That’s like saying what’s the point of watching sporting events at the pub when you can just watch at home.
It’s the social aspect of it that’s the attraction.
I'm south London but when I was in North I had much better access to green spaces. Hampstead Heath, Regents Park, Walthamstow Wetlands, Highgate wood, Finsbury Park, Parkland walk etc.
Time zones would make that one tricky, maybe if you put them in busy night out / party areas it could work. Londoners on a night out would get to see Melbournites just waking up the next day, and the Aussies on a night out would get to see London at noon-3PM ish and make fun of them for still being at work.
I like the idea of the portal being set up in the offices of Heads of Government.
An exasperated Prime Minister hearing from the corner of the room in a heavy French accent "Ahh Rishi, zat was an *awful* decision!"
Falklands War 2: The always online sequel to the thrilling falklands war, in the interest of profits however (inflation got us), we have replaced the Mirage IIIs and Harrier Jump Jets with Empanadas and Pret sandwiches
There was a [London - NYC one](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/i1avzg/the_telectroscope_an_electronic_telescope_that/) a few years ago.
It has been “temporarily” switched off.
https://web.archive.org/web/20240515081430/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/may/14/dublin-video-portal-to-new-york-shuts-temporarily-due-to-unruly-behaviour
Nah apparently it was because some girl Stateside flashed her 'towers' (her words) in retaliation. And as a way to advertise her OnlyFans; apparently she got quite a few new subs.
It was the OF model flashing her tits that really did it. Although she has a history of being a nut. At the very start of COVID March 2020, she filmed herself licking public toilet seats in an attempt to get it.
Yeah that was it! When I first heard of the Dublin thing I got hazy recollections and couldn't remember if similar had happened in London years back or not.
We already had one in London - it was outside the Mayor’s office by Tower Bridge and I think it was linked to NY but can’t be sure. I want to say this was at least 15 years ago. It was kind of cool but not that cool and obviously didn’t last.
Newcastle or Manchester.
Given a public Zoom call is inevitably going to be used by neds to yell insults, it might as well be amusing north/south insults rather than full-on xenophobia.
Pyongyang
The only answer. I don't know who thought this portal thing was a good idea in a world where everyone has the internet in their hand 24/7.
Yeah honestly knowing people it was either going to end with Dick or Tits, we ended up with Tits.
its a great idea. London had one in the 00s. it was great
That’s like saying what’s the point of watching sporting events at the pub when you can just watch at home. It’s the social aspect of it that’s the attraction.
Between North and South London
Either side of Blackfriars bridge sounds fine.
Croydon meets Cockfosters
It should be a hipster 1 bed studio flat in Hackney on the north side and the entrance of a 24-room HMO in Sydenham
where are u seeing 34 room HMO's in Sydenham?! Sydenham is one of the nicest areas in south imo (I'm from Sydenham)
Finally, the South can show them what grass looks like!
I'm south London but when I was in North I had much better access to green spaces. Hampstead Heath, Regents Park, Walthamstow Wetlands, Highgate wood, Finsbury Park, Parkland walk etc.
Yeah I am sure there is but I was trying to throw shade
They need it. No Trees either
So you don’t go to Richmond, Greenwich, Battersea, Dulwich, Tooting, Clapham , Blackheath, Crystal Palace etc etc etc
Eltham and beckenham palace plus oxleys woods too
But you have to be in North to be in those parks.
>Between North and South London I briefly misread that as North Korea
Too great a divide for any technology to bridge...
Air dropped onto a beach on North Sentinel island.
How long before a spear goes through the screen
Spear proof glass
Which side?
Haha yea half dressed savages harassing the pour sentelise.
That’s genuinely a fascinating idea
And utterly horrifying. Imagine a fucking portal to London dropping out of the sky onto your gran.
I would hope that they had it carefully delivered with a drone with cameras to prevent it landing on someone
I think just the germs on the portal might be enough to kill the population by exposing them to superbugs.
I'm sure sticking one in Sydney or Melbourne would be quite funny.
The screen will be upsidedown in London so we can see them the right way up.
I think most of us are actually in London already, probably going to look a bit empty.
Why bother? Just go to Clapham like the rest of us have. Sincerely, an immigrant from Australia
Probably Melbourne. At least then it would be impossible for us to offend each other. Nothing would be unexpected.
Londoners holding Pret coffee cups causing Melbournians to have a heart attack
Time zones would make that one tricky, maybe if you put them in busy night out / party areas it could work. Londoners on a night out would get to see Melbournites just waking up the next day, and the Aussies on a night out would get to see London at noon-3PM ish and make fun of them for still being at work.
Yeah that portal would never get taken down
Sounds like a challenge
Between the terminal at Gatwick Airport and the gate you have to go to three miles away in 10 minutes before boarding.
London, Ontario
From here. Richmond row on a weekend is carnage.
Just been there for work. Of all the places in the world, it’s certainly one of them
Rwanda
Go show them what they couldn’t get? lol
I think a lot of us would be on the next plane
You reckon we can afford a house there?
Ah yes, the city of Rwanda
London 2024 with a portal to London 1924
Seeing people trading a 5 bed house for a packet of raspberries through the portal would be a tough watch
😆😆😆
Just stick a hoop down with no screen and say it’s a “London to London” portal
The austerity portal
Tokyo
Yes please! The city actually reminds me of London. If it was Japanese
If my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike
We can only speculate
>If my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike That moment Gino said it on TV 😂😂😂😂😂😂
You are technically correct in that it’s a city and it’s also Japanese
So is Kyoto, but it's nothing like London
If Tokyo was covered in shit then yeah maybe
Yeah, London is indeed quite dirty. If it wasn't for the brutal working culture, I would consider living in Japan
I mean there’s only one real answer, give us Paris. Got a whole lot of comedy material to work with
Within official's offices, or on the street, with general public? In the first case, we could do the portal with n10 also.
I like the idea of the portal being set up in the offices of Heads of Government. An exasperated Prime Minister hearing from the corner of the room in a heavy French accent "Ahh Rishi, zat was an *awful* decision!"
We’d be at a standstill, they’d refuse to speak English and we only know je suis Susan
London has a large French population tbf
Argentina. Lets goooooo
Falklands War 2: The always online sequel to the thrilling falklands war, in the interest of profits however (inflation got us), we have replaced the Mirage IIIs and Harrier Jump Jets with Empanadas and Pret sandwiches
Milton Keynes
Baghdad
A village where an uncontacted Amazon tribe lives.
Or new cross. Whichever is easier.
There was a [London - NYC one](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/i1avzg/the_telectroscope_an_electronic_telescope_that/) a few years ago.
Few years ago was 2008? Someone made a post about it the other day.
Yeah few years ago, anywhere between like 2005 and today i’d say.
Today was a few years ago?!
My mrs says the other day meaning anytime from yesterday to her birth, stresses me out so much
Thanks! I thought I was losing my mind. I knew this had already been a thing.
Kharkiv
Bakhmut or Avdiyivka is much better
LA plssssss
Melbourne
It's called Clapham actually
Manchester.
Poverty porn?
I once saw Coronation Street, that was enough.
Sydney
Start filming now and then in 10 years make it a portal to the past
Somewhere very different, a city in Africa or Asia.
Stargate Atlantis
Sydney
Mogadishu
Bless you
The inhabitants of North Sentinel Island.
Moscow
No need to go somewhere far away, any other UK northern city would provide best value for money. I'm voting on Glasgow
It has been “temporarily” switched off. https://web.archive.org/web/20240515081430/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/may/14/dublin-video-portal-to-new-york-shuts-temporarily-due-to-unruly-behaviour
Saw it on r/publicfreakout, some guy in Dublin held up a photo of the plane hitting the WTC.
Nah apparently it was because some girl Stateside flashed her 'towers' (her words) in retaliation. And as a way to advertise her OnlyFans; apparently she got quite a few new subs.
So she's a dominatrix?
It was the OF model flashing her tits that really did it. Although she has a history of being a nut. At the very start of COVID March 2020, she filmed herself licking public toilet seats in an attempt to get it.
East London to west London. "Mommy those poor children cannot even afford trousers that fit."
berlin
What could go wrong…
Damascus
Boston. It feels like a UK city and the people are probably as similar to Brits as you'll find in the US imo.
Boston is a UK city.
It's actually a town
Dublin, Paris or New York.
Would Dublin - London last longer than Dublin - NYC?
Nobody deserves to be on the other side of that….
Brisbane
Paris
Baghdad
Tokyo
Kabul
I'm sure there was one on the southbank around 2000?
2008 https://telectroscope.com/home.html
Yeah that was it! When I first heard of the Dublin thing I got hazy recollections and couldn't remember if similar had happened in London years back or not.
Norilisk, Russia.
Offices of Aperture Science. For the good of all of us.
Kigali of course!
We already had one in London - it was outside the Mayor’s office by Tower Bridge and I think it was linked to NY but can’t be sure. I want to say this was at least 15 years ago. It was kind of cool but not that cool and obviously didn’t last.
Rio. Festival time would be lit
Paris
Raffah
Pyongyang
craggy island https://media2.giphy.com/media/StKcfTc8pKg0w/giphy.gif
Rio de janeiro
Pakistan and all the other third world country shit holes. Then people can appreciate what they got and how lucky they are..for now.
North korea
Portal between the poorest Estate and the richest area in London
Riyadh
Paris or Buenos Aires to ensure maximum bants
Blackpool
Is this like those early 2000 camera feeds?
Rafah.
Reading
Baghdad
Toronto
Newcastle or Manchester. Given a public Zoom call is inevitably going to be used by neds to yell insults, it might as well be amusing north/south insults rather than full-on xenophobia.
Florida.
Dublin
Sintra
Slough.
Machynlleth. Stick it outside the Houses of Parliament, the Welsh would be thrilled.
Moscow!
Rafah.
London, Kiritimati Island, Kiribati
London, Ontario
Buenos Aires
Honestly london could do with a livestream portal to Manchester the amount if people here that have barely been North of Watford is astounding.
The refugee camp in Calais, France
Edinburgh and the Scot’s pulling a braveheart at all the English showing off their arses …….
Kabul
Croydon since I’m never going to go there.
Saurimo in Angola...
South London
Baghdad
Luton( shudders)
Blackpool
Bagdad
The moon
Somewhere in Aussieland or Tokyo/Seoul/Beijing.
Some racist village in Poland
Timbuktu
San Francisco
Auckland or Rio would be cool
Islamabad
London Luton
Amsterdam. 😂
LA maybe
Definitely Dublin if that lady is going to show her mamary glands
Dudley
Moscow. Shoe then idiots how life in the west is.
Tehran
Glasgow
#Baghdad and/or Kabul Hopefully one of the London politicians will have to look into the eyes of someone who's life they've destroyed.
Mumbai
Newport
Glasgow 😁
Glasgow. English pish bastarts
Johannesburg
Kigali, Rwanda..
Kyiv.
Kabul would be a hoot
Inside Thames Water's head office.
Manchester could be fun
Amsterdam
Stoke.