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  • yup yup.

    any bullshit part-time job in IT will more than fund your lifestyle indefinitely.

    get a job you like? even better. and you have 5 years to find that job that can pay you 10% of the US salary and you’ll still save $1,000 a month without trying.

    and you can always try out other jobs just for fun since you don’t have the unrelenting financial pressure of the US ripping dollar bills out of your account everyday

    oh!

    I’ve got a great one.

    are you tall?

    China still hires tall foreigners to wear suits to walk around buildings and pretend they’re advisors.

    so you dress up in a doctor’s coat and pose with a hospital administrator for a photo op, maybe give a prewritten speech at a textile conference, they’ll pay you to do that, more money and work. the taller you are hahaha.

    anyway, you’re all set.

    find any job that pays you $1 to $2,000 a month, sell all your shit and fly to whatever country.

    shoot and you’re at the end of this year too, so if you leave before the end of January next year, and stay out the rest of the year, you’ll be able to use the feie for your 2025 taxes.

    go ahead and show me any other questions if you think of them



  • “Even under the best circumstances reforming the SC would be extremely unlikely”

    No, under the best circumstances it would be extremely likely.

    Roberts, Thomas et al would keel over from heart attacks, Trump would have an attack of conscience and elect compassionate, wise judges.

    or Hakeem Jeffr ies is persuasive than Trump and everyone commits to Court reform.

    “now be run by extremists who literally ran on deconstructing our government and replacing it with something in their image.”

    they’ll certainly try.

    there’s just too much historical evidence going against your theory of defeatist inevitability/futility.

    “The way our government has worked our entire lives is likely over.”

    this has happened uncountable times throughout just US history, but especially recently when the president was afforded absolutely legal immunity.

    I’d say that decision was more ultimately significant than Trump being elected.

    “SC made him immune to any and all prosecution while president”

    many of dumps past, current and upcoming cases definitively do not have to do with his presidency and occurred outside of his presidency completely.

    “Laws only work if the will of the people make them work.”

    not really. Trump didn’t get fined $100 million and lose two court cases solely because of the will of the people.

    he went to court because of the legal system, and he lost those legal battles three times recently.

    “The majority of Americans just crowned a king.”

    a chubsy jester, but sure.

    “You will not see justice for Trump’s crimes now. That possibility is gone.”

    already seen it a few times, probably going to see it again.

    “Doesn’t matter. He will be replaced and nothing about this timeline will change.”

    this is ridiculous and has zero evidence to support it.

    dumps is the zealot catalyst here, the person in the seat pretending to fellate and stroke microphones is very important.

    If you don’t understand that, then your entire realistic perspective is foundationally flawed.

    “I mean, obviously.”

    that this is not the worst timeline was obvious to me.

    you claimed the literal opposite statement, that this was in fact the worst timeline, in the previous comment.

    “But considering the two timelines we had an option to be on…”

    you believe in timelines, but you believe there are only two at any specific moment?

    bullet 2 inches left

    Hilary doesn’t steal Sanders’ nomination.

    5/4 decisions go four-five.

    expand your mind.

    “it’s going to be very, very bad for average Americans.”

    oh yeah. almost all Americans. but you know they voted for it so…

    blocking the bike path for everyone else, too.




  • definitely sucks right now, but this could spur Supreme Court reform or election reform, Trump could get convicted or impeached on one of the many cases he has coming up, he could die, he could fully go dementia, you’d have Vance, but he does not have the same selfish appeal that dumps does.

    The US might be lost, but I doubt it.

    I don’t think this is the worst timeline. there are way worse timelines.

    in one timeline that Russian sergeant or whatever didn’t stop his commanding submarine officer from shooting a nuke in retaliation from a false radar reading and starting World War III to 50 years ago.

    and then another Russian co-pilot didn’t stop his co-pilot from shooting a nuke in retaliation from a false radar reading The captured some geese.

    I mean that’s two times we got pretty big reprieves in this timeline.


    1. tldr: "30 grand will last you at least 5 years of very comfortable living if you’re at all trying to budget wisely.

    2. the easiest and most immediately profitable is English teacher, but remote work is vast and covers every field, so it really depends on what you’re interested in.

    1 full)

    totally depends on your habits and proclivities, but I lived on less than $300 a month for about a year. a lot of hostels in Asia and Europe have monthly discounts and they’re already like $7 a day. in Asia they can be $2 a day for a bunk bed in a room.

    private rooms are 10 to 15 bucks a day, but if you’re going to do that then just go to a hotel and pay for the month, which you can easily get for $200 to $300 a month all utilities included.

    I’ve been doing this a while, so right now I’m living in India paying $300 a month for a private two-bedroom two bathroom full kitchen, living room and dining room house plus rooftop terrace parking garage, the whole package, all utilities included plus free unlimited Wi-Fi.

    about $0.90 will get you at one entree of chili goby, 2 to 4 rotis and a side of dal or curry.

    kabobs are about $0.20 here, potstickers are up to $0.10 each.

    anyway, you can live extremely cheaply in the beginning and then figure out what you want and go from there.

    If you have 30 grand and no experience traveling, you can rent private condos or houses in a couple dozen countries off tge top of my head for less than 500 USD a month, all utilities included.

    in the cheaper countries, you can spend $20 a day eating out at the fancier restaurants or go to the mom and pop shops or cook yourself and spend $1-3 a day on simpler meals.

    If you want to pamper yourself and live in more expensive countries, you can double all those prices, but the more you travel the better you’ll get at traveling and finding good prices.

    30 grand will last you at least 5 years if you’re at all watching your money,.

    annually, you only need a couple thousand to live indoors and eat as much as you want, several thousand to to live privately end comfortably and enjoy entertainment everyday, and a few thousand after that to splurge most of the year.

    2 full)

    important consideration is that you only need to make five grand a year for all of your expenses well traveling in the more affordable countries (of which there are dozens), anything after that is play money.

    If you have zero skills or certifications, English teaching is the easiest and quickest way to make money. you’re instantly making $12 to $20 an hour repeating primary colors and fundamental vocabulary to smart well-behaved children for 45 minutes at a time.

    you can get a tefl certification for 40 bucks on Groupon, that lasts for a lifetime and increases your pay up to $20 even without experience.

    or you can just fly over to China and you’ll get a job that week starting at an absolute minimum of $12 if you fuck up the interview and dress like a homeless person.

    Last I checked, Saudi Arabia (and some provinces in China) was paying $6,000 US a month for English teachers.

    that’s the easiest, but there are plenty of other jobs you can do.

    there are too many jobs to list, you can write articles if you’re good at writing, you can get free it certifications and work as an SEO optimizer, you can literally pick berries and work seasonally in some countries.

    I knew a Spanish couple who are just trying to choose a country and they just moved to whichever place had berry picking work that year, worked a couple days a week.

    If I know your interests, talents or proficiencies I can suggest more specific jobs in that field, but again, you only need to make five grand a year to live very comfortably, and you only need a couple grand to live in a dorm and eat good food everyday.

    If you have those savings you’re talking about, you have a minimum of 5 years to figure out a way to make $5,000 bucks a year to maintain your standard of living, although you’ll probably save money the longer you travel.







  • “over the threshold, you’re expected to pay taxes”

    sort of, that’s the “up to 125k” limit part of the FEIE(readjusted for inflation every year).

    you still don’t pay taxes on the first 125k.

    earning more than 125k is not a problem most people have.

    The problem most people have is not knowing that the feie exists in the first place and there are legal, straightforward ways to avoid paying income tax while saving money traveling.

    “no matter if you’re also paying taxes wherever you currently are…”

    this is very iffy and depends on a lot of factors.

    again, for most regular people, foreign income tax credits will erase most financial duties to the US.

    “The US is the only country in the world…”

    nearly.

    “It’s not normal.”

    nope, it’s definitely weird and it sucks.

    but at least there’s the FEIE.