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[–] [email protected] 180 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Boeing has successfully made me mildly anxious about flight for the first time in my life and it only took a couple of months after a lifetime of thinking of it as incredibly safe. Capitalism is awesome.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Ask your doctor about Valium™

[–] [email protected] 47 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Calm as Hindu cows.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I asked for a couple of doses of Valium when I had an 18h flight (Taiwan). I drank at the airport bar before boarding. I was so out of it when we landed that my partner had to tell me what to do. If there had been an emergency procedure I would have died for sure, but at least I wouldn't have been panicked about it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ooh what were you up to in Taiwan? I was just there a couple months ago

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Visiting a partner's mother but also getting introduced to the country. Well, Taipei and places within driving distance. Incredible place. Spotlessly clean. Everyone was very welcoming. How about you?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A new partner I had impulse invited me and I figured whether that went good or bad it would be interesting. We didn't have much of a plan but spent a week running around anywhere that sounded interesting to us. Jiufen and Taroko Gorge were my favorite parts, and seeing how walkable cities can be

People there are so nice right? That stunned me just how kind and helpful people were

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I asked a guy at a music shop how he liked a software licensing system that used a USB key. It was plugged into his laptop. He offered to let me take it and try it out. I was like, "No, man, that's yours."

In a shoe shop, I asked to try on a pair in my size. When the employee didn't come back, my partner asked what was happening and it turned out they didn't have my size. She was going to other shoe stores on the strip asking if they had my size.

The degree of trust and customer service is unlike anything I've experienced in my life. Granted, Taiwan and Canada are the only countries I've been to outside USA. But it really struck me.