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Re: We can't see our culture very well, because we see with it

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Post by lobster_johnson » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 2:26 AM UTC

superuser2 wrote: post #88

lobster_johnson wrote: post #82

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> Transatlantic roundtrip airfare ... is around $5500. That sounds steep to me. On a lark I checked out Norwegian's [1] prices for 2 adults, 2 children roundtrip on dates around winter break: LAX-CPH: $1,550 JFK-OSL: $1,400 Both non-stop. Of course, if you not near one of the larger transportation hubs, there'll be some additional cost. [1] https://www.norwegian.no/us/

Those prices sound reasonable... per person. Unfortunately the link is broken for me (403).

Those prices are the totals, for all 4 people, including taxes and surcharges.

As for the link, try this one: https://www.norwegian.no/us. (I just copied it from Google, works if you from there, but not if from anywhere else — weird.)

Re: We can't see our culture very well, because we see with it

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Post by dredmorbius » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 4:11 AM UTC

sotojuan wrote: post #69

dredmorbius wrote: post #67

NB: I'm finding this article impossible to read, even in Reader Mode, due to the animated images within its main body. 1. Do. Not. Fucking. Do. This. 2. Firefox: include element blocking / image removal, or at the very fucking least, animation blocking/suppression, in Reader Mode.

The animated images are ridiculous. When I read your comment I thought "Oh great another article using one second gifs of popular tv shows to seem funny". But it's worse than that. It's literally just text.

Jitter-type images are among the more staggeringly annoying.

I'll admit I've been known to abuse animations myself. When G+ introduced "cover photos" always visible on profile pages which couldn't be hidden and filled upwards of half the screen, I compiled a set of the most annoying animated gifs I could find. Out of protest.

Re: We can't see our culture very well, because we see with it

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Post by rogeryu » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 10:15 AM UTC

hammock wrote: post #53

rogeryu wrote: post #21

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It's like I have glasses, and most of the time I don't see them and I forget about them. That's a good thing I guess. Sometimes I wonder if I haven't forgot my glasses, while I am wearing them. Then I have to look for them, really look for the frame until I'm assured they are there. Stupid, but this is how it works over here! ;-)

And how often do you think about/are you aware how the fact that you are wearing glasses changes the way people think about you, and the way they interact with you?

I seldom think about that. My father has glasses, thick ones. What I remember is that his eyes were much bigger when he had his glasses on. That may affect how other people see you. Then the frame changes your looks. German people and especially women have a specific taste for frames that doesn't make them look more sympathetic.

Re: We can't see our culture very well, because we see with it

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Post by greggarious » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 7:17 PM UTC

Nadya wrote: post #66

superuser2 wrote: post #65

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Transatlantic roundtrip airfare for a family of 4 at a time kids will have off from school is around $5500. That's before you start getting places to sleep for any appreciable amount of time, car rentals or train tickets (which are quite expensive), etc. Median income in the US is around $50,000. $7-8k is a family car, most of somebody's student loan balance, the entire electronics budget for ~5 years. You want them…

Without even getting into money - try taking 2 or 3 weeks off work and see if you still have your job in most places... taking time off is a rarity in the U.S for anything short of maternity leave. Meanwhile many other countries have mandatory time off. As in "you better take off at least 21 days this year." Seriously, just take a look at this. [0] United States has 0 days off. Over half the list is >15 days. Those p…

Maybe Americans could stand to think critically about where they work.

I work for a nonprofit here in the states. I make roughly half of what my friends who work for large companies make.

On the other hand, I recently spent 2 weeks of vacation in Europe, followed by a professional conference at a large European university. (20 days total). I was not expected to work or check email while on vacation, and my supervisors viewed my job at the conference itself to be to present my research and network with professionals who can assist with our mission, not sit around in a hotel room catching up on email.

As a bonus, I know my work helps people instead of lining the pockets of the upper classes.

Frankly, it astounds me that so many people fixate so much on salary. (Hourly rate is a better heuristic. Talk informally to your friends about their salary and hours, and do the math yourself.)