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But it's not a clear-cut thing, is what I am trying to say. You are making the sweeping generalisation that everything in Britain is boring, whereas I am trying to say that some people enjoy it. But just because A exists, doesn't mean B is COMPLETELY shit, it just means that it is not as good, but still has merits that can be enjoyed. Some people want the charm of Britain, and while they would equally enjoy seeing NZ, can't afford to.

I can't imagine. How do you get on in France?
Like the Brits say: swings and roundabouts. :tup: :D
 

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But it's not a clear-cut thing, is what I am trying to say. You are making the sweeping generalisation that everything in Britain is boring, whereas I am trying to say that some people enjoy it. But just because A exists, doesn't mean B is COMPLETELY shit, it just means that it is not as good, but still has merits that can be enjoyed. Some people want the charm of Britain, and while they would equally enjoy seeing NZ, can't afford to.

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I can't imagine. How do you get on in France?
Im fairly sure im just arguing with you because of the nicotine withdrawal, given i've not argued with you before and you know how strong my feelings are on the subject, but I could force this to go in circles for hours if you'd rather.

Second point? I fucking love france, the second i speak to a french person im smiling and i dont stop until i get back here and then im super depressed for a few weeks.

When I was working at costa over the summer i'd hear this on a regular basis -

"I've just come back from <insert west european nation> and over there everyone is happy and they smile when they give you your coffee and you're all misserable"

Its one of the things I hate here, everyone is misserable in public and only openly nice in private, when people said that to me over the summer they in general got an arsey reply about how stupid there remark was.

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Like the Brits say: swings and roundabouts. :tup: :D
Do we? Whats it mean?

Strangely enough it coincides with times when you're getting some :shifty:
Not always. You'll see it on my "birthday" this year, I don't celebrate my "birthday" so I try to get away from people now - if I can afford to do it this year then i'll be alone. When i was travelling last year I was in a relationship for the first 4 months and didn't get laid until 4 months and one day (no joke) and i was really happy everyday. Landed in Heathrow and I was miserable again.
 

Kate

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Im fairly sure im just arguing with you because of the nicotine withdrawal, given i've not argued with you before and you know how strong my feelings are on the subject, but I could force this to go in circles for hours if you'd rather.

Second point? I fucking love france, the second i speak to a french person im smiling and i dont stop until i get back here and then im super depressed for a few weeks.

When I was working at costa over the summer i'd hear this on a regular basis -

"I've just come back from <insert west european nation> and over there everyone is happy and they smile when they give you your coffee and you're all misserable"

Its one of the things I hate here, everyone is misserable in public and only openly nice in private, when people said that to me over the summer they in general got an arsey reply about how stupid there remark was.


And many hate France, so there you go. I love France as well, but in a different way. Have you lived there before?

Some people are openly miserable over there, but they've got nothing on people here in Halifax. Nottingham was a joy compared to these people, who are maybe openly nice to you on occasion, but the falseness of their remarks is palpable.
 

Fred

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I had a half scholarship, but the school I went to was 30k a year. I should have joined the army or something.
What the fuck?! Are you friggin serious?!

I'll definitely learn Arabic at some point in time. 1/2 of my friend group speak it.

I'm not a fan of studying general history of an area. I'd rather study them all on their own and then draw a conclusion on my own, if you know what I mean? My main focus lies in the colonization of Northern Africa/The Middle East. My first semester subject was called "Middle East in the 20th Century" where we had a short general course spanning from The Mamluks up to the end of the Ottomans. What really caught my interest was Palestine though. But as I see it, the two years of my masters are far from enough to learn everything I want to know about that part of the world, so my goal of drawing my own conclusion could come at my dissertation perhaps :p
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