The reason you will never live in boat city is that Venice is an overpriced tourist trap.
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Also everything is fucking private property.
Man, as someone living on Vancouver Island, I feel this. Miles and miles of gorgeous back country, much of it gated off and labeled private.
But, I get out and see what I can. And I have to say, there is nothing boring about it.
I'll keep saying it. Everyone needs to read grapes of wrath and fucking rise up against these evil people.
No low orbit goon cave, why even live
I think everyone missed the actual greentext part and focused instead on the snarky comment, but there are, in fact, multiple cities in the world (including the US) where a significant number of people live on houseboats. Many large cities with a significant amount of waterways offer this option, such as Amsterdam, Hamburg, or Seattle. It’s sadly usually not cheap and comes with a number of drawbacks, but it IS possible and people do live there full-time.
They have dimly lit house boats but that doesn't automatically mean 'exciting' and 'intelligent'.
it's called a cruise and it fucking sucks.
You misspelled “floating viral incubator”
That's where viruses go to gain experience and level up. It's like that vacuum chamber or whatever in that stupid kids anime. The viruses come out 9000x stronger
One-piece?
I was thinking of DBZ lol
there's also the weaponized floating parking-lot
Cruises are cool. The problem is that modern cruises are ecologically ass and only reasonably affordable to the rich.
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I knew a lady who had this annoying saying, "if you're bored, you're boring.* I mean really, sayings like that irritate me to no end. Unfortunately it's true.
We were all better when boredom was the great motivator to go out and do things, now it's the motivator to (insert socially acceptable addiction here).
insert socially acceptable addiction here
"socially acceptable addiction" is the key point here. when people were bored at earlier times, they went to the nearest bar/pub/disco and sexually harassed some other people ... that's frowned upon these days.
Why is our planet so boring and stupid?
Because billionaires want it to only be interesting and beneficial to themselves and their class.
They don't even want it to be interesting, they want it to be semigloss white, stainless steel and glass. They have no imagination. The most interesting thing they can come up with is white mega yachts and Infinity pools. They can't fathom the mood of a creaky old wooden fishing trawler chugging seawards into a misty sunrise.
Can I say?
Every fucking movie that ends with a "utopia" where everyone is just smiling in a white void of a room with no color or joy to it? Makes me feel very much like that isn't a utopia and just shows how unimaginative the people we let tell us how the world should be are.
Wait. What movie actually ends with people smiling in a white void?
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This. Because billionaires want you to be trapped in that room. They did the streaming service roll-out, after all.
Seriously. And before anyone says “well you need a lot of money to do things”..
There is nothing stopping you from getting out of your room and exploring. Even if it means a quick adventure at a park nearby. Or go to some small town you’ve never been before. Explore the local shops and parks. Go to a local art exhibition. Sit somewhere and experience somewhere new.
None of this requires much money at all.
Or go to some small town you’ve never been before
How does that not require money?
Money isn't everything
- The richest person you know
I mean, steps 0-.99 are touching grass long enough to bring your brain back to equilibrium. If you can’t enjoy stopping to smell the roses because you’re so fried from oily food, video games, and casual online bigotry to mask your absence of self worth, there’s less point in the rest.
But that’s just how I perceive most modern 4chan posters. I’ve read no studies
I mean, steps 0-.99 are touching grass long enough to bring your brain back to equilibrium.
So, if the place you live has snow on the ground between November and May, you have to wait a few months to touch grass?
There’s a reason Finland’s second favorite pastime is alcoholism. But yes.
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People who havent experienced one iota of what this planet has to offer "it's so boring heeeeere"
I mean.... we are on lemmy, so it's more like, people who can't experience one iota of what this planet has to offer. The fact that I've been able to travel around just my home country and see a variety of landscapes puts me among a relatively lucky few. Being able to read more books in the last few months than many will ever own, or that I have an 'adrenaline' hobby, makes me incredibly lucky.
I won't come down on someone who may never get out of a 50 mile region of their hometown.
Man, maybe it's just that the US is depressing, but I have seen cool nature within two minutes of my home town. Like, there are small forests nearby who just have so much to offer.
no i go out and its deff still stupid.
Well hes right..
Go out and life
Hey, my room is very well lit.
tfw dimly lit room in space
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