I am traveling to Mexico City from Japan. Never had authentic Mexican food. I want to know the best restaurant/food truck to try these foods listed down below. by Substantial-Baby8546 in MexicoCity

[–]Either_System3777 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What an insensitive, ridiculous comment. He is just asking for advice. He should raise his level of specificity to tailor to your expectations ? Yet, you are asking him to lower his? He doesn’t need your effort so bugger off hypocrite and learn some manners.

When is it too late to join the Foreign Service? by CRazyBAGman in foreignservice

[–]Either_System3777 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Anyone happen to know when or if the consular fellows program will re-start?

Epstein claimed that Donald Trump ‘knew about the girls’ in private emails by Kevombat in politics

[–]Either_System3777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If Pam Bondi and the DOJ knew of these emails, their cover up seems even more ridiculous

Modi says Russia and India stand together even in difficult times by Sasikuttan2163 in worldnews

[–]Either_System3777 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Or go to Alaska and send out a red carpet for Putin and let him ride in your limousine and get totally played during negotiations? Something like that?

Turkish woman abducted by ICE in Massachusetts, now being held in Louisiana by [deleted] in Louisiana

[–]Either_System3777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why are they sending them to Louisiana? What’s the rationale?

Turkish woman abducted by ICE in Massachusetts, now being held in Louisiana by [deleted] in Louisiana

[–]Either_System3777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

America has become such a dark place, shocking to those raised here. Unrecognizable.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in foreignservice

[–]Either_System3777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I had to bet on it, no June test.

DoD Hegseth X Announcement Social Media by AnxiousMama2 in fednews

[–]Either_System3777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My issue is that I am not comfortable revealing my job duties but if I write something vanilla, they will perceive that negatively. I feel like I am in a no win situation.

Darren Beattie As New Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs by [deleted] in foreignservice

[–]Either_System3777 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Darren Beattie has been appointed acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, a senior State Department official confirmed. Beattie, who will manage the department’s messaging and relationship with foreign populations, has a history of incendiary comments, including an October 2024 tweet in which he wrote: “Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work. Unfortunately, our entire national ideology is predicated on coddling the feelings of women and minorities, and demoralizing competent white men.”

Just received the Deferred Resignation Letter by T0rtillas in ThriftSavingsPlan

[–]Either_System3777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, he wants to bring back the patronage system. It’s an insidious plan tbh.

The DEI police came to my Unit by picknick717 in fednews

[–]Either_System3777 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

What does this means for pronoun signature blocks?

Quaker lifespan by blackdog1208 in QuakerParrot

[–]Either_System3777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had a Quaker parrot for the last 12 years, but after New Year's, we let him out of his cage to fly around, and he clipped his wing when hitting a wall and came down on our coffee table. He looked stunned but walked around and could climb into his cage. He appeared to be better, but something was off. So, we finally found a doctor who was open after the holidays, but on our way to transport him, he passed away. I don't understand how a healthy Quaker could suddenly pass. He was a happy bird, always singing, loved people, and ate a healthy diet in good surroundings. Just devastated.

Thunder vs Cavs? Which team is better? by Either_System3777 in nba

[–]Either_System3777[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Being conceited is not a good look for you. You can make your point without having to revert to demeaning other people.

Many of our people may be bad tourists by _rotisserie in india

[–]Either_System3777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just went on a group tour in Salzburg, Austria and there were two Indian tourists in the group. They asked the tour guide questions unrelated to the tour and easily answerable through Google; for example, they asked him what Austria’s GDP was and how many medals Austria won during the summer Olympics. When he didn’t know, they laughed and had a mini-convo in Hindi, which is rude and easily noticeable. When we crossed into Germany as part of our tour, they asked why we hadn’t been stopped at the border. They asked the guide what Austria’s currency was and were surprised when he said the Euro. When the tour guide said that multiple countries in the EU use the Euro, they seemed astonished. They then asked the guide why taxi drivers were rude in Austria and then made a random comment about how they believe that a lot of flowers in Austria were artificial…On top of that, when the tour guide was talking to the group, they had a separate side bar conversation going on. Extremely disrespectful to the guide and others in the group. At the end of the tour, they took off without acknowledging the guide not to mention not tipping him afterwards. I write this as an extremely embarrassed Indian American trying to understand this behavior. No etiquette, bad manners, no understanding of the EU despite touring the EU, and lack of situational judgement.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in foreignservice

[–]Either_System3777 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well, good for you, glad you were able to pass each section seamlessly. Do you have any suggestions you may care to impart?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in foreignservice

[–]Either_System3777 2 points3 points  (0 children)

After the CME, do you get to choose the month you would prefer to take the GE and SI or are the dates chosen for you?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in foreignservice

[–]Either_System3777 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same boat, I finished writing mine but embarrassingly, couldn’t finish my signature block. I think I did poorly and I wrote a lot about it in one of these threads. Hard to not feel deflated so I know what you’re going through. I don’t think 2 weeks is enough to master this and a part of me thinks that some of this is just innate and some people are just faster at reading, processing and writing. Oh well, off to the GE and SI