Comment on The invention of smartphones probably made the idea of international travel less intimidating since you now have a pocket translator tool and can find your way in a foreign place with GPS navigation.

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__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Yeah, I miss the adventure part of learning a new city with just a handful of polite words to get you by. I’ve also noticed that pretty much everywhere I go there are plenty of people who speak English so less of a reason to learn another language. I still enjoy finding my way around a new city without a map though, and that is easy to keep doing, you just don’t pull out your phone to look at the map.

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