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Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Re: Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Post by metacritic12 »

bombcar wrote: post #72
iso1631 wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While an EU citizen can at least roam in the EU fine, and a US citizen can roam the 50 states, seems that roaming outside of that would be exceedingly difficult and expensive to get appropiate visa (if they exist)

The "quiet part" you don't say out loud is you don't get work visas - you pretend you're a tourist and survive on those. However, an American could spend years just traveling the United States, and that doesn't even cover the possibility of the territories, etc.

Also it's an open secret that enforcement is poor to nil on the above setup.

The major checkpoint is at custom control, where choosing your words carefully will be important. I'm sure Google offers some good advice on this.

Re: Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Post by xbar »

sailfast wrote: post #74

Everybody always forgets the last line: “Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth. But trust me on the sunscreen”

Actually, that's the line I most often reference when giving advice to my adult children.

Re: Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Post by scarface_74 »

iso1631 wrote: post #44
Jordanpomeroy wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where did you roam? What was the best place to be a digital nomad? How sustainable is that lifestyle?

While an EU citizen can at least roam in the EU fine, and a US citizen can roam the 50 states, seems that roaming outside of that would be exceedingly difficult and expensive to get appropiate visa (if they exist)

I can attest to that, my wife and I are planning the digital nomad lifestyle later this year. But we are doing it only in the US, staying in one brand of hotels (Hilton brands -- Homewood and Embassy's mostly) to take advantage of loyalty programs for free nights, the consistency over trying to stay at an AirBnb and just for comfort, and flying everywhere.

It's going to take us at least 3 years to hit all of the places we want to stay. Depending on hotel prices, we plan to stay at each place from 7-21 days. It's definitely on the "expensive" side. But we are renting out our house and selling our cars to make it more affordable.

Of course The whole credit card churning and earning points won't hurt.

Re: Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Post by anotheruser092 »

lysergia wrote: post #40

Reminds me of ‘Fitter Happier’ by Radiohead. Some loose guide on how to succeed in life, although the Radiohead lyrics are more cynical. Here’s the lyrics: "Fitter Happier" Fitter, happier, more productive Comfortable (Not drinking too much) Regular exercise at the gym (Three days a week) Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries At ease Eating well (No more microwave dinners and saturated fats) A…

I get the message, and I strongly disagree with it, as someone who hasn't achieved stability yet.

When you don't have a stable career, or work for long hours for low pay with family to take care of, you wish you had this life. The message can also be taken in a bad way by young people, who then neglect to develop useful skills early on, and ultimately struggle hard to find work. There is so much messaging against good choices in life, that people overlook why they are good choices anyways. I'd rather be at least middle class with the money and freedom to change my circumstances, than struggling with little freedom due to lack of resources.

I don't deny that this is a work of art, and one crafted well, but I just disagree with the sentiment.

Re: Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Post by patrec »

agileAlligator wrote: post #75
patrec wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Now try "^F work".

according to another comment, you pretend you are a tourist and don't actually get a work visa

I other words, you are willing to commit insurance fraud (or shoulder the risks of being uninsured) and violate visa laws and hope nobody finds out. But at least no one will accuse you of being of an "anti-globalist perspective".

(For what it's worth, I think it would probably be a win for many countries to make it feasible to get some short-term-ish remote work visa if you are unlikely to burden them or drive down local wages).

Re: Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Post by edmcnulty101 »

EvanAnderson wrote: post #65
edmcnulty101 wrote: post #62

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Code IS documentation!

Like how a recording of a performance is the same as the sheet music.

Haha that's a great analogy. I'm going to use that when someone gives me that BS line that code is documentation.

Re: Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Post by tclancy »

dsego wrote: post #14
blowski wrote: post #12

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.

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.

Re: Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Post by biofox »

EvanAnderson wrote: post #65
edmcnulty101 wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Code IS documentation!

Like how a recording of a performance is the same as the sheet music.

Development is like a one-way hash function: a line of code may have been added and structured a particular way for any one of an infinite number of reasons.

Without the documentation (the forward mapping) there's no way to exactly predict its intended function, leading to all sorts of misunderstandings further down the line when someone tries to reverse it.

Re: Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Post by yardstick »

bombcar wrote: post #72
iso1631 wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While an EU citizen can at least roam in the EU fine, and a US citizen can roam the 50 states, seems that roaming outside of that would be exceedingly difficult and expensive to get appropiate visa (if they exist)

The "quiet part" you don't say out loud is you don't get work visas - you pretend you're a tourist and survive on those. However, an American could spend years just traveling the United States, and that doesn't even cover the possibility of the territories, etc.

What about the tax aspect of it? Or do you simply pay tax as resident of the place you last properly lived?

Maybe this is a more relevant question for non-Americans, since most other countries don’t tax their citizens on their worldwide income. Eg UK definitely doesn’t. But often it requires the employer to be comfortable with the HR situation you put them in. Often easier to contract via a company (intermediary HR entity or your own).

Re: Mary Schmich's “Wear Sunscreen”, which turned into an unlikely 90s hit (2019)

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Post by fezfight »

kcarter80 wrote: post #60
VyseofArcadia wrote: post #56

Interesting! I am the age when I should have come across this song, but I never did. Never saw the music video, never heard it on the radio, never heard anyone talk about it at school. The advice is timeless, but I don't know that the song has aged particularly well. If you can call it that. It's less a song and more an essay read over a very 90s beat, and not 90s in a way that makes me nostalgic either.

I'm 41. I just asked 6 friends who are my contemporaries and each of them knew this song well. It was also, of course, extremely popular, as the link points out. Can you introspect a bit about what may be unusual about you so that you were never exposed to this song?

I'm 40 and I've never heard it, nor have the 4 people sitting around me.

We were all in Ontario when this song was apparently popular. We were all massively into music at the time.

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