You know what's awesome about technology? That we can stay in contact with our friends around the world. I can email my friends in Normandy and we can arrange for me to visit by LIVE VIDEO CHATTING, and then I get in an airplane and fly through the the air like a princess on a magic carpet.
You know what is NOT awesome about technology? That we are in such constant contact that no one ever shuts the hell off. I just keep getting emails until 5 am, and then they stop for 5 minutes. And then they start again.
And the absolute worst place to live for all of this is the east coast. You get screwed by Europe who makes you get out of bed early and then leaves you hanging in the middle of the day. You get screwed by the west coast who rolls into work at 1pm your time and really only gets the ball rolling by the time you should be going home.
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My friend living in Africa was at a wedding this weekend where the groom was TWO HOURS LATE. And no explanation. He was just running late. This friend also explained the difference between saying "now" (which means 'yeah whenever the hell I feel like it'...Aka maybe in 4 hours or so) and "now now now now now" (which translates to 'hurry the fuck up. This is not a drill')
How can cultures have such wildly different concepts of time??
Also, I gotta move somewhere where time doesn't exist.
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