There’s also the benefit commingling of assets and having your guild leaders parents dictate your finances. Very lovely.

And then if they ever do sketchy thing like… idk maybe they “forgot to fill out some of their income”, you get dragged down with the entire family, like a mafia family. Who doesnt love this arrangement?

M’they’dy tips fedora

Counter-censorship AI that dynamically change your internet connection in a way that negates the government’s firewall censorship AI.

And on that note, I guess AI anti-hacking might eventually become a thing to stop evil AI hacking.

Of course, an open source locally run AI would be best, cuz using corporate ones is kinda like running corporate antivirus.

(Yes I know the “linux doesnt get malware” thing but mass deployment of evil AI automated hacking agents by rogue states or scammers could change that reality)

“I work with nuclear materials” is definitely a good icebreaker xD

But then you go to a bar and people be like “oh be careful, I heard he’s radioactive (literally)” 💀

Norway pls invade us 🥺

(for legal purposes this is a joke)

c. I got hungry and ate them.

Yummy! 😋

Story time:

I once messed with the sim lock thing and accidentally lock it ( mean y’all know the sim pin lock and pul lock thing?), and my mom didnt notice it yet, and I felt scared, but at the same time was thinking “maybe if I just come clean and apologize, everything would be fine!”, you know, how tv portrays western parents.

Oh well big mistake, I forgot I was Asian. So I told my mom and she instantly transformed into a tiger and devoured me (figuratively) yelled at me and said a bunch of thing like 無鬼用 (useless) 搞破壞 (troublemaker?) and the 食嘢唔做嘢做嘢打爛嘢 (all you do is eat and contribute nothing and when you do try to do something you break everything). Oh keep in mind I was like no older than 11 at the time. 😭

I actually cried like a baby. So yeah, I thinkg that’s pretty much the turning point where I learned a thing about the adult world.

I should’ve just never mentioned a thing and just blamed it on “technical issues” when she eventually tries to make a call.

Counterpoint:

Didnt humans “pretty much live the same lives” for like hundreds of years before the industrial revolution? As in terms of if you put someone in 1500 CE to 1000 CE or 500 CE and like swap their places, they could 99% fit right in (provided you magically also acomodate for sound shifts in language throught the centuries), I mean in the technological sense, like maybe rulers change and culture is slightly evolved/devolved, but its fundamentally the same thing.

Its really around the 21 century that had a “turning point”, where info isnt something passively passed to you, but something you could actively seek out on your own. A little adventure with just a network connected screen device.

Yeah about that… I think basically most countries that are stable will require a college degree. South korea require a bachelors degree.

I looked into Taiwan and you still need at minimum an associates degree just to teach at private “cram schools”

Its kinda weird tho, they make you go through hoops but its still feels like a “gig” job what what I’ve read.

I was working on a story about a war and resistance and planning and um…

Checks folder

“Last modified 2023”

But anyways I just write poetry recently, the most recent one was… oh… months ago 👀

But honestly I’m probably gonna work on a memoir next do its just… remembering.

I really want to eventually write a story that has those anime style flashbacks that are emotional af.

I like the themes of war (in fiction at least), passage of time, nostalgia. I mean Frieren style flashbacks, that type of frequency that is used. I like the contrast thing, between eras and also between countries. Like I wanna write one country about its war, and another thats insulated from whats happening, like multiple PoVs like in a ASOIAF type thing (but more ameteur cuz my garbage will never become that popular lmfao)

But poetry is when i want a short simple and emotional art, its my way of “painting” but with words.

Im probably not gonna do long stories any time soon, shorter stories, in an “anthology” format is probably more satisfying.

Yay, getting poked by random drug needles sounds fun! I love Philly!

But serious tho, I rather do retail and have a face off with a “karen” than doing that

Thanks for the jumpscare, now I have to get a new pair of pants.

Oh I embrace it. I wanna explore space. Preferrably when they figure out the safety stuff, cuz I’m not riding on a “Space Titanic” lol.

But fret not, the Amish community might grant you refuge if you find it too overwhelming xD

I’m ideologically opposed to PRC so its not really an option. On top of that, it’s also a lot harder to find jobs and I have first hand account of work conditions being way worse, its the entire reason why my parents left. Also no unions, strike action is technically illegal, not as much worker rights and protections. Not as glamorous as the media portrays it, dont be mistaken, its not even by any means socialist.

Edit: Oh btw did you know, once you start to be around a certain age, and some have said that this could be as low as 35 or so (or perceived to be over that age), you will get discriminated heavily when trying to find work. In contrast, the United States has anti discrimination protections so that discriminating by age (against those 40 or older) is illegal, so if they have like 100 employees and its all 20s or early 30s, its a lawsuit. Theres no anti-discrimination protections like that in China. If you break a leg sometime in the future, oh boy, you’re gonna have a rough future. Accessibility is not great.

The culture is also very “pull yourself up by the bootstraps”, but Chinese Edition.

So what do I do. Ask my parents money for driving lessons. Lmfao, “just ask dad to teach you” then he never has time.

But I cannot get a learners permit because PA is so stupid and requires a medical exam for a fucking drivers license and the doctor never signed off on it. Because of the fucking depression. So I guess I could drive without a license, like who cares about laws really.

I mean maybe I just dont belong in this world honestly. So much shit going on.

What interests you? What fields could you see yourself working in long term? Have you considered learning a trade (electrical, plumbing, carpentry, construction, etc.)?

I want some computer related job. Well I dont have any coding knowledge tho, but like I can open a microsoft word and probably figure out how a spreadsheet works by googling it. I know how to google error codes. I know how to install linux and custom android roms, but idk how to use a terminal besides just basic “sudo apt-get” stuff, I mostly have to google everything.

I did therapy with 2 separate people, one was a 1st-gen Mandarin speaking lady with a weird accent (for context I’m also ethnically Chinese), another was a white male. Neither helped.

I had medications from a General Practitioner, Lexapro and Sertraline or something. And then later Wellbutrin/Buproprion combined with Hydroxyzine for sleep and anxiety. Nothing really helped but the hydroxyzine did suppress anxiety for a bit but it also makes me tired af and kinda brainfog.

So I just ghosted them and stopped taking the medications.

I think people in Philly, and perhaps most big cities, have this weird attitude against their “paitients” (aka people they wanna milk money from)

And no giving them money wouldnt feel like contributing. Commingling of assets and then they would only tell you how much they “love” your and “omg we sacrafises so much”, and any money you give them would only be repaying a debt that you’ll never be able to finish paying, the debt of my birthmother giving birth to me and raising me for 18+ years. So… my desire was a clear boundary, both financially and physically. Even just for a a few months to maybe 2 years (and maybe beyond that)

Like I dont mind using their house as a temporty stop in between different seasonal gigs or something, but i dont wanna stay for long. I want a “safe space” that no parent, no sibling, no drugaddicts or burglars, would be able to breach into.

95% of them are women. I’m cis male… I dont wanna be near kids cuz like the stigma of “stranger male” stereotype. Like you also need lots of privious babysitting house from what I read to be even considered, and its more scrutinized for males than female applicants. Because of the traditional implication that men have “nefarious intentions”.

But the idea of travelling to a potentially rich (or at least “middle class”) European home to like just be a part of their daily life, like just the glipse into the world of rich people (again, I’m not glorifying wealth, just a “I wanna see the world” desire)

I do speak Cantonese and Mandarin as a heritage language tho so idk if a Taiwanese family would want me, I mean I could teach their kids english maybe and I can teach about the US. I kinda wanna avoid mainland due to political reasons.

Um… I never got one. 👀

Just the um “yeah I’mma get a drivers license some day”…

a few years later

…

LMFAO xD, nah fam. But I would join for Ukraine, but unfortunately they need veterans, they wont even accept an amateur like me.