MorrisonsLament t1_j6bvvn1 wrote on January 29, 2023 at 5:37 AM

Reply to ELI5: When you have no cellphone service, how can you still make calls to emergency services (eg. 911)? by 2Girls1Pet

What you are probably thinking of is that you don't need credits to call emergency services. You can be at 0 cents or pence and still call them. But if there is no service, that's just what that means, NO service, your phone cannot reach a tower or call anyone

MorrisonsLament t1_j0bfxey wrote on December 15, 2022 at 12:59 PM

Reply to comment by banestyrelsen in How do countries that lack long, ancient histories and myths (or feel they lack it), or have lost all records of them, compensate for this loss or absence? Can these invented ancient myths become as "legitimate" as the truly old histories/myths of countries that have them? by raori921

Icelander here, and the situation has changed a bit here since Independence in 1944, after we split with Denmark there has been a concerted effort to create a uniquely Icelandic identity which is in many ways a Disney version of pre-Christian traditions. It helps that most of what is known about those traditions was written down here first, but most people lack understanding of the fact that there was a gap of many centuries from Christianization in 1000 until we wrote down the "ancient myths" so they are probably heavily Christianized, even the Eddas