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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 13:32:31 JST Adrianna Tan

   My main problem with ‘digital nomads’ is how, in search of ‘cheaper solutions’ to their own life problems in their own societies, they pretty much make life harder for the people from the nomad hotspots. There’s no sugar-coating this. Someone in Lisbon or Bali doesn’t easily have ‘a cheaper place’ to move to. I don’t think there’s an ethical way to do this, and legally it’s also such a fraught lifestyle. You’re one major illness or one global pandemic away from having to leave ‘your home’.

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     Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 13:38:17 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

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     • Neon (fandom)

     @skinnylatte wait we got no salad? As a Penang person I feel like someone forgot to send me the memo @geraineon

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 13:38:18 JST Adrianna Tan

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     @geraineon A few years ago I read this American woman who moved to Penang bitch about how Penang has the worst food in the world because she can’t get a salad

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     Neon (fandom) (geraineon@sakurajima.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 13:38:21 JST Neon (fandom)

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     @skinnylatte@hachyderm.io oh noo... I guess it's a good thing we guard our fav food places quite well 😂
     
     Maybe it's for the same reasons as JP ppl liking Malaysia. Easy to communicate. Also Malaysians like to accommodate (also accent switch ability).

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 13:38:22 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Neon (fandom)

     @geraineon Apparently KL and Penang are now high in the list too. Hahaha

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     Neon (fandom) (geraineon@sakurajima.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 13:38:23 JST Neon (fandom)

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     @skinnylatte@hachyderm.io I am reminded of the Bali person from a few years ago who said Bali is a great place for queer ppl to move to ... Haha
     
     I think the other thing that I dislike about digital nomads from the global North is, a lot of the time, there is no attempt to understand the local culture at all

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 13:38:25 JST Adrianna Tan

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     I keep an eye on this because in a past life I overlapped a lot with those sorts: I know there’s a lot of interest and hope that digital nomad visas will expand and also lead to more paths to stay on; but unlike traditional immigration (where one goes somewhere, gets a job, stays on), this is simply USD / Euro arbitrage. It’s hard to imagine a world where governments want lots of people who are making yoga or hustle videos on YouTube. Also, what an awful way to live, beyond the initial romance.

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     Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 15:36:37 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

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     @geraineon @skinnylatte poor people. 🥗

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     Neon (fandom) (geraineon@sakurajima.social)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 15:36:38 JST Neon (fandom)

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     • Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

     @liztai@hachyderm.io maybe they just dunno how to find their angmoh salad @skinnylatte@hachyderm.io