tiredofsametab

You need to keep working on language. It takes a lot of time to learn your first non-native language and then gets easier. As with anything, language-learning is a skill that can be learned.

That or limit yourself to english-language countries. I can’t stand people who move somewhere, never learn the language, etc. Japan has a ton and the government is finally adding language requirements to some statuses (though some of the worst offenders are English teachers who will not have any such restriction)

Usually 8 +/- a bit. I have become a lighter sleeper in my 40s and do wake up at least once most nights (excluding earthquakes because that’s not something I can help). My neighbor starts work really early and has to drive a heavy vehicle so that starts around sun-up (5:30 now but will be 4:30am in mid summer) so I try to adapt my schedule. It’s not that bad since my second job is farming and it’s much better in the early morning before the oppressive heat and humidity here.

Before I had to wait on slow 1099s: as soon as the IRS and the software I used had the forms all set up.

Now: whenever the last slow-assed company sends me a 1099 which is sometime in March null

I want to do things ASAP and have them done, so that’s hard. As an overseas citizen, I do get an automatic 6-month extension, but I’ve never had to come anywhere close to the normal deadline, even.

Dude’s electronics should have been seized and searched immediately.

I wasn’t offended/bothered at all.

You say “/s” but, for anyone else reading, Japan is considered rabies free so that would certainly be a big deal we’re it the case.

People and land become “the stuff” and are abused and traded as they wish.

I don’t think I’ve heard a genuine complaint from a Japenese person about Japan

I have and plenty. It depends on the person, the setting, and how well you know them.

Uma (馬) is horse in Japanese and musume (娘) is daughter (or young, unmarried woman, I guess). Beyond that, I have no idea what is going on.

I’ve never met a protestant that wasn’t into a catholic saint’s day at least once a year (valentine’s day)

No bedroom TV. As an ADHD person, that’s just a ‘never-going-to-sleep’ trap. I do have a list of youtube channels I put on my phone at lowest volume and screen off for background noise. It can’t be too interesting or I won’t sleep; it just needs to keep my mind from wandering in bad directions.

Left front: phone

Right front: wallet and hand towel

Back belt loop: keys on caribeener

I always think of reasons something can’t or won’t work, but that’s just to make whatever is left stronger and more resilliant.

Japan has required fingerprints and photo for at least a decade now. Korea required the same when I was recently there.

I was going to go with a large, heavy wrench.

Kinda. I don’t use most social media, which I suppose is not super helpful

I’m in Japan. It’s not worth it on my scale to even try. I do plan to get chickens for our eggs (and bonus bug eating and compost helping), but otherwise I’m just in the veg business. I have full English support and website which helps me find my market

It’s always a balance of what you can afford, what you want to do, and what your market can bare. You may love raising chickens, but eggs will almost never pay off. I love hot peppers. But I can’t get by growing just that. It is skilled and complicated for sure.

[I]t’s hard work for low pay that is very hard to buy yourself into if you weren’t born with some land.

It’s certainly hard work and low pay (compared to software engineering) in many cases, but it is rewarding.

As for the land, that really depends on the scale and the country.

I went to the original instance after this, found that name, and then searched my blocklist but didn’t see them. We might not be federated with that instance or something.