We live as long as we fly
277 thousand households lost power. A ton of trees and roofs got smashed. We barely made it out of the farmstead, the roads were blocked.
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A funny video, albeit punkish, with cursing and burping. But it's an alternative perspective, not the usual glorification of China. The main point is that it's extremely hard to live in a mono-ethnic (in a general sense) country without knowing the language. And learning it is unrealistic, because it's one of the most difficult languages on the planet. Although the US State Department (FSI) reckons Arabic might give it a run for its money.
I'd probably agree with the dude that Bela-Cola Light is total crap. But I'd give it a 3/5, not a two. It's drinkable, even though there's a strong medicinal aftertaste, and the sweeteners are mixed weirdly.
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Wrote this almost 20 years ago
Felt like chatting and fantasizing (at one in the morning).
Compact discs as a music medium in developed countries have 15 years left to live on a mass scale, tops. By the end of this period, they'll become a narrow niche - everything will be copied from computers to phones (which by then will all become multifunctional portable computers). In 20-25 years no one will even store music on their phones - everything will be streamed through the infosphere straight to the phone online.