You can go anywhere you want in the world; save a little bit of money, and hop on a plane. For the majority of human existence, that was not possible.

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[–]Musky 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

I've heard that in the old days most people lived and died within 30 miles of where they were born. Looking into that, it doesn't seem like that means they never traveled but they often stayed near family, with 30 miles representing a day's ride at a comfortable pace, and it certainly wasn't everyone, as many of the US states had decently sized percentages born elsewhere.

[–]jet199Instigatrix 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

People were divided into settled and movers. Most people stayed put but a minority moved and travelled a lot. They often passed that instinct on to their kids. Most Americans will be descended from that latter group. Children of Cain.

[–]BISH 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And they want to eliminate this (and most people) with the vaccine passport.

[–]MightyMorphinFaggot 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Yeh great, and now all the pilots can just drop dead randomly.

What a a waste.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What?

[–]antares 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I don't know what you mean by "save a little bit of money" when interest rates generally do not keep up with the rate of inflation.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

You don’t understand what I mean when I say save some money for a plane ticket?

[–]antares 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I read each list item as topically independent.