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Warszawa
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Warszawa
@nematophy
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- In Victorian novels, two types of luxuries stand out. One is exotic fruits from the orient - these have never been cheaper or more available. The other is the ability to just vibe at your friend’s country house for a month - this has never been as expensive and or inaccessibleJust bought 5 lbs of oranges for $6, in the northeast US during winter. The kind of invisible luxury of the modern world that was unimaginable for 99% of the human population for almost all of our history
- Replying to @Elessar_Kalki67Because he's not popular in Japan, so he can live a normal life without being constantly harassed in public Also Japan rules
- Replying to @Txp_RBI_Xctuxlbuy the plot of land then. its not your land
- It’s fascinating how closely the map of “temperate deciduous forest biomes”maps to what most consider “the Modern World”
Replying to @nematophyThat sort of super productive climate seems to facilitate what you might call traditional civilization, but slows down modernization. Modernity after all was developed in the north, partly as a result of adaptation to climate *stress.* - Replying to @billybrizzle420I've smoked enough weed to know that it impacts individuals *very* differently. Probably moreso than any other drug. This is definitely true for a lot of people, and not true for others. The only solution is to be introspective enough to know on which side you land.
- Replying to @GTWScarIt's literally the last item you get in the game. By the time you get the Elytra you've already won
- Replying to @PAstynomeChina is a wealthy industrialized power (with a vast poor hinterland attached)
- Trump would get 98% of the vote and he'd also be considered a far-left lunatic
- Replying to @MikulodianThis is my point. Both oranges and vibing were only for the wealthy. One luxury has trickled down, the other hasn’t
