r/geography • u/Necessary_Wing799 Geography Enthusiast • 14d ago

Oman - a country rarely spoken about. What's happening there? Discussion

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Oman is located in a area we heat about a lot for an array of reasons - there are many famous and newsworthy spots close by from dubai to Doha to Iran and Yemen...... what goes on in Oman? Let us know how life is here and any relevant info on its current state....

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u/Xref_22 14d ago

Fuck yes. "Some people don't understand that sitting in your own house alone in peace, eating snacks and minding your own business is priceless." Tom Hardy

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u/WildeWeasel 14d ago

So you're saying Oman is The Shire of the Middle East?

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u/Xref_22 14d ago

“Do you remember the Shire, Mr. Frodo? It'll be spring soon. And the orchards will be in blossom. And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket. And they'll be sowing the summer barley in the lower fields... and eating the first of the strawberries with cream. Do you remember the taste of strawberries?”

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u/MeOldRunt 14d ago

"Dude, it's been, what, three weeks since we left? I didn't forget my fuckin' home in three whole weeks. Stop jerkin yourself for five minutes and help me figure out a way off this fuckin' volcano!"

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u/StuffThingsMoreStuff 14d ago

Right away Mr frodo.

<Shove>

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u/snootsintheair 13d ago

I love this fan fic. And Sam and everyone else lived happily ever after at the minor cost of Frodo’s life. The end.

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u/GroundbreakingFix685 13d ago

... sounds good. What fanfic?

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u/JesusStarbox 14d ago

It was 6 months.

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u/Defqon1punk 14d ago edited 14d ago

I don't remember where I saw it, but someone was claiming the whole thing was exactly 13 months, to the day, from when they left the shire, to when they reunite in Rivendale after.

Edit: guy under said I'm wrong then deleted his comment, but

Maybe I'm misunderstanding? Are they saying 6 months spent on Mt. Doom?

Cause I'm checking the link the other guy provided, and I'm showing April 13th 3018 to April 8th 3019 was roughly the journey from shire to eagles

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u/DogsRNice 14d ago

It was 13 months from when they left the shire to when they returned

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u/Defqon1punk 14d ago

I'm confused on what 6 months refers to in other comments. 6 months in the land of mordor?

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u/DexonTheTall 14d ago

If it's 13 months total and they're reminiscing in the farthest spot from home geographically it will have been 6.5 months since they were home.

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u/knightstalker1288 13d ago

Yeah but they hung out for Aragorn’s coronation and wedding for awhile

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u/Defqon1punk 14d ago

Oh, right. Makes since. For some reason, my brain was mixing up different conversations here, apparently.

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u/BrockStar92 13d ago

Only if it takes them as long to travel out as it does back. I’d imagine the trip back was significantly faster given that Frodo passes out in Mordor and wakes up in Rivendell.

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u/shartmaister 10d ago

The travel there and back again shouldn't take the same amount of time. Eagles and sneaking have different speed.

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u/PogTuber 13d ago

You telling me Tolkien created entire languages for his fantasy world but a year is still twelve months and 365 days?

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u/LegoDnD 13d ago

To add to Starbox's clarification, Tolkien's works are meant to be English Mythology taking place 10,000 years ago here on Earth, hence it is "Middle-Earth".

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u/PogTuber 13d ago

Ahhh, ok interesting, thanks

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u/JesusStarbox 13d ago

Well thats based on the moon and sun cycles.

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u/topofthefoodchainZ 14d ago

Google says that it's about 3 years in the books. I can vividly remember my childhood home where I haven't lived for 25 years: 3 years is still not a long time for a 50 year old who spent his entire life in one place.

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u/Sharp-Hippo-666 14d ago

I think that was to emphasize how traumatic the events they had been through were, that they had forgotten what their home was like even though it was all they knew. It is fantasy after all

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u/meesterdg 14d ago

In the books it's a lot more about how the ring is destroying Frodo's mental health bit by bit during the journey. It is even doing it to others (Boromir most notably). That's why Frodo left the fellowship. The ring was corrupting this group of people around him, not only risking their goal of destroying it but also putting the people he loved in peril.

This line is meant to help Frodo remember something good despite the burden of the rings influence.

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u/JesusStarbox 14d ago

When I checked Google it said 6 months. September to March.

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Timeline_of_Frodo_Baggins

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u/intanjir 14d ago

“It’s not the years, it’s the mileage.”

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u/Pure-Temporary 13d ago

Well, Google is wrong. They are gone for 13 months.

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u/Augchm 13d ago

The journey happens across months and likely years lmao.

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u/MeOldRunt 13d ago

Not in the movie it doesn't. In the movie it's more of a bad trip to return some jewelry.

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u/acleverwalrus 13d ago

Erm actually it took 6 months. But still you gotta point

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u/Matrimcauthon7833 13d ago

In the books it took them ~1yr but your point still stands.

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u/d13robot 14d ago

Yes , but swap their dislike of 'the big folk' with 'women'

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u/Amaaog 13d ago

What a unique thought about a middle eastern nation you know very little about.

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u/DR_Onymous 14d ago

Except with oil and instead of potatoes.

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u/Kbotonline 14d ago

That’s actually my exact perception of Oman. Somewhere I’d love to visit.

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u/Deckardspuntedsheep 14d ago

I'd support a West Asia remake

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u/Eskenderiyya 13d ago

Middle East, middle Earth.. not too far off

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u/Larrydog 13d ago

Americans consider this 'Isolationism' and want to go over and smash all the windows in your house.

"sitting in your own house alone in peace . and minding your own business"

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u/Acceptable-Book 13d ago

He gets me better than my wife.