Comment on Karl Bushby: Made a bet in 1998 that he could walk from Chile to England. 27 Years later, Still walking. Survived Darién Gap, 57 days in a Russian prison, Traversing the Bering Strait on shifting ice

digital_man@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• mastertigurius@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Have you heard of a thing in Australia called walkabout?

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  • flying_sheep@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Those don’t go through super racist places like Russia.

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    • mastertigurius@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Because “a Russian”=gopnik from outside Moscow, right? You do realise Russia has 190 different ethnic groups within their borders? Sure there’s racism, but would you say a black guy feels any safer in certain parts of the US? Or let’s put aside petty US and European racism for a bit and look at racism in Asia. Malaysia? Racism is baked into the constitution. Philippines? Oh god, the ridiculous stereotypes. Japan? Don’t tell me you haven’t heard of racism in Japan. India is Olympic level racism. There was no merit to your original statement, and I find it ridiculous that everything has to be turned into a race issue.

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      • flying_sheep@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Chill, I mentioned Russia because that’s where even the white dude this story is about had visa issues.

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