my favorite thing in the whole wide world is when white people try to give interesting facts about themselves and try to make themselves sound worldly
and the best they can come up with is "I studied Japanese in college" or "I lived in China...for two months."
like IDK I lived in Japan for a year on my own where I had to work and pay rent and get healthcare but it doesn't feel like something to brag about so much as a fact of life that usually gets dragged out of me unless it's relevant to the conversation
like you want a cookie for venturing outside the US to some ~exotic foreign land~?
@guerrillarain this feels like it must be a fairly american thing. like, there's definitely annoying clueless white guys who do this here too, but most people have the good sense to realize it's not a huge deal. but I get the impression most people in the US don't even have a passport?
@nergdron @guerrillarain I'm nearly 30, and I've never had a passport.
@ajroach42 @guerrillarain this makes me sad. if only because canada is right here and we'd love to have you visit. 😄
@ajroach42 @guerrillarain awwww MD is so close to the border! you could def drive up for cheap. Take a week, go to Montreal in the summer, it'll be loads of fun, I promise. ❤
@nergdron @ajroach42 *grandpa voice* I remember back in my youth when you only needed a drivers license to cross into Canada
@guerrillarain @ajroach42 fuck. me too. I remember travelling as a kid to Montana, and all we needed was a health card to prove we had health insurance. not even ID.
our two countries used to brag about having the largest undefended border in the world. and then Bush happened, and it's been an increasing nightmare ever since.
@ajroach42 @guerrillarain it was funny, you didn't used to need a passport to go to any of the Commonwealth Countries from Canada either, so while lots of Canadians travelled internationally, most of them didn't have passports until the US changed their rules. there was a massive backlog for a few years at the passport office when that went through in the states.
@nergdron @guerrillarain we’re moving to GA soon. No where near the border.
But it’s on my list. I want to see Canada and parts of South American soon. I have friends and family to visit.
@ajroach42 @guerrillarain nice! I hope you get the chance!
@nergdron @guerrillarain
Yeah... I've only been north of MD twice.
I would love to travel, but I've never been able to afford to.
Hopefully, that'll change soon.