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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • Don’t not tip. Read up on tipping in the US. I think there are some similarities, at least between the US and places within Mexico where there would be a lot of US tourists.

    Don’t miss our National Parks. If there are any near where you are visiting, go there.

    Don’t overplan. You won’t make it to every state. Lots of people that live here don’t make it to every state in their entire lifetimes. If you try to do too much in one visit, you will miss a lot and spend all your time traveling between points. New York City? That’s a full visit, don’t plan anything else. Same with just about any other major city. Plan for quality over quantity.






  • Vanth@reddthat.comtoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlDegrees and "Degrees"
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    I think it’s what you do with it.

    My brother got an engineering degree, decided it wasn’t for him, and is now a decently successful photographer. I got an engineering degree and have used it every day of my career so far.

    My friend got an MBA and jokes about how worthless it is for her but how happy she is in a life that doesn’t require an MBA. My colleague has an MBA and uses it in his finance job all the time.

    Anyone who looks down on another person for their degree, or lack of a degree, needs to mind their own business. Get some hobbies. Invest some time and joy in their own life so they don’t have to be such sour fun-haters about other people.














  • Raised Catholic, and I definitely see organized religion through that lens. I see charismatic leaders manipulating followers. I see systems to keep people, especially women and children, subservient. I see followers giving up responsibility for their own actions and beliefs. Even if a religion doesn’t start out that way, the way they organize makes them susceptible to the power-hungry who will corrupt it.

    Am I extremely sceptical of organized religion? Yes, doubly so of people who seek positions of authority within organized religion.

    Do I recognize some people who follow an organized religion are good and well-intentioned? Yes.

    Do I call bullshit on the people who think the only way to be a good person is by following an organized religion? Heck, yes.