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Besides this I have been thinking. Or actually, right now I'm forcing myself to think of smart things to say. The thing is that I have a lot to tell and share, but my problem is that I forget that shit. So I will just entertain you with some random stuff I found on the internet.
Did you know that there are a lot of different languages? About 6 to 7 thousand. Actually that is not that much if you consider there are 7 billion people on earth. That amount is too abstract. Imagine the Amsterdam Arena, football stadion for those whom are not Dutch or idiots. Fill this up 135357246 times with people. Oh. That's much.
And in this crowd alone, are probably nice people, bad people, annoying people, good people, shitty people, boring people, interesting people, people, people, people. And how many people will you meet, talk to, hang out with, flirt with, make out with, sit in the tram with, ignore, look at, shake hands with or just laugh at? Now that's a question. I'm just gonna guess you'll meet about less then one stadium, maybe if you try hard 2.
7 billion different personalities, appearances, handshakes. You won't even meet 1% of the people in the world. Somehow that makes one humble. Maybe even sad. I mean, of those 7 billion people, there must be the perfect girl. And don't tell me shit about faith, you'll never meet her. You'll suit yourself with something kinda close to her.
But if you travel, you will probably meet more people than average. Oh wait, let me define 'meet'.
1. (sometimes foll by up or (US) with) to come together (with), either by design or by accident; encounter I met him unexpectedly we met at the station
2. to come into or be in conjunction or contact with (something or each other) the roads meet in the town the sea meets the sky
(http://www.thefreedictionary.com/meet)
Meeting is defined as a coming together, or have some kind of contact. Still a bit vague to my taste. 'Contact?'
1. a. A coming together or touching, as of objects or surfaces. b. The state or condition of touching or of immediate proximity: Litmus paper turns red on contact with an acid. 2. a. Connection or interaction; communication: still in contact with my former employer. |
(http://www.thefreedictionary.com/contact)
Okay. Got it?
Sure?
Let's roll.
Last check.
Remember what the first definition was?
And the second?
Cool.
As I said one will meet more people when traveling. Unique people that is. Living in one city your entire life will inevitably lead to meeting people more than once, making them useless for this example. Maybe they were really nice, but I don't give a shit. You will effectively enlarge the odds of finding more interesting people, hot girls, nice people, drunk people, stupid people, fat people, stupid/fat people(A.K.A Amer...ns), emo's, nerds, people x^y.
To be continued...
Did you know that in the state of Louisiana (USA), french is one of the official languages? And that there is no official language in the USA? And in some parts of the USA, roadsigns are written in spanish only? Or that the USA has one of the biggest spanish speaking communities, the 5th in the world. The state of Pennsylvania was bilingual, speaking English and Pennsylvanian Dutch until the 50's. This was actually not Dutch, but German. And the state of New York wrote their official documents in Dutch(the real one) until the 20's. The Swedes had a colony in the states, which was taken over by the Dutch. Ha-Ha. Oh, and George Bush probably had Swedish ancestors. Now that's something to be proud of!
To be continued(^2)
