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FlexibleAnatomy — How it feels getting on the internet in Australia
Published: 2014-08-14 04:59:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 2390; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 19
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or "My explanation for being nocturnal".You will not believe how much I miss because my "normal" waking time is pretty much at the bedtime for people living in the US. How many streams, how many live events, how many friends I could possibly talk to. I can catch the "Late night" streams, but that's it.
Thankfully I know a small handful of online friends who live in Australia, and a few in Europe I can catch while they're waking up. But the US - a BIG part of the internet - is almost always asleep when I'm supposed to be awake.
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I try to stay up on the week ends but some of my friends in the UK and Europe are going to bed a few hours after I get online so I sort of relate
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Mhmm... in this sort of situation, I kind of wish the world was flat for this, so no matter where you are in the world it's the same time as everywhere else.
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Indeed. The hallmarks of a globalised society, hindered by geography itself.
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I know your pain, I chatted with lass from australia, the timing was odd, a day ahead
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Ah yeah, that too. Especially with birthdays. You tend to get really confused if their birthday begins after you've moved onto the next day.
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holidays were a right pain. any way, sorry to hear the time diffrence causing you grief
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Nah, it's not so much grief... just mild disgruntlement. I still experience the same non-live stuff as everyone else, so that's good. It's just the live bits that are a little troublesome.
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I have a friend who's even further west than your position there - if I chat with him, it's usually at 2AM my time.
Thankfully I'm a night owl.
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Yeah, I know. I've got a friend on the other side of the country - two hours behind me. They've got it even worse, especially since the internet isn't that great over there.
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Everyone in Australia should move to Canada! Our internet is better!
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Considering the current government situation here... I'm almost tempted to. Half of us probably are, in fact.
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Well, if you do, give us a shout ahead of time so we can build you an igloo first!
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