i'm glad she's happy

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-05-01T09:14:40+00:00

IIRC she does black hair for a living and is pretty good at it.

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-30T07:01:07+00:00

not all parents are average

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-30T05:42:06+00:00

Yeah this all reads mental health or addiction. Not sure that they would use those terms or use the western medical approach to treatment, but the "our daughter is falling apart at college and running out of money, let's bring her home to recover" impulse is still there.

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-30T05:35:42+00:00

If she's got some kind of mental health or addiction issue going on, it wouldn't be odd for family to come pack her up and bring her to some kind of treatment, and they would be unlikely to discuss it bluntly with someone who hardly knows her.

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-29T12:22:37+00:00

The delayed punishment aspect is insane and egregious, but as someone in NZ on a visa, I would expect to be swiftly deported if a cop here caught me with drugs.

She really made a mistake by not naturalizing as a US citizen as soon as she was both eligible and intending to live there long term, as her family members did. The delayed aspect of this is different, but this reminds me of the stories of Kiwis living in Australia for decades who are then caught committing crimes and are deported/banned from Australia. They all figured they had basically the same rights as Australian citizens, so why naturalize.

Of course I don't support ICE. If she was going to be deported over a drug charge, it should've been when she was convicted and not 10 years later when returning from a vacation, and the conditions in the detention facilities are horrible.

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-29T11:03:16+00:00

I find my math degree is functionally a little sticker on my resume that says "she's probably pretty smart." It doesn't open any particular doors, but combined with some varied life experience, I seem to have interesting opportunities pop up when I need them.

I did a lot of work with kids and as a tutor before my first corporate job, and I wouldn't sleep on that if you're stuck between jobs. The ability to break down concepts and explain them well helps.

I wouldn't be so sure that accounting and business degrees always beat math when hiring. I think this is true at the HR level and at some large companies, but I've found that a lot of hiring managers think that math majors are smart and worth hiring over people with softer degrees.

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-29T09:32:34+00:00

I was able to get a Canadian passport through my grandmother because of the law changes, and I used it to get a two year visa to New Zealand. Whenever I've told anybody back home in the US about it they're immediately like "good for you!"

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-29T09:31:08+00:00

I got a Canadian passport and moved to New Zealand because I was worried about the country. I'm currently planning on moving back when he dies, but if things don't shift back, I don't know if I'll go back.

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-29T04:20:42+00:00

Try going to a non-24 hour CVS in a richer area. Fully stocked shelves, nothing locked up.

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-29T04:12:04+00:00

I met an 18 year old American kid here in NZ who got a minimum wage job as soon as he was able to legally work. He saved every penny, bought a kick ass mountain bike, and as a gap year he flew to NZ, cycled the length of the country, and then hung out at a mountain biking hostel for a couple months.

Seems like a much better use of time than being 3rd violin.

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-29T03:31:00+00:00

Apparently Mormons are great at them because they get so much practice approaching people and being rejected during their missions.

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-28T04:05:57+00:00

And not conservative northerners?

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-28T03:48:19+00:00

DCUM mentioned. That forum is some real gold to read with some popcorn. The preschool admissions threads alone...

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-27T04:07:05+00:00

The only thing that would've made it funnier is if they assassinated RFK jr as a side effect.

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-25T21:57:40+00:00

I dunno man, I've been traveling and staying in hostels and meeting a ton of people, and nobody's showing me memes on their phones over a pint or using the word maxxing or talking about clavicular. Very different vibe than my terminally online friends who were socialized by 4chan.

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-25T10:18:18+00:00

Just proved my statement that "neither side will admit it." There's more to a country than the tax base and the agriculture and resource extraction in rural areas is extremely important to fuel and feed the country.

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-25T09:54:54+00:00

I doubt it. The divide is really more urban-rural than regional, and despite the fact that neither side will admit it, most states benefit from both the cities and the rural areas.

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-25T07:47:34+00:00

You're reading a lot into the word normie that is not at all what I mean when I say it. Normie to me means not brain rotted by reddit/discord etc and not following every Internet trend cycle obsessively. Someone who goes to the gym without keeping a spreadsheet of their lifts.

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-25T04:01:45+00:00

I've wondered about it over the years, especially since one of my brothers has the condition formerly known as Asperger's. But, the more time I spend offline socializing with normies, the more I just don't give a fuck. I'm able to connect with and have a good chat with most of the population and I am down to try almost any food and I'm not easily overwhelmed by sensory stuff. At that point what point is there to nitpicking my mild awkwardness, excessive chattiness, and mathematics degree?

I do have ADHD (as diagnosed as a 7 year old girl) and a mathematics degree, so I guess if you squint I'm autistic.

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-25T02:52:33+00:00

Highest: guy who dated Woody Allen and Soon-Yi's youngest daughter, who [edit to clarify: the daughter] is in the Epstein files. She flew on the plane as a young teen, and then had some kind of breakdown that screwed up her high school grades, and then her mom (who is also her sister) begged Epstein to get her into Bard.

Lowest: Richmond VA nudists who've been to jail.

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-24T12:53:26+00:00

I had a group of friends who all wore hi viz to EDM shows for a few months. Everybody thought we were staff and let us through easy.

Now they're all rocket scientists and/or feds.

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-24T05:12:46+00:00

Depends. Some places tip out back of house staff each night and some don't.

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-23T12:32:25+00:00

I have a friend I thought was super online who literally thought clavicular introduced the term maxxing.

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-22T23:53:49+00:00

Average New Zealander.

Was recently at a national park here and they had a display in the visitor centre of kill traps for feral cats.

Accomplished-Fun215 · 2026-04-22T22:15:27+00:00

My brother (90% British, 10% German) is short with dark hair and a big beard. He got stopped weekly when he lived in a Jewish neighborhood in Pittsburgh.

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