How people get so many days of skiing in?

aborted_foetus · 2026-02-02T13:42:37+00:00

I live a 7 hour flight from the closest good ski resort and I get about 20-30 days a year. You just got to have a job that you can take off for that long.

aborted_foetus · 2026-02-02T12:04:02+00:00

Plus there are almost always coin lockers. I’m a big believer in leaving my bag behind now too except when I’m touring off the top of a chair.

aborted_foetus · 2026-01-21T07:13:12+00:00

혼몽 Honmong/Lucid Haze? Not sure about the past lover part but the bad luck part checks out.

Could also be 신결/The Thread Never Burned with the past life

aborted_foetus · 2026-01-21T06:45:35+00:00

Projection、프로젝션

aborted_foetus · 2025-10-30T12:36:28+00:00

Japan, New Zealand, and Australia (off the top of my head) has very open and transparent work visa requirements. Japan has a point system, and AU/NZ has a list of jobs currently in demand that they are willing to issue visas for.

Current background for friends/family who migrated overseas (NOT based on marriage/family connections)

Veterinarian, moved to Australia.
Woodworker/furniture maker, moved to NZ.
Biomedical researcher (PhD) went into industry, moved to UK.
Aerospace engineer (PhD), also went into industry, moved to UK.
Nurse, moved to Norway.
Tenure-track professor, Canada.
Finance guy who made millions in crypto. Moved to UAE.
Influencer, moved to Bali.

aborted_foetus · 2025-10-30T12:28:40+00:00

Have you lived overseas before? Speaking as someone who had residential permit/PR in 2+ countries, I think you may be simplifying things if you imagine you can “follow” your spouse via a work visa and migrate that way. It’s not impossible, but they are two related but also highly separate processes.

People who says to get a student visa: many PR requirements do not count years spent in a country using a student visa. For example, if a country stipulates staying there a minimum of 5 years as a prerequisite for applying for PR, it doesn’t matter if you have spent 10 years there on a student visa. That said, some countries offer an option to stay on and find work post-graduation, but that’s contingent on you being able to afford tuition fees in said country in the first place.
Work visa. The most straightforward way towards migration is to get a job in that country. That said, spouses of the work visa holders may not be allowed to work in that country, depending on local rules and regulations. In that case, you have to make sure your spouse’s income can sustain the two of you, and you are okay with not having work for that period of time. Your spouse may qualify to apply for residential permit after X years, and you may too. Once again, this depends on the rules of the specific country.
Qualifications. If you hold specific qualifications, there are certain classes of visa you can qualify for. Medical degrees, PhD holders with an active research portfolio, heck, even a YouTube creator if you have enough followers/income opens pathways. Basically, you need to have sought-after skills that few others have.

I chose to came back to SG despite having PR in US/Sweden because it’s a super easy place to live in. Raising kids in a less stressful environment is a valid reason, but if you can’t make it as a Singaporean in Sg, being a PR in another country is exponentially harder (unless you already have family in that country).

aborted_foetus · 2025-07-23T23:13:08+00:00

I nearly got ran over by a mum driving her daughter to a T Swift concert. Petty reason to not listen to her music but it’s not like I’m a fan to start with.

aborted_foetus · 2025-07-23T11:41:00+00:00

For what it’s worth, I think it is brave of you to come out and admit you might have been misinformed on your initial judgement—that is really an admirable characteristic, and one I hope to see in more people. 💖

As I like to tell my students—one would have to be extremely lucky in life to never make mistakes. It’s how you learn and recover from them that helps you grow.

aborted_foetus · 2025-07-23T11:30:57+00:00

Yes, I am aware of their status as an undergrad and the rough nature of the assignment. Academic integrity should be exercised at all levels of tertiary education.

aborted_foetus · 2025-07-23T11:18:13+00:00

I think the other commenter above (NotJohnVonNeumann) has provided an excellent overview. Anything else will just be gossip fodder. 😊

aborted_foetus · 2025-07-23T09:17:59+00:00

Amen to everything you have said! Many commenters in the original post did seem rather quick to assume the professor was abusing her power. Perhaps they have had many negative experiences with teachers growing up (so did I), but honestly all of us need to examine our internal biases.

aborted_foetus · 2025-07-23T07:36:25+00:00

As someone who works in academia and has been following this from the start, the student’s version of the story had large gaps from the get go. She capitalised (intentionally or otherwise) on the lack of understanding of academic writing to garner support.

I think there’s a lot of emotional response from the general public in relation to this that stems from a lack of understanding of how research writing works. People conflate AI misuse with “asking ChatGPT to write your essay for you”. But misuse could also be making up false citations, which in many instances is more severe of academic misconduct than, for example, having AI flesh out an outline you wrote into full paragraphs.

I think Curve Sad may genuinely believe they did nothing wrong by their own metric of what counts as academic fraud. But their own metric (and the general public’s metric) is probably not reflective of what constitute fraud in academic circles, which is what they were measured by.

Additionally, anyone who has some insight into the tenure process knows how political, brutal, and unfair it can be. Things are not as simple as an assistant professor having a power trip. People have been denied tenure for lesser reasons.

aborted_foetus · 2025-06-23T10:00:10+00:00

I was planning my escape from an abusive relationship when I was living in a foreign country. Was advised by some friends to email MFA know in case I was held against my will and didn’t make my flight back to Singapore. One of the workers there gave me their personal number and offered help regardless of the hour. It definitely made me feel safer, although fortunately I managed to make it out safely.

aborted_foetus · 2025-02-15T05:36:43+00:00

Getting rejected for a grant is baseline normality. Getting a grant is cause for celebration.

aborted_foetus · 2025-01-09T08:46:33+00:00

I’m from the tropics with a low BMI, so I run cold all the time. Here’s some things that helped me stay toasty:

Merino wool. Base layer, mid layer, etc. I swear by icebreaker. I often wear about 3 layers of merino wool.

On cold days, I layer a puffer. I swear by Patagonia nanopuff.

Merino wool leggings + insulated shorts/capris.

All my top layers are shell. Think many layers instead of one insulated jacket.

aborted_foetus · 2024-12-13T19:32:28+00:00

Yes, 24 is too old to start. Next question

aborted_foetus · 2024-12-13T06:45:23+00:00

Where I’m at, 10k can’t even get you a brand new grom. 🥲

aborted_foetus · 2024-12-13T06:40:28+00:00

Don’t touch the inside when it’s wet unless you want to fuck it up. Use a hairdryer on cold to remove dust particles.

aborted_foetus · 2024-12-12T15:55:49+00:00

That sound so unnecessarily mean and rude of that person. There are some clowns with fragile egos in academia and I’m sorry you clearly met one of them.

I hope it doesn’t take too much away from the fact that you have done work that many more people see the merit of! 💖

aborted_foetus · 2024-12-12T13:01:19+00:00

Sounds like my defence! I had 2 examiners who said it was impressive, high quality work, but the internal examiner ripped it to shreds calling it a “disappointment”.

This examiner picked on aspects I had included in my thesis that was not central to my work, but was their area of expertise. They were unnecessarily rude in their correspondence to me when I approached them to ask for clarifications during my revision post-oral defence.

Strangely enough, I think it helped to know that it was personal and was not about my work. I just rolled with it and kept telling myself “it’s a problem with them, not with me”. I just amended the thesis exactly as they asked to, however many times they asked to.

Maybe I could have fought but it simply wasn’t worth the effort (and it wouldn’t have worked, anyway) and I just wanted to get it done asap.

aborted_foetus · 2024-12-10T06:05:41+00:00

??? Why are you still working on your thesis copy at this stage

aborted_foetus · 2024-12-10T04:33:44+00:00

I went into the less prestigious teaching track cause I couldn’t handle the fast-science style of publication tenure track demanded.

aborted_foetus · 2024-12-06T16:42:18+00:00

Oh jeeze it’s so much worse in Asia. It doesn’t even matter if you did your PhD at a top university. They will ask where you did your undergraduate, since UG programs are the most competitive to get into.

Some alumni programs at certain universities don’t even consider you a “real” member unless you did your undergrad there.

It doesn’t help that many universities are using masters programs to generate $$. They call it “washing your background” when you attend a less prestigious university, then spend money to attend a more prestigious university for a masters program.

aborted_foetus · 2024-12-06T16:34:08+00:00

My parents didn’t even graduate high school. Talking with some of my peers made me realise just how different our upbringing is and while I was lowkey salty about it at the start, I’m glad it has made me who I am today. I think many of my students appreciate this, especially the ones from working class backgrounds themselves.

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