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  • I was doing an exchange high school year in Santa Clara, California. Nowadays I look back on this time and wonder how on earth I didn't get shot. My daughter is definitely picking another country for an exchange year.

    Also, I refused to get Facebook, but this bit me in the ass because it was the way to communicate and stay in touch back then, and I ended up losing all the contacts I made in that school.

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  • I agree so much with that! I love long distance travelling, but due to financial and, more importantly, environmental costs I hardly ever do it. During my early 20s I found a fondness for holidays close by. I am not a big fan of nature (I mean, I am, but I don't need to be immersed in it if you know what I mean), but there are so many cities and towns to explore nearby. To be fair, we are kind of privileged in Europe, me in Germany even more so. Due to the history and Germany basically being a plethora of kingdoms sewn together in the mid 1800s, you really have so many different cultures within a single country and don't need to cross borders to experience a different world. (However, growing up in Munich, it was faster to drive to Italy's coast than to Germany's.)

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  • I agree with everything you're saying. I just want to point out some caveats to trains (although I absolutely love them and prefer them to cars or planes as well). The obvious one is that few people have enough vacation days to spend multiple days traveling by train. Even if we aren't talking about paid vacation, not every job/position lets you take unpaid time off. Some jobs don't let you take more than one or two weeks in a row.

    For families this can be additionally challenging since a lot of vacation days need to be taken when school or daycare is out, or the kid is sick, or the kid needs to go to some dentist appointment, leaving you with a total of a week of vacation.

    Yeah, and kids in general. It is difficult to keep little children, who want to move and be loud, on a train for days. It's not impossible, but most likely everyone will be a nerve wreck by the time of arrival. The other people on the train will hate you because you cannot "tame" your kid, or they will judge you because after one and a half days you decide to allow your kid to watch a movie on a tablet to have a break. The relaxing aspect of a train ride tends to vanish.

    And last but not least, health conditions. Some people cannot sit for long periods of time and have to wear compression socks or even get heparin shots to prevent thrombosis. This is already the case for a 6 hour flight, but 6 days of minimal movement is difficult and not recommended. You can do it - there are ways to do it - but it is something that you need to keep in mind when travelling.

    But nevertheless, I agree that long train rides and a break from the fast paced, information immersed world is great. Maybe this: as long as you can do so, do it! There might be a time in your life when this will be more difficult and you will have to pause and find a better suited alternative. But that doesn't mean you can't unpause when the time is right. Enjoy!

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  • Banana with brown almond butter (that one that is 100% almonds).

  • Priorities

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  • Didn't Interview With The Vampire answer this question? I mean if we take it as part of the vampire canon then the brain does develop further as that little girl was mentally a full ass grown woman trapped in a child's body

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  • The funny thing is I can taste and smell this ice cream and my mom would tell me "no, no, this one tastes different, plombir in the Soviet Union was something different". There's a lot of older people longing for that ice cream that you are holding as if it could bring back youth. It's crazy.

    (I will assume that the 1992 version was still the old taste)

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  • I have a similar issue with the word research. Do your own research - wtf. Research is either standing in the lab and actually experimenting, or conducting (clinical) studies, or at the very least an extensive literature research that even for a paper takes days (more like weeks and months) and a lot of knowledge on the field as well as methods for literature research in this sphere to be conducted properly. I absolutely don't want you to do your own research about my field of study. You probably have a job and don't want to go to university for 6 years to understand my niche.

  • You just can't win

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  • But then take an Uber there? I mean it can't be the solution to plan to DUI later on? And if you end up taking an Uber home you'll still have to go there eventually to get your car the next day?

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  • I don't understand why people drive to a place where they plan to drink to begin with.

  • What's some small, completely meaningless detail in life that you can never unsee?

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  • Well that's a Killers fact I didn't expect today :D thanks for that

  • What items do you have multiple of even though one would suffice?

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  • Lip balms, nail clippers, and we have a lot of laundry baskets despite living in a 3 room apartment. Two or three per room and three/four in the main laundry collecting area.

  • What's the most unusual way you've made some extra money?

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  • I was snoopy at a fair.

    The job description said "must be 160 cm or shorter". I am 161 cm. This one cm was felt for all the 6 hours.

    I was also insanely hot and blind so at one point I started and kept dancing macarena to not pass out and stay awake. I kept getting phone calls for three years afterwards because they wanted me to work for them again. No way.

  • How do you successfully maintain a calorie deficit over the long run?

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  • If you substitute the sugar with a xylitol or erythritol it will basically have no calories at all.

  • What was the best Christmas you've ever had?

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  • Let's just assume it happened because back then toys were more sturdy

  • What was the best Christmas you've ever had?

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  • Cursing bike building Santa sounds like an impressive memory

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  • I meant wrapping the actual present in embarrassing underwear 😄 But I can see where you are going with your thoughts. I too have trouble wrapping my head around the shortness of existence sometimes.

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  • Thanks for sharing! While I am sorry about the demise of your family member, I am happy that your family used to have such a great person that glued you all together. That person is very lucky to be this beloved and remembered.

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  • Best 45 minutes of Christmas ever

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  • Oh that was a cool bait and switch!