Drew Owens (u/drew182)

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How a stranger's metro card swap saved my day in Tokyo

I was lost in Tokyo, trying to figure out the subway on a tight budget. This local guy saw me struggling and offered to swap his day pass for my single ticket. He said it was a common hack to save money, but he had a mischievous grin. Turns out, his 'day pass' was about to expire in an hour, and mine was fresh. We ended up racing through stations to use it before time ran out, laughing the whole way. I still saved a few yen and got a great story out of it. Now I always check expiration dates before swapping anything.

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5h ago

Rant: My friends all use apps for notes, but I stick with pen and paper

What if you switched it mid-lecture? Sometimes a concept is just too dense for typing. I’ll grab my pen right then and force myself to draw it out or summarize in my own words on paper. That immediate struggle to simplify makes it CLICK. Typing gets the flood of info, but pen for the tough stuff saves a ton of confusion later.

1d ago

That time at a barbecue when someone asked if I 'just nail shoes on horses'

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