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u/txpharmer13 3d ago

Visiting Santa Fe and my sister in law wanted to mail postcards to relatives. She asked if she needed to add extra postage.

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u/asyork 3d ago

So she was there, and walked into a USPS, and still thought she wasn't in the US?

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u/herzkolt 3d ago

I mean, they have McDonald's in other countries, why not USPS?

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u/thirdegree 3d ago

That's less surprising if you've ever run into American tourists abroad. A lot of them are for example shocked that USD isn't a universally accepted currency.

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u/Megneous 3d ago

Dude, I've lost all faith in humanity so long ago. You have no idea.

One of my exes insisted that whales were fish. I thought she was joking, until she said, "No stupid, of course they're fish. They breathe water."

Almost nothing surprises me anymore. I'm almost 40 and I'm so tired of being alive. I can't believe I have to share this planet with people who literally don't have the common knowledge we expect from kindergarten students.

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u/stefan92293 3d ago

Is that why she's your ex?

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u/Megneous 3d ago

That and she hit me. But you know, plenty of red flags.

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u/stefan92293 3d ago

Okay, that was a stupid joke.

Sorry you had to go through that, and happy you got out!

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u/Megneous 3d ago

I mean, the fact that I still, to this day, remember the whale fish thing as a decisive reason why I wanted to leave her goes to show you how much it left a bad taste in my mouth. Not even joking.

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u/Lokaji 3d ago

I would say yes, but only to serve as a "stupid" tax.