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  • I’ve been on a few. My family loves them, but I am not particularly fond of them. They’re a super convenient way to see a lot of tourist attractions in a short period of time if you find the right one, but your time is limited at each port. I do feel guilty about the ecological impact of the cruise industry, not to mention some of the working conditions of the staff can’t be ideal. I am an introvert who dislikes crowds, I have a fear of open water, and I get motion sick easily. So they’re generally a pretty miserable experience for me, personally. It’s even worse if there’s high pressure sales or lousy patrons aboard. For example I was aboard one that really pushed jewelry and vacation package sales. The at sea days were just long super sale events. I kind of felt a side eye by some of the sales people, like they thought I was going to steal something. Truth was I didn’t want any of the crap they were selling. Dining can be hit or miss. The more affordable the cruise, the less tolerable the food is over time. I’ve had very few run-ins with grumpy people, but it happens. People overall can be rude following rules, such has hogging the sun chairs all day long, every day, or bringing noisy kids into adult only areas. If I can help it, I would prefer to not go on one ever again, but my family may drag me kicking and screaming again. I do think the right cruise could be fun if you were going with friends instead of family. A adults only party cruise could be fun in my mind. Keeping track of kids or boomer family makes the experience less enjoyable. If I were to do that, I would pack loads of Dramamine. Drink packages are a rip-off unless you’re an alcoholic. I had one once and it took a lot of drinking just to break even.








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    1 year ago

    I was something of a Google power user. I had the pixel phone, Chromebook, all the home speakers, doorbells, cameras, mesh WiFi, etc. All my music and purchased movies were in Google Play. etc, etc…

    Slowly services got worse or were removed altogether. Many of my devices became paperweights (cough, wearOS) and unusable. Music was shut down, google home became useless, and small little features like free picture uploads that don’t count against your drive subscription we’re taken away.

    I will never buy a Google product again. They are the bait and switch company that only collects and sells your data. They have no real vested interest in providing a long term product to their customers. Their customers are the product they use for selling ads. This is why I hate Google.