AfricanExpansionist @ AfricanExpansionist @lemmy.ml

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I'm genuinely interested in this one

Yo this guy Koreas

I really feel like it peaked in 2012 or 2013. Hot on the heels of the "rally to restore the sanity" (which proved the true power of Reddit, but was co-opted and defanged)

Lots of big AMAs but they could be very chaotic.

Allowed content wasn't quite as wild as two years previous but it was still possible to find some real taboo/NSFL/disturbing/subversive communities of all sorts.

The userbase was large but still most of your friends would make fun of you for going there, and your parents didn't even know it existed.

The admin team was still pretty small and they even would make a point to hire users who understood the culture and spirit of the site.

I live in Jeju, South Korea. There's a local development bubble that's going to pop, centered around a boondoggle called the Global Education City.

Yeah... People lose their goddamn minds over minors and sex, like they were never minors themselves 🙄😮‍💨

I got banned for the telling a teenage OP in /r/sex that her yeast infection was probably caused by her boyfriend's dirty fingers. I told her to emphasize cleanliness and hygiene ahead of future encounters. She said she couldn't ask her parents for sexual advice and also couldn't consult a doctor, so I tried to give her immediately useful advice

I was banned for "encouraging sex acts with a minor" but not before a bunch of people called me rude names for "imagining her sexual encounter with her boyfriend"

Throw out seasons... Just do each book however they need to be done. The comic was supposed to hold this promise. I have no idea if they ever finished it though

I think it's much simpler to just assume that there are people tired of watching children starve while the perpetrators go unpunished

Also, the news are very careful today avoid talking about his purpose and instead are talking about his possible charges

You don't need to

Lots of hagwon jobs go unfilled outside of Seoul metro area.

It's a good deal to get back on your feet financially, but it can be a little bumpy transitioning to a new culture and lifestyle, and the wage gains have unfortunately gone to instead pay for the rising cost of rent. But you can have an awesome social life.

I do recommend finding a smaller city or Jeju. Your money will go further than in Seoul. It's VERY worth looking into. If you're more adventurous, Vietnam seems to be the hot TEFL spot these days and I guess the money goes further there, but Korea offers a lot in terms of lifestyle and established foreign community

I wish they animated ASOIAF... Would have been incredible

Have you considered teaching English in South Korea?

Eh, after reading his manifesto I am inclined to think this is all real. It's badly written in places, profound in others. He muses on the nature and necessity of political violence, name drops Aaron Bushnell ... His neighbors knew him. He wants the attention and wants to generate discussion

I do question his choice of location... Not great optics

Fuck yes!

Walking Dead was libertarian utopia. "There are no laws or society today hold me back. I can be the hero by doing what everyone else is too scared to do"

Game of Thrones was a slow meditation on the nature of power and politics that turned into lots of girlbossing.

Aw... Tigers have a million uses

I'm fine with the cats... They're invasive and need a major culling

Don't forget Ireland!

It's becoming funny now. But the sad truth is that Israel is harming Jews everywhere by rendering the term meaningless

Democrat politicians also love it and assisted it