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irradiatepositivity · 2 months ago

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("european who can hop on a cheap train and pass thru 3 different countries without a passport on a day trip to get some coffee and who gets several weeks of legally mandated paid vacation a year" voice) god i cant believe most americans have never left the country. it must be because they are stupid and lazy and uninterested in visiting other countries :/

#buzzy #i dont know how to tell people this but if you live in an area where all the countries around you have open borders #and its Cheap and Easy and Fast to go through them #that makes it fundamentally more easy to visit other countries than if ya you know #live in a huge country with shitty ass public transportation and closed borders #the costs are prohibitive!!! this country has huge rates of poverty!!!!#a passport alone costs $160 #then you gotta think about airfare unless you happen to live within driving distance of the two countries that border us #which. i know for americans many ppl consider 10 hours “within driving distance” but thats also “taking off work” distance and #again we have zero legally mandated paid vacation time.#i want to leave this country!!! i have wanted to for years!!!! it is FUCKING EXPENSIVE!!!!#oh or i forgot you might also be able to spend thousands of dollars on a cruise #listen i just think that if you happen to live in a country small enough that you can ACCIDENTALLY cross borders into another country just #casually while youre driving #you. probably should shut up about ohhhhhh if you havent visited other countries.....#its like yall dont even fucking appreciate your goddamn trains #i would fucking kill someone for a train. idk who just Someone.#thats my trolley problem “if you press this button someone will die but also a high speed train will be accessible” im FUCKING PRESSING #when u live hundreds of miles from the nearest border and it bare minimum will cost hundreds of dollars per person leaving the country #might be a like. Once In A Lifetime trip that you spend years saving up for #im gonna be putting in an application for a passport soon but God i am not looking forward to the fucking cost #bc. yeah.#but who the fuck knows if ill even get a chance to use it any time soon

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