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Oh and the other thing I've learned is how so many of us have a very unrealistic idea of what it will be like to live in another city--and I think it comes from tv. No matter how much research people do, we still buy into the crazy idea that a city is going to resemble the image we see on tv dramas and sitcoms.
We expect to work as a waitress but afford a big apartment like they have in Friends, or live right on the beach, or find an apartment in a building where your friends with everyone and people walk in and out of each other's apartments all day long. We expect to be able to coast around the beltway in 5 minutes because Mulder and Scully can. Etc. etc. And when it doesn't turn out to actually be that way, we feel gypped.
A lot of people over-idealize their next city--then they move there and discover in a lot of ways it's pretty similar to the city they just left.
I learned that people eat Raccoons, Opossum, Squirrels, Alligators, Bears, Snakes and Rabbits. I also learned what a Troll really is and what it really does.
Anonymity online lowers inhibitions, like alcohol, and people take the opportunity to be more of who they really are:
more of a know it all
a jerk
a flirt
racist
sadist
enthusiast
religious
more of a teacher
more motherly/fatherly
dramatic
helpful/service oriented
argumentative
more of a clown/jokester
more friendly
loving
etc.
Anonymity online lowers inhibitions, like alcohol, and people take the opportunity to be more of who they really are:
more of a know it all
a jerk
a flirt
racist
sadist
enthusiast
religious
more of a teacher
more motherly/fatherly
dramatic
helpful/service oriented
argumentative
more of a clown/jokester
more friendly
loving
etc.
that is not true btw did i tell you i am getting ready for the flag day parade?
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How did you do that?????
