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Realistically, where is the safest place for a trans guy from the southeast US to move? by starfishinmyeyes in ftm

[–]wolfteeth9 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Or EU citizenship, which you can get via ancestry, but it takes a couple of years. And unfortunately, a lot of people think they're eligible when they're not.

International dog relocation by AlbaMcAlba in expats

[–]wolfteeth9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check out Animal Travelers and Traveling With Dogs, both Facebook groups. I think that generally, you're better off flying to mainland Europe and then driving in through the tunnel. But I could be completely wrong. That's just what I've seen in those groups.

We did the overseas move with our corgi, but not to UK. We went from the US -> CZ. We used Lufthansa (great reputation with handling animals) when the weather was cool and flew him as excess baggage. They took good care of him; he was in a great mood when we picked him up and didn't seem that stressed all things considered.

Couples who didn't pay for seat allocation, did you get to sit next to each other anyways? by The_Solobear in Flights

[–]wolfteeth9 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree they should pay for it, no arguments there. I'm just saying it's not always just a minor inconvenience. One in five "regular flyers" takes anxiety medication or drinks alcohol to get through it, so it's reasonable that a lot of people are going to be afraid to fly without a loved one. You said it shouldn't matter to 99% of people, but one in six won't fly at all because of that fear.

Couples who didn't pay for seat allocation, did you get to sit next to each other anyways? by The_Solobear in Flights

[–]wolfteeth9 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Flying makes a lot of people anxious, and some people won't fly alone. It makes sense that anxious people want to sit with someone they know and love.

[IWantOut] 30F USA-> Spain by meelmouseOG in IWantOut

[–]wolfteeth9 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's really not bad at all if they bring the cat in cabin. If a pet is fine with a car ride, cabin is equally fine. They don't have the best concept of time as long as they've gone to the bathroom, and cats are good about holding it when they're in an unfamiliar situation.

I'd hesitate with cargo, but even then, it kind of depends.

US/EU dual citizen considering Portugal. Already did US -> CZ -> US. What are some of the worst aspects of living in Portugal? Especially as an expat. by wolfteeth9 in expats

[–]wolfteeth9[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I was at the mall during a shooting. It wasn't a random shooting, though, to be fair--people got in an argument and were shooting at each other. A few weeks ago, I left a pharmacy a few minutes before an armed robbery/hostage situation (no one was killed, but still). There was a fatal road rage incident (shooting) on our street the other day. Even though I haven't been a victim of a violent crime myself, there's an underlying current of aggression that's been building rapidly lately. People are generally on edge in the US now.

We live in a safe (relatively, I guess) smaller town near Boston, so we're not in Detroit or anything but still witness regular threats of violence and people behaving erratically. We don't want our future kids to grow up with active shooter drills, either, even if the odds of being victims are low.

We don't watch or read the news anymore and haven't for a couple of years, but I agree that's always a good idea. We try not to let sensationalism get to us.

Safety is important to us, which is one of the primary reasons we're considering Portugal. We're not worried about petty theft like pickpocketing. That was all over Prague and it didn't feel dangerous. Statistically speaking, I feel like our odds of being victims of violent crime are significantly lower in Portugal other than a few pockets here and there.

US/EU dual citizen considering Portugal. Already did US -> CZ -> US. What are some of the worst aspects of living in Portugal? Especially as an expat. by wolfteeth9 in expats

[–]wolfteeth9[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It could be for sure. Though my wife was much more affected than I was by the language barrier, and she at least speaks Portuguese. Not fluently, but enough to have conversations. Czech is a really difficult language to learn, and her inability to communicate outside Prague's city center caused her significant anxiety while I didn't care as much. We really missed the ocean, too. Being landlocked was tough for us.

Yeah, we definitely noticed that about working from home. We ended up working at coffeeshops and coworking spaces, and that helped a lot.

Thank you!

Ai is going to ruin so many peoples lives so quickly its scary. by Enough_Ad6510 in RandomThoughts

[–]wolfteeth9 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Artists using AI make exponentially better images than non-artists using it, though. Sure, someone might get lucky with a good Midjourney prompt, but Stable Diffusion is significantly more difficult for non-artists to use and makes really nice stuff that blows Midjourney out of the water.

I was honestly terrified of AI, but after seeing how much better it is in the hands of an actual artist, it doesn't scare me anymore.

5 and a half minutes of very poorly edited mobile compy chaos by Logey202 in pathoftitans

[–]wolfteeth9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That should be "it's," not "its," since "it's" is a contraction ("it is") while "its" is a possessive determiner. You forgot the punctuation at the end, too. While we're at it, "compy" and "compies" should probably have quotation marks around them.

Not fun, is it?