So is this the world we'll be livin' in?

[Bereta_Eder]

where russia continues to attack ukraine


isreal contucts a genocide with the help of the US

I am drunk half of the nights but make a killing? top of my game


and my cousine has too many pets and I am too chicken scared sh!t to form a genuine relatiopsnshjip?

ok


I can live with that

[Bereta_Eder]

the thing is my family's health status has stabililzed (greek universal health care best in the world)

I hve more money than I can spend

I am ok. I think. Im' doing pretty good. I drink but apart from that all is ok i think

so I have to go to the other end of the world

[Bereta_Eder]

I'm a bit scared becasue I'll be all alone but I keep telling myself that an atlantic is nothing and america is more or less civilzied.


we only live once

[Bereta_Eder]

will eating bagels and watch nyc from a skyscrapper fill my empty void heart?

No. But I would have eaten a bagel and watched NYC from a skyscrapper.


Which is better to have done than not. heart irrelevent

[Bereta_Eder]

as in everything in life you need 2 things


money and courage

I have money and alcohol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGRqnNEOpe0

[Bereta_Eder]

europe is easy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRVvLLNN5wM

US is tough

(if you're alone. if you're not I assume everything is easy although I was in an elevator today and there was a girl and she said wow,,,, you're so tall I feel like strufmette


f

[Bereta_Eder]

[Bereta_Eder]

many beers. i see greek I click

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB6X1h6eGTc

[Aeson]

If you have money there's no point to go to the US.

[Bereta_Eder]

huh I know what you're saying and I hope you can visit Greece


I was once in a remote off the beaten track island. there was a guy there from california we got to talkling

I told him I want to go tot he US because of all the films and culture produicts that we grew up with

he didn't seem to understand


but he did advice me on the best time to visit

[The Mad Monk]

If you have more money than you can spend you aren't trying to spend hard enough.

[Aeson]

huh I know what you're saying and I hope you can visit Greece


I was once in a remote off the beaten track island. there was a guy there from california we got to talkling

I told him I want to go tot he US because of all the films and culture produicts that we grew up with

he didn't seem to understand


but he did advice me on the best time to visit

Would love to visit Greece. Maybe someday.

There's a lot of great stuff to see in the US, but that's true anywhere. Maybe it's just familiarity breeds contempt, but to me it seems the US trails many other places in some combination of affordability and/or friendliness (interpersonal, cultural, and especially with immigration services now). We're great at faking friendliness face to face if there's something to be gotten out of the interaction. "The customer is always right." But pretty much everyone here hates at least half of everyone else here. Most are at a much higher % than that.

The US is a great place to make money of course, if you're competitive.

[Dauphin]

The US is a great place to make money of course, if you're competitive.

Correction: The US is a great place to make money of course, if you're already wealthy.

[Aeson]

Correction: The US is a great place to make money of course, if you're already wealthy.

That certainly helps you be competitive. There are other ways though. Sell your soul. Collect rents. Be willing to take great risks with other people's money. Be ok with socializing any losses via bankruptcy. Let society and nature bear the costs of any negative externalities. Take advantage of employees/renters and tax loopholes. Scam/lie.