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[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 50 points 1 month ago (4 children)
[–] Im_old@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hey! Prague was one of the last cities ever to operate a public pneumatic mail system (until 2002).

[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When people ask me why I so very much want to go there, I always respond "Why the Prague not?"

[–] Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago

"Why the Prague not?"

Very Praguematic.

[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Damn what a brilliant film

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

One step further back, very Orwellian, or even Kafkaesque.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago

Kafka was from Prague, probably no coincidence!

[–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

My first thought also