• jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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    In the very loose meaning of “can walk”. This road crosses several dangerous areas for multiple reasons, from war and jungles, to deserts and tundra, not to mention all the visas you’d need.

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      There’s a guy on Youtube who crossed the entire length of Africa on foot. Got kidnapped twice IIRC.

      Russ Cook.

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      Americans (especially non white Americans) tend to speak very frankly about race in a way that can make Europeans uncomfortable. In this context “white” is simply meant to conjure an image of someone with disposable income.

      (See “black twitter”)

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          The joke is that white people are so pampered they have to find absolutely insane sounding activities to have fun, like throwing yourself out of perfectly good airplanes, diving in caves, or walking the longest road on earth.

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            And to do so relatively cluelessly with the optimism that it will all work out fine because American, white, and money. Instagramming selfies with their kidnappers kinda thing.

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          It is racist. White people are the only people it’s politically acceptable to be racist about.