I remember when Whatsapp started taking off here in Europe. Everyone was like “you can text for free now, even send media, it all just works over the internet.” And I always said “well isn’t it just the same as email? Your smartphone can do that anyway, what do you need WA for?” and I still kinda feel like that.

it will be deleted very quickly for lack of relevance.

probably, but the specifics depend in wäre in the world you are.

if measured from the base, Everest isn’t even the highest mountain on earth. So if you don’t start at sea level, did you really climb the highest mountain?

spending christmas in australia or new zealand has been one of my top bucket list items for decades.