Posted by gaws 4 days ago
And there you go with the bird puns!
Some submissions are really worth reading. Others are worth more as conversation starters. Of those, some are submitted (and upvoted) intentionally to be the latter.
…something something current affairs
That would indeed be remarkable if it were true, do I just not understand what this is supposed to mean?
When you mix salt water and freshwater together, you don't get more freshwater - you turn freshwater into salt water. Replace "fresh" with "clean" and "salt" with "dirty" to make it more obvious.
So up to a point they keep salt water from fully encroaching.
Let me fact check on my etch-a-sketch…
Yep, water still flows downhill.
i first thought it was about the birds only, not knowing any history of the region really, but its nearly tied into eachother via metaphors, weaving them together to describe a single thing (human experiences within this conflict zone, i think?).
Likely i understand only half of it, knowing nothing about Korea or Koreans, but from what i taste in the article, i'd like to learn more.
It's pleasing how many militarised zones are also oasis for wildlife. British SSI abound on tank practice areas, the fortified border with the FSU and neighbouring states has become a wildlife superhighway, the DMZ (such an odd name when the sole occupants are .. military) likewise.
Wildlife as metaphor. Hope springs eternal.
You are literally paid to live there and be a human flagpole through a tax-free salary of $82,000 USD for agriculture (as of 2013, likely higher now), as well as free education, agricultural incentives and preferential tax treatment. [1] On top of that, there's only a handful of homes, effectively amounting to an artificial housing scarcity.
[1] https://modernfarmer.com/2013/11/guarded-growing-farm-centri...
So the market of potential buyers is quite limited. (Unless they allow absentee landlords-i.e. you can buy this house, it is illegal for you to live in it, but you can legally rent it to someone who can legally live in it.)
Although I imagine “former residents and their descendants” may be a much larger group of people than the current population. Not sure how many might want to move back to their (great) grandparents village though
You seriously underestimate human stupidity. People stand on cliff edges to take selfies, pose precariously next to works of art, walk into people's home to have a look,....
Does that mean like 'a quick search' but with ChatGPT or similar? Haven't come across that before and I don't think I like it...