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I do basically only play indie games sans like, 2-3 Nintendo games per console generation. but yeah, sure feels like you get it all in the worst way

Okay, fair enough. Just appreciating the lack of shit and (for something like an Animal Crossing or a BoTW quality Zelda game) I'm super happy to pay that much for a game I'll sink hundreds of hours into, and I'd rather reward that price hike than any other form of monetization by them.

I'm real enraged by like 99% of things on the internet and in the world these days, but this pales in comparison to the rapid pace of enshittification I feel like I've had in virtually every other place in my life.

Still don't love it.

Okay, here's a slightly hot take.

I'd rather the price go up and the games remain ad free and high quality (not you, pokemon, you can get fucked) than become enshittified with micro transactions, ads, etc

I don't like it. But it's much more acceptable to me

I live in Denmark. I've met a few people who don't speak any English but they're not Danish :D

Also it's a fun language learning trope here that it's hard to practice because people will just reply in English if your pronunciation isn't good/it's obvious you're not Danish. It's not ubiquitous but it definitely exists sometimes

Totally agree, but you really never know where would be insulated from everything

I mean surely in the 1930s Hawaii felt like an excellent place to be insulated from war...

I mean the best refute of it I've ever heard is that the date changes in the middle of the day, and that sounds miserable

All I have to add is be careful investing in a Roth if you plan to leave the US. Some countries don't acknowledge it as a retirement vessel and tldr it's a pretty bad investment if that's the case

Cash travels, sell your non -heirloom stuff.

Doesn't need to be a lawyer, relocation companies are amazing at this stuff. They can help with taxes, government registration, all of it

Totally. But "down pat" and conversational are a bit different.

US ex pat here:

I agree with a big decision, but I strongly disagree with needing the language down pat before you go. You should know some for sure, and mostly have a willingness to learn it. You're going to learn so much faster while there than you will studying in the US.

Just need enough language to get by at first

When I took a travel job in my early 20s I was handed some Canadian pins/luggage tags/etc for this exact reason.

I'm definitely still tempted to tell people I'm from Canada

You are what you eat