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Every graduation at the time had to either reference or parody this song.
Less than a decade later he won the Nobel Peace prize. Probably not for those jokes
how can it be tested?
it sounds nice, but i struggle with knowing if it’s actually good
Those interested can still listen to the podcast!
Also useful history on the column and misattribution. https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/mary-schmich-is...
Even back then, there were all sorts of weird attributions to it (I think that my Napster copy had a Kurt Vonnegut credits, though the author was Baz Luhrmann in the meta data) and conspiracies about it. But I remember learning fairly early that it was some newspaper column.
The other part of this is that the 7:10 version has the “Everybody’s Free” sample from Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet” — which like every other 13 year old girl in 1997, was a soundtrack I knew backwards/forwards/upside down/verbatim.
Like the people on the podcast, this has remained a weird earworm that I can just recall instantly in weird places.
What a weird but great song. And as I am now in my late 30s, the advice is good!
It's amazing how every so often, I gain new insight into a line from this song. I recently hit 40, and "be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone" is starting to make sense in a way that used to be more abstract.
Protip from someone who is 45 and has had bad knees since he was 15: Strengthen the muscles around the knee as much as possible. The stronger your quads and calves are, the better your knees will be. The best way to do this is squats with either no weights or just a couple of pounds. You may need to wear knee braces when you do this (in my case I was able to skip the braces after about 10 years) This is actually true…
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Where did you roam? What was the best place to be a digital nomad? How sustainable is that lifestyle?
I spent most of my time in Barcelona, but I was in NYC, London, Bangkok, Shenzhen and various small spots throughout Southeast Asia, mostly in Bali and Thailand. I never changed residency officially. I am Danish so I could certainly have saved a lot in taxes, but I just didn't bother. These days there is a lot more infrastructure (like https://nomadlist.com/ ) which is great but I imagine also takes some of the excit…
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38 here, things just don't heal as fast and tend to ache for weeks or months.
Was around the time I started doing yoga semi-regularly (which reminds me I haven't done it in weeks). I have a couple of YouTube videos starred that I use depending on where things ache, though I've found the bulk of what I need is for tight hips; takes care of hips, legs and back pain.