I’ve always wanted to see a reef, a major bucket list item for me. I worry I never will at this point, or if I do I’ll just be seeing a graveyard

Bat -> Bird -> Bug

That’s a bad take. Independence should be in the view of the people living there. I’m not going to gauge if Taiwan is a country based on if I can convince the US to recognize them, that’s nonsense garbage logic

Nah I’m too trans to be let in even as a conscript. They would rather just kill me domestically 🎉

I’m from the US setting things in motion to move out. Is this going to start affecting my ability to get to other countries? Like if there is a travel warning advisory for coming here maybe other countries don’t want me traveling to them either? If so how much time you all think I have? I have stuff set in motion for 4-6 months from now but I’m worried I’m going to have to bail early which would hose my finances…

I feel like we’re standing on top of a melting glacier labeled ww3 that’s going to flip any second now but we’re not entirely sure when. Not saying Japan shouldn’t be in control of the means to protect themselves. We’re just in a dangerous situation with the US going batshit while having so much global influence, lots of contries’ relationships with each other feel in flux

Hmm, well looks like it was a typo of ‘polycule’. But yeah most my social circle was people I was romantically or sexually involved with, I did also lose a couple of friends though too. It’s been a little over a year at this point and honestly I have not recovered from it. I lost four relationships that were 2-3 years each, a couple going on a year, one that was a few months but incredibly moving for me, and then the marriage was nearly 13 years; all of them broke up with me basically one after the other over the course of a couple months. I feel like I’ve been emotionally hollowed out and while I’ve always been tired of this country I now also feel tired of the people here

Unfortunately I don’t think it is going to die out, I think it will need to be rooted out at the cost of lives. The feeling safe part is important but I’ve been living my true self a while now. I make an active effort to not pass too well so that other trans people who feel they can’t show themselves can see me and know there are others around. That was important for me early on so I want to provide that. Has led to some less than stellar interactions though even in Seattle…

I was actually just starting to root here, for the first time in my life I felt like I could settle in somewhere. Then my polycyle imploded, lost most my friends, divorce, job is getting worse every day. Leaving the US has always been a dream of mine but I felt tied here most the time. Losing my entire social circle created a convenient opening

Depending where I may get accepted, I’m likely to end up in Umeå, Boden, or Skellefteå. So just a bit further north than Malmö 😅 I appreciate the offer though

I have to line up a job before I graduate because I don’t qualify for like a “just graduated give me some time to settle” visa, so that may be difficult. I don’t really know if the student visa is hard to get. I need to be accepted to school first then I can use that to make my visa application, so the timing is going to be pretty rushed. I’m going to have to set up moving and living, basically be in standstill for a bit waiting to see if I can pull the trigger, then hope the visa clears

I’ve got enough tech experience I probably could have. I’m going back to school though out of savings and going to get on a student visa

Thank you! I’m so excited to make my way. Just hoping the US holds out long enough for me to make the move I’m definitely a bit scared with how fast it’s all happening here

Lots of reasons over the years but the most immediately pressing is I’m trans so if the US starts black bagging people I’m high up there on the list

Well I’m going back to school there first to get an actual degree. After that though yeah I’m expecting to make around 1/3 what I am currently, between switching countries and going from automation engineering to level design. I think it’ll be a worthwhile trade-off too

I’m doing my part fleeing to Sweden, granted I’m a programmer and game dev so not a scientist. I’m done letting the US profit off my skills though

Yo, Children of Men where all the dudes are shooting plastic pellets let’s go

Around 90% of Swedes speak English and tech jobs are often done in English, from what I’ve heard. You could potentially get a work visa

Live with the crushing despair of having a tech job that provides no real value long enough to have a degrees worth of money and living expenses then get on a student visa, is what I’m attempting anyway idk probably there are easier options

On one hand yeah fuck the US we could do with being knocked down a bunch of pegs. On the other I worry desperate people are easy to control. It would create a very strong “us vs the world” vibe that fascists love to take advantage of.