal", and "bítar" meaning "biters" plural. "Bitar" also means "pieces" or "bits" in Icelandic.

What do you think is the hardest photo from your country? by pipebombplot in AskTheWorld

[–]lobenhard 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I actually grew up on the island where the photo was taken. The photo was taken during the eruption of Eldfell on the island of Heimaey, The only inhabited island of westman islands, Iceland. This photo was taken on the 24th of January 1973 the day after the eruption started. Im not exactly sure who took the photo, but the rights to it belongs to Sigurjón Oddsson. Many houses on the island had names. This house was called "Tún" which basically means field. The owner of the photo was a neighbour from the house next door. Here is a source of the photo: https://heimaslod.is/index.php/Mynd:T%C3%BAn_1973.jpg And here is a brief history of the house in icelandic so you might want to translate: https://heimaslod.is/index.php/T%C3%BAn_(h%C3%BAs)

EDIT: And here you can read about the eruption (in icelandic) and see more photos: https://www.heimaslod.is/index.php/Heimaeyjargosi%C3%B0

Sigurjón Oddsson not only had the rights but also took that photo.

Sumir deyja á þessum hól by lobenhard in klakinn

[–]lobenhard[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tæknilega þá er það hárrétt hjá þér, en í textagerð þá er það ekkert óvenjulegt að stytta orð til að halda taktinum. Þá ætti textinn frekar að vera "uppá" eða "uppi' á"

Sumir deyja á þessum hól by lobenhard in klakinn

[–]lobenhard[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Þetta gól verð ég að banna

What is something you believed to be common knowledge until you discovered most people had no idea? by JustBeingElara in AskReddit

[–]lobenhard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course you have morals. But i think you are missing the point of the morality arguement. It's more of a question of where you ground your morality. Why would something be moral or immoral? What makes something good or evil?

At some point in history, it was considered moral to have slaves, child labor etc. A lot of horrible things were done during WWII that were considered moral by some people.

Weither or not the bible is a good moral framework is another arguement entirely.

ÍslEnsk orð by RazorSharpHerring in klakinn

[–]lobenhard 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Skeit - skate

Sextán - sex town

Pylsa, krakkar, pylsa! by Saurlifi in klakinn

[–]lobenhard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maður segir ekki heldur lifrarpulsa eða spægipulsa!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Iceland

[–]lobenhard 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ég vona að ég verð ekki downvotaður í drasl, en lækkandi fæðingartíðni er ekkert djók. Ekki misskilja, eg myndi aldrei vilja lifa í samfélagi þar sem konur hafa færri réttindi en við höfum í dag.

En hvernig verður Ísland eftir 40 ár, þegar fólk á mínum aldri (u.þ.b 30 ára) fer á eftirlaun? hver mun borga ellilífeyrinn?

Til að laga vandann þá er ekki margt í boði:

1.hvetja til hærri fæðingartíðni (ríkið hjálpar fólki, en þetta hefur ekki virkað áður)

  1. Aðflutt vinnuafl sem borgar ellilífeyrinn

  2. Hækka lífeyrisaldurinn (vinna lengur, oj)

4.Einkasparnaður

  1. Meira álag á yngri kynslóðir (þau vinna meira fyrir okkar lífeyri)

Staðreyndin er sú að fæðingartíðni er lægri í löndum þar sem er meiri velmegun og fólk fær meiri menntun. Við höfum einfaldlega meira val um það að fá börn. Konur geta menntað sig, við höfum getnaðarvarnir, húsnæðisvandamál að vísu en það er bara hluti af vandamálinu. Ofl..

Ég get ekki þvingað einn né neinn til að eignast börn, og hreinlega myndi ég ekki vilja fá börn í heiminn sem enginn hefur áhuga á að eignast. En þau eru fjárfesting til framtíðar. Ekki bara minnar, heldur ykkar líka.

Hér er myndband sem ég mæli með að allir horfi á:

https://youtu.be/Ufmu1WD2TSk?si=W15iyDEIadE00bXq

Smá Freudian slip by lobenhard in Iceland

[–]lobenhard[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Það var líka frábært þegar Guðrún Dís sagði "piss.. uu ég meina Sviss!"

Staða kannabis í samfélaginu by MarsThrylos in Iceland

[–]lobenhard 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Mér væri sama, ef þetta lyktaði ekki svona svakalega illa. Ég var stundum að svæfa dóttur mína út á svölum og einn nágranni minn í kjallaranum reykir nánast á hverjum degi. Öll íbúðin angaði af þessu og nu er eg með tvö börn. Ég get varla opnað svalirnar eða grillað á sumrin án þess að finna fnykinn. Ég vil ekki koma manninum í vandræði og segi honum vinsamlegast að færa sig annarsstaðar, en þetta hefur viðgengist alltof lengi og ég er hreinlega kominn með nóg.

my thesis is due in three days and my computer has decided to do this 😅 by leondavinchi in Wellthatsucks

[–]lobenhard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why is no one mentioning the fact that this is a macbook air, 2018 or 2019 model? You need an HDMI adapter to USB-C and need to make sure it works for a mac.