Breathe

Ok Alan

@BlueOakI'm on board with that

I might get you one. Maybe do a little ceremony

Exactly

Never been I'd probably seek out cities that are more accessible to westerners to start. I'd also like to be close to Theravada monasteries

That depends on who the regime decides to target. I think this will be more fucked than any of us can imagine at this point in time. Trump is intentionally crashing the economy, education, healthcare, and social safety nets. The poor will be a much larger population than we have now. This will be a fuck ton of people. Yeah, there's that

@Revolutionary Think Gotcha. I currently researching the possibility of getting a Thai digital nomad visa which is a 5-year visa. That would open some doors should I choose to stay in SE Asia longer.

Can't you just cross country borders and come back? I think that used to be the case

For those that don't know, this is about a kid who witnessed Trump and others killing kids and making snuff films. Yeah, this is dark. Here's the article that's being passed around, it is part 1 of 2, and 2 has not been released yet. Although lot of people are talking about this, but I can't 100% say that this is credible information. Keep that in mind. More to be revealed soon...

It's because sex is a common addiction / attachment. In Buddhism they talk about how sex is addictive, but is not "shall not have sex". Buddhism was preserved very well. Other religion's messages tend to have gotten lost in translation or lost due to corruption. They all likely started with "sex is an attachment" but the message was lost and it became "though shall not make sexy time outside of marriage". Such is the way with most religions.

Haha That's an interesting expression

Never heard of it. Jk I have friends there.

That may be what I end up doing. Lots of ambiguity right now. I'll end up doing what's best for myself and the people that I care about.

Of course not. What country do you live in?

Fuck Europe. I'm considering being a nomad in SE Asia for a while. Starting in Thailand. Also, Miami sucks

Haha

He'll milk the fed for his billionaire friends and take full control.

@oldhandle I'm not sure if there's anywhere to go. The US is only the first domino.

I don't know if that's the case anymore. America went rogue and Russia helped us arrive where we are now

Timothy Snyder posted these links yesterday. Sheesh The Longest Suicide Note in American History: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/national-security-strategy-democracy/685270/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK35ibcb27LjcQKIf6tB8WqQM Vladimir Solovyov predicts that America and Russia will jointly attack Europe:

Who do you think they're targeting?

Damn good article by Timothy Snyder

Fucking flame throwers. Jesus

Regarding Gadhafi, homie was sodomized to death. Damn. That's cold

I should have thought to post this earlier. Ruth does a great job explaining dictatorships along with different flavors of authoritarianism.