ArmoredThirteen
@ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip
- Comment on The next time you hear someone say they're just vibing in life without a job, just look at this image. 1 week ago:
I go to various small punk shows all the time often they’re not even at a venue. Someone looking like this image is not the person who smells bad. Besides, a homeless crust or gutter punk isnt half as bad as when I meet a tech bro who looks crisp but never learned the art of washing their asshole
- Comment on High quality sticker though 1 week ago:
I’m in Seattle there’s a long history of nudity here. Thank you for the concern though
- Comment on High quality sticker though 1 week ago:
Literally on my way to hang out naked in a park. I love this city
- Comment on High quality sticker though 1 week ago:
Disgusting! Where is a link so I can be sure to avoid those sonic stickers?
- Comment on Japan sets new internet speed world record — 4 million times faster than average US speeds 2 weeks ago:
House size and media consumption are going to be big factors here I think. You get four people trying to stream, game, listen to music, whatever it is people these days use phones for, etc; it’s going to really add up. Sure lots of people barely use the internet and are getting sold way more than they need but it’s not uncommon anymore for multiple hd things to be simultaneously happening in one house
- Comment on Day 365 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing (One Year Anniversary!) 2 weeks ago:
Hell yeah this is incredible! You’ve been such a consistent part of Lemmy, I put you up there with Picard maneuver for staple community members. If you do stream I’d love to watch :3
- Comment on Realized 99% of all my chargers are USB-C. This can only mean one thing. New USB bout to drop! 3 weeks ago:
I’m moving to Sweden soon, just about everyone there speaks English! And also Swedish is such a a pretty language I’m really excited to be immersed in it
- Comment on Day 359 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 3 weeks ago:
I keep my feed on top 6 hours so don’t always see your posts. Every time I do though it makes me happy and feel grounded. I had a different account earlier but I remember when you first started and these have been a regular part of my online experience ever since
- Comment on Bethesda is allegedly working on ‘multiple Fallout games’, including Fallout 3 Remastered, teases report 4 weeks ago:
I’m rabid and hungry because Bethesda has fucked up everything they’ve touched lately and I want something that makes me feel like how old Bethesda games did. Give me Morrowind remaster damnit, and Bethesda didn’t even make Fallout 2 and NV they’d butcher remaster/remakes
- Comment on boredom 4 weeks ago:
I would guess mud and they’re screaming because they got dragged off to be sprayed with water
- Comment on Ok, I'll pay you the 1995 price 4 weeks ago:
I spend most my time on the phone socializing anyway. I’m addicted to feeling connected with people I care about not “little flashy lights”. I’m not at coffee shops to meet people I’m there to change pace for a minute and reset before I move to another task. If I’m specifically with someone then sure I talk to them but usually I want to be anywhere else because coffee shops in Seattle are so loud I can’t hold a conversation
- Comment on Fitness 5 weeks ago:
It’s the cosmic raptor looking over them that gets me
- Comment on Ahem, well well 5 weeks ago:
I really appreciate your username. Forgot my hrt this morning but I’m on track again
- Comment on Full Moon Rising! 5 weeks ago:
Not who you asked, but I wear heels because I’m a tall trans woman and I want to be towering and instantly noticable when I walk into any space. Also they make a nice sound when I walk
- Comment on Nier creator Yoko Taro reveals the sad reality of modern AAA game development, “there’s less weird people making games” 1 month ago:
What if they meant there is the same number of weird people but they aren’t as weird
- Comment on Postal 2 Redux is bringing back the controversial FPS with a full remaster 1 month ago:
Hell yeah I love to see it! Unironically one of my favorite games, some of the best level design out there, boldly critiques game design and the people who are offended by games. They had an anniversary update a while back that added content and qol out of nowhere 20 years after release. I’m excited
- Comment on Bugs 1 month ago:
I’ll kill anything with more legs than two!
- Comment on Mission impossible 1 month ago:
Did you make it in time?
- Comment on Could You Prove You’re a US Citizen? 2 months ago:
I have all my various types of IDs going back to high school. State, student, passports, two birth certs, name change paperwork, old and new social security card. I’ve got so many ways to prove my identity. They’d probably just steal my shit and lose it then say I must be lying
- Comment on Too bad we can't all act like this 2 months ago:
People talk with each other in person while shopping too though. There’s not really anything different from being on a phone in public and talking to someone next to you in public. If people are being super loud that’s annoying sure but that happens without a phone too
- Comment on There's a noticable influx of trans kids in my job. Are there any topics I should avoid or considerations I should take into account when training them? 2 months ago:
I’m trans. To me the most important thing about jokes in the workplace is when a cis person says something that I can twist into being a deadpan trans joke (of varying riskiness depending on the group). Either the cis person will softlock while trying to determine the ethics of laughing or they’ll go for it and potentially apologize. It’s always a win in my book though
- Comment on Bad boys, bad boys, what you gonna do 2 months ago:
8 gunshots but 9 muzzle flashes so ething fishy is going on with that gun
- Comment on 7 for me 2 months ago:
Pre surgery was 18 most the time with a crushing longingness for being able to do 20 without my dysphoria flopping around every time I moved. Post surgery is 20 most of the time unless I’m extra leaky then it’s 18 or 19 depending on what I grab out of the hamper. Not pictured here but I also have “socks always on” variety of autism so I have socks while sleeping too. If it’s really cold I’ll sometimes switch it up to jammies but I’m more likely to add blankets than clothes
- Comment on Not enough real estate 2 months ago:
Omg thank you I thought the picture was the seat of a car and could not figure out the perspective or color choice at all
- Comment on There are people who are still using toilet paper purchased during the pandemic. 2 months ago:
Seems like you’ve got some feelings you should work out fam. I get it but like expressing it this way you just look like an asshole. Hope your day goes well
- Comment on We Study Fascism at Yale. We’re Leaving the U.S. 2 months ago:
I’m moving to Sweden, results will vary depending where you’re looking.
Step one is to get a passport. Can’t do fuck all without a passport and I’d highly advise visiting at least nearish where you’re interested in moving to.
Then figure out how you’re going to stay there. Generally speaking this can be done in one of these ways: Finding a job, going to school, being rich, or getting married. I was originally going to look for a job but then I ran some math and determined I could afford to go to school on savings so I went with that (it’s easier to convince someone to let you pay them than it is to convince them to pay and sponsor you). If you’re trying to find a job then be good at something in demand. This varies by country but in general that means know how to program or know a trade that’s in short supply at the target country.
Compile a list of requirements and their timeline. For me getting a residency permit as a student I need: Passport, acceptance letter, insurance, proof of finances. The timeline for this is a lot messier. Proof of finances is just a day trip to the bank so I can functionally ignore it until I’m ready to send the application. Insurance is in a similar boat. The acceptance letter has been trickier. The way it works for me is I got accepted to a university, I accepted their acceptance, they’ve billed me, and now that I paid the bill I have to wait for their official acceptance letter I can use for the residency permit. Other requirements for moving but not necessarily applying for residency are things like I need a personnummer. At first I thought I needed this as part of the application but it actually turns out I can’t even apply for one until I’m living in Sweden. So for the timeline it gets shoved back to ‘in the future’ so I can focus on other stuff. There are a lot of moving parts and most of it is ‘turn something in and wait for a month’ so you want to make sure you’re multitasking on the right things at the right time which is where the timeline comes in handy.
Figure out a solution for two factor that isn’t texting your US number because good luck getting into your bank account when it’s trying to ping a sim card that doesn’t work in Sweden lol. Things you find out when you’re traveling that’s good to know before moving.
Learn about the housing market. Housing in Sweden is fucked and I am late to the game getting into a place so now I’m fucked too. Likely I will not be able to bring my cat because of it and I may not ever be able to bring him if I can’t line things up properly. Part of what messed me up is I didn’t know where I was going to university until recently and I didn’t have the capacity to be applying to housing across half of Sweden.
Have a good support system. Go online and ask for someone living in your target country to do you a favor and marry you. Failing that ask them to just generally help with things like “translate keeps butchering this page what the hell does it say”. A buddy willing to get back to you within a day or two can help dramatically with all this. It’s stressful as hell so try having a good support system in place locally too. Part of why I’m moving is most my support system fell out from under me and I was like ‘fuckit I’m moving’ and let me tell you I spend a lot of my free time crying uncontrollably because I don’t have people to console me in person. It’s not fun 0/10 try to have some good friends.
Look at everything you own and accept the fact that none of it is worth bringing with you. What do I mean by everything? I mean if it isn’t your identification paperwork or the waterproof backpack to hold the paperwork, it is secondary. Whatever you use to access the modern world, phone/laptop/etc, is also really important but with some elbow grease you can start that from scratch in a new place. Literally everything else I would consider to be icing. Make peace with this.
Be ready to lose a lot of money. In order for me to get the residency permit I need accepted to a college which means application fees and a deposit. In order to not be homeless I need a home which means a deposit and probably a contract. To bring my cat over I need to set up vet stuff and have a lot of difficult to time things arranged. I don’t know if I have a residency permit yet. So in theory I could pay the college deposit, pay a rental deposit, and set in motion moving my cat, and a month from now Sweden could tell me tough titties. Hope you can find a place to live in the US with a week’s notice now that you’ve left your job and didn’t renew your old lease.
- Comment on We Study Fascism at Yale. We’re Leaving the U.S. 2 months ago:
Straight up if I find a place with enough space and I can afford the rent, I’m going to try and bring in another person and give them free or greatly reduced rent. I can’t help with the residency permit stuff but helping someone land is the least I can do
- Comment on We Study Fascism at Yale. We’re Leaving the U.S. 2 months ago:
My therapist called me a canary in the coal mine. I’m trans, I have the means to move, basically it was a “if you leave suddenly I’ll know things have gotten really bad”. I’ve almost gotten everything lined up to move on a plan but I’m still keeping my bug out bag around in case something bad enough happens I need to leave day of to try and get past the border
- Comment on Stop Internet Searching and Start Asking on Fediverse? 2 months ago:
What’s going on with lemmy.world?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I’m in this boat and I have a good job so don’t need the cash. I mostly just want people to show up to a party I host and talk to each other but not to me lol