I was briefly tempted by a winterover job there. It'd be a pay cut, plus a year and a half of continuous winter, and I'm not totally convinced that the U.S. would still exist by the time they're supposed to pick us up.
Yo for real though. Even though I was born with UK citizenship, I didn't grow up here and I don't really fit in. It was hard at first, but life immediately made more sense when I mentally dropped the expat thing and started fully thinking of myself as an immigrant. I never did fit in in America anyway, so I have the mental framework in place already.
Isn't the whole thing with expats is that they explicitly keep their US citizenship? Most the self described expats I know are overseas military that married a local so my perspective may be skewed here.
I haven't seen anybody comment about this here yet so i figured I'd mention that these are signs (in London i think) that display text from the Epstein files
Interestingly - North Korea exists, but also many of the most successful countries only take a minute number of immigrants, and only very highly skilled or very rich ones. E.g luxembourg, switzerland, monaco(?) and Singapore.
This is because they don't tend to have "gaps to fill" in the economy/workforce and are very small.
I think it's accurate to say that those countries are where people want to move to the most, though, so it is a common desire. The fact that yiu woukd be one of the onky immigrants there is part of the appeal
The GDP per capita of those countries are skewed because most of the workers live outside the city state and commute in. You're just seeing the GDP benefits that cities have over rural areas.
Likewise Singapore is mostly immigrants. This guy is wrong by such a huge degree that I don’t think it’s even a mistake, I think he knows he’s lying. In fact the more I think about it the more I think it’s some weird ironic bit he’s doing that misfired.
I wonder if they're talking in absolute values (not smart in this case, obviously). All those listed countries are rather small, so the same % immigrants would just be a lower number...
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Kolanaki@pawb.social · 47 pts · 203d
Antarctica is pretty exclusive.
SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip · 32 pts · 203d
I was briefly tempted by a winterover job there. It'd be a pay cut, plus a year and a half of continuous winter, and I'm not totally convinced that the U.S. would still exist by the time they're supposed to pick us up.
how_we_burned@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 202d
The rape sexual assault vibe is a bit of a problem though.
xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 202d
Wtf
https://apnews.com/article/women-working-antarctica-sexual-harassment-assault-mcmurdo-ba0e550fddf1ab0afd031ff4d25143cb
https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/scientists-at-south-africa-run-antarctica-base-rocked-by-alleged-assault-sanae-iv/
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 202d
Huh?
TheRealKuni@piefed.social · 6 pts · 202d
THE RAPE SEXUAL ASSAULT VIBE IS A BIT OF A PROBLEM THOUGH.
Edit: but seriously, it’s a real issue down there.
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 202d
what??
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 202d
Lots of sex pests in Antarctica.
Tja@programming.dev · 2 pts · 202d
Because of the implication?
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 202d
True. The population of indigenous people is very stable
kboos1@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 203d
This hurt my brain
db2@lemmy.world · 64 pts · 203d
It'll hurt more when you understand some people actually, without a hint of irony, believe that.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 51 pts · 203d
“Im not an immigrant, I’m an expat”
yakko@feddit.uk · 15 pts · 203d
Yo for real though. Even though I was born with UK citizenship, I didn't grow up here and I don't really fit in. It was hard at first, but life immediately made more sense when I mentally dropped the expat thing and started fully thinking of myself as an immigrant. I never did fit in in America anyway, so I have the mental framework in place already.
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 202d
Isn't the whole thing with expats is that they explicitly keep their US citizenship? Most the self described expats I know are overseas military that married a local so my perspective may be skewed here.
yakko@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 202d
Yes perhaps, but once my family has their UK citizenships sorted out, getting rid of our US citizenship is going to become a realistic option.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 202d
BuT I Am hErE FoR a JoB, I wIlL gO bAcK AFteR!!!
Oh, so you're a foreign worker. who refuses to integrate to the culture?
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 202d
I read it a few times, and I finally understand it, racist people are stupid
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 202d
Ohhhh!!
deHaga@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 201d
Are you racist then?
vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 202d
They mean brown people
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 17 pts · 202d
Yes because if you're white you're an expat and if you're brown you're an immigrant
Avicenna@programming.dev · 4 pts · 203d
set of all sets
shiftymccool@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 201d
I haven't seen anybody comment about this here yet so i figured I'd mention that these are signs (in London i think) that display text from the Epstein files
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 202d
Interestingly - North Korea exists, but also many of the most successful countries only take a minute number of immigrants, and only very highly skilled or very rich ones. E.g luxembourg, switzerland, monaco(?) and Singapore.
This is because they don't tend to have "gaps to fill" in the economy/workforce and are very small.
I think it's accurate to say that those countries are where people want to move to the most, though, so it is a common desire. The fact that yiu woukd be one of the onky immigrants there is part of the appeal
wieson@feddit.org · 12 pts · 202d
Switzerland has about 25% foreigners and in Luxembourg the Portuguese minority alone is 15-20%
mushroomman_toad@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 202d
The GDP per capita of those countries are skewed because most of the workers live outside the city state and commute in. You're just seeing the GDP benefits that cities have over rural areas.
zaphod@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 202d
There is still freedom of movement for workers between the EU and Switzerland.
bossito@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 202d
Lol Luxembourg city population is 70% foreigner.
skisnow@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 202d
Likewise Singapore is mostly immigrants. This guy is wrong by such a huge degree that I don’t think it’s even a mistake, I think he knows he’s lying. In fact the more I think about it the more I think it’s some weird ironic bit he’s doing that misfired.
Mirodir@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 201d
I wonder if they're talking in absolute values (not smart in this case, obviously). All those listed countries are rather small, so the same % immigrants would just be a lower number...
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 202d