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One of the fringe benefits of going on a cruise is that you can disconnect from the Internet for a week. Hit up the bar, make love to your wife, gamble a bit. All without your phone constantly buzzing in your pocket. If you go on a cruise to immediately open your laptop it seems like a waste of time and money.

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The author is "a high school student and aspiring software developer" and I know at their age, being disconnected wasn't a benefit :)

What if you're a teenager, traveling with your family, and the internet is your lifeblood? You can't gamble or go to the bar and you have no wife, so this sort of activity is respectable.

Then that's a sad story.

Some of my best experiences as a teen were those that took me out of whatever bubbles I was in at the time.

Vacations are a great time for that.

To be fair, I was trying to be humorous with that phrasing.

If I got it right, it was a high schooler that posted. So I guess that's not an option

Some people use cruises as a productive work retreat: https://tynan.com/cruisework/

But yeah, it's nice to be disconnected on vacation.

> All without your phone constantly buzzing in your pocket

Actually, the benefit is not having her phone not constantly buzzing.

I hate to sound preachy so I apologize if I'm coming off like that but if someone's relationship with the internet is so bad that being put in a situation where being forced to stay off it is seen as a positive, perhaps the whole relationship should be taken a hard look at?

Unless you LOVE your work and just want a change of scene while doing what you love.

... and even if you're just on vacation it's not like you're doing nothing else but being online, OP ...

Then don't go on a cruise. There are plenty of places with great scenery AND great connectivity. But a cruise ship is not one of them.

Just seems like a lot of expense that by working you're decreasing the value.

Also depends on who you're traveling with / anyone.

I've been on trips with the "I have to work" folks, it's a pain, they're not really "there" you end up trying to schedule around them. Then they just show up unaware / uninvolved in whatever is going on.

i think you needed to set expectations. on every trip, i reach a point where i don't have any social-interaction points and so i go back to my cave and code.

Oh I have, I just don't go with the "I have to work" people, or everyone is on the same page and it's just not a thing.

Unless you are on a cruise to work remotely and flee soaring rental prices.

There is no way that a cruise is cheaper.

Sorry, I genuinely thought that this idea was a well adopted meme.

I reckon it is not.

https://www.unilad.com/news/money/living-on-cruise-ship-cost...

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