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It's amazing how every so often, I gain new insight into a line from this song. I recently hit 40, and "be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone" is starting to make sense in a way that used to be more abstract.
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according to another comment, you pretend you are a tourist and don't actually get a work visa
I other words, you are willing to commit insurance fraud (or shoulder the risks of being uninsured) and violate visa laws and hope nobody finds out. But at least no one will accuse you of being of an "anti-globalist perspective". (For what it's worth, I think it would probably be a win for many countries to make it feasible to get some short-term-ish remote work visa if you are unlikely to burden them or drive down l…
The tricky bit with all of this is the company that you work for and if your presence in that country while working establishes a tax nexus there.
Kansas is the anti digital nomad place. https://kansaspolicy.org/rethinking-taxes-around-remote-work...
> Kansas has policies that could deter remote work and are deterring greater interstate work with our neighbors. Kansas requires employer withholding for people working in the state just for one day, which creates an annoying hurdle for companies trying to operate even in a small capacity in Kansas. In 2020, the Kansas legislature considered a bill that would have extended the withholding requirement period to 30 days, but the proposal died.
I was in high school when this came out so I can recite this song word-for-word because in 1999, it was all over MTV, the radio, and most importantly, on Napster. I remember the original 1997 edit (even though I first heard it in 1999), because that was the version I downloaded off of Napster as a 15 year old. Even back then, there were all sorts of weird attributions to it (I think that my Napster copy had a Kurt Vo…
The misattribution to Vonnegut was indeed pervasive, and stupid. You have to be a maladjusted no-lifer to get your jollies from "pranks" like that.
More jollies and harmless pranks, I say!
But on a serious note, I reflect a lot on that song and empathize with being kinds to knees (I broke mine at 18 and decades later still feel it).
Meant to ask this earlier, but how odd does the accent of the narrator sound to native-US ears? (when I first listened at very low volume I just assumed he was an American, but listening carefully at full volume it's fairly obvious he's not)
EDIT: The voice actor who performed it is Australian. I'm not hugely surprised to learn that. Australians seem to be pretty good at credible American accents.
The original submitted URL was https://switchedonpop.com/episodes/everybodys-free-to-wear-s... . Since this is a podcast without a transcript, it probably makes sense to change it to the most informative text article on the topic. So far, that looks to be the URL mentioned by neogodless here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32330624 . Those interested can still listen to the podcast!
The comments here feel weird now, after changing the target link of the post to an article not focusing on the song, when the majority of the top level comments are about the song. The new link barely mentions the song twice.
Eventually we'll have better software support for this, so related links won't need to be scattered across various comments, possibly pinned.
Meant to ask this earlier, but how odd does the accent of the narrator sound to native-US ears? (when I first listened at very low volume I just assumed he was an American, but listening carefully at full volume it's fairly obvious he's not)
Nothing about it jumps out to me as obviously "not American". It's not a distinct regional accent to me but that's very common. It sounds mannered, like a TV presenter who has worked on developing a recognizable voice. What stands out to you? EDIT: The voice actor who performed it is Australian. I'm not hugely surprised to learn that. Australians seem to be pretty good at credible American accents.
It's amazing how every so often, I gain new insight into a line from this song. I recently hit 40, and "be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone" is starting to make sense in a way that used to be more abstract.
Protip from someone who is 45 and has had bad knees since he was 15: Strengthen the muscles around the knee as much as possible. The stronger your quads and calves are, the better your knees will be. The best way to do this is squats with either no weights or just a couple of pounds. You may need to wear knee braces when you do this (in my case I was able to skip the braces after about 10 years) This is actually true…
It's amazing how every so often, I gain new insight into a line from this song. I recently hit 40, and "be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone" is starting to make sense in a way that used to be more abstract.
Protip from someone who is 45 and has had bad knees since he was 15: Strengthen the muscles around the knee as much as possible. The stronger your quads and calves are, the better your knees will be. The best way to do this is squats with either no weights or just a couple of pounds. You may need to wear knee braces when you do this (in my case I was able to skip the braces after about 10 years) This is actually true…
My sister has been having foot and hip problems, and her PT has been taking a whole-musculature approach to healing those issues. It's really nice to see these kind of thoughtful interventions, rather than immediately getting prescribed a steroid shot, or, worse, surgery.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Protip from someone who is 45 and has had bad knees since he was 15: Strengthen the muscles around the knee as much as possible. The stronger your quads and calves are, the better your knees will be. The best way to do this is squats with either no weights or just a couple of pounds. You may need to wear knee braces when you do this (in my case I was able to skip the braces after about 10 years) This is actually true…
Any recommendations for people already finding they have trouble doing squats (other than going to PT)?
Take it slow, and start off preferring more sets of fewer reps. If 4 or 5 reps is all you can do, that's fine!
Work your way up over a period of weeks or months, increasing the depth of the squat and number of reps. If you're using something to support some of your weight, slowly wean yourself off of that. Eventually you'll want to be doing fairly deep squats, 10+ reps per set, while holding some light weights. But it's ok if it takes you months (or even over a year) to get there.
(This is of course not medical advice; you should speak to a doctor who knows your specific situation before starting a new exercise regimen, especially if it's something you're already having trouble with.)