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>>16947032
The other half of that cartoon is what makes the real point

Traveling can be a lot of fun. The basement dwellers here will tell you that it’s a waste of time and money, but they’ve never been outside their own hometown before. I spent a year traveling through Southeast Asia on a motorcycle and it was the best thing I’ve ever done. You learn a lot of good life skills and it really puts the world in perspective

>>16947032
>Posting the kiked edit
Post the real one.

>>16947044
i think you're talking about one that was made in response to this

> I spent a year traveling through Southeast Asia on a motorcycle and it was the best thing I’ve ever done. You learn a lot of good life skills and it really puts the world in perspective

>>16947044
>>16947078

Traveling is BASED. In addition to making roasties wet, you get to learn first hand that the only truly good countries are homogeneous and high IQ.

>>16947110
Basedbois don’t ride motorcycles. I’m not some faggot Instagram selfie posting normie, I don’t even have any social media accounts. I did that trip purely for the adventure and fun of it. You wouldn’t know anything about that though, would you?

>>16947167
Basedbois*
don’t know why it autocorrected

>>16947174
The fuck?

onions
boi

>>16947187
Seriously, what the fuck is this?

s o y

b o i

>>16947067
>>16947167
>>16947174
>>16947187
you have to go back
>>16947032
op you already answered your question. Only useful to make thots wet

>>16947207
No, u

I guarantee I’ve been here longer than you. Traveling to different parts of the world is awesome, and since you’ve never been outside your own country you shouldn’t even have an opinion

>>16947032
>Look everyone! Look at me! I was over here! See it in the background there? This means that I'm super cultured and know a lot about the world, because I sat on a plane for a few hours! Please date me, please!

>>16947229
>I guarantee I’ve been here longer than you
riiight and you didnt know about filters
>since you’ve never been outside your own country
the fuck do you know where i've been pleb? you're not special for having travelled SEA like every retard burger with some savings

Is this comic trying to tell me brown people are only bad when they're in America?

>>16947260
Never said I’m special. I’m saying that it was fun and I would advise OP to do something similar. That’s what this thread is about. I can tell that you haven’t been anywhere because of how salty you’re getting about this. Does the idea of other people doing cool things and enjoying themselves upset you?

>>16947302
>What is /biz/ thoughts on travel waste of money or good investment in yourself?
It's a fucking waste of money for retards who have literally nothing interesting to say so they talk about travel.

>>16947282

Yes

>>16947302
you're too ugly and uninteresting to bang chicks in your home country which is why you travelled to SEA. You dont fool anyone here

>>16947328
Sorry that you feel that way. I just don’t understand why? You honestly believe that the only reason people travel is to post selfies and try to impress others on facebook? I’m genuinely curious why you’re so against it, can you explain?

Travelling is fucking great, especially if you go to weird places. Just getting a bus in some countries is an adventure. Don't bother with those "help the starvin' effeopans" programs, they're fake. Instead either just accept you're a tourist and enjoy the fact.
Honestly you tend to make friends with the other travellers, you can rarely integrate into the local culture unless it's quite close.
The middle class are different, the middle class tend to be pretty similar everywhere. If you see a dude reading a highbrow paper, you'll likely get on with him.
There is always a feeling that "gap year" sorts are running away from something, I buy that. Have a plan to come back.
>Pol shit
Travelling both cures your racism and makes it worse at the same time. You realise that people are basically the same on a bio level, that differences in "races" are insignificant compared to the variation in individuals. You learn to love all people regardless of colour, race, bla bla bla dancing round with flowers in your hair.
You also learn that culture is where the meat of differences are, some cultures are weird and quite unsettling, some cultures are just stronger than others. But you've gotta accept that if you'd been born into X culture, you'd have turned out exactly the same way.
The Chinese are just odd

>>16947032
Boomer destroys climate taking gratuitious plane trip when he could have driven across town to socialize with the social underclass he displaced with illegal immigrants

>>16947383
>that differences in "races" are insignificant compared to the variation in individuals.
one look at africa to disprove this

>>16947353
I did that trip with my girlfriend (now wife) on the back of my bike. I rode 4000 miles through the jungle on a $300 piece of shit Honda 100 that o bought from a little tire shop on the side of the road. That shit was one hell of an adventure. It was the absolute best time of my life, I really don’t understand why you guys hate on it. Travel is fun, plain and simple

>>16947398
Folk from Cameron have a nearly unique mitochondrial DNA line dating back some tens of thousands of years, and yet I still stand by my statement.
People basically run off the same hardware, the software is where it gets interesting

>>16947414
nobody is hating on it. Its your money and your time. We just think its a meme. With some imagination you could've had way more fun in your bigass country with less money spent

>>16947166
That doesn't make any sense. A multicultural society by definition has more culture than a homogenous society.

>>16947166
>the only truly good countries are homogeneous
>The Netherlands, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong, US etc. are not good countries.
Ok retard

>>16947428
in multiculti, cultures get mixed until their original state is unrecognizable. Not hard to understand. For example in south america there is a weird mix of catholicism and indigenous beliefs. The natives original culture is almost non existent. Imagine if you added buddhist chinks and hindus in there, it would be a fucking mess in less than a century.
>>16947423
the hardware dictates how the software behaves

>>16947480
>in multiculti, cultures get mixed until their original state is unrecognizable. Not hard to understand. For example in south america there is a weird mix of catholicism and indigenous beliefs. The natives original culture is almost non existent. Imagine if you added buddhist chinks and hindus in there, it would be a fucking mess in less than a century.
So find common ground between cultures and turn that into a new, integrated culture.
Just because shit happened that way in the past doesn't mean people lack freedom of will to create new shit. We have the internet now.

>>16947427
>With some imagination you could've had way more fun in your bigass country with less money spent
You have no idea how cheap Southeast Asia is. I was there for a full year and the total cost was $10k including multiple flights between countries for me and my gf. And I wasn’t even trying to budget hard, probably could have done it for $8k. I agree that there’s plenty of cool things to do in the US, but the cost of living here is astronomically higher. Plus, I just love the tropical countries

>>16947498
>new integrated culture.
which means the original cultures dissapear, which is the whole point of the comic

>>16947032
>investment in yourself
no such thing exists this is the most brainlet statement ever. kill yourself

>>16947428
Multicultural doesnt mean you take on all the cultures, it just means you have people from them. Does North Carolina build awesome hindu temples that look like gold and defy imagination? No, that shit only happens when everyone is hindu. North Carolina's indians just do tech support and browse tinder and watch Netflix.

i would like to travel but I'm not spending $1k on a fucking ticket, i have yet tl learn of a way to travel to the other side of the world for less than $300

>>16947508
There is nothing inherently good about old things. In fact old religions are products of their time and contain many points that don't hold ground today.

The modern world and how to navigate it is far different from how it was 1000 years ago, and we need modern culture/religion to accommodate for that.

>>16947526
San Francisco to Bangkok is $350

>>16947198
lmao

Only now learning about it? Retards ran that insult into the ground so hard 4chan had to ban it. Choose less generic insults next time.

>>16947527
>There is nothing inherently good about old things
When did this come into the argument?
Are you retarded? Breathing with your mouth? Dizzy?
Weak?
Faint?

Multiculturalism doesn't have anything to do with neoculture as a topic.
Multiculturalism means the same marked mechanics displace life to the point where tourist hellholes are boring because its just the same shit unless there is archaeology or climate to support its differences.

>>16947563
First time I tried posting it , that’s why I didn’t know lol

It isn't difficult to separate those who have traveled from those who have not in this thread.

Perhaps the OP comic has been proven accurate.

>>16947527
we're already adopting a global culture of sorts, which global telecommunications is accelerating, but its a shallow materialistic one with no moral values. If you see this as superior to ancient cultures then you need to open your eyes

Did you know that the very early human skeletons found in Ethiopia tend to have larger brain cavities than the city dwellers who settled the fertile Cresent circa 6000bce onwards. While it's likely that this is a result of poorer diets (grains etc) it's been argued that city dwellers may have evolved smaller brains than hunter gatherers to preserve calories. One interpretation of this is that "races" who stayed hunter gatherers for longer might have higher natural IQs, better memories, that would make say your Bantu peoples potentially sharper than westerners.
Obviously this is bollocks, but it's fun
What's my point
I like stories and woke shit posting

>>16947166
Based and unironically this

>>16947613
Again, there's no reason why you can't create your own.
I don't get the idea that you're powerless to social tides or what happened in the past.
You can create your own integrative religion right now and share it on the internet with millions of people. And if it's any good, people will see the value in it.

>>16947166
I went to japan recently, it sucks ass there, the only cool part is it's all clean and orderly, otherwise it's a nation of repressed wagecucks

>>16947469
The countries you just named ARE largely homogeneous. Canada was up until like two years ago. You're the fucking retard here.

>>16947621
Whales have larger brains than humans, thus they're much smarter than us =)

>>16947198
Nufag spotted.

>>16947302
u r speshul 2 me anon

>>16947167
>>16947174
>>16947198

>>16947736
They very well might be. We wouldn't know it since we can't speak whale, and they can't physically do shit because they are embedded in water and have no fingers.


https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/09/150908-sperm-whale-culture-vocalizations-animals-oceans-galapagos-science/

>>16947808
The whale thing is likely related to echo location, building a 3D picture of sound extending some hundreds of piles likely occupies a lot of neurons.
Still fun though
Other fun ones
Birds have higher neuron density than humans and more connections, crows easily beat humans on certain intelligence tests such as shape recognition. It's possible that larger corbids have primate levels of intelligence.
Octopi are just odd and have emotions and can recognise individual human owners, solve problems but typically only live a year

>>16947788
>>16947790
How long has that filter been there? I’ve been on biz since 2015 and never noticed

>>16947808
>>16947869
Nature is fucking crazy. We have so much to learn still

>>16947919
I'm still in awe over pic related. How in the fuck does a plant grow like that?

>>16947938
Fractals are cool as shit. The same sort of math equation used to grow plants is visible in your own consciousness via hypnagogic imagery.

>>16947976
As annoying as 42 bro is, some of the sacred geometry stuff that he posts is super interesting. I've actually learned some neat stuff thanks to him

>>16947938
as time goes on you will notice a lot of patterns in the universe/nature repeat themselves, we are all one.

>>16948068
Imagine if we were all a single brain cell in some organism which is jacking off right now.

I just went to Guatemala this past week for a $130 round trip flight and it was cheap as hell, your money goes so far out there that I spent less money there than I probably would have spent in a week in the states. If you come from a first world country realize the fact that your money will allow you to live like a king in most countries. No reason not to travel desu

Met people from all over the world and got drunk with them everyday, smoked weed, did coke, went to a rave, danced up on thots, rode buses and boats around the country, etc. It was fucking awesome and now I have some memories/experiences that most normies will never have in their entire lifetime. Traveling isn’t a meme, if you go to cheap places and catch good deals it’s fun as fuck.

>>16947414
Travel is fun. The specific trip you’re describing is just played out and done by millions of American/British/German dudes in their early 20s every single year, who all have the exact same stories because they all go through the same few backpacker ghettos that these countries set up to quarantine people like you. There are a lot more interesting places in the world to visit.

>>16947032
Traveling is the best thing you can do for yourself. That is all.

(oh, and buy Kleros)

>>16947873
>>16947621
>>16947604
TRAVEL IS GREAT! YOU SHOULD TRY WUHAN NEXT!

>>16948189
Which countries did you visit there?

>>16947638
only if you assume as you do, that there is no basis for ancient religion, no 'higher truth' and that anyone can make any shit up and qualify as a new religion

>>16947166
eh, seems more like a criticism of modern American imperialism and free trade. you can have different cultures without going full nazi.

>>16948346
There is an equal amount of basis for ancient religion as there is for modern religion. There's nothing magical about being alive 1000 years ago, aside from I guess less entertainment.
The higher truth is exactly what I'm talking about, all religions share this theme and it's accessible by anyone in the modern day. This can be implemented into a new religion which serves to unite all of them together, without the shit parts.

>>16947166
Man, I remember this being waaaay less gay and embarrasing.

>>16947527
Kill yourself globalist faggot

>>16947383
>travelling cures your racism
Fuck off. I've been to china and mexico and have seen the squalor that nonwhites live in. Europeans build good societies and we must defend them.

>>16948394
the fuck you talking about? there is no 'modern religion', there is nothing spiritual related today which isnt based on very old stuff

>>16947166
Based and North Korea pilled

>>16948897
You're an autistic faggot whose brain compels him to be contrarian no matter what

>>16949034

Communism is pretty modern by religious standards, worshiping the state as God.

>>16949034
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_new_religious_movements

Anyway, there actually are new iterations of the main religions in the works by spiritual leaders. It's more like an updated version of each religion, so no one has to unite under the same one necessarily. The updated versions would focus more on the shared themes rather than the differences between religious tribes. But it would build on what came before, since many people are attached to old traditions.

>>16949121
yeah its called an agenda, done by very powerful people, what you're saying can only be done artificially and forced onto the populace, for a very ulterior motive, you should kys

>>16949117
i said spiritual related, nothing spiritual in communism

>>16949139
Nothing artificial can last. If the revisions are any good, they will be officially accepted.
Don't be so scared of change, it's a good thing. The purpose of live is to evolve.

>>16949154
you cant morph the world religions into one because they are radically different. Abrahamic religions stand in direct opposition to the rest, there is no common ground.
>officially accepted
you clearly dont have a clue about how the world works or how religion evolved

>>16949201
>you cant morph the world religions into one because they are radically different. Abrahamic religions stand in direct opposition to the rest, there is no common ground.
They won't be morphed into one. The common themes would be emphasized while the arbitrary themes based on the necessities of life thousands of years ago would be deemphasized.

The concepts of an infinite, all-knowing God is one theme that is shared among all religions.
Same with nonduality.
Same with love towards your fellow man.
The problem with religions is that many of them rely on cryptic fables which are open to misinterpretation. This leads to people cherrypicking or taking the teachings out of context in order to harm other people.

>>officially accepted
>you clearly dont have a clue about how the world works or how religion evolved
Enlighten me.

>>16949292
A fundamental difference between Abrahanism and Oriental religion is that Abrahamism says the world had a beginning and will have an end, while Oriental religions are focused more on eternal cycles ("this has all happened before and it will all happen again"). Western thought gives a telos or purpose to the world and the beings within it, like a story with a beginning a middle and an end, and a point. Eastern thought denies this.

>>16949292
>The common themes would be emphasized
except there are no common themes. For abrahamic religion followers, any other god other than yahve/allah is of the devil, any of their followers is wicked. This hasnt changed in millenia. So for it to work, the non abrahamic religion followers would have to forget about their gods and accept the jewish god, which suprise its what christianity tried to do, it was supposed to convert the world and become universal. Same with Islam.
>The concepts of an infinite, all-knowing God is one theme that is shared among all religions.
no it isnt, only in abrahamic ones which were put together by jews and their beliefs, they brought monotheism.

You're literally just repeating ideas of the XIX century, promoted by the elite. Its their plan for the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_the_Just
>The League of the Just (German: Bund der Gerechten) or League of Justice was a Christian communist international revolutionary organization.

>Karl Marx was hesitant about joining the League due to political disagreements, but was convinced by Joseph Moll that he could be more influential debating as a member from within the organization when Moll visited Brussels in January 1847.

Christian communism? who would've thought it!

>>16947282
Yes. Is there anything wrong?

>>16947110
the onions is strong with this one

>>16947032
Most of biz is insecure, unhappy and dissatisfied with their lives and they think “making it” by lucking out on some coin or another (or some other get rich quick idea) will change that. You really think this is the place to ask about life experiences?

>>16949292
>>16949374
illuminati also had these ideals of a 'brotherhood of man' and universal religion, it was created for this purpose and it ties with this league of the just.
You should read Weishaupt (the mind behind communism) you would agree with him

>>16947032
depends on how you do it. I was able to travel for about the same amount as my living/school situation was when I was in law school. I also traveled to south america on the cheap after law school

just don't sacrifice the power of compounding interest early on by blowing all of your money on it. travel cheap early so you can travel extravagantly later

>>16949371
Those points are arguable, but those are the parts that don't really matter. What matters is how you relate to other people, and integration of meditative/contemplative practices alongside religious wisdom.

>>16949374
>except there are no common themes. For abrahamic religion followers, any other god other than yahve/allah is of the devil, any of their followers is wicked. This hasnt changed in millenia. So for it to work, the non abrahamic religion followers would have to forget about their gods and accept the jewish god, which suprise its what christianity tried to do, it was supposed to convert the world and become universal. Same with Islam.
All of them are pointing to the same God. There may be disagreements on its nature, but these religions would not have taken hold if they did not contain some element of the objective truth.

>You're literally just repeating ideas of the XIX century, promoted by the elite. Its their plan for the world.
No idea about those ideas. I believe in what I believe is truthful.
Even if I entertained your notion, if the world was to unite, it would make it far harder for an elite to rule over them. A world government means a world army.

On topic, travel is interesting and educational and eye-opening but it also depends on how you travel. If you are staying short term this can be hard but at least you can see the historical sites and how other people live. If you just go to tourist traps and gift shops and urban metropolises you might not learn much. If you don't learn the language and only hang out with expats you might not learn much. Just going there is the first step, but if you really want to know what life is like there you have to take the initiative to learn the language, meet natives, etc.

tl;dr it can be interesting and eye-opening but you have to go outside the homogenous tourist trap stuff

>>16949479
>All of them are pointing to the same God
no they fucking arent and just goes to show how little you know about religion. You think they're just disagreements on the 'little details' and that they all have the same underlying message. Completely wrong and retarded new age thinking
> if the world was to unite, it would make it far harder for an elite to rule over them. A world government means a world army.
you clearly dont see where this is heading..

>>16949479
>those are the parts that don't really matter. What matters is how you relate to other people, and integration of meditative/contemplative practices alongside religious wisdom
Lay follower detected. Religion and spirituality have more to them than codes of social conduct. Reducing them to that reduces them to nothing at all.

>>16949503
>>All of them are pointing to the same God
>no they fucking arent and just goes to show how little you know about religion. You think they're just disagreements on the 'little details' and that they all have the same underlying message. Completely wrong and retarded new age thinking
The problem is exactly what I mentioned earlier. You're taking religious fables literally. They are not meant to be literal, they are symbolic. Noah's Ark didn't actually happen.
>> if the world was to unite, it would make it far harder for an elite to rule over them. A world government means a world army.
>you clearly dont see where this is heading..
Enlighten me.

>>16949537
There are fundamentally different worldviews that find themselves expressed in the different religions. Your ignorance of this is striking.

>>16949537
no shit they're symbolic, they're still not talking about the same stuff. There IS a common theme among non abrahamic religions, but since more than 50% of the world belongs to abrahamic religions, then no conciliation is possible
>Enlighten me.
you think something as world govt just becomes a reality naturally? its a long agenda being implemented slowly by very ruthless people, its why the UN was founded. They dont have your best interest in mind and they plan to rule the world with an iron fist, world army would suit them fine for their purposes.
You think your fantasy is new? they've been wanting that shit for millenia

>>16947428
You are Canadian, aren't you?

>>16947032
I would love to. When LINK moons, I will be travelling.

>>16949533
its what the dude wants, to reduce them to codes of conducts and nothing else. Its what the elite want as well (except for their sacred judaism)

>>16947167
If you don't have an Instagram, you will not get a gf, unironically