Poll of the Day > Your thoughts on cruises?

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Nope, fuck the ocean

The rest of my family loves cruises but I dont get it. I would rather go on vacations to actual countries and cities

...but some stop at ports and you can get off and walk around so you still get to see some of said places.

If you went directly to those places rather than dicking around on a boat, you'd have more time to experience them and do things there.

Ive done some European river
Caribbean cruise
Also a japan one last year.

I like cruises cause you see more areas in a single vacation, without having to repack a bunch of times.

....but what if I want to dick around on a boat too?

I'd love to try one out. Never been on a real vacation before.

What's a real vacation?

What is wrong with someone wanting to sunbathe on the deck of a ship while listening to music / ASMR / podcasts/ whatever and drinking enjoying the vibes of an open ocean?

Going somewhere instead of staying home.

Youve never gone anywhere for fun?

No. My live is kinda messed up.

Kind of sounds it. If you dont mind me asking, whats the situation thats led to that?

I wanted to go to college and signed an agreement with the devil to do so.

Met my wife on one, and we're going on one to Bermuda to celebrate our wedding with some friends and family in two months

My theory is that Judg's mom or whoever it is he lives with must control his finances or something. It can't be normal student debt because he wouldn't dance around it so much, plus people with debt and much worse jobs find a way. Having a software engineer salary for like a decade while living at home but acting like you can't afford to do anything just doesn't add up otherwise

That's funny, it's way more common for people to lose their wives on cruises.

Those slippery rails can be treacherous.

I swear the controlling mom thing is something he said himself years ago, but maybe I'm just conjuring up false memories based on my trying to read between the lines.

More or less what it is. You remember correctly.
I don't talk about it because there's not much to talk about. Most days I'm fairly content saving my money, some days I'm not.
If I wanted to get out I have avenues to get out. For example those stocks I mentioned are 100% in my control. Nothing really stopping me from taking $20-$30k out and walking besides the whole fact I don't want to.

Anyway to be on topic, I was more into the idea of a cruise when I was younger, now they just seem to me like something for suburban rich people. I know that isn't the only crowd but still. There's also something kind of weird about a big floating resort but I can't deny that some of the stuff they have on them looks fun. I just don't know how fun it would be vs. going out and about on land. I'm not a big planner so I like the idea of activities being ready for me, but not so much the idea that those activities will be in a closed off setting with the same pool of people available to participate. The people probably make or break it cause you're stuck with them for a while.

what they don't tell you about cruises is the mental training you should be doing to prepare yourself for life on water for multiple weeks.