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  • Seasons

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  • At first, I thought "man, I would kill to live a full year in that temperate four-seasons weather". But then I realised the point of the comic. Everyone encounters the same general grievances in life, no matter where they live. I'm gonna feel dead inside, whether I find myself in the Maldives or Finland...

  • A Blind Spot

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  • This is funnier because in my country, we actually use bidet showers instead of toilet paper.

  • London teen jailed for one year in Dubai after 'holiday romance' with 17-year-old girl

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  • They were undoubtedly cheaper before, but with a low-budget airline like airblue, at least, a round-trip ticket between Lahore and Dubai, for a single adult, economy class, can cost 85,216 PKR or 306.23 USD.

    Choosing a more expensive airline like Emirates bumps it up to 138,028 PKR or 496.01 USD.

    (Source: Google Flights)

    To be fair, my father at least would often buy stuff while he had another reason to be there (i.e. for business).

  • London teen jailed for one year in Dubai after 'holiday romance' with 17-year-old girl

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  • A bit of an unwarranted answer, but many richer Pakistanis go there to buy stuff that isn't easily available back home. Hence, they become cash cows for the ginormous malls over there (seriously. If you think American malls are big, you haven't been to Dubai). It's basically the closest foreign city we have direct flights to, due to our sanctions and all with India. For example, I got my Nintendo 3DS, and later the phone that I'm currently using (Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra), from malls in Dubai.

  • London teen jailed for one year in Dubai after 'holiday romance' with 17-year-old girl

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  • London teen jailed for one year in Dubai after 'holiday romance' with 17-year-old girl

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  • We Pakistanis don't have much of a choice... We often have to stop at Dubai or Doha if we want to fly to Europe or the Americas. (Although occasionally, you can choose Turkish Airlines and stop at Istanbul instead.) Though to be fair, Pakistan can't be much more friendly than Dubai to a lotta people...

  • How old were you when you learned that Santa Claus wasn’t real?

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  • A bit before I started questioning religion. 9-10 years old?

  • Kids

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  • I'm not American but I can relate. Because this is just me at any kind of meal gathering.

  • cozy

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  • Lahore smog

  • What apps/programs do y'all recommend?

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  • properly cropped version

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    What is the difference between lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works?

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  • This Planet's On Fire (Burn In Hell)

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  • RIP Alaska, Hawaii, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula

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    What should we expect will be censored or banned under Trump? Should archives of these things be put together to protect access?

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  • Yeah, we've been studying the sex lives of various different animals (including ourselves!) for centuries now, yet nobody bat an eye until now. 🙄

  • People outside the US, how do you feel US expats or exiles would do in your country or region?

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  • Pakistan also relies heavily on remittances from emigrants working abroad, although unlike Romania, it's not to the extent of causing a population decrease yet. If it were to join an EU-style union (free movement and all) with relatively richer countries, then maybe that'll change.

    That bit about not needing a VPN -- I consider it pretty much the only pro of living in such disadvantaged countries, to be honest.

  • People outside the US, how do you feel US expats or exiles would do in your country or region?

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  • I don't know why anyone (who doesn't have ancestry there) would want to move to Pakistan. Sure, it's not completely undeveloped (otherwise I wouldn't be sending this message lol), but it still has a VEEERRRRRYY long way to go compared to other industrialised countries.

    • Electricity has become more reliable over the years, but you still have to deal with increasing bills, so that the government can pay off its IMF loans
    • Piped gas still isn't 24/7, it's off from 10 pm to 6 am
    • Tap water still isn't drinkable
    • Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad disproportionately receive the lion's share of development while smaller cities are neglected
    • Even Karachi can be said to not be as developed as Lahore or Islamabad. When I visited it, I found that it was greatly overpopulated and many apartment buildings were extremely worn-down. Chipping paint for instance. My father says that since Lahore and Islamabad are a comfortable driving distance away from each other, the population is more evenly distributed between the two cities. Hyderabad's near Karachi, but remember, it's not a big three city ...
    • Even the development in Lahore and Islamabad is not optimal. Mostly relying on private housing projects, not making an effort to make them integrate with the rest of the city
    • Suboptimal public transport. In Lahore there is a public bus and metro system, but both don't cover too much of the city. For intercity buses, people rely on private companies such as Daewoo Express. And again, the reliance on private housing projects hinders true city-wide planning
    • Professionals (doctors, engineers, lawyers, etc.) receive very low salaries compared to what they could earn abroad. The devaluation of the rupee is related to it, but only partially. That's why millions of us have moved abroad to literally every other country, and thus why remittances are a big portion of this country's income
    • Lahore is literally the smoggiest city in the world right now. Did I mention it's one of the three most developed?
    • Too much non-air pollution as well. There is a culture of littering, partially because people aren't punished for it and thus have adopted a care-free attitude, and partially because there aren't enough outdoor wastebins

    I haven't even gotten into the sociopolitical aspects ... I'd be writing a whole book at that point

  • Have you tried not having a smashed hand?

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  • It's a metaphor for depression/ADHD/whatever mental disability I guess.

  • Any recommendations to my blocklist?

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  • lemmit.online, just contains automated reposts from Reddit.