From 3217bac13f3f204d28d37e83b59f086b83749074 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederick Yin Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2023 23:42:14 -0400 Subject: meta: move related posts to music/ and umich/ --- docs/umich/us_lessons.md | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/umich/us_lessons.md (limited to 'docs/umich/us_lessons.md') diff --git a/docs/umich/us_lessons.md b/docs/umich/us_lessons.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..61bedb9 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/umich/us_lessons.md @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +# Lessons in the US of A + +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 +- To request a stop on a bus you just pull the rope-y thing +- You can take all the time you need to get off the bus. No pressure to + stand up in advance. +- Pedestrians have absolute right of way, I hypothesize you could even + cross the street blindfolded and not get hit by a car + +### 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. +- Internet failure?? In a university??? + +### 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 +- Michigan law does not require you to have a front license plate + +## September 2023: Settling down + +### The good + +- They hand out free shirts and swag at the pride event +- Drag shows, fully unhinged +- I can just _get_ a Kroger card? Like for free? + +### The bad + +- Ann Arbor buses just… stop operating at 20:00 on Sunday?? +- _One_ bus per hour?? Unimaginable in Shanghai + +### The neither + +- My textbook is "loose leaf", which means a pile of pages I have bind + myself. Pro: I can carry only the chapters I want. Con: I have to use + zipties as a dirty hack before my binder arrives -- cgit v1.2.3