Originally Posted by Rain Man:
Indonesia is such an unusual country.
It's the fourth-most populous country in the world after China, India, and the USA, but we never hear about it.
It's a Muslim country in a very non-Muslim part of the world.
It's a Muslim country that's not completely insane and screwed up.
It's a ton of islands that somehow have coalesced into one country.
Most of the population is on one island, and it's not the biggest island.
It's got completely untamed jungles in a big chunk of it, but also has Bali, which by the way is mostly Hindu.
It's got Komodo Dragons wandering around in places.
It's also in an area with such high seismic activity that its overall land area is constantly changing.
Like, it blows my mind that the Krakatoa eruption completely obliterated itself and its own island. That was a landmass the day before, and in a few minutes, it was ALL gone. [Reply]
Originally Posted by RealSNR:
It's also in an area with such high seismic activity that its overall land area is constantly changing.
Like, it blows my mind that the Krakatoa eruption completely obliterated itself and its own island. That was a landmass the day before, and in a few minutes, it was ALL gone.
Didn't that eruption make waves in the English channel or something like that? [Reply]
I read the the riot was started by home fans after the team lost its first home game in 23 years. They were demanding to know why their team lost and started the riot. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TinyEvel:
I read the the riot was started by home fans after the team lost its first home game in 23 years. They were demanding to know why their team lost and started the riot.
Soccer is the most dangerous sport when it comes to being a fan. In many countries if you go to an away game and get caught with your shirt on in the wrong place your life could be on the line. I've been in those situations many times and it gets real very quickly. Gotta be smart and hide your colours. [Reply]
Originally Posted by UChieffyBugger:
Soccer is the most dangerous sport when it comes to being a fan. In many countries if you go to an away game and get caught with your shirt on in the wrong place your life could be on the line. I've been in those situations many times and it gets real very quickly. Gotta be smart and hide your colours.
Originally Posted by TinyEvel:
I read the the riot was started by home fans after the team lost its first home game in 23 years. They were demanding to know why their team lost and started the riot.
Persebaya of Surabaya has the soccer version of Tom Brady on their team. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Rain Man:
Indonesia is such an unusual country.
It's the fourth-most populous country in the world after China, India, and the USA, but we never hear about it.
Highly recommend reading The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins. Like a lot of countries in the global south, we don't hear much about them anymore because they go along with what the State Department wants. [Reply]
