When I was a kid, we would just go to the local library and rent out the books and make copies at my leisure. If they didn’t have the book, the request for it was pretty simple and fairly quick.

Support your local library !!

Basically the Taiwan version of the American green card.

I wash my hair everyday, soap from head to toes and my ass crack. I scrub my pits and balls with heavy soap.

Takes me 20 min and I have long hair.

Well funk. I used this the first time last year. Every year prior I got ass fucked by intuit. I guess this year I’m going back to papers and mailing it.

Like this brother here.

https://x.com/SweatEm/status/1972436134480449824

Every time I meet up with a friend, I cherish it like it’s our last time. Because it could be the last time.

Unfortunately, that is the case. Unless you have a skill that the country needs, that country is reluctant to bring you in.

But I will say that the requirements for a gold card is pretty open. It’s not just engineers and IT. Artists and performers. Teachers and firefighters are all on the list.

My kid’s English teacher(from UK) and French(France) teachers got Gold cards with only a few years teaching i their countries.

Not at all. Taiwan is harder to invade than Ukraine. We have the Taiwan Strait which is very choppy most of the year. We have very few landing sites for ships to land. We also have mountains that our military can retreat to and change to guerrilla warfare. Bombing the shit out of us is meaningless since our infrastructure is what is valuable, not our natural resources.

Plus, unlike Ukraine, we have the support of the allied forces. Not just the US. But Japan, Korea, and all the SE countries like Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia(which they are currently doing a soft invade with their claim to the South China Seas). France, Germany, UK, are all aligned with us. Even if the US sells us out.

You should come visit and enjoy the Taiwan hospitality. Enjoy the original China culture. Try and make a life here. I did and I love it.

It all depends on what you bring to the table for the country. A couple of my expat friends are in the wind/ solar industry. All engineers.

I was born here so I have citizenship. But there is no place I rather be.

Democracy in Taiwan is quite young(1997) so the government is still very caring to their citizens. Everyone is nice and respectful.

Incredibly hard. I have 2 dogs, 40 years worth of shit(it’s mostly shit). We moved to Taiwan which had major implications on bringing in animals since there’s no rabies here. I had three cars, two motorcycles and two homes that I owned. We ended up selling one of the house and rented the other one out so one day we can come back.

During this time, I had a 2 year old. Asian hate was very strong and people were getting attacked for just existing. We saw the writing on the wall and decided that this was a good time to make our exit.

America progressively got worse after that. I think we made the right decision.

I’m 47 and it’s really starting to accelerate. Enjoy your youth. Time is short. Do what you enjoy now.

My dentist does this to me in the past and I would basically be a bloody mess. I just tried flossing regularly for 6 months straight and my next visit was not bloody at all.

I moved away from USA when Trump won the first presidency. So not all of us are bluffing.