AbsolutelyClawless

7 years in another EU country for me.

My home country has continued to rapidly decline in QoL, so going back isn’t really in the cards. I don’t feel at home there at all, except for no language barrier and just knowing the culture and how to navigate it. But to be honest, I’ve always wanted to emigrate, I just hated the average backwards mentality.

I don’t exactly mind the country I live in, but the language barrier keeps things difficult. I had to learn the language in a short amount of time, but it caused a bad burnout, and all the progress went down the drain. Now between being employed and health and other life things, it looks like I’ll never actually learn the language. And the (family) history (kind of) repeats itself.

Been there. Another job, got constantly teased by male coworkers and had to pretend I found it funny just so they would get bored quicker.

Mentally sending daggers in your coworkers’ direction, and hoping you find a better environment.

That is my setup. Plus VPN to home on phone.

Kind of the same. My coworkers aren’t bad people or anything, but… I work in a male-dominated field. I’m the only woman in my office and department. IYKYK.

Not to mention the work with Palantir, the company with an utterly unhinged, psycho CEO, very into killing people.

These heated products are okay for home useage. But my feet usually don’t warm up when walking outside in cold and these things aren’t very durable in that sense. Maybe I should just move closer to the equator. Kidding! I can’t handle heat either 😞

I have issues with keeping my feet and hands warm (they tend to be ice cold), so socks that could keep my feet warm would actually be magic 😭

It’s really quite depressing and infuriating. I’m finally financially in a good spot to afford better quality clothes. I want to buy something that’ll last me years and years. I don’t like to participate in fast fashion. So I looked up which brands people recommended. Turns out everyone’s in agreement that even the expensive stuff from previously well respected brands is now overpriced crap that falls apart within a year.

I’ve got clothes from 20 years ago, some even much older from my mom that holds up better than things I bought a year ago. I hate it, fuck late stage capitalism.

It’s definitely a stereotype for a reason. Briefly talked to a US or Canadian couple in their 40s-50s last year, they were traveling Europe. They were in slight disbelief that a driver wouldn’t take dollars/any other currency from a Chinese couple who had no Euros left on them. I wonder how it would go for me if I tried to pay in Euros in NA. Probably not great.

Ah, now I get it, thanks 😂

Circumcision is and should only be a medically necessary procedure. I’ve never heard anyone say medically necessary circumcision is mutilation, but I’m from Europe where most men aren’t circumcised, so there’s that. Whoever says it’s mutilation when it’s medically justified is ignorant.