honestly, that is a damned beautiful photo. The organic strip of color running through the stark concrete jungle is visually and meaningfully impressive.
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thats the sweetest fuckin thing ever
For next year's pride, let's do the world's largest balloon launch. Just release the largest number of balloons anyone has ever set off at once. Release them in big coordinated rainbows. I'm sure that's never caused any problems before.
Fuck im old. Stone wall is closer to my birthday than I am
Obviously they were unable to make it straight.
When asking for directions in San Francisco I've heard, never straight, always forward.
funny I said this as a stoner
rhos
You used to but you still do too
you're correct!! lmao
It helps
How the hell did they do that. If that happened today there would be a million gram videos and a Netflix documentary on it.
Four dudes and the support of a community.
How far America has fallen
The 90s certainly weren't the best time, measured in absolute terms of social justice, but I'm inclined to think they may have been the time of the best trajectory. It seemed to be a time in which one would say "Hey, you can't hold that backwards attitude anymore. This is the 90s."
To be fair, I don't think NY has "fallen" like a lot of the rest of the US has. They did just elect Mamdani after all!
I wonder what they did with it after.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_flag_(LGBTQ)#Mile-long_flags
After the march, foot-wide (0.30 m) sections of the flag were given to individual sponsors after the event had ended. Additional large sections of the flag were sent with activists and used in pride parades and LGBTQ marches worldwide. One large section was later taken to Shanghai Pride in 2014 by a small contingent of San Francisco Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and documented in the film Stilettos for Shanghai.
How long is a mile again?
1.6 km
Commander Keen wins it again!
About two half miles.
Give or take
Can I get the length in oranges?
At least 12.
5,280ft
It used to be 5,000 feet but then the English decided to shorten the foot but keep the mile the same length in the Elizabethan era
Is…is that true?
Yes, if somewhat indirectly, as in that wasn’t the goal.
Historically, the Romans invented the mile and it measured 1,000 soldier’s paces (if you speak a Latin-based language you will likely recognize “mile” as meaning 1,000). A soldier’s pace was supposed to cover 5 feet. Thus, one mile historically equaled 5,000 feet. Lots of countries influenced by the Roman Empire used to use some variant on that idea and they tended to stay fairly close in length, but there weren’t really any agreed-upon international standards.
if you speak a Latin-based language you will likely recognize “mile” as meaning 1,000
Ohhh, that makes so much sense. In Spanish, "one mile" = "una milla" from "millar" = a thousand units
Thanks!
you betcha
1.609344 km
I think you mean 1609.344 m
It’s the distance one freedom eagle can fly before being returned to captivity.
3 miles is near 5k....idk what the conversation is.
What do you do with such an object afterwards though?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_flag_(LGBTQ)#Mile-long_flags
After the march, foot-wide (0.30 m) sections of the flag were given to individual sponsors after the event had ended. Additional large sections of the flag were sent with activists and used in pride parades and LGBTQ marches worldwide. One large section was later taken to Shanghai Pride in 2014 by a small contingent of San Francisco Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and documented in the film Stilettos for Shanghai.
Since it's america, i assume they threw it into the Hudson river.
thats just bird strike aircraft.
Look. It's fine. The plane is made from materials that originally came from nature. We're just...giving them back to nature!