They are much laxer for USAians than they are for poorer third-world countries, I’ll tell you that much! Don’t kid yourself, the USAian passport still has a lot of strength. It opens doors to many places.

If you want to move, there are actually many options, it doesn’t have to be Europe. Vietnam for example needs English teachers and they aren’t exactly picky on how well you speak English. If you can speak another language, you already have one leg up compared to your mono-lingual compatriots e.g Spanish cat get you to many places.

Simply going “oh, it’s hopeless, I can’t move anyway” is the wrong attitude. If you have studied, you already belong to 30% of the population that has. Try applying abroad. If you haven’t studied yet, get a loan, study (pick a study that has a future), leave the US and never return. There’s no need to pay off the load if you leave because having debt isn’t illegal and they aren’t going to drag you back from another country to pay your debt.

What I’m saying is, there’s options. If you’re USAian, living in the USA, you live in one of the most prosperous country in the world and have quite a few advantages over say a farmer in Mongolia or an Iranian. If an Iranian can get out of Iran and become a citizen of a European country, so can you.

I don’t understand your reasoning. Do you think being married is less complicated than not being married? That logically doesn’t make sense. Doing nothing (not getting married) will always be less complicated than doing something (getting married).

Why do you need a symbolic commitment instead of just commitment? 17-30 is a period full of change for many people. You might decide to study or pursue a vocation in different places, you might find out one wants the city and another a small town, you might find out your political ideologies are in the midst of a major change, and so on.

It doesn’t really seem as if you’re actually open to another opinion but you’re looking for affirmation that you’re making the right choice. Maybe ask yourself why you need that affirmation. Do you want the same things? Which dreams do you have? Which plans? Where do you stand politically and ideologically? What does marriage mean to either of you? Did you have the idea of marriage by yourselves? Was it parents, or society, or media, or really just you who had the idea?

Marriage isn’t a fairytale. More than half of them fail. If your reaction to my comment is “fuck you, I’ll show them”, then you’re definitely getting married for the wrong reason. Just be clear about your reasons. If they are genuine and you both are on board. Then go for it.

No. There’s no guarantee they won’t get greedy and start selling my data anyway. They’d have to have a really good pitch and some way to back it up that would get me to pay. I yet know what it is, but I haven’t seen it yet.

People have other things to worry about. It’s concerning but there is a barrage of shit going on that this barely registers. And companies will always choose what’s cheap in the short term. They believe the risk of something going wrong is small enough to warrant the possibly large impact. It’s like that everywhere: in the car industry, chocolate industry, clothing industry, and so on. There’s always one seemingly small decision that could fuck up the entire company but isn’t worth investing in in the short term.

I wish cloudfare (whatever it is and whatever it does) had more reach and went down for longer. For so long that competitors would be considered. But alas…

Be very flattered somebody thought I was worth drawing.

I was but I found my way back.

The first blind man I’ve met on reddit. Hello.

Bug on the window. Everytime these photos are taken, they are blurry af

Don’t sex workers drink on the job too?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-stan

That it exists, part of the Stans, which could be the biggest country on earth if they united, probably Islamic, wouldn’t surprise me if they spoke Russian, probably former Soviet Union.

German with Turkish roots?

That’s perfect. The majority of USAians don’t like to travel.

Wait, is that the country where they sell access to free internet? The future model of the US and UK internet?

What’s wrong with you? Are you OK hun?

We’re all “others” to each other.

Why are people so afraid of AI?

Humans have patterns and that is why they can be recognised by them. Authors have a certain writing style, their book are often about very similar things, musicians sing and act in a specific manner that makes the recognisable and few are able to truly reinvent themselves or their style. Is that a “lack of creativity”? Are they just inferior beings unable to break out of their bubble?

AI is a tool. It can be used for good, bad and everything in between. If you see it as something one should fear, loathe, or despise, that requires a meme quip as a kneejerk reaction to anybody mentioning it positively, maybe use your own reasoning to come with a thoughtful answer, or if you can’t then maybe don’t.

Sorry that its so long, if you dont want to read it please dont make a summary out of it and instead ignore it

Was the sass really necessary? 🙄

You think you know there is no big picture. You still have a lot to learn.

There must be a misunderstanding. I’m not saying “AI should write the short story”. AI can act as the spark and you can provide the material to make the fire.