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Originally Posted by Ryan Coke
It's like when you meet people that do some travelling, and suddenly feel that they've got this brilliant understanding of things, people, society, whatever, that they didn't have before, and that people that haven't travelled 'just don't understand'. Lots of people don't need to live in Africa to 'get it'--my thoughts didn't really change after I spent time in various parts of the world, I could relate more with first hand experience, but it didn't give me a higher level of worldly insight. It didn't make my thoughts 'special'.
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Ugg, I know people like this, and it makes me sick when they start talking in that condescending/almost arrogant tone, where they draw out words to ephasize their stupid point. "You Knoooowww, these people live in houses the size of our bathrooms, and struggle to find food. For fun the kids play soccer with an old delapitated ball and a field of rocks, but you know what? They have fun, because they're sooooo strong and sooooo brraaavvvee, the hope in these people's eyes...it's soooo inspiring. Then over here in Caaanada, we don't appreciate anything...well me and Jim do, now that we've seen things. People here are sooo spoiled and sooo blind to the world. If I could give one gift to the world, it would be for everyone to experience what we got see on our trip. It's changed us as people"
Everyone knows people like this, and these same people are always right back to complaining about the same minor problems and spending money on the same useless things as the rest of us within a few weeks.
