@julianboolean_ richard pearse flew a plane on 31 March 1903 but he crashed it into a hedge. the wright brothers first flew in December 1903; they didn’t really have a practical aircraft until 1905, but split the difference and 1904 makes sense imo.
@KiddSpade1 I really don’t understand the impulse to moan and declare that we’re doomed just because we’re not like some huge touristy city in Western Europe. If you want to experience culture, you have to look for it and participate in it! Otherwise go live in Europe if it’s so much better.
@KiddSpade1 Skill issue; this is strictly a suburban malaise. You gotta be proactive. Move to Wellington, go to local arts and music events regularly, be friendly to people in the smoking area… then try and tell me with a straight face that we have no culture.
four favourite japanese movies:
i've heard the ammonite murmur (1992)
gate of flesh (1964)
terrifying girls' high school: lynch law classroom (1973)
female prisoner scorpion: jailhouse 41 (1972)