Post AwGFvAbSYXqzzQYcXw by w0rm@ryona.agency
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(DIR) Post #AwG1xyAnpPOQwvWtcW by AkIN5RMKVSkgqIBLWa.jeff@mk.magicka.org
2025-07-18T12:22:03.852Z
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@cjd@pkteerium.xyz is france worth moving to or is it more fucked than the usa?
(DIR) Post #AwG9z203swJkjzWTUO by cjd@pkteerium.xyz
2025-07-18T13:51:50.372026Z
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NOT more fucked than the USA, not by a long shot.Worth it, but the up-front cost is huge, you have to really commit to putting up with their bureaucracy / taxes / everything-takes-forever / etc.
(DIR) Post #AwGCcif3PCs6FokVHM by AkIN5RMKVSkgqIBLWa.jeff@mk.magicka.org
2025-07-18T14:21:28.411Z
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@cjd@pkteerium.xyz what do the taxes get me? i prefer slow government.
(DIR) Post #AwGDh2BoqClTvuhDbE by cjd@pkteerium.xyz
2025-07-18T14:33:24.456785Z
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Taxation is obscene, you lose about 50% of your income.The good side is nobody wants to kill you, imprison you, and ruin your life. So no cops with quotas, no SWATting (they just don't kick down doors over anonymous phone calls, actually kicking down doors AT ALL is extremely rare), no personal injury lawyers, no toxic food.The bad side is that nobody wants to do anything, so when you need something done, it can be really painful. Like if you're paying someone and they still don't want to work.
(DIR) Post #AwGDq9kQ6r9hyqEKTQ by APPTeOORuzvlGOetVY.verita84@poster.place
2025-07-18T14:35:05.633074Z
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@cjd @jeff Euros get so much more for their taxes
(DIR) Post #AwGE3qifeXDX1GwQ7M by AkIN5RMKVSkgqIBLWa.jeff@mk.magicka.org
2025-07-18T14:37:34.864Z
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@cjd@pkteerium.xyz so basically everyone in europe is a lazy bum, i feel like i'd be out of place, i'm a workaholic software dev in finance after all
(DIR) Post #AwGEIlMJrhxOjob8CW by AkIN5RMKVSkgqIBLWa.jeff@mk.magicka.org
2025-07-18T14:40:16.697Z
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@verita84@poster.place @cjd@pkteerium.xyz sounds like what you'd get if you deported all the illegals in the usa, except people are lazy.
(DIR) Post #AwGEt1G0EYcuTCvpSK by BasedLunatic@annihilation.social
2025-07-18T14:46:48.317952Z
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@verita84 @jeff @cjd can confirm 👍
(DIR) Post #AwGExA4tNdRazAi5Jo by Dutch2Redux_Elecrtric_Boogaloo@annihilation.social
2025-07-18T14:47:33.627103Z
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@jeff @cjd depends where in France its kinda like US i guessits good if you drive around the Main cities
(DIR) Post #AwGF2pCptVM9zS7svo by cjd@pkteerium.xyz
2025-07-18T14:48:32.607489Z
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It's not just "lazy" in the sense that an American would think of it, it's a whole culture unto itself.The French don't grovel. Everybody knows that whatever they're paid half is going out the window, so as a result, customer service is hilarious. But if they can see that you're in a tight spot, they'll help you out, because they do care about you as a human being. It's just that whether or not you're paying them doesn't really have an impact on how much they want to help you out.The French wear you down, until you become one of them...
(DIR) Post #AwGF9KlrRvpRcmc2yW by Dutch2Redux_Elecrtric_Boogaloo@annihilation.social
2025-07-18T14:49:45.753811Z
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@jeff @cjd there is no good software dev. in euroyour best bet move to Texas and be retarded for a decadethen when your old and tiredbuy a house in Portugal if you can manage Hot weather or Russia if you like the coldand buy a house for a penny
(DIR) Post #AwGFbcrrl8pPrKubqq by cjd@pkteerium.xyz
2025-07-18T14:54:50.315210Z
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The hack is you work for Americans but live in France, that way you get paid much better. But making that work with immigration law is tricky. In my case, I have the right to live here because I'm married to an EU national.
(DIR) Post #AwGFvAbSYXqzzQYcXw by w0rm@ryona.agency
2025-07-18T14:58:25.580343Z
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@cjd @jeff it's also nice in that way in US small towns. I don't want to disparage the good you got there, but the small town sheriff we got here doesn't like city mentality or legality either.
(DIR) Post #AwGFvbt7711Cc01bJQ by AkIN5RMKVSkgqIBLWa.jeff@mk.magicka.org
2025-07-18T14:58:29.991Z
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@cjd@pkteerium.xyz may as well move to SEA and work remote for a USA company tbh, france sounds like i'd have to marry a french lady for it to pan out.cheaper living, better women.
(DIR) Post #AwGIR025amYINgJnpw by cjd@pkteerium.xyz
2025-07-18T15:26:31.662112Z
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Another thing about the French is they are experts at not following rules. The French are absolute masters at implicitly negotiating with one another what is and is not an acceptable thing to be doing, with astonishingly little regard for the letter of the law.America has nothing comparable to this, America has mostly the German concept of enforcing every stupid little rule to the full extent possible, with no regard for the lives of everyone around, or indeed even the reason the rule was implemented in the first place. America also has the Scotts-Irish Borderer concept of breaking every rule possible, and starting a fight with anyone who suggests otherwise, but there's no analogue to the French concept of gracefully breaking the letter of the law while remaining within the spirit and being a good neighbor.
(DIR) Post #AwGLyPbtoerT7wgyiu by cjd@pkteerium.xyz
2025-07-18T16:06:11.270235Z
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There are different ways to do it. If you're marrying, you can marry a woman from any country in the EU, I recommend looking in Romania.There are also other ways to get residency. There might even be a special thing for digital nomads now, IDK.Never been to SEA but it always gave me a weird "cool for vacation, but not to live" vibe, but I guess it works for some people...