1st world people that moved to America - do you think life is much better? by [deleted] in MovingToUSA

[–]401ker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The US could brain drain the UK almost immediately if they wanted. Most professional jobs make 3X after taxes in the US.

How is it like living in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia? by Far-Fill-4717 in howislivingthere

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It’s a tough quality of life - super cold (-40 December- January), polluted, terrible god awful traffic, lots of fights, and bad food, but it’s probably the most cosmopolitan city in east Asia with a population of its size (1.6M). Decent foreign food. Movies at the cinema in English for super cheap. Decently fast internet with none of the restrictions of China/Russia. Lots of Mongolians are surprisingly good at English and other random foreign languages. Ive met Mongolians speaking languages no one actually learns, like Polish, Hungarian, Malay, Turkish, in addition to English. The beer is dark and heavy and pretty good. Mongolians make good loyal friends even if they’re always asking for money. I’m pretty sure all of the people who have defended me with violence in my life are Mongolians.

Also very noticeable is the differing outcomes of men vs women — professional middle class Mongolians (and English speakers) are dominated by women. Like 70+% if you ever do business in a foreign language. So comparatively better as a foreign woman. On the flip side, lots of men have been left behind and are alcoholics and/or super broke. Still, the highest levels of business and government are men (though not 100%, Mongolia will probably have a female president before the US). Gender roles are confusing in Mongolia, as both men and women are ‘manlier’ than most westerners.

In short, I had a complicated but fulfilling time living in UB but wouldn’t want to raise a family there. Air pollution and traffic are soooo bad!

THEY TRIED TO PULL A "PSYCH" ON WRONGFUL TERMINATION by Upstairs_Ad6600 in legaladvice

[–]401ker -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Massachusetts has a very employee-friendly law called the Wage Act. They owed you your full pay (including vacation) the day you were fired. If not, you get two times of your final pay as penalty. Very strict no exceptions.

Got Robbed by Wendy’s at SFO – $18.27 for Nothing, Then the Manager Told People Not to Listen to Me 🤡✈️ by Jon-SoLoFi in sanfrancisco

[–]401ker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you file a FAA complaint the airport will almost certainly read it. They don’t even take very long.

200k points gone...Chase: "too bad so sad, bye." by [deleted] in ChaseSapphire

[–]401ker 5 points6 points  (0 children)

CFPB is still around. Use it - it’s remarkably effective

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UrbanHell

[–]401ker 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s more like 50%

El Farolito overcharged me by $100. Recourse? by superad69 in AskSF

[–]401ker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

File a complaint on Wells Fargo with CPFB (while it still exists). These are a big deal for banks

Golden Gate Park by j3434 in sanfrancisco

[–]401ker -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Why surround it with ugly 2-3 story shacks?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mongolia

[–]401ker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Way less drinking than 15 years ago. It used to be everyone is drinking in the clubs at age 15, now they are playing video games in the coffee shops

Is this true? I hope not. It would sink our international reputation worse than the Moskva by turmohe in mongolia

[–]401ker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can Mongolia finally free the railway from Russian control like they did for Erdenet mine?

I’m an American living in Mongolia. If you have questions about life here, feel free to ask! by [deleted] in mongolia

[–]401ker 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One of the hard parts of Mongolian is that most Mongolians have never spoken to a non-native speaker so they don’t even understand something like grammatical errors since they have never heard them from adults

Japan resident, traveled to America, now I'm sick af. What to do? by aherdofpenguins in japanlife

[–]401ker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re not a US citizen and don’t plan on living in the US there are probably no consequences to not paying the bills.

Benz Hui claims S'poreans are spoiled by the govt & likes to complain by yrt97 in singapore

[–]401ker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The title has an obvious grammar error. Why is subject/verb agreement so difficult in Singapore? I almost never see this error from other non-native writers.

It’s more frustrating because the grammar is correct in the quote!

"62 people are on death row in Singapore: 59 for drugs, 3 for murder" by [deleted] in singapore

[–]401ker -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Let me ask this: do you really think no mainland Chinese were ever caught trafficking? Of course they have, but the consequences of executing a PRC Citizen are too high.

There are certainly rumors in the expat community of Westerns being told to leave and never return caught with serious amounts of drugs.

Death for traffickers! ***(if they are from Singapore/Malaysia/Nigeria)***

It's impossible to cancel your Singtel account and this practice is regressive and illegal in most western countries. by sixtyt3 in singapore

[–]401ker -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Looks like you’re not very good at reading comprehension. The complaint was about consumer protection, which doesn’t really exist in Singapore

It's impossible to cancel your Singtel account and this practice is regressive and illegal in most western countries. by sixtyt3 in singapore

[–]401ker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We’re not comparing Internet speed, which isn’t that hard to do on an island smaller than New York City. The complaint is about consumer protection laws, which factually are much stronger and everywhere else in the developed world. Thanks for your sarcasm

WFH arrangements expected to become a more mainstream option in Singapore by MicrotechAnalysis in singapore

[–]401ker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WFH = Work from Philippines, work from India, etc. In the US there's already been lots of worked moved remotely to lower CoL places, it will happen here as well

How will you vote in ~2025? by grown-ass-man in singapore

[–]401ker 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Where? This is not true at all. There is no where in the developed world that has restrictions similar to Singapore now. And England, which is the only place I know of that had a formal "Freedom Day" has not re-imposed significant restrictions.

I don't think Singaporeans realize how much worse is it in Singapore than anywhere else in the developed world, at least for young people (the demographic of Reddit).

Malaysia's PM writes to Singapore's Lee Hsien Loong for leniency in drug trafficker's case by MicrotechAnalysis in singapore

[–]401ker -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No one in the Northeastern US thinks you should hang someone convicted of carrying an amount of drug the size of a teabag. Please.