this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2023
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Go till the men speak Italian and continue until they speak something else" (Kingdom of Heaven)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's all good and well, unless you're starting from France and heading West.

(Nice quote, though.)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"No, I can't drive and read the map at the same time. You have to read the map, unless you drive and I navigate. No? Thought so."

Every trip.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Trips felt so much more like an adventure back then though, thanks in no small part to that whole reading the map, getting lost, getting found again business.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Suddenly: Liechtenstein!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least the horses had better automatic driving.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Back then, they called AI: 'Artificial Incitatus'*

*(Incitātus (Latin pronunciation: [ɪŋkɪˈtaːtʊs] (meaning "swift" or "at full gallop") was the favourite horse of Roman Emperor, Caligula)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

My how the times change...

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

Do remember that even Alexander the Great lost an army once because he took the wrong way.