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authorFrederick Yin <fkfd@fkfd.me>2023-08-27 17:27:39 -0400
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+# Lessons in the US
+
+Recently I made the mistake of living in the US of A, the paramount
+capitalist hell of the modern world. As a consequence, I had to relearn
+some facts, because everything works different here.
+
+## August 2023: Moving in
+
+### The good
+
+- They put free pads and tampons even in the men's bathroom
+- I can ride the bus for free with my student card
+- By custom I should greet the bus driver, who will greet back
+- Food comes in absolutely gigantic portions
+- Central campus is much more walkable than I thought
+- A French press is very easy to use and much cheaper than a coffee
+ machine
+
+### The bad
+
+- Power outages happen every year and somehow people are okay with it and
+ do nothing to improve the infrastructure
+- Toilet paper comes in single ply by default
+- Apartments don't have ceiling lights and rely on floor lamps. There is
+ a dedicated outlet wired to a light switch which I found by poking with
+ a multimeter
+- Everything in the supermarket seems reasonably priced as long as you
+ don't convert it to your home currency
+- The washing machine isn't working??
+- Power failure?? In IKEA???
+- The carpet makes my desk jiggly
+- Drinks are most often cold, even chilled. Even chocolate.
+
+### The neither
+
+- Kroger closes at 10 pm
+- The cord to a power strip is very, _very_ thicc
+- My apartment has a coaxial port for internet which I've never seen in my
+ life