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nathansnook's review
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
Just after the introduction, I realized I was not the target audience for this. If anything, I think Damon wrote this for his inner child, and for all the kids in the middle of nowhere that require a bit of wanderlust to AT LEAST get to the coasts of America.
I love Damon! Always have. Followed him from his days in LA, to France, and now to all the places he goes. And I like the guy because he actually takes the time in learning the language outside of all these travel youtubers who frame their narratives as "Living in So-and-So Place" or "So-and-So Diaries" and y'all, let's be real, that isn't living! Renting out an Airbnb for one or two months isn't living! It's, simply, tourism!!! But also, shameless plug, I've got a youtube channel come pull thru hehe.
But I was disappointed in this because the wine chats that I've enjoyed doesn't hit home in the writing. Perhaps writing isn't his craft and that's fine. He's a man of words, honest words, but best presented in his Ted-Talk kind of way. It's the presentation, the performance, the gesticulation in hand gestures that we best know him for.
But wine-chat questions here were lackluster. I've noted a few here that actually made me think twice about my own life:
- "๐๐ณ๐ข๐ธ ๐ข ๐ป๐ช๐จ๐ป๐ข๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐บ๐ด."
- ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ-๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ-๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ด ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ?"
- "๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต? ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ? ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ?"
But even the content is lackluster. And I think because Damon was writing for the middle of America. And even then, I'm not sure those in the middle of America want/need globalization. Because it's culture that isn't culture for them. And I wonder how this bridge can be made.
If there's one thing I'll be taking home with me, it's this:
"๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ?โ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ, โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ?โ
It's a good date question. Offers an opening, one more generous than the frame we've asked it in. Let's be real, Damon is so smart and sexy for this very question.
brb gonna use this ? on my next tinder date
I love Damon! Always have. Followed him from his days in LA, to France, and now to all the places he goes. And I like the guy because he actually takes the time in learning the language outside of all these travel youtubers who frame their narratives as "Living in So-and-So Place" or "So-and-So Diaries" and y'all, let's be real, that isn't living! Renting out an Airbnb for one or two months isn't living! It's, simply, tourism!!! But also, shameless plug, I've got a youtube channel come pull thru hehe.
But I was disappointed in this because the wine chats that I've enjoyed doesn't hit home in the writing. Perhaps writing isn't his craft and that's fine. He's a man of words, honest words, but best presented in his Ted-Talk kind of way. It's the presentation, the performance, the gesticulation in hand gestures that we best know him for.
But wine-chat questions here were lackluster. I've noted a few here that actually made me think twice about my own life:
- "๐๐ณ๐ข๐ธ ๐ข ๐ป๐ช๐จ๐ป๐ข๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐บ๐ด."
- ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ-๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ-๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ด ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ?"
- "๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต? ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ? ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ?"
But even the content is lackluster. And I think because Damon was writing for the middle of America. And even then, I'm not sure those in the middle of America want/need globalization. Because it's culture that isn't culture for them. And I wonder how this bridge can be made.
If there's one thing I'll be taking home with me, it's this:
"๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ?โ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ, โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ?โ
It's a good date question. Offers an opening, one more generous than the frame we've asked it in. Let's be real, Damon is so smart and sexy for this very question.
brb gonna use this ? on my next tinder date
clara1999's review against another edition
4.0
Damon Dominique is one of my absolute favorite YouTubers. His openness to other cultures and languages and his sense of humor is something I already appreciated on his old YouTube channel (shared with a co-host) โShut Up And Goโ. Because of him I was so excited to go see the world and to just shut up and go by myself. Because why not.
Now, after years of watching Damon become more and more philosophical and questioning life I was super stoked when I heard he was writing a book. Or better said a guided journal.
โYou Are A Global Citizenโ is a book you can use as a diary while traveling or just while reflecting your own and other peopleโs cultures. Each chapter has a few pages of Damonโs thoughts on said topic and then is followed by lots of questions that you can answer. I didnโt write anything down in this book as I personally really donโt like doing that. But I thought about lots of the questions and most of them really made me think back to past travel experiences, my childhood and what beliefs I grew up with. Which is awesome!
I just hoped to get much more of Damonโs funny stories that he likes to share online. Unfortunately there were only about 3 or 4 in the whole book (as far as I can remember) But I guess thatโs why Damon has a YouTune channel! He talks about him and his experiences there and this book is more about getting to know ourselves. I was just missing a bit of his humor and style I see online while reading this. But over in all, I enjoyed it a lot and might be using the questions for future travels. 4/5 stars
Now, after years of watching Damon become more and more philosophical and questioning life I was super stoked when I heard he was writing a book. Or better said a guided journal.
โYou Are A Global Citizenโ is a book you can use as a diary while traveling or just while reflecting your own and other peopleโs cultures. Each chapter has a few pages of Damonโs thoughts on said topic and then is followed by lots of questions that you can answer. I didnโt write anything down in this book as I personally really donโt like doing that. But I thought about lots of the questions and most of them really made me think back to past travel experiences, my childhood and what beliefs I grew up with. Which is awesome!
I just hoped to get much more of Damonโs funny stories that he likes to share online. Unfortunately there were only about 3 or 4 in the whole book (as far as I can remember) But I guess thatโs why Damon has a YouTune channel! He talks about him and his experiences there and this book is more about getting to know ourselves. I was just missing a bit of his humor and style I see online while reading this. But over in all, I enjoyed it a lot and might be using the questions for future travels. 4/5 stars
rachel75's review
emotional
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
2.5
This was a short quick read. The questions were thought provoking but I would have liked the book to be more informative than introspective. Overall it was a great quick educational read but I personally didn't learn a lot of new info from this book
infirestear's review against another edition
2.0
Hm.
I don't think I'm the right audience for this book. I would say that most people who regularly watch Damon aren't the right audience either.
The point of the book is (to me) to point out how your culture, specifically your geographic culture, molded everything that you are.
Most people, or at least just me, who watch Damon are aware of these to varying degrees so I feel like it didn't really do anything for me.
A point I wished he expanded on more was that being aware that you have these characteristics/thoughts/morals/etc. and knowing where they came from will allow you to choose if you want to align with them.
For me, Damon excels at storytelling, and with the amount of topics he tried to tackle, that left little room for stories. I think showing us these things would've been better than to try and get us to walk through it. Ultimately, I think if the amount of topics were cut down, that would've allowed more room for Damon's voice to stand out.
Overall, I think those who have no idea about Damon and randomly pick up this book will enjoy it more because they may not have thought about their culture influencing them as much as I feel his viewers have.
Not a bad book, but didn't do much for me.
I don't think I'm the right audience for this book. I would say that most people who regularly watch Damon aren't the right audience either.
The point of the book is (to me) to point out how your culture, specifically your geographic culture, molded everything that you are.
Most people, or at least just me, who watch Damon are aware of these to varying degrees so I feel like it didn't really do anything for me.
A point I wished he expanded on more was that being aware that you have these characteristics/thoughts/morals/etc. and knowing where they came from will allow you to choose if you want to align with them.
For me, Damon excels at storytelling, and with the amount of topics he tried to tackle, that left little room for stories. I think showing us these things would've been better than to try and get us to walk through it. Ultimately, I think if the amount of topics were cut down, that would've allowed more room for Damon's voice to stand out.
Overall, I think those who have no idea about Damon and randomly pick up this book will enjoy it more because they may not have thought about their culture influencing them as much as I feel his viewers have.
Not a bad book, but didn't do much for me.