• Colloidal@programming.dev
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    Stop gatekeeping tourism. “Oh, if you don’t live in each city of each country for at least a week, are you even outside your home?” Who TF you think has money for that? People will choose what they want to see. If they stay in one or two cities, they haven’t seen enough. If they run through 10 countries in 12 days, it was only a shallow visit. Who can win? Fuck off with that bullshit.

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      Traveling [place] implies you’re seeing a large enough portion of it to be representative to all of [place]. That’s what this is making fun of. Nobody says ‘im travelling the US’ when theyre just going to NYC and Florida. At most they’d say they’re going TO the US. That’s just what those respective phrasings imply. The meme isn’t ripping on not travelling or not travelling everywhere.

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        I have never heard anyone say that they’re “travelling Europe” in my life. I don’t think this is a thing. I’ve heard people say “I’m going to [insert European country]” instead. I’ve heard people claim to backpack across Europe, though I don’t know where that usually entails.

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        Traveling [place] implies you’re seeing a large enough portion of it to be representative to all of [place].

        [citation needed]

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        I just said people will go to where they want to go. Did I fucking stutter?

        If they want to go to Paris instead of the just as romantic Prague, you don’t get a say in it. None of your business.

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            And people will start listening when said opinions pays their mortgage. Until then “lol, no” will be your answer.

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        people don’t get to do many overseas vacations. Makes sense they would want to go to the best countries first? Yes every country is unique beautiful and people are interesting and if someone can afford to keep exploring, it’s endless delight. but Italy, France, Spain are not deemed the best for no reason. It’s because they genuinely are

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          idk i think “best” is doing rather a lot of work here. smaller countries can be quite interesting and hospitable as well. i quite enjoyed my time in finland personally

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            i emphasized several times that other countries can also be interesting and enjoyable and terrific. Does not mean one is not much better. You might choose to go to Finland if you’ve already visited Italy but, again, not everyone can afford multiple trips, even over the course of their lifetime. And when you can only choose one, you don’t start with niche. Very few people would pass on visiting many different places, it’s just that most people don’t have that option

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              I haven’t visited Italy tho and do not plan to. or Spain or France. Finalnd is as real a country as any other and not “niche”

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    No different than European tourists “traveling the US” visiting a couple of big cities and maybe the Grand Canyon on a stop in between.

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    For a more accurate map, erase everything south of Rome, including Sicily, as well as Corsica and Sardinia. At the northern end of things, probably also Ireland and Scotland.
    Then make four new tiny islands and name them Barcelona, Munich, Amsterdam and Prague.

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      I also don’t get why it only includes NI and not Eire. Don’t most Americans go to Dublin, Cork, Galway, Waterford, Limerick?

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        I think NI is included as part of the UK and, if we’re being honest, it’s rare that they visit anything more than an hour from London or Edinburgh so having most of the rest of the UK is push too.

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      Keep Tuscany, Rome, Milan, Naples and Venice and you are done for Italy.

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      Agreed from New Jersey. I was fortunate enough to go with a friend whose family is all from Portugal, in Furadurao or however it’s spelled, I dunno. But did Lisboa, Porto, stopped at the home of the oldest brothers in Portugal (at the time). Was fed much portwine at every home we stopped at, and ate bread with melted cheese in it that I’ve been chasing for the last 15 years since we were there.

      I’m fortunate to be from Jersey for many reasons, but one of them is the huge Portuguese population we have and the cooking they brought with them.

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    People rip on Americans like this because they don’t know we get 10 days off a year and have to pay $20,000 for the ambulance.

    This is the only type of Euro Trip we can afford to take.

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      Strange, because eastern Europe is a lot cheaper to travel than France, Italy or the UK. Those are some of the most expensive countries actually.

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        Flying there from the US is more expensive and Americans generally don’t want to see Eastern Europe.

        More cost, less benefit.

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    Might as well only mark the most visited cities and capitals.

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    Obviously they also have to go to Eire and annoy the locals by claiming to be Irish and asking where the Blarney Stone is for a selfie.

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    Or be Danish:

    American: I have been to Denmark! I love Denmark.

    Visits Copenhagen only 🤡

    Especially offensive if you are a Jut like moi. You motherfuckers come here and think Copenhagen is Denmark, yet entirely ignore the rest of the country and especially Jutland where the vikings lived, Amleth’s grave is, where the king’s used to be crowned, the earliest Danish law that predates your frigging country by several centuries AND it is the place that Tolkien based Middle Earth and characters like Eowyn on. You could literally go visit the real Helms Deep, Isengard, Aros and Esgaroth and you could go visit the place of the legendary shieldmaiden Hervør who inspired Eowyn and in some ways Aragorn too.

    But no no. cOpEnHaGen is Denmark. The one city in Denmark where no one speaks Danish, lol.

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      To be fair… most of those sights are piles of mud with sign posts.

      For tourists I’d rather recommend the cold war museum, the original Lego land, the beaches on the west coast, hiking along the east coast fjords, the lakes at Silkeborg, the desert at Skagen, the ruins at Kalø, the various nature reserves.

      There’s plenty of stuff to see. May, June and August are the best times to visit. The rest of the year has unpredictable weather.

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      American: I have been to Jutland! I love Jutland.

      Visits Midtjylland only 🤡

      Especially offensive if you are a Jut like moi. You motherfuckers come here and think Midtjylland is Denmark, yet entirely ignore the rest of Jutland and especially Vestjylland where the oldest viking town is, where Dronning Dagmar died, where witches were burned, where old fisheries and new energy tech stand side by side, where beautiful beaches are littered with crazy nazi bunkers, where you can go north and surf or go south and see the flattest fucking place in the world, walking across the Vadehav to a literal island at low tide.

      But no no. mIdTjYlLaNd is Denmark. The one place in Jutland where no one speaks Jutlandic, lol.

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      So other than Copenhagen, the only other things worth seeing in your country are only worth seeing because they’re related to an English book series and American film series?

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      There is the reason the Ferhman-Belt tunnel is being built. Perfect to avoid the Danish parts of Jutland. It even manages to avoid Vikings history for the most part. After all that bit was Slavic back then.

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      no no… I’ve been to Billund too! :)
      Well, Legoland, but still.

      Which is a joke, I’ve never actually visited Copenhagen, but I did visit Århus, I loved the ARoS museum there, wish I had had more time to also visit Den Gamle By.
      And I’ve visited Jesperhus in Nykobing Mors.

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    This thread is just massive gatekeeping 🤣

    So many angry nerds people care mostly about food and shopping.