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I've been fascinated by this island for years.

• brightbeige 7mo ago
  Me too. The wiki article is full of fun facts On sports competitions: > However, opponents were in short supply. It was a case of waiting for visiting opponents, and sometimes years might go by without any opportunities to play foreign opposition. Their first match was against a South African fishing vessel and they lost 10–6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_da_Cunha
• dakial1 7mo ago
  Ok, so I am not the only one looking at google maps (also to Santa Helena) and imagining how it is to live there. Must be some kind of introspective hobby to fantasize about living on remote islands.
  • brightbeige 7mo ago
    There is a term “islandness” which may help to explain the allure - and many research papers on the topic. For me it’s a “smallness” that is the ideal. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/islandness https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/islandness https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/bitstreams/a8ba1494-ff23-4dfd-99f7-ff485dc440bd/download https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/bitstreams/a8ba1494-ff23-4d...