• Astronut@lemmy.zip
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    I didn’t vacation when I was impoverished either! My point is why does everyone think that they have to be somewhere else in the world? I know that is so for business but vacations are an absolute waste of money! Read the implications!

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      You don’t value travel. It’s a waste of money to you. But regardless of individual tastes, anyone’s quality of life is degraded by poverty, and this population shift indicates increasing poverty.

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      Seeing natural wonders is good, meeting new people is good, experiencing new things is good. Vacations are human enrichment.

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        Well there you go! But staying home is good as well. I’ve gotten good at it. Everything is copacetic at home. No hassles of airports, reservations, and packing your pile of clothes across the world. Vacations are fine if you feel you need it but I’ve never felt it enough to actually want to. I’ve got lots to do at home and wish for nobody to fill in if I’m gone.

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          @davel@lemmy.ml has it right - it’s a waste of money to you. Staying home is good for you.

          For other people, their quality of life is lessened because they are trapped at home.

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                I’d certainly be happier tomorrow! Hell I’d probably take me a vacation to celebrate!

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                  But like, it wouldn’t actually allow most people to take vacations. In fact, things would probably be roughly the same if Biden or Kamala had won. The current situation is structural, not just the fault of any single person.

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                    Yes it was bad before Lord Feltersnatch but he alone has blown the world into a crisis and there’s no denying that!

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      absolute waste of money!

      The less you eat, drink and buy books; the less you go to the theatre, the dance hall, the public house; the less you think, love, theorise, sing, paint, fence, etc., the more you save – the greater becomes your treasure which neither moths nor rust will devour – your capital. The less you are, the less you express your own life, the more you have, i.e., the greater is your alienated life, the greater is the store of your estranged being.

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      Because vacations are fun and allow you to blow off steam for a little while? Because it’s cool, interesting, and mind-expanding to visit and explore different places of the world and learn about different people and cultures?

      You honestly have never seen a European town/city, some beautiful picturesque mountain view, or an amazing beach scene and never once thought “I’d like to go to some of those places, they look really cool”?

      But it’s alright. We know you’re just a piece of shit troll.

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        Have that shit all you want! Think I’m a troll if you want but I can see All that shit on tv and I don’t have to bother leaving home! Believe or not some people love home. I actually would love to see some certain places but that’s as far as it goes. My wife and I are quite content right at home thank you!

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          I’d love to travel to Russia for a while, maybe for a few months, maybe for a few years. Aside from that I don’t care about travel, I don’t get any enjoyment from looking at famous buildings that everyone has seen before on TV. I’m all for travel but I prefer to stay in one place and make it productive. Just traveling for pleasure seems pointless to me. There should be a solid goal, not just an international holiday every 1-2 years for the hell of it.

          Sad about the poverty though. I’ve been poor my whole life lol