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like the type who saved up a decent amount then hosed off to some poor but not too dangerous county in south america or whatever and retired whats it like
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no creepy sex tourists please and thank you
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pencilhands posted:no creepy sex tourists please and thank you We (the GBS Moderation Staff) will be paying special attention to this thread
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Aug 7, 2024 01:56
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yeah i was the guy they based rambo on
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i lived in 'nam
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“o-oh no, a possibly interesting topic of conversation! quick, gas it so we can get back to our lovely boring megathreads!!”
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Portugal is an easy one to get a retirement visa/residence permit for. Just show passive income of at least €1058 per month, and you’re neither a wanted criminal nor a walking contagion hazard. Also you pay no Portuguese income tax for 10 years.
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Aug 7, 2024 02:11
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"Expat" is very familiar for former Patricks that you don't even know
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there were, but they mostly got run off after modship EDIT: misread title as sexpests nm
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i came to FL for that reason but too many other people did as well and now it’s actually more expensive here instead of less
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expats are so 1900s. It's all about being a "digital nomad" now
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Aug 7, 2024 02:30
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Expat is just white people speak for immigrant
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Aug 7, 2024 02:32
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"expat" sounds like the beginning of a harry potter spell so it's probably a nazi thing
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Jestery posted:Expat is just white people speak for immigrant Actually the word you're looking for is emigrant
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pencilhands posted:“o-oh no, a possibly interesting topic of conversation! quick, gas it so we can get back to our lovely boring megathreads!!” SaltyHands
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Aug 7, 2024 02:40
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We ran off the China expat thread because it was getting creepy and no one else has the balls to post about their married polygamous Swiss sex life
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Smugworth posted:Actually the word you're looking for is emigrant Kind of a matter of perspective innit Nonetheless a made up word to try and sound less like "those people"
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Aug 7, 2024 03:38
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im an expat used to go by patrick o'brien but now people just call me spuds o'brien
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Aug 7, 2024 03:47
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nope. Everyone lives in their country of origin.
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Aug 7, 2024 03:48
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methanar was, but he was a canadian expat seeking a right-wing catholic dictatorship
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I lived in Burkina Faso as a Peace Corps Volunteer and now reside in Australia. Im an expatriate.
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It seemed like pencilhands was having a Renaissance period where people were coming around to him but he stopped posting for like two weeks and now it's too late to make a comeback
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yes
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In Bangladesh, yeah. I repatriated, though. My sister's been living in Malaysia, Guatemala, and now Brazil. She said Malaysia kicked rear end, and I visited her in Guatemala and it also kicked rear end.
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pencilhands posted:no creepy sex tourists please and thank you sick of this kinda bigotry
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pencilhands posted:no creepy sex tourists please and thank you I actually didn't read this post, I retract my statement about methanar
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I've spent the past 15 years living frugally abroad working hard, starting a business and saving up and for sure I ain't going back to my home country to retire , for a hundred reasons. Eyeballing thailand which is cheap, and you can live there as a resident foreigner and be tolerated as such so long as you're being respectful to the locals. It has lovely people and nice weather and easy terms on their long stay visas but on the downside these days it's also full of thuggish russian expats dodging service while simultaneously flying Z flags. And of course everybody just assumes old whitey dudes moving there are creepy nonces.
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I grew up as an expat moving around the world with my dad's work
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I thought expat meant ex military until like 4 months ago. Like you served in ‘nam and then decided to go back for retirement? Makes sense to me.
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Jestery posted:Expat is just white people speak for immigrant
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Can you be an expat if you were never patriotic? 
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Expato Patronus 
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if there is a distinction I think it is whether or not the immigrant moving to a country does so with a whole-hearted intent to become fully integrated in that society. I live in Singapore, a crossroads country that has and encourages a large transient population of loosely integrated but law-abiding tax payers who contribute to the economy while not themselves possessing a whole lot of rights or legitimate claims on benefits like those enjoyed by fully integrated, permanent residents. Expats can be kicked out on short notice, and that's part of the social contract when you elect to not put down roots and become assimilated fully with implicit permanence. It's different in all cultures; in some countries expat type immigration are discouraged and you should only move there with intent to immigrate and live like the locals and speak their language and earn a passport bearing their flag. For example, I know Spanish who justifiably look with great disdain on the many british immigrants in the brit-infested parts of the country who unilaterally maintain the Expat disposition while stomping on local cultural norms. Not bothering to learn a word of Spanish or abide by any local laws but trying to claim benefits as if they were immigrants in the full sense of the term. At least the brexiteers among them should be kicked out IMO. frumpykvetchbot fucked around with this message at 09:35 on Aug 7, 2024 |
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I live in Vietnam. It's cool and people are generally nice. All you have to do is be respectful and willing to learn. As far as other expats go it can be a mixed bag. Some people I've tried to talk to have been really weird which in turn makes me a bit stand-offish when someone tries to talk to me but generally they're just nerds who wanted to teach english then made a life here and settled down. Most of the creeps here are Russians and Japanese salarymen.
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I've lived in Japan, Korea, and Germany. So far, I like America the best, and I'll be finally returning soon.  Hopefully, they got rid of tipping while I was gone.
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I don’t think Tom Brady posts here op
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Aesop Poprock posted:It seemed like pencilhands was having a Renaissance period where people were coming around to him but he stopped posting for like two weeks and now it's too late to make a comeback he spent that two weeks sitting next to people on otherwise empty buses and asking them invasive questions
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frumpykvetchbot posted:if there is a distinction I think it is whether or not the immigrant moving to a country does so with a whole-hearted intent to become fully integrated in that society. I didn’t really want to quote this whole thing but I’m phone posting. I saw a quote somewhere and I have no reason not to believe it. It was from a British expat or someone who owned a home in both Spain and England. “We’ve been coming here for 20 years and they still don’t speak English!?”
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Yes I've lived as a guest of the Russian government for several years. Actually back in the States right now, Biden met me at the airport and gave me a hug. Nice to feel wanted.
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