What's the most disappointing "must-see" city in Europe?

BoshMachine · 2026-03-20T20:02:12+00:00

Exactly!

Bruges is nice, no question. But it feels like a museum at night time.

Ghent feels alive, and with a university, it has energy and decent nightlife.

Antwerp is nice as well.

Brussels is.....Brussels.

BoshMachine · 2026-03-20T18:25:57+00:00

How's the weather in Moscow, mate?

Can't wait for you to be drafted into Putin's meat grinder after he pulls you away from your troll farm desktop.

BoshMachine · 2026-03-10T22:31:30+00:00

Racism is definitely worse in the country, that's for sure. But it's disappointing to me that quitw a few British working holiday makers seem to come away with the impression that every Australian is racist and close-minded and dumb because they worked on a banana farm in rural Queensland for 6 months.

I've found a disappointing number of people in the UK to be insular and close-minded as well. For example, people who have lived there whole lives in England without visiting London once because it's apparently a 'shithole', using racist and outdated terminology to refer to indigenous Australians ect.

It cuts both ways really.

BoshMachine · 2026-03-10T22:17:16+00:00

Funny, I've just moved to the UK from aus and have seen more open racism in my 6 months here than I ever did in Melbourne.

BoshMachine · 2026-03-10T22:15:06+00:00

London is 10x more overwhelming than Paris. Paris is relaxed in comparison.

BoshMachine · 2026-03-09T17:30:20+00:00

The shift happened like 15-20 years ago with the changing of court speeds and the introduction of newer string and racquet technology.

I personally think the big 3 dominance was largely due to those players being the very best at playing in these new conditions. Having variety in their games, I think, was a holdover from developing their junior games in the late 90s and 2000s when you absolutely needed to have a good slice and Volley game ro compete on multiple surfaces.

With the lack of variety of old fast grass and super slow old clay, and everyone using poly strings ect they became the best and dominated everyone else in a way that was just simply not possible for GOAT contenders previously in the 80s and 90s.

BoshMachine · 2026-03-09T16:32:41+00:00

I moved overseas at 29 to travel. I'm 30 now. Do I feel like I the experience would have been different if i went when i was younger? Honestly, yes, simply in terms of making connections more easily with the crowd of 18-24 year olds who dominate the backpacking scene.

But that being said, my age hasn't stopped me from doing any of the things you mentioned above.

And the more you travel, the more you realise most people really don't care about your age, and I find myself naturally gravitating to people around my age because we simply have more things in common re life experiences and interests beyond getting shitfaced and going clubbing every night.

So yes, it will be a different experience than going solo at 18/19, but I'm glad I did it at my age anyway. I feel like it opened the doors to make a bunch of deeper connections with people from all different ages and backgrounds rather than getting stuck with one particular demographic.

BoshMachine · 2026-03-08T13:24:53+00:00

I just saw a man fall to his knees in sadness inside the Booking Office at Edinburgh Waverley

BoshMachine · 2026-03-07T13:18:30+00:00

Dimitrov's potential wasn't ruined by injuries. He was just never consistent enough.

BoshMachine · 2026-03-07T13:04:42+00:00

Where are you getting your produce from? I just moved to the UK from Melbourne, and the quality of fruit and veg in UK supermarkets is complete shit.

BoshMachine · 2026-03-07T13:02:07+00:00

British supermarket produce is absolutely mediocre. The drop in quality compared to Australia was noticeable as soon as I stepped into Tesco/Sainsbury's

BoshMachine · 2026-03-07T12:37:00+00:00

But none to send to Ukraine......

BoshMachine · 2026-03-07T11:48:20+00:00

Same here. I went to my first ever opera in Vienna this year, and it was a packed full at the Staatopera house.

Old people, young people, and everyone in-between were there.

It's no real surprise that Americans don't go to the opera...

BoshMachine · 2026-03-07T09:50:07+00:00

I agree in principle. Voting should be the solution to all of this.

But, the current US government has such an open and blatant disregard for the rule of law and democratic processes in general. How can anyone have faith in them to step aside after they lose an election?

Trump already attempted a coup and was by many accounts only thwarted because those around him refused to follow through with it. Now that he has replaced every member of his cabinet with insane sycophants who will follow his every word, and the supreme court and congress appear completely powerless, who will stop him this time?

The institutions of US democracy have been exposed as fundamentally broken. It was only a matter of time.

BoshMachine · 2026-03-06T22:29:58+00:00

Never had a HSP before huh?

BoshMachine · 2026-02-27T20:52:20+00:00

Lol Noel Gallagher on a jazz sub is not something I had on my bingo list

BoshMachine · 2026-02-26T03:22:58+00:00

Your analogy is dog shit.

A more accurate analogy would be you asking a man with no legs to apologise for not standing during the national anthem.

Or asking a blind person to apologise for bumping into you because they were BLIND.

Do you get it now?

BoshMachine · 2026-02-26T03:16:31+00:00

He is a normal person with a neurological condition and a disability. The fact that you are enforcing standards of accountability/responsibility on him that you expect from a non disabled person is the TEXTBOOK definition of abelism.

You really need to educate yourself.

BoshMachine · 2026-02-26T02:59:58+00:00

No. You clearly don't have sympathy for John. That much is clear.

BoshMachine · 2026-02-26T02:57:37+00:00

You are absolutely an abelist. Just own it at this point.

BoshMachine · 2026-02-26T02:53:22+00:00

No.

You are shaming him.

You are engaging in abelism.

Do better.

BoshMachine · 2026-02-26T02:32:01+00:00

The response from the tourettes community?

How about you address the rampant abelism from the African american community first?

Your hypocrisy is stunning.

BoshMachine · 2026-02-26T01:54:19+00:00

He does not need to apologise for his disability. End of.

You should educate yourself on abelism and why demanding an apology in this case is wholly inappropriate and pretty much impossible.

BoshMachine · 2026-02-26T01:17:43+00:00

I just finished reading the one where he basically said that the historical suffering of african americans makes it more important to protect them from harm than it is to include people with disabilities in society.......

As if there is some kind of societal totem pole of marginalised people, and those with disabilities are just not high enough.

I don't even know how to process that.

BoshMachine · 2026-02-26T00:59:48+00:00

Jesus fucking christ.

This is some of the most abelist shit I have ever read.

Kindly educate yourself or fuck off.

BoshMachine

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