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[–] 357 points 1 year ago (49 children)

I don’t know if it’s unbelievable good or unbelievable bad from the title.

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  • [–] 120 points 1 year ago (24 children)

    Having gone through their post history, they're generally very appreciative of simple things and beautiful sights, so I'd assume unbelievably good =)

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  • [–] [S] 78 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    You are correct. I can't believe we actually did it. (We're back now.)

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  • [–] 44 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    As long as you had fun, nothing else mattress

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    How early did the boat traffic start? Was the place deserted enough to boink before bedtime?

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago

    There were only 10 tour boats in the park while we were there, according to the guide. I can only remember seeing one or two on the whole trip. We were two of us on the boat plus the crew which consisted of a guide, a captain, a helper, and a cook. They slept below. How quiet are you?

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    Wholesome internet stalking

    (I use the word "stalking" in jest. I am amused because usually when one has cause to "stalk" a user's post history, it's because there's some drama or dirt that turns up. I always feel awkward and a bit vulnerable when I reflect on how people can peruse your post history at will, but I find the wholesomeness of this subverts the anxiety I usually feel at this prospect. It's scary that we can quickly find enough to summarise a person's online presence, but "generally very appreciative of simple things and beautiful sights" is a lovely thing to be, and makes me wonder how I would come across at a glance. Good, I hope — because it turns out that it is possible to have positive conversations with internet strangers)

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Ironic that you should mention dirt and drama in one's post history when you're the same person who posted this:

    What is your favourite autumn soup?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm not clear on the irony here. Or is the joke about how the autumn soup comment is like the opposite of dirt and drama?

    (In hindsight, I shouldn't be surprised that my comment led to people looking at my post history)

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Hmmm, I guess I never really thought to divide my soups by season.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You're not gonna eat pumpkin soup in the summer!? Gazpacho in winter, God forbid!?

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  • [–] 114 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    The important thing these days is: it must be Instagram worthy. That's all that matters.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Ugh... Right.... Today I was at a place with my partner and a group of younger (not as in young, just younger than us) girls behind us. They were talking about some place they were familiar with and how cute it was, how they hadn't been there in so long

    "That's like the most instagramable place ever!" I swear I could see the back of my skull, that's how hard my eyes rolled

    Told my partner, "I guess we judge places by how instagram worthy they are.." Their reply, "so cringe"

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I don't use any of that stuff. Still, I don't have an issue with the language. It sounds like they just mean it's cute. I use the word "Google" to refer to web searches, but I don't use Google.

    I think policing language is stupid. You can't know what they meant from what they said. They could be saying they only like it to share on social media, or it could have meant it's just really cute. I think judging the language of strangers beyond this is just a waste of energy and a good way to make yourself feel worse —I say this fully recognizing that I'm doing the same thing.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I guess that depends on whether said orangutans are brachiators or swingers? 🤷🏼‍♂️

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  • [+] -25 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    how can you look at that and not immediately know if they mean unbelievable negatively?

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    If there are no insects and the weather is warm enough, then this is amazing.

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    As long as there’s a mosquito net I’d still be thrilled. Going to sleep hearing the crickets and the water sounds like bliss.

    I have actually done that, just not on a boat and I had a sleeping bag and pad instead of a bed. Even a crappy real bed sounds nice.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I too have been to Borneo and saw the orang-utans. Mosquito nets are not guaranteed, but yeah, with one it looks like a pretty sweet spot. Certainly better than a lot of the places I stayed at in South-East Asia .

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Oh, sorry for being unclear, I meant the sleeping outside part! Never been to Borneo myself, it sounds fantastic though.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Cool place. I didn't think you had been, I was more referring to the OP. I didn't do a river cruise, though. I worked in Brunei for about 5 months, and went to Sabah to see the apes and climb Mt. Kinabalu before leaving. This was in 1994 and sadly I no longer have the photos.

    I always say the unofficial motto of SEA is 'What's that smell?"

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago*

    It’s not posted to some flavor of disappointing/rage community. You don’t see many negative things posted to a general pics sub.

    I’d not be happy with that spot, but I can see how some people who don’t think things through could think it’s dope before actually sleeping a night there.

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