You are my hero Sivers. Very few people are bad ass and contribute. Thank you showing me it can be done.
I moved to Singapore
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#144While Sivers is obviously an awesome guy, why is this post about him moving to Singapore hitting the frontpage? Just curious. (Congrats on becoming a Singapore citizen btw!)
Because all of the other white geeks on this site want to abandon their culture and move to Asia, so it appeals to them. They've been rejected by white women all their lives but have no problem with asian women. In addition, the civilized and high-tech society attracts them.
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#145Singapore seemed a little to squeaky-clean and expensive, so I did the same thing, but in Vietnam instead. Internet infrastructure here isn't great but other than that I haven't regretted it for a second. The U.S. and Europe just seem so boring now when I go back.
I'm Vietnamese, so I get a little curious here. Would you mind sharing what you particuarly like about Vietnam? And which city are you living in?
Anthony Bourdain has done a few episodes on Vietnam, it's his favorite place on Earth.
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It's hard to visit with an open mind when you would risk several years in prison for doing what you would at home. Capital punishment is required for being in the company with someone possessing a small amount of weed. "Obscene material" gives you prison up to three months, 21 years if you make it avaliable to someone under 21. If you watch the movie Milk with someone under 21 years old, you risk 21 years in prison.…
>>Capital punishment is required for being in the company with someone possessing a small amount of weed. Capital punishment is meted out to persons who possess or have reasonable knowledge of someone who possesses or deals in drugs. Do I agree with it? No. But it's very far from your claim. There is due process of law. >>All members of Jehovas Witnesses were imprisioned in 2004. The reason for this is because Singap…
It's the somewhat the same in Finland and many other countries. Here you can choose between 6 months of service in the military, 12 months of alternative service or go to prison for 6 months. While there are many up sides in conscription I still feel it's against human rights.
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#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
The whole point I believe is to remove the notion of "your own people". Therefore, you "fit in" anywhere.
I would argue you thus fit in nowhere, and that that can be okay too.
Are you arguing that you can only fit in to one place in your life? Fitting in is only a feeling after all.
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This is a tough subject. You're right that if you walk around a city in SE Asia, you'll inevitably see lots of old, fat, bald men walking around with young pretty local girls, and there's no mistaking what's going on. Lots of these guys marry their bar girls and bring them home, so it's not uncommon to see a surly, tattoo'd guy walking around in Manchester with a Thai girl who's clearly way out of his league. But wha…
As far as love, and other personal matters are concerned, why do you care what other people think? ( with apologies to Feynman ) If you were to judge Asian women purely on looks, they might feel like they belong to a different class, but more often than not, they are using the 'white' guy to escape the grinding nature of their poverty and a pretty cruel life back in their hometown. For folks with a western upbrinding…
calm, obedient, slightly docile nature of asian women
I don't think you know enough Asian women.
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It was near the top of the list, but failed on two big counts: (1) - the air (2) - Cantonese I've already been studying Mandarin slowly for a couple years, and though I've heard I could have "gotten by" with English and Mandarin, I really wanted to just focus on Mandarin + simplified Chinese. But mostly it was the air. :-)
Why not Taipei then? The area near 101 is quite nice. And it has a better nightlife.
he's married and not in his 20's. why would he care about nightlife?