"Are you human?"
You likely only know of Iceland as home to the fairylike chanteuse Björk and as a very famous cold-water surf destination. The parliamentary republic, floating fairylike itself in the North Atlantic, is backdrop and co-star of two of the greatest surf films of all-time: Joe G’s masterful Strange Rumblings in Shangri-la…
…and Freezing.
But the land of fire and ice is famous for so much more and its tourist board decided to show some of those things in the best send-up I have ever seen.
As you are aware, the world’s fifth richest man, foil king, Mark Zuckerberg recently pivoted his behemoth Facebook into “Meta” and imagined a future where we would, could, all play with Kai Lenny in an all-encompassing digital universe called the “Metaverse.
Iceland imagines a different future.
The Icelandverse.
Enjoy.
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Yeah the photos are definitely real
I could’ve ‘vagazzled’ them with a computer though…
Why did Ben go bananas and delete all his comments?
Why haven’t you deleted this comment yet?
Hiroshima is an awful book.
How did the Japanesers not throw in the towel after the first bomb?
Idiots.
50 years later and you’re still trying to fit in, and still a kook.
Did Little Ben carry around binoculars?
No idea but your but bravo on coming up with “Munga’s Berries”
We’re all just glorified bananas, Ben. About 70 % match in our DNA. At least I’m not stupid enough to shove one up my ass and then eat it, though, but you do you. Your Amazon profile says you’ve earned it.
You really are MySpace Ben.
Nope. wrong. It was Groucho Marx, and he said “ I don’t want to be part of any club that would have me as a member.” !
(close but no cigar, lol)
I’m really raining on your parade today, Ben, but do you know that 100,000+ hits on a story is pedestrian?
Whoever told you it was closed did it to preserve your feelings, Ben. And, no, you’re not going to write shark Hiroshima. The only things you are ever going to write again will be right here on BeachGrit.
Said by the bloke named “commenter” commenting on said site.
Iceland!
There is too a Surf Journalist Valhalla. Nick Carroll sent me my gilded invite last year. I show it to Severson at the gate and I’m clinking horns of mead with Derek!
Fuck the oligarchs
You’d make an excellent pen pal to some lonely inmate. You always write back🥰
How can you say that? Conner Coffin grows his own tomatoes and Griffin Colapinto takes a dump in his wetsuit.
Shoulda been here yesterdayism
Yeah surfers are stupid and you’ve spent your life writing about them. How fascinating.
Did you say Björk?
https://youtu.be/p0mRIhK9seg
I wonder if she would like to go on a surf trip to Bangladesh? I’ll have to inspect her sandwich coordinating skills first!