I only recently found out why people sometimes comment “F” on Reddit threads. It comes from Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014). At one point, you walk up to a casket at a funeral and have to press F to pay respects to the fallen soldier. As others on that Reddit thread said, I thought it had something to do with following a thread to get notifications. Just to prove how out of touch I am, it even has a Wikipedia page where the viral meme is described as iconic, but the authors of that page describe it well: “Press […]
Ireland
Ireland is Red Tonight
Storm Éowyn is battering the country with winds gusting to 130km/h. Hope everyone stays safe tonight. It started raining here around an hour or so ago, and I can hear wind gusting outside from where I sit. Status Red – Wind warning for Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Waterford Met Éireann Weather Warning Storm Éowyn: Gale to storm force southerly winds becoming westerly with extreme, damaging and destructive gusts in excess of 130km/h Impacts: • Danger to life• Extremely dangerous travelling conditions• Unsafe working conditions• Disruption and cancellations to transport• Many fallen trees• Significant and widespread power outages• Impacts […]