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What are some life lessons you've learned in your own way? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
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Nostalgia isn't only a hell of a drug, but it's a hell of an addiction too. Chasing times when you last felt good or when you felt things were right. Getting in touch with old flames that you forgot that there were reasons you moved on from, until you read the painful endings as to why those connections died.

Having those rose-tinted shades aren't always good for you.

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[–] 46 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I've traveled to 50 countries and lived in three. People are basically good, but the media shouters will try very hard to convince you otherwise.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 hours ago

    Currently, there are a fair amount of people trying to convince us that Iran is the enemy. Yes, their culture has its issues. But it doesn't really work when the 5 Iranians I personally know are some of the nicest people you will meet.

    Our differences are far smaller than the things that unify us.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    I haven't been to that many and I won't say I've been to the other end of the spectrum. But, having been to other corners of the square, I've found that people are the same. There are wildly different cultural norms that can certainly be misconstrued as rude or invasive, but damn, the baseline human experience is so common.

    We all think we need more money. We all know lots of people worse off. We all know several better off. We all celebrate births, marriages, and deaths. We all feed our guests to excess (not you, whichever Scandinavian country it is that makes guests wait in the other room while you have dinner). We all make liquor from anise.

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