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r/politics•

Was just looking through wikipedia stats on education in the US, in light of all the "I am suffering so much in my student debt!"/99-Percenter posts floating around. Student loans can be tough, sure, but I think it merits pointing out that people with bachelor's degrees from American universities are a distinct minority in the US. You're not exactly an unskilled laborer for whom the middle class is only a faint dream.

Edit: I should add, screw Wall Street, they ruined our economy. But complaining that you're in the top 30% and you had to pay for the privilege of your position is totally obnoxious, and I wish that wa

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I'm a 20-something American guy, and I recently got the opportunity to spend a year abroad travelling the world on a budget ($22,000). I wouldn't be able to come back for that year. It's really great, and very rare, and I appreciate the opportunity. But there's also a ton of cultural and peer pressure for me to take it, and I'm struggling to see the point of travelling for a year. It's a serious question that I really can't answer - what's so great or growth-inspiring about living outside your home country? Especially when there are so many interesting places to live in America, and I wouldn't really be able to work abroad or anything (visa, time constraints, etc).

Full disclosure: studied

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r/jordan•

Hey guys!

I'm an American male looking to stay in Jordan for 2-3 months (I'm flexible). I just landed on 27 July (currently staying in a hostel) and I'm not super sure how to go about looking for a short term apartment here. The things I don't know about are: what are good neighborhoods to live in? How much should I expect to pay (so I know I'm not getting ripped off too badly)? And how do Jordanians generally find housing?

In the US, I basically used Craigslist to a fault, and that reliance may be coming back to bite me now.

I should add that I studied abroad in Egypt two years ago, and my spoken Arabic was good then but certainly behind now.

Thanks!

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Had an emergency amputation in Egypt (upper end of the developing world, I guess). So basically, did the surgeon tie my severed veins together, or is my blood just pooling in a sac somewhere? Or do I just need an elementary education into the human circulatory system? I googled around a little bit and understood very little, and figured that Reddit was the place to ask around for this kind of specificity.

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