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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
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