Expatriate Solipsism:
When arriving in a foreign travel destination one has hoped
was undiscovered, only to find many people just like oneself; the
peeved refusal to talk to said people because they have ruined one's
elitist travel fantasy.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
When arriving in a foreign travel destination one has hoped
was undiscovered, only to find many people just like oneself; the
peeved refusal to talk to said people because they have ruined one's
elitist travel fantasy.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X
Related:
- Virgin Runway:
A travel destination chosen in the hopes that no one else has
chosen it
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Pretending to be a native when visiting a foreign destination
Douglas Coupland, Generation... - Vaccinated Time Travel:
To fantasize about traveling backward in time
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A low-pay, low-prestige, low-dignity, low-benefit
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The location where one visualizes oneself during the dropping
of the atomic bomb
frequently, a shopping mall. -- Douglas Coupland,... - Poor Buoyancy:
The realization that one was a better person when one had less money
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To force a body of people to have memories they do not
actually possess
How can I be a part of the 1960s generation when I... - Successophobia:
The fear that if one is successful
then one's personal needs will be forgotten and one...
