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2d ago
Probably more efficient doing it privately versus however public security details work plus the Bezoswatch doesn't have anywhere near the power to inconvenience the public
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3d ago
East Asians enjoy hardcore religion when they go for it. I dated a Chinese classmate briefly in Australia and ended up getting roped into a Sunday service at their church and it was full speaking in tongues, baptisms once a month and whatnot.
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6d ago
Also for formal clothing the relative cost of tailoring/adjustment versus buying a new item has skyrocketed versus what it would have been a century ago.
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6d ago
To a certain degree your NFT transaction consultancy kind of character will survive by just skimming the waves of whatever becomes new and hip. Obviously lots will blow up in the attempt but I know enough crackhead energy crypto types who manage to skid along on occasional lottery hits
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6d ago
Also once kids enter the equation you'd kind of have to be a nonsensical psychopath to expect honeymoon period girlfriend frequency.
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7d ago
True. It's not completely free money but it's less reliant on directional moves provided they aren't big outliers.
RIP Benn Eifert 🙏
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7d ago
Even philosophical works will have cultural allusions and context that's informative towards the broader context
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7d ago
Please pursue responsible gambling tools available to you prior to wrecking yourself.
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7d ago
I mean 140 IQ guys are setting the parameters then it's a combination of top tier bots, accumulated subject matter expertise and negotiating super low fees in exchange for super high turnover.
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7d ago
Yeah most macro guys have one or two big bets that work out and otherwise get their asses beat over time. Market making is just a gigantic ticket clipping operation which is why it's relatively sustainable and scales well
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7d ago
Equity markets are positive sum. Sports markets are negative sum. The Kalshi markets are being pushed off fairs against 'public' teams a bit due to weight of retard money but if I check back again in 1000 bets you will have lost your ass most likely in whatever strategy you think you've found.
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8d ago
Buffalo wings outside of the USA very rarely live up to the ones inside the USA. I'm not a particular fan of American food but that's one spot where I'll say the Americans way outdo everybody else
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8d ago
The Iran situation seemed kinda weird and possibly atleast partly down to Iranian officials in charge of stopping players defecting (Like the women's team did in Australia) not being given visas due to their political affiliation. Then Iran minimizing time in the USA to try and reduce risk of defection
I wouldn't mind living in Boston (most liveable IMO of the 10 or so USA cities I've been to) and would like to spend a month or two in certain parts of the USA for the novelty but I similarly think that day to day quality of living in the USA can be fairly easily mimicked in a bunch of places.
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13d ago
Uh. The Malays are pretty moderate and there's kind of a kayfabe where most affluent Malays know that the Chinese actually make the country work economically. Occasionally populist leaders do stupid things but generally they are more focused on forcing Muslim Malays in the rural Muslim states to live more piously than impacting the big metro areas. They're also pretty good at rooting out radical movements since the government doesn't really want to go down that path.
There's huge illegal immigration but the safety net is very weak and I think approximately 200 adults are given Malaysian passports each year. Typically requiring a multiple decade tenure in the country or being a huge contributor. Hence the immigration keeps wages low for unskilled jobs but doesn't really produce the same impacts. There's a large population of Rohingya who make up the majority of refugees in the country and they're not legally allowed to work or get education for instance which causes issues but there's no refugee luxury communism on offer.
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15d ago
What productive work can be given to a camp in a Western country at this point, though? Most of the menial stuff left is either customer service or care work for the elderly/children, neither of which scale particularly well in that format.
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15d ago
The MM2H minimum property will get you something very liveable. I paid approx 1m MYR (250k USD) for a 5br in a gated community in an upper middle class 'local' area in outer KL. Expat centric areas tend to trend higher and the minimum buy in Selangor is 2M but that'll get you something exceedingly liveable. 10% is required down payment.
I prettymuch haven't been anywhere without good AC. Unless you're somehow managing to move into a 50 year old house in a shitty area, there'll be AC. Air quality is fine. Humidity can be annoying during the spikes but generally polite society avoids going outside midday.
Social scene is good. I mostly rely on BJJ for my non-family socialization and it's very strong and English speaking. My personal social circle is mostly local/Malaysian Chinese but I'm like 40 mins away from the peak expat region. Dating culture is quite conservative but also foreigner friendly if you're dating to marry and seem to have your shit together. Generally the 30% or so Chinese are more inclined. The 50% or so Muslim Malay population are friendly but you'd be expected to convert to Islam to get married (On paper at the very least, mileage may vary depending on girl/family) since there is legally no such thing as non-Muslim Malay. It's not Thailand/ideal for sex tourism but it's also not ultra conservative.
As a white foreigner I feel pretty solid. Malaysian internal racism stuff tends to focus more on skirmishes between the local Indians/Chinese/Malays. There's definitely prejudice against the abundant unskilled foreign worker population from India, Indonesia, Bangladesh etcetera. Rohingya get a lot of complaints in the media, but I've never experienced anything I'd consider anti-white.
I'm on a spousal visa and have no real intention of ever working in the country. I don't feel 100% firm in never getting kicked out but I would be highly surprised. The politics have had a lot of reform/cleaning up since the massive embezzlement scandals about 10-15 years ago. There's very strong positive discrimination for Malays in government and govt adjacent business, but they're nice enough and don't tend to be receptive to particularly radical Islam. The Chinese have had friction historically due to being overwhelmingly economically successful inside the country, but there's never been sufficient political will to do anything dramatic like in Thailand or Indonesia.
I think Malaysia is in a good position to take advantage of the world pivoting more towards China. Singapore has reached capacity for non-financial investment and the bordering region of Malaysia is picking up a ton of overflow. I'm more bullish on Malaysia for the next 50 years than Australia.
Only real healthcare engagement was birth of my youngest child. Cheaper (approx half) and higher service than Australia. I'm looking at moving my parents over presently as they're getting elderly and cost of in-home care is considerably lower here, though I don't know enough about the trade-offs if somebody's got a particularly intense/difficult to treat condition.
Can't imagine relocating back to Australia in foreseeable future unless the country randomly collapses or avoiding a war or something.
Food culture is good, usually pretty comparable to Australian cafe culture. Grocery availability is good but haven't had to deal with any particular sensitivities on my part.
I'd done 2 month long trips before pulling the trigger so I felt pretty solid before moving. IMO if you're on the fence about Asia just look at chaining 2 weeks in Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and get a feel for each of them.
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15d ago
I haven't done a MM2H deep dive personally but have been looking into it for my parents. You can use up to half of the money you put in the bank towards a mortgage down payment towards the property. They do require a property purchase but the value required for the deposit and the property varies by state.
Allegedly they don't track the state-residence requirement for the Borneo states MM2H particularly rigorously and people do get away with buying over there and spending most of their time on the peninsula. Not that there's anything wrong or particularly rudimentary with Kuching or Kota Kinabalu they're just a bit small and boring.
What do you want to know? I've lived here about 2 years now. IMO best deal in the world in terms of COL and real estate. The culture/politics a bit funny but rarely infringe on me.
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15d ago
Spousal visa for me. I met my wife in Australia but she's a Malaysian citizen. I've got friends using the MM2H golden visa which is solid if you're not looking to work in the country but requires a solid 6 figure investment to get.
Your mileage may vary but the first year or so in the country I was able to chain 3 month entry visas without flagging anything. All I had to do was leave every 8 weeks or so, stay out for a couple days then get a fresh 3 months on return.
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15d ago
In big metros and in the population under 40 years old English is prettymuch universal in Malaysia. Fluent, first/second language level.
I've picked up 3.5/10 Mandarin (since my wife is Malaysian Chinese) and like 2.5/10 Bahasa Malay (Considerably easier to learn than Mandarin but I really don't have many opportunities to actually use it) over the course of a year and a half here, but aside from elderly family members of my wife and my nanny essentially everybody else I interact with has 7+/10 English
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16d ago
Yeah I moved to Malaysia and my effective COL is about a third of what it'd be in Australia for comparable lifestyle. I'd be juuust covering FIRE in Australia but considerable buffer here.
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16d ago
Yeah but so many random books are part of the canon now. How many books on slavery or Jim crow will be mandated in most states for random bludgeoning with.
Most of the content I saw was more of the 'McConnell is potentially braindead and being kept alive for political reasons' moreso than straight up not recording his actual death for what it's worth
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