• IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It’s usually also kids born in a privileged middle class family who do this shit. Because they know there is a safety net back at home who will buy them a ticket if they want to get home.

  • Not_Gerard@lemmy.world
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    I have done lot’s of backpacking. Always paid for it myself. I was a “pore” European student and I always felt rich being in Asia. I would never ever go begging there for money.

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      Yep. It’s a privileged existence for many of us that we have the means and opportunity to travel the world. It’s immediately apparent when visiting some countries that our currency takes us a long way, and that (beyond local customs) haggling etc over what to us is a few cents is disgraceful. To beg in these places? Jfc.

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    Fun fact : In Javanese language “bali” means “go back or go home”, java is the neighbor island of bali.

    You could say that The balinese are so sick of this backpacker that they ask them to bali

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.ee
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    I would help the person on the left of the image by handing them a McDonald’s work application. Best I can do for people begging for money so they can travel around the world.