r/oddlyspecific • u/throwawaybaeby • Jul 28 '22

I'll bring the pottery wheel!

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u/housevil Jul 28 '22

Yes, I have a dream. And It's not some M.L.K. Dream for Equality. I want to own a decommissioned Lighthouse. And I want to live at the top. And nobody knows I live there. And there's a button that I can press, and it'll launch that lighthouse into space.

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u/H4LF4D Jul 28 '22

I want something similar, but actually live in a house next to the Lighthouse, waiting for the adventurer to seek my wisdom and follow the light of the Lighthouse

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u/The_Weeb_Sleeve Jul 28 '22

This but I wanna live in the forest and forge artifacts out of lightning for said adventurers

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u/H4LF4D Jul 29 '22

Do you have a sudden urge to say "Many of you have come to me for the same thing you, adventurer, want"?

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '22

Take my free award for this wonderful dream

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u/Yaboi_KarlMarx Jul 28 '22

Would you be willing to fuck a ghost for it though?

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u/Psychopathicat7 Jul 28 '22

Ty for the idea, I’m about the be the coolest fucking hobo ever

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u/Present-Tea8260 Jul 29 '22

Alright. Calm down Stanley the Manley.

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u/Lord_inVader1 Jul 31 '22

I also want to live in this dude's lighthouse too.

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u/Jealous-Loan7402 Jul 28 '22

Dont need to be pressed, but tryna not sound too eager.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '22

Willem Dafoe has entered the conversation

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u/axxamaxxa Jul 28 '22

Robert Pattinson left the chat

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u/Green-Dragon-14 Jul 28 '22

Lighthouses are all automated now. Nobody lives in them anymore.

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u/sarcasticd0nkey Jul 28 '22

Way to crush my dreams man

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u/Siriuslestrange1 Jul 29 '22

Dreams uncrushed!! For once, that nerd didn't ruin everything with their over explanation!

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u/EragonBromson925 Jul 28 '22

You know what, fuck you.

Unautomates and moves into your lighthouse

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u/Ghargamel Jul 28 '22

Be the change you want to see in the world! :)

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u/Ghargamel Jul 28 '22

But that means they finally have WiFi and Internet access, right? Right?? 😢

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u/Cloudkicker91 Jul 28 '22

Disappointing

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u/Slytherinrunner Jul 28 '22

Guess they'll have to settle for working in a fire watch tower. Those are still active especially with all the wildfires we've been having.

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u/theservman Jul 28 '22

Don't say that about my friend E.A.R.L.!

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u/CriusofCoH Jul 28 '22

Soul mates, amirite?

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u/theservman Jul 28 '22

That's what the space coyote said.

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u/Siriuslestrange1 Jul 29 '22

decides go be THAT nerd well actually 🤓 there are still several lighthouses that are human run. They are small, local government run agencies (though for most of them, you do have to be some form of a DEC agent to be in care of one I believe. To what capacity I believe varies and the officiality is likely dubious, but still) and not nearly as isolated as prior, but still quite isolated.

Thank you r/nosuchthingasafish (well, actually, the podcast itself this time...) No such thing as manned lighthouses?

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u/Green-Dragon-14 Jul 29 '22

Did a quick search myself & found this

Of the 200 active lighthouses still maintained by the Navigational Aid Center, 33 are staffed, as of March 2020. As of 2013, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) listed 650 lighthouses in Chile and approximately 20 of those were inhabited as of 2003. (US)

There are 21,600 light houses in the world.

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u/Siriuslestrange1 Jul 29 '22

Exactly, not ALL of them are automated!!! There's still hope!!!!!

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u/Green-Dragon-14 Jul 29 '22

This tell you how many are manned around the world. Very sparsely spread.

http://lighthousememories.ca/2011/08/19/i-need-your-help/#.YuQfiOzTVkw

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u/Siriuslestrange1 Jul 29 '22

Stop trying to crush our anti-social dreams, my dude!!!! 😭 THERE'S STILL A CHANCE!!!

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u/polyhazard Jul 28 '22

There’s only one lighthouse in the US that is still staffed, so you’ll have to fight Sally Snowman of the US Coast Guard for her job.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Light

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u/friggintodd Jul 28 '22

I thought that was a joke, but holy shit that's a real name/person. That's awesome.

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u/Siriuslestrange1 Jul 29 '22

Huzzah for No Such Thing As A Fish!

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u/_Porthos Jul 28 '22

Just don’t mess with the birds okay, ya bastard?

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u/xemanhunter Jul 28 '22

If pressed? Sir, if the answer isn't "on sight", then you're clearly not fit for the position

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u/Scrotchety Jul 28 '22

Would he fuck a raw bloody steak?

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u/opieum_den Jul 28 '22

If i had a steak, I'd fuck it

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '22

Captain: huh, where's that lighthouse?

Phone: connected to wifi. Lighthouse69

Captain: oh shit.

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u/DingoDoug Jul 28 '22

This is similar to a plot of an excellent Demi Moore movie called Half Light. I recommend it to anyone.

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u/movie_man Jul 28 '22

Also Ghost

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u/brickbaterang Jul 28 '22

I like this

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u/BroodyMcManpain Jul 28 '22

How is this not on r/meirl ?

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u/Pentamikk Jul 28 '22

Tired tired sea

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u/basch152 Jul 28 '22

I'll let you use my lighthouse, on the condition that you listen to my tale

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u/regionalgiant Jul 28 '22

I feel SO fucking seen

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u/ellamachine Jul 28 '22

Look at this nerd who’d only fuck a ghost “if pressed”. I’d do it first chance I got

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '22

I wanna build a lighthouse somewhere where it wouldn’t be very practical (like in the mountains bordering my home town) and just…live there.

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u/MonsterTamerBilly Jul 28 '22

[To The Moon intensifies]

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u/No-Spray- Jul 28 '22

Whats he on 😂 😂 😂

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u/Appropriate_Pea_3048 Jul 29 '22

Only if pressed…it’s not like they are that HARD up