@thedan84 That's definitely not unique to Europe. I lost count of the people who thought I was insane for walking away from that job with no plan other than, "Drive west. Stop, eat, sleep, continue"
I paid a financial price for it to be sure but I learned there were far more important things in life and that to find them you sometimes have to take big risks.
// @matigo @sumudu
@matigo That's always a fun way to do it. I quit ComputerLand corporate, drove halfway across the US, wound up in Oklahoma, hung out with a childhood friend then became a corrections officer/patrol deputy for a while.
Life is worthless without a little adventure.
// @sumudu @thedan84
@matigo I've had an account (long abandoned) since 2001. Back when it was an invite only affair. Some interesting communities sprang from it. The early podcast and audio fiction pioneers (Tee Morris, Mur Lafferty, etc) were very active.
// @JeremyCherfas @sumudu
@matigo I think it's an interesting experiment to try,
// @JeremyCherfas @sumudu
@matigo Believe it or not, LiveJournal experimented with audio posts back in 2003-2004 (Somewhere around there). I only made one then got annoyed by all of the , "Geeze you have a deep voice." comments.
If memory serves, you did them via phone call.
// @JeremyCherfas @sumudu
@sumudu In the US, there was an entire culture that sprang up in the mid 1970s when those Citizen's Band radios became available. So many people had them in their cars and homes. They use the same frequencies as walkie talkies in most cases (Assuming you had that band of crystal plugged in) I had a pair of Midland Walkie Talkies with four channels. Wish I still had them.
// @matigo