Comments by "" (@asgaiyawaya3973) on "The Infographics Show" channel.

  1. So it looks CS Lewis got it right. Or rather he was the closest in his idea of what the devil would be. Read the Ransom Trilogy and the Screwtape Letters to see what I mean.
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  2. At timestamp 2:30 tell that to my wife who has a thing for antiques. Great woman but show her anything Victorian or just old and she goes nuts over it. She actually made our living room in our first house look like a museum, everything except the Smart TV looked that old. If I was moved into a cursed or haunted house I would just tell the ghost or demon just go ahead and get it over with I am going to end up exercising everything anyway.
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  3. I have done that while living in Thailand. You would be surprised how far a dollar can last but there are certain rules, I guess you can call them to get the full benefit. 1) whatever it is you love if it's US born and bred give it up you just adopted whatever it is the locals eat everyday. 2) those shopping malls with the clothes you like, give those up too you are shopping at a market from now on for your clothes. 3) this applies if you are working as a teacher of some kind, lower your standard of living and settle for whatever your school gives you. If it's a shack that's barely livable flex those carpenter skills and make it livable. 4) learn the language, if you can't get a local gf or just friends who are local they come in handy in an emergency. 5) take advantage of bus systems it's not greyhound or airline travel but it will get you to wherever you want to go. Long story short it is humbling living under a 1$ budget while giving up what you are use to but it does change your perspective on things and gives you a better understanding how people in those countries really feel about it. This episode makes it sound like it's intolerable but actually it's quite the opposite when you consider the fact to a lot of folks around the globe that's just normal life and they smile everyday. I have even visited countries like Philippines where even if they are doctors or lawyers they will voluntarily live that way not because it comes natural but because the way they see it it means more money for their children and their future. It's an odd way of thinking for us in countries like the US but it does highlight how we tend to take everything for granted. Are we the best country in the world because of this? Depends what is meant by best, if you mean our standard of living the fact we don't have to live that way despite it's plusses then sure you can draw that conclusion. If you mean best by can we be content knowing we take so much for granted arguably not. It's one of those questions where it depends on how you look at it and compared to what.
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