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I came expecting a thoughtful how-to on squeezing more juice out of routine and boring-ness, what I got was an irate classist polemic that just didn't know when
by vinceguidry 9y ago
I came expecting a thoughtful how-to on squeezing more juice out of routine and boring-ness, what I got was an irate classist polemic that just didn't know when to end. It segued all-too gradually from amusing and clever rant to listening to that one uncle rave incoherently for hours about racist bullshit. I daresay he got paid by the word.
Now I know what a half-boiled frog feels like. I couldn't even finish it.
- ballenarosada 9y agoClassist?
- vinceguidry 9y agoUnbelievably classist. Everyone who wants something different than the author does from travel must be snooty and incapable of appreciating 'real' travel.
- mpnordland 9y agoI'd say she would rather one not travel at all.
- vinceguidry 9y agoYou would think so, given the title but after all the polemic, she never seems to argue for it. Maybe it was just buried at the bottom of the rant.
- jzymbaluk 9y agoDisgustingly so. These lower middle-class dolts who scrimp and save to go on vacation are RUINING cities for REAL travelers like the author. These poor idiots don't even deserve to travel! Why can't they just learn their place and stay put?
- reureu 9y agoI’m not sure we read the same article. I didn’t hear the author claim anybody should be traveling, including her. I read it as traveling ruins the things that you’re traveling to see, and that everyone should focus more effort on staying put. I didn’t catch any exceptions to those statements.