Varyk @ Varyk @sh.itjust.works

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""Big" or "small" is relative, which was exactly my original point."

you are incorrect.

your original point was that the cracks showing in Trump's administration were tiny cracks, which is objectively false.

then you changed it to say that the cracks were relatively tiny compared to a vague, unquantifiable overwhelming opposition, which is a different comparison (those are the goal posts you changed), which is also objectively untrue, as shown above.

now you are pretending that an objective statement is the same as a relative statement, which it objectively is not.

you don't have to hide behind reinterpreting what you said; accept your mistake and move on.

"that's all the interest I have in arguing with someone about this."

obviously untrue, as you concocted a reimagining of events and posted them.

"I am not talking to you" he claims, talking to you.

despite changing the goal posts, you are still incorrect; your uninformed anxiety is why I have to be realistic.

in Guatemala, the spicy rice tamales are probably my favorite thing here.

but today I'm getting the chipilin tamales, which have little leaves mixed into the dough and are also real good.

https://archive.is/VayyH

You are incorrect. A nationwide movement of judges, lawyers and activists actively halting the President's will and chosen policy is not a "tiny crack". Billions of dollars redirected is not a "tiny crack".

a lot of them understand the concept of airfoils also, but holding a random concept in your head doesn't prevent them from driving home drunk.

"tiny cracks" like dozens of judges blocking presidential executive orders and blocking administrative Nationwide policy.

tiny cracks like your own party turning against you, like literally Nationwide protests and civil rights union suing the presidential administration?

those are not little cracks, and it is ignorant and meaning a few to pretend that they are.

those Resistance movements are very clear demonstrations that everybody, even the extremists think Trump is harmful.

no one talked about complacency before you did.

there are cracks, these are the facts. you don't have to caution against things that are not happening, you have to recognize what is happening and deal with the reality there.

all the advice I'm giving is from specific knowledge and experience, not assumptions, as I mentioned above.

The very fact that you commented on my experience without asking questions or requesting clarifications for what you didn't understand means that you making incorrect assumptions and drawing false conclusions about my experience, which yes, you should be careful of.

"It can just get sticky if you live in eu and have a job based in US."

what can? this sounds like another vague assumption.

I know a lot of people who live in the EU and have a job based in the US, including myself, and nothing is "sticky".

exactly. when I grew up with it, I was like oh five beers? you can function all right because that was the culture.

and now when I visit the states I'm like oh these people are all driving home drunk, every person I know and many I don't are driving home impaired to a dangerous degree.

many Americans don't really worry about driving drunk. it is weird going back to visit, having beers with people and then everybody drives home drunk.

from concerts, from the bars, from restaurants, from bowling alleys, driving impaired is pretty normal there.

like you say, there's no public transport to get them home.

chiillllll. things would slow down a lot, but be efficiently run. interesting podcasts.

there are cracks. The Supreme Court just ruled against Rump again, has approval rating is already diving, Republicans are protesting against rump, there are literally Nationwide protests with tens of thousands of people, and judges all over the country are blocking rump policies.

there are cracks, don't pretend here.

there aren't specific Visa coaches or recruiters that specialize in expats Independent of companies, although a lot of companies are looking for expats.

but that's kind of looking at it backwards if you really dislike America.

I really disliked America 15 years ago and so I bounced.

it was a very good decision.

you can either teach English online or in person in the country you move to, which is very easy, or you can get any remote job that pays you $500 a month or more and you can at least get out of the states while you figure out if you want more money or what you're really looking for.

If you have any questions, ask me, I am a font of digital nomad knowledge and love to share

not for what I'm talking about.

as I said, check the country, but double taxation specifically shouldn't be a concern since not being double taxed is part of the US tax code and most country's tax codes.

every country, in fact, that I'm aware of.

oh man! keeping this one for later

hahah! That's so funny, as soon as I read "homesick for american chocolate", I was like something's not right here.

you always have to file taxes if you are a US citizen, you rarely have to file taxes as a digital nomad in other countries, but you'd have to check depending on the country.

the taxes you pay in one country will offset the taxes you pay in the other, so you won't be paying double taxes and you can choose the more favorable tax home for you.

If you are outside of the US for more than 330 days out of the year, you don't pay earned income tax on the first $125,000(they update the number annually).

your employer in the US doesn't have to do anything with the country you're moving to.

"The food thing is BS"

are you replying to someone else? I didn't talk about being able to find food, so I'm not sure what you're referring to.

"There's a lot of stuff you won't be able to buy,"

that's absurd. go ahead and give me an example of things you can't buy in Europe that is available in the Americas.

also, since you brought up food, I should mention that you are completely wrong again.

like you couldn't be more wrong.

especially with Mexican and Jamaican, two extremely popular cuisines.

there are immigrants everywhere, and you can find "proper"(false category anyway) mexican and jamaican food throughout Europe.

You're obviously not a traveler, and are talking out your elbow, so sit this one out.

it's much easier than you think it's going to be and is practically all upside.

I've been an expat for a decade and a half.

the other commenters seem to be offering incorrect theories, and I'll fact-check those

If you have a company offering you a job, they'll be sponsoring your work visa.

If you want to open a bank account in europe, you'll be able to with your work visa.

you will not be "on the hook" for US taxes if you are permanently relocating, living outside of the US for more than 330 days per year means that you still have to file US tax paperwork, but you don't have to pay $125,000 USD of earned income per year.

as for American chocolate? its maybe the worst chocolate in the world. Americans have terrible chocolate.

American chocolate is to real chocolate what American cheese is to real cheese. an ersatz barnyard embarrassment.

there are no American goods you'll want that you can't get or find a substitute for abroad, Im half convinced that comment is satire for using American chocolate as an example.

If you have any specific questions, go ahead and ask.

Good luck! whatever the deal is, moving out of that country is the right thing to do right now.

rump, of course. I refer to him as dumps, but rump is perfect. much more efficient. thanks.