JTarrou
5hr ago
Definitely. In fact, I'd say variation in romantic norms is one of the strongest cultural signals. The oldest cultures (i.e. the best at reproducing themselves) tend to give the young very little say in the matter. They also seem to have trouble adapting quickly to technological and social change.
The social technology a society uses to reproduce itself is the primary human input on evolution. This is how humans control our genetic destiny. Hinge is more important to the future of humanity than SpaceX.
JTarrou
1d ago
In Russia, one learns that women are not the romantic sex, and never were. All the frills and the rom-coms are camouflage over an entirely mercenary subconscious. Slavic girls (as a gross generalization) are very honest about shit-testing their men constantly for any weakness, weaponized mood swings, and open requests for material gifts.
JTarrou
1d ago
As someone whose first sort-of-gf was a Russian broad, I counsel against it. Their cultural norms and expectations are likely to be incompatible. Don't even think about it if you aren't down with committing domestic violence on a regular basis.
JTarrou
2d ago
As someone who has done a bit of travelling and lived overseas for some time, I can't imagine trying to enter a foreign country on expired papers and getting mad at them for not letting me. When I lived in Russia we had to leave the country every six months and re-up our visas. If our papers weren't current, we couldn't go back, simple as.
JTarrou
4d ago
Surely there's a town with a data center they can go ask how good it was for them? Or do they all have NDAs too?
Seems to me to be a perfectly solvable problem, just show the value. If they can deliver jobs and tax money to localities, they will be welcomed. If it's all a pyramid scheme to saddle local governments with tech companies' expansion costs, that will come out too. Just takes some time.
Necrothanks!
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