If you exclude blocked instances, you're a lot higher than #5...
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My home town is in bald eagles' historic habitat, but there were never any growing up. In the past decade or so, they've started to reclaim it, which is pretty cool.
Yeah, we're destroying the planet, but we are doing some things right. And this sort of good stuff only happens because we fight for it.
"Chain migration" is how many people
myself included
get jobs.
I went to a very good school, and while I like to think the quality of education is what makes a school "good," let's be honest
the value is largely in your connections. Friend lands a good job, recommends you when there's an opening, and bam, you're already at the top of the pile of the CVs (better yet, they're the hiring manager).
Friends from school
peers and mentors alike
are a great place to start, if you can. Ask to grab a coffee and chat about their career, and be clear that you're in the market. Most people are happy to chat (at the very least, it's flattering).
It's the way the world works...
My hunch is that this is not restricted to TikTok...
I particularly like the truck/engine correction.
Costco focus on quality over quantity
...which sounds hilarious, given it's Costco! But I agree, at least in their stores (as in, they don't necessarily offer a huge variety of any particular items, but the one they have is
for my money
usually good quality).
play(1)? I'm getting cat $FILE > /dev/snd vibes...
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FTFY
One thing to keep in mind
the US is huge, both geographically and culturally. Flying from Los Angeles to Boston is further than London to Baghdad.
And likewise, the cultural "distance" between, say, New England or the Pacific Northwest and the deep south is extreme.
Of course there are things that affect (nearly) all Americans, but some context is important.
But this applies to the UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and...well...much of the world, if these data are to be trusted.
Baking is chemistry, cooking is jazz.
That may be your American experience, but it's not everyone's. We are a huge country, and while there's of course truth behind the stereotypes, the glib "'Murica dumb" sentiment doesn't exactly capture everyone's experience.
My city (San Francisco) has been continuously improving bike infrastructure and is actively closing streets off to cars, we have a diverse food culture, we don't allow gun stores in the city, and our de facto recreational drug is weed, not coke (though yes, the city does have a fentanyl problem). And I use metric units in lab for my California-based employer.
To address OP's question, I'll add a +1 to all the Ken Burns recommendations. Not an exhaustive history, but it's a great start!