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Small-Scale Question Sunday for April 14, 2024

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There were so many of you that told that The Hock guy to import some South American wife. I'm now going to ask all of you to go into scary detail on this. What are the best methods for Passport Bro-ing?

Let's take a few considerations here before beginning:

  • You only speak English
  • Your game probably sucks if you're considering this
  • You have at least a decent amount of money
  • You are trying to find a respectable woman, in addition to being attractive
  • You have to find someone quickly because your funds are not unlimited

And I predict there will be variations if you consider the following points:

  • What region? I predict some of the poorer LatAm countries will be popular choices, also central and eastern Europe, and of course, the classic Southeast Asia (though in my opinion Southeast Asia is probably not so preferable because the culture is very different and you're liable to get hit with a frying pan later in life, and if you're white, your kids won't look very much like you). Please state your choice for this Guide For Passport Bros, and why you picked it.
  • Does it matter if you're an atheist or of a particular religion?

In addition, I encourage you to name possible upsides and downsides of doing this. Seems like avoiding the slut culture that America has gained could be a positive, but it also seems like that culture has been successfully exported worldwide. Maybe I'm wrong! At least someone here knows more than me, I'm sure.

I like the idea that if I don't ever find success in the dating market, I can just chicken out and fuck off to Colombia and pick up some chick and fly back. But that sounds like so much effort. Maybe it will be my own Hock.

Just some scattered thoughts I have about passport broing.

The best way to passport bro is to go abroad for actual work, and end up doing it unintentionally. Being a foreigner (white) will still give you a sizeable advantage even if you are doing a boring PMC job and get paid the same as your local peers. But that is a whole load of fucking work and rarely ever makes sense if you are an American.

Stupid idea.. but, Why don't American men try passport bro'ing in.... Canada? You got a bunch of Europoors at your doorstep. The advantage you have might be minimal, but it's still probably material nevertheless given how poor Canadians are relatively.

If you do end up actually doing the real thing, make sure the woman you find is an absolute babe and a half in terms of looks and character/personality. I can tell you from experience that language,culture,intelligence barriers are some real fucking barriers.

It's not true (but often said) that the Canadian national identity consists entirely of 'don't be American'. This is however a major component, so I think your scheme would mostly fail due to lack of interest. We can visit whenever we'd like; why buy the cow when the milk is free only like a dollar a gallon?

You could probably convince some gunnuts to go gay over it, but that's probably not what OC is after.

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