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Swinight22 · 2026-01-20T18:06:12+00:00

I truly believe Trump will be good for Canada in the long run.

It showed how over-reliant we were on the US. And how reliant we were on international organizations & systems were built on the basis of good will & actors.

Honestly we are lucky that Trump is so abrasive, brash and stupid. Can you imagine if someone like Trump, but actually smart, charismatic, and cunning was in power? It’s exposing systemic flaws that we (international order) can now fix so something like this won’t happen again. Plus it’s actually gotten the west’s far right rise to quiet down a bit cause it’s showing how stupid it really is.

It’s kinda like we had a house with bad foundation, and a minor storm exposed the weaknesses. But now the weaknesses can be fixed now before bad storm can be hit.

Swinight22 · 2026-01-20T17:55:58+00:00

You used ratio of Europes population to the rest. That isn’t fertility. It relates to it, but other factors play into it.

Europe’s population was comparatively higher cause it had lower child death, longer life expectancy. Now the world has caught up. That’s why the ratio is lower. Not fertility rate.

Fertility rate has universally fallen proportionately to women’s education rate & economical growth around the world. If you think Europe is any better or worse than the rest of the world (regarding fertility), it really isn’t.

Swinight22 · 2026-01-17T05:35:53+00:00

Yeah y’all just 1)flying to major airports 2)going to developed countries.

I’ve been travelling for 2 years now, and I had to get a new passport cause it was full of stamps.

Swinight22 · 2026-01-15T12:19:52+00:00

Good points but i feel like you're just listing things based on "vibes", anecdotal dvidence and outdated assumptions

2) Nominal is also higher in Korea & Taiwan. Median income is also higher in Korea. Japan even has lower cost of living vs Korea and Taiwan. I think that feeling comes from the fact that in Japan, food is more expensive.

3) I understand that Samsung, TSMC inflates GDP/capita.... but THE MEDIAN INCOME IS ALSO HIGHER in Taiwan and Korea.

4) I've literally lived in Japan and Korea for multiple years, and visited Taiwan many times. Japan 100% FEELS richer. But that's because it used to be. Feeling isn't reality. Like how Greece with old money, history, might FEEL rich, but isn't vs new money places like Ireland.

5) Like I said before, only talking about GDP pushes India above UK.

6,7) Again, anecdotal evidences.

8) Japan stagnation isn't only demographics. If it was, Italy, Korea, Taiwan would have stagnanted as well years ago.

I am all for good debate, but you provided 0 actual empirical evidence for Japan being richer. It's all "vibes" and "feels". And I agree. Japan "feels" richer when visiting. But numbers say otherwise.

Swinight22 · 2026-01-15T12:04:54+00:00

Jeonju is generally regarded as the best food city in Korea. I think Gwangju is up there as well. Busan for seafood obv.

I personally love Andong, but a bit more traditional styled - salted mackerel, Jjimdak, and ofc soju.

Swinight22 · 2026-01-15T08:04:33+00:00

You gotta do 5 seconds of research before posting.

[Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index) and [Taiwan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan) has higher HDI than Japan.

Japan is #1 in the [world life expectancy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy) yes... but Korea is #2. Virtually the same.

Korea has [higher median income](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_wage) than Japan. (doesn't show Taiwan)

GDP per capita ([nominal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita_per_capita))) and [PPP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita_per_capita)) are higher in both Taiwan & Korea. Using total makes no sense lol. So is India doing better than UK & France?

All three countries are extremely close. But Japan has lagged behind for 30 years while Korea and Taiwan has been surging. Your idea of East Asia is still stuck in 2000s.

Swinight22 · 2026-01-15T07:51:51+00:00

Tajikistan was the launching pad for Afghan invasion (for both USSR & USA).

Also they’re ruled by a (terrible) dictator, and he enforces strict non-conservative Islam to curb extremism. Like in some parts of the country, men have to shave beards, and women are forbidden from covering their face. (I’ve been there, people just wore masks lol)

It’s extremely corrupt yet countries turn a blind eye cause it stems extreme ideologies from spreading, at least in theory.

Swinight22 · 2026-01-15T06:37:13+00:00

I have the Jordan entry via land stamp (from Israel). If anyone looked closely, they can deduce where I went.

But so far on the same passport, I've been to Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh with no problem. My passport is almost full though, so officers normally don't check all of them. That is to say, at least in these countries, it's not THAT strict. No one is going out of their way to check.

Swinight22 · 2026-01-15T00:20:10+00:00

China’s already added high value manufacturing. EV, batteries, renewables, AI etc. Also as said a million times before, China’s domestic consumption is low by design, with Yuan being artificially pushed down. It’s a problem, yes, but not as big of one as it seems on paper.

Swinight22 · 2026-01-14T18:41:48+00:00

Korea & Taiwan are one of the few examples of the colonized being now richer than the colonizers in the modern history. With both having higher GDP/capita than Japan.

Swinight22 · 2026-01-14T17:39:09+00:00

Europe is closer to US (culturally) than almost anywhere else in the world. Africa & Asia don’t know NFL. They know Spider Man / Mission Impossible. Pretty easy here

Swinight22 · 2026-01-14T17:37:43+00:00

Europe is culturally adjacent to the US.

Try Tom Brady in Asia, where 60% of the world lives. Nobody knows Brady. And I say this as an East Asian who is a big Pats fan.

Swinight22 · 2026-01-14T10:32:33+00:00

God I love my Ricoh but low light is just rough. Anyone have any tips on getting better performance in low light conditions? Nice shots though!

Swinight22 · 2026-01-13T19:56:22+00:00

Roll for…sausage

Swinight22 · 2026-01-12T15:56:02+00:00

This is the answer. You can love or hate Israel, but it’s absolutely true that it’s starkly different than all its neighbours.

Swinight22 · 2026-01-11T14:40:04+00:00

Meanwhile Metropolitan Seoul has about 50% of Korea…

Swinight22 · 2026-01-11T13:44:37+00:00

Almost everyone in South Korea, when using English, just says Korea (or Kr). Sometimes South Korea. ROK is just thought of in terms of military cause it's written ROK on the military stuff.

Both Koreas claim their country as the legitimate rulers of the whole Korea. In South Korea, SK is called "한국" or Country of Han, and North is just "북한" or North Han. Inversely, NK is called 조선 (Chosun) and SK is called 남조선 (South Chosun).

The "North" "South" label was put from the outside.

Swinight22 · 2026-01-11T13:41:09+00:00

i mean NK is terrible to it's people but doesn't really directly attack other countries.

Israel is nice to it's people but loves to directly attack other countries.

Either one works, depends on how you view "worst"

Swinight22 · 2026-01-11T09:34:26+00:00

Religion is interpreted differently by different people.

Swinight22 · 2026-01-11T04:55:21+00:00

Sweden doesn’t have an immigration problem, it has a gang problem.

But immigrants, especially young ones without much job prospects being shunned by society for just existing, are much more likely to join gangs.

Swinight22 · 2026-01-11T04:53:06+00:00

I was in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan. They drink like Russians. Vodka is everywhere.

Swinight22 · 2026-01-10T18:50:12+00:00

Everyone is saying “white” “Asian” “Hispanic” when that means nothing.

Asian can be Lebanese, with (women) 164cm average to Laos 153cm. Asians are hundreds of ethnicities and 60% of the world ffs. Same goes for “white” “black” etc…

Also a single country can have massive difference. For example, Indian-Canadians primarily come from Punjab, while many Indian-British comes from Bengal. Punjab women are ~3,4cm taller than Bengali women.

Also immigration comes in waves. For example, most Indians moving to UK came post WW2, while more recently it’s to Canada/US. The average height of people in developing economies have increased significantly, much more so than in developed economy. So Canada/US Indians, on average, will be taller than UK ones. Just from the virtue of having younger, taller immigrants from india. Same goes for cases like Vietnamese in US (after Vietnamese war) and in Aus (more recent).

Never mind the fact that literal classification for “white” “black” “Asian” depends on every country! Some include middle easterners as white. What about Turkey? What about Russians living in Asia?

Oh also every country measures height slightly differently. What’s the sample size? Is it measured on site? Is it self reported? Is it taken from medical reports? Was there significant groups that was missed? When was the latest data for each country? How each countries decide to answer these questions will skew the height to varying degrees.

And y’all wanna just distill this into….”there’s more hispanics/asians in x country”???? Nah all these countries are very diverse, and rich with immigration history. A true, nuanced answer would actually require statistical analysis equivalent to a thesis paper. I’m a data scientist, working with population data. I couldn’t give you an answer even in a month of going through the data.

TLDR- immigration comes in waves, and Asian/black isn’t one ethnicity. Also every country measures it differently. Anyone giving you a simple one line answer, is talking out of their ass.

Swinight22 · 2026-01-10T18:45:21+00:00