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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • Earplugs are so tiny that carrying two pairs is negligibley different from one. I have used multiple pairs simply because I’ve misplaced one during the night (fallen out my ear and rolled off the bed) and I’d rather have a spare than have to turn a light on and search.

    As to the eye mask, it depends how much you care about light. I find that many hotels have too much early morning light for me, so I use it more often than not. But even if it was only 10% of hotels, carrying a flat, compressable 200g item would still be worth it. Particularly because you often can’t tell until the dawn whether the light will be an issue, so having it available makes more sense than having to pick one up at a 7-11. But if you only use it 1 in 100 trips, or you’re OK with disrupted sleep, then it’s a different evaluation.




  • That’s not quite right. Great Britain is the “big island” and the political grouping of England, Wales and Scotland (plus islands). “little Britain” has been used historically to name the island that Ireland/Norther Ireland is on, but that would be pretty controversial now…

    The United Kingdom is the three countries of Great Britain, combined with Northern Ireland. And it’s the “official” country / nation, has a seat of the UN security council etc. But NI, Wales and Scotland are all countries, and in many peoples they’re nations too (depending on how you define such things).