The world we live in -- post Year Zero

[blue_hours_too]

I just read an article and want to immortilize part of it here. So let's go back to the basics for a minute. It's interesting to see some post year 2000 numbers. Everything that follows is taken from said text (short of my evil comments of course, hihi

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[johnmill79]

I am a bit surprised that North America only makes up 5% of the world's population, but well I suppose I shouldn't be! Its insane how many people live in China and India alone. I had never known either that Hindi was the second most spoken language in the world. All this info is really fascinating!

And I absolutely agree that sit coms are basically stupid, in fact I don't really watch TV at all. I'd much rather pick up a good book or do some writing. When I went to Madrid, I was actually disappointed to see how much American culture has taken over there. I think many things about our society are not ideal, and I have a hard time understanding why the rest of the world would even want to adopt them.

[blue_hours_too]

Oh cool, did you enjoy Spain? It's one of my favourite places. The USA has its advantages but also many things that are more than objectable -- ... at least to me. I could never live here for good, and am not going to. Merely a matter of personal preference though, all power to those who think this is heaven on earth and are happy here. *Grin

[johnmill79]

Yes I did enjoy it, I would have more if I was better at the language. lol I've been trying to learn for years, and I can read and translate on paper but conversation is tough!

[blue_hours_too]

LOL yeah, makes sense. I have the reverse problem with a couple of languages. Can speak, comprehend, read but never learned the proper writing/spelling.