Usually if I search anything seriously, like for work, I use journals that require a subscription that I access through my institution. If I’m trying to find a funny meme, that’s different. Google is fine for the casual stuff, but since I just don’t like them DuckDuckGo seems like an acceptable alternative even though I’ve found it slightly less effective.

I am a medical expert. I’m not trying to be overly pedantic but my point was that regular sea level air is around 21% oxygen so you were making it sound like the air at high elevations is higher than it is at sea level.

It’s not a wording issue. The link you posted has a table that says 100% O2 at sea level. Literally every single figure in the chart on that page is wrong because they list it as “%O2” instead of saying percent of baseline, which would be out of 21%. So at sea level you’re getting 100% of the normal oxygen in the air, which is 21%, and that declines, but the table is written incorrectly. It says that 8848 meters above sea level the content of air would be 33% oxygen. The table under that is more accurate.

It’s just a bad table and bad writing. Idk if I’m explaining any of this properly.

Re: point 6, oxygen content of air is usually 21%. Did you mean it’s 30% of that normal 21%?

Thank you for this! I changed to duckduckgo just now and it took 5 seconds. Now to see if it works as well as Google.

What’s an AP?

They also do price tags to account for weight vs price in an inconsistent way, so one will be x ounces for y price, but the next will be z units per other price, and I’m always in a hurry so it’s impossible to stand there and compare. Only retirees can do that.

I don’t consider myself stupid at all but being at a new job with poor training was discombobulating and really hurt my feelings. I was supposed to call someone to let them know something they should have known themselves and then they got irate about not being told and left a review the higher-ups got upset about and I was like damn, am I actually dumb? Because a lot of people are criticizing me right now. In retrospect it was silly but at the time…

I really want to respond to this with a real comment that comes from a place of passion and honesty but I can’t if you type like that. Sorry, can’t take you seriously.

Physicians have a lot of problems preventing us from demanding our worth because we can’t collectively bargain like nurses can. I wish I’d gone the other route but I think if I had I would have regretted it too.

Thank you:) I’m leaning toward Turkey because she is okay physically other than not being able to swim, and we will have plenty to do, and then once I’m left to my own devices I can go to a beach town or hop over to Albania easily. I really like the idea of not planning the back half and just sending her on her way and then getting silly by myself after

I was on tumblr so much when I was growing up and it’s so hard to find old references now. My skill level hasn’t increased by much, I just wanted the internet to be the playground it once was.

I wish I had a twin sister who would know my references effortlessly.

A lot of what I’ve read online was to skip Dubrovnik because it’s pricey for no reason and the nightlife isn’t enough to make up for it. I know you’re in a relationship and have different proclivities, but if you were a single person and wanted to make out with hot European men at a nightclub would you want to go to Croatia at all, and if so which areas?

Mine is pretty sturdy and does yoga. I don’t think it’ll be the last time she’s mobile, rather the last time I will have enough free time on my hands while she can still travel. I will start residency next year right so it’ll be years until we get another chance, and at that point I’ll have to consider her abilities a lot more. At this point it’s just that I want to not bore her while also wanting to get beachy and slutty myself. In a few years when things are different (she might be slower, I might be in a relationship) I think Alaska would be perfect. It sounds like your momma has passed–I’m sorry but I am glad you had the opportunity to see beautiful things with her.

Too hot for me is Taiwan in the summer–I would have to rest after walking up a flight of stairs and found it very difficult to do anything outside of air-conditioned malls or going up into the mountains (which are unmissable to me for any traveler.) I like the heat in Hawai’i in Jan-March. I just haven’t been everywhere so I don’t know how to compare. Basically anywhere you can throw yourself in the water whenever you overheat. I really like the Balkans suggestion

I’ve seen videos of Croatian tourist activities like swimming holes and ziplines and I think that may be the one. And plenty of beautiful city to cover week one. Was thinking about spending one night in Zagreb–>Split–>Dubrovnik, send the madre on her way, and then just wing it by myself once I’ve gotten the lay of the land.
If you have more specific recs I’m all ears

Genuinely laughed out loud

I want to so bad! Are you from there

I do like transit hubs but yeah. I think if we do Costa Rica we’ll pick just one city because she’s older and I don’t want to drive much, and due to the length of her leg of the trip renting a car will be a pain. I certainly don’t want her to drive lol.
I was thinking 3 days nice resort, 3 days sleeping rough-ish, so then she has time for the flights and then the rest will be just me and I can do anything by myself

Which aren’t environmentally devastating?

Bless you