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Anonymous wrote:Whether one has a passport.

We don't have passports, and we have a 7 figure HHI. Zero interest in leaving the continental US.

People like you scare me.

I could say the same. People that put a global viewpoint above a national viewpoint are scary to me.

But, you're not putting a global perspective *above* a national one. You only have a national one, and no global one at all. Frankly, if you want to understand the United States better, you need to see how people outside the US see it.

You are responding to a lot of people. You think it's one, it's not.

I feel the same sentiment and have traveled plenty outside of the US, mostly to Africa as I've been in love with every wild and beautiful place I've had the honor to visit. You are shamefully close minded.

NP. How is that "close minded"?

This poster claims that the ONLY way to have a global perspective is to travel ( for pleasure ) globally. I've traveled for pleasure and for work globally and this is simply not true. Books, good books, written by international authors are the key to knowledge, not a trip to see Big Ben and the lovely gardens of Tokyo.

I suggest going through the Pulitzer prize winners at the inception of Pulitzer and crack open a few. This is for a basic 101 understanding. Our very own Anne Applebaum is a start.

Oh, ITA. Sorry, I misunderstood from which perspective you were arguing.

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Anonymous wrote:Whether one has a passport.

We don't have passports, and we have a 7 figure HHI. Zero interest in leaving the continental US.

People like you scare me.

I could say the same. People that put a global viewpoint above a national viewpoint are scary to me.

But, you're not putting a global perspective *above* a national one. You only have a national one, and no global one at all. Frankly, if you want to understand the United States better, you need to see how people outside the US see it.

You are responding to a lot of people. You think it's one, it's not.

I feel the same sentiment and have traveled plenty outside of the US, mostly to Africa as I've been in love with every wild and beautiful place I've had the honor to visit. You are shamefully close minded.

NP. How is that "close minded"?

This poster claims that the ONLY way to have a global perspective is to travel ( for pleasure ) globally. I've traveled for pleasure and for work globally and this is simply not true. Books, good books, written by international authors are the key to knowledge, not a trip to see Big Ben and the lovely gardens of Tokyo.

I suggest going through the Pulitzer prize winners at the inception of Pulitzer and crack open a few. This is for a basic 101 understanding. Our very own Anne Applebaum is a start.

So true.

I'm the poster who travels domestic by choice and was "accused" of being middle class (oh the horrors!) And I LOVE Applebaum. Gulag was one of the best books I've ever read on the topic of Russian concentration camps. So much focus is on Hitler and the Holocaust, while Stalin was just about doing thr same thing.

So on a side note, for my fellow proletariats who prefer the Grande Canyon over a 24hr flight to Angor Wat, you should pick up Gulag, it's a great read and maybe you can come a hair closer to the sophistication of Angry Tokyo.

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Anonymous wrote:This thread is funny. What is the deal with teeth? DH and I both have yellow teeth (mine way more than his), not because of smoking or drinking coffee/tea (we do none of these/never did) but because we were born with yellow teeth. We have super healthy teeth (haven't had dental work in over 25 years). Both of us had braces though, so we have nice, but very yellow teeth (and we are not going to start bleaching). We also wear pretty cheap shoes, usually from TJ Maxx, Ross, or a similar place. Both of us have 3 pairs of shoes each. I buy most of my clothes at TJ Maxx. Our household income puts us in the top 1%, and we bought a 1 million dollar house at age 31 (first time home buyers with all our own money--no parent contributions), but I'm sure one look at our yellow teeth and cheapo shoes and no one would think that. We choose to spend our money on other things than teeth bleaching and shoes.

Cool story, bro

+1. Read the subject line again. There are plenty of exceptions. Glad you choose to spend you money elsewhere, and now choose to share your story somewhere in frugal forum. How the hell did you manage to make people like you look bad?!

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Anonymous wrote:(elite liberals are pro-union but union jobs are beneath them)

LOL, that is so true!

They are overqualified for those jobs, but they want to make sure you, little man, have a good union looking out for you.

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This thread is getting weirder by the minute.

PPs, you should seriously consider re-reading your posts.

Popcorn guy is right.

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^^

Jeff, could you add a new popcorn emoticon?

This thread earned it!

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Jeff, could you add a new popcorn emoticon?

This thread earned it!

Why don't you just post an image? It's easy