Sorry, let me expand. The poster asked if it was really littering if it was a rock(but painted). I meant to use graffiti on a wall as a similar example. Unpainted rock=unpainted wall. Painted rock=graffiti.
Could you elaborate a bit on graffiti example? I can’t quite follow, I thought you mean that an empty wall may also be seen as a graffiti, but I am not sure if that’s a correct understanding
Sorry, let me try again. The poster asked if it was really littering if it was a rock(but painted). I meant to use graffiti on a wall as a similar example. Unpainted rock=unpainted wall. Painted rock=graffiti.
Well, in regard to the visuals I would say that a painted rock doesn’t harm much (although I’d also say that not every graffiti is bad either)
But your point about the paint being a source of plastic pollution seems more important. Maybe a biodegradable paint like oil (I’m sure not every pigment is biodegradable though) or chalk would do
According to Wikipedia: In May 2016, Google announced that it is prepared to begin testing different techniques to remove the toxic chemicals from the hangar. In May 2017, it was announced that the restoration of the hangar would be completed in 2025
Located inside the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, the massive structure built to manufacture and hold lighter-than-air craft such as zeppelins, known as Hangar One, remains one of the largest freestanding structures in the world, although it is now simply a skeleton of its former self.
For context, George Edward Gouraud was a Union American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient who moved to England expand the Edison Telegraph system, and later on to expand the availability of the Edison Phonograph. This recording was to show off what the phonograph could do for the British Post (hence the Postmaster General in attendance), and consequently made him famous.
This is really interesting. Honestly, listening to it without reading your comment, I would never have guessed he was American. He speaks English with an accent that reminds me of Indian people who have gone through British education. Same kind of accent as the recreations of Swamiji Vivekananda. Do you have any idea if that was an affectation because of his relocation to the UK, or if that’s a lost American accent?
Both, I would think, but I’m not a linguist haha. Overall, American accents were different when he grew up and lived as opposed to now, like you mentioned. He was also given a “gentleman’s education” after being orphaned as a kid, so I’m sure that helped curate how he spoke (especially drunk and during his first public speech lol). But when this was recorded, he had already lived in England for 15 years - so he naturally picked up some of the accent.
You and me both! I was homeschooled as a kid, which for me meant I got to self direct my schooling to a degree. One of my favorite things was my mom would let me just read wiki articles that I liked, but then I had to go do real research to confirm everything. Fucking loved that. Lol.
Bah. Semantics. “Closest” in the title while leaving out average or most often. Closest could also mean “right now” as well if we want to play with words.
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