One-upmanship is big in the world of travel. I like to call it geographical one-upmanship. This is the equivalent of general knowledge one-upmanship, which if you don’t know is the most reprehensible of all supposed intelligences.

The soulless fuck that takes pride in knowing the name of the largest man-made canal or most populated city is [...]

Rather than fitting into the category of ranting, this realm of discontent needs its own special place. One cannot escape it. If you are in male company you will be subjected to it with so much regularity you might very well be unaware of its existence.

You will find it around the water-coolers, in the gym, [...]