I learned Russian on Duolingo for the Fabergé eggs and cathedrals but then I never used it and forgot it all and am now less than impressed anyway.
this post was submitted on 25 May 2026
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Me learning Mandarin for no fucking reason whatsoever:
I don't like travelling, so I chose to develop an attachment to the Indigenous country whose stolen land I live on. That way I can learn their culture and language from home.
Me and pre-2016 USA fr.
Really? Because even before Trump, things were sliding into authoritarianism around here pretty quick. Maybe pre-9/11 USA? But honestly, that was our biggest period of economic exploitation of developing countries. As long as I've been alive, I cannot think of a single time my home country has been a good guy on the international stage.
The US has amazing nature. I wanted to do the Appalachian trail, but current visa reqs stop me from ever going to the USA. :(
Had* amazing nature. Parks and reservations are being given over to oil, and data centers are poisoning citizens and the ecosystems they live in/near
Yeah, as a Canadian I'm pretty glad I don't live south of the border. Things are a little better up here but the cost of living to income ratio is worse so the US does have that going for them.
no
Taiwan my beloved.
And not just the real famous ones! I want to see a white guy in the US just completely obsessed and fanboying over the Gambia.
White guy in the US here, I'm obsessed with Suriname. Most people I mention it to don't even know it exists, and like half of them will still walk away from the conversation thinking I'm talking about either Africa or Asia even after I explicitly mention the continent and population.
I'm quite fond of Vanuatu
Why is this true? Any psychologist here that could briefly explain this effect/phenomenon/watchacallit?
Paris Syndrome.
Doesn't look like it's the same thing tbh.
It's the aftermath of the same thing and any precursor to that is what's you're looking for.
Another similar idea is the "Grass is Greener" Syndrome, but that's for relationships with other people, not places.
I've reached the point in this cycle where I begin to realize that I should never go there - lest my dreams will be crushed by the awful reality we live in rn.