All the while panhandling and busking in poor countries to feel poor and enlightened.
It's just that easy.
Submitted 1 year ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 1 year ago
HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I am glad that a lot of these feel good stories have been getting called out on, this isn’t the world the way it is supposed to be. The world the way it is supposed to be is one where it is possible to backpack across Europe. Something somewhere went wrong.
I think what happened is that God is supposed to be real, but whatever reason he ain’t and now we are dealing with the consequences
Arthur_Leywin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This is similar to saying “Santa is supposed to exist but something happened and now I don’t have my presents.” Nothing is supposed to be.
HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 year ago
It is if you oversimplify the argument and assume that things were “Working as intended” at some point…
Most universes have a God and the Supernatural, ours does not.
NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
This post has 859 upvotes right now? Wow! Seems like lately I’m seeing the numbers climb higher and higher and I love it! We’re growing! Although when I check the lemmy user count on Fediverse Observer it looks like we’re actually losing users. So what gives huh? What’s the big idea, huh? COME AAAAHHHNNNNN EH!
Kiwi_Girl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
I think people that have stuck around have finally gotten comfortable, and are engaging with content.
TheProtagonist@lemmy.world 1 year ago
[deleted]FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That question applies to absolutely everything in this world and no one can answer it but you.
Pyroglyph@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s satire.
TheProtagonist@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I just realised that, so my comment makes no sense.
qooqie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Traveling the world spending hundreds of thousands is great and all, but have you tried exploring everything about your community? I find it far more rewarding to invest my time into my own community and learning about others that are my neighbors. My community has a wealth of people and experiences and going through that is way nicer instead of not even scratching the surface of other countries people and cultures.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Depends on where you live. My community really sucks (Terre Haute, Indiana), but I do a lot of regional exploration. You don’t have to travel all that far, maybe a day at most, to find new and interesting things.
kill_dash_nine@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Does Terre Haute still have that smell? Been a while since I’ve been there but when my wife was in school at ISU, I distinctly remember that funk of the wind was blowing right.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I almost moved to Terrible Hole for a while … I still wound up in Indiana, though, so I guess it was moot.
SeducingCamel@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Ahh terrible haute
rayyyy@kbin.social 1 year ago
Depends on you. My community sucks but I enjoy gardening, grafting, hiking, hunting for delicious mushrooms, bird watching, boating and building stuff. Not to mention flying and fishing.
ClaireDeLuna@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s all well and good, but my community would probably kill me eventually so…I’ll stick to not talking to them.
ITypeWithMyDick@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Woman/minority/not-christian in a conservitive area?
TigrisMorte@kbin.social 1 year ago
Found the dude not in a red state!
qooqie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
True, I’m also in a really diverse city within the blue state so I have access to so many cultures within my region. I can go to open events at a mosque or even at events hosted by the local synagogue or local Pakistanis or local Indians or local Chinese. So many cultures, it’s really nice and I’m very lucky.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sure, but even in Texas, you can drive to either Mexico or a bluer state within a day and experience more culture. And Alaska has all the indigenous culture to explore.
Buffaloaf@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Idk, I live in a small town and I’m kinda tired of my community.
qooqie@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I suppose that is something to consider. Find a city you love and can see yourself calling home for a very long time
PatFussy@lemm.ee 1 year ago
They also only ever go to Europe. Nobody that wants profound life changing experiences goes to Europe other than to put it on as a badge of honor that they did.
If you want a life changing experience, get a minimum wage job.
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Nah, SEA is the new hotness for “life change” tourism
Still pretty up and coming though since the infrastructure isn’t as well built out and foreign language accomodation isn’t as present outside of the already touristy areas, but when has the reality of a situation ever stopped a trust fund baby before?
I think there’s still validity to globe trotting though, living international experiences will genuinely lead to better matured people, and serves as a pretty solid means of cultural diffusion, especially music and cuisine.
As for minimum wage work, I think that’s best handled by adopting those laws Aus did specifically criminalizing karen tantrums.
LucyLastic@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Protip: Live in Europe and you don’t even need to go anywhere :-)
psud@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s interesting to look up the tourist things in your local area and do a day trip around home - perhaps I’m spoilt though, living in a federal capital with plenty of national things