tiredofsametab

I've been in Japan a decade and I think this is the first I've seen the name. Interesting

6150 JPY per month for fiber in Japan. Not sure how fast it's meant to be, but plenty fast enough

... And that has what to do with this? Lock those assholes up and throw away the key, but completely unrelated.

As someone who's bought games for the last 30+ years, the fact that, relative to inflation, they got cheaper surprised me (for physical games, in any case). For those physical games, one might think of it as a correction. Yeah, the number of buyers is up, but so are production costs. Now, is some of that greed with the top taking those profits? Absolutely and I hate it. Still, I'm surprised it took this long

I could be connected to the internet but unable to route to something so there may be cases where an internet connection does not strictly mean the internet is working properly

I'm on mbin mostly. The japan-focused subreddits for legal, finance, etc. have so far refused to move. Once they move, I will be done with reddit entirely

Having met tons of folks off base enjoying nightlife, this isn't true in Japan.

I've only been twice in the last decade: once the year after I moved and summer 2022ish. It's just crazy to watch. My family just offered to pay for us to fly out for vacation but I declined. My non-white wife that doesn't really speek English + immigration now means we're not going near the place.

There is a totalization agreement with the japanese govt, so I could theoretically do something before renouncing, but I've never looked into it. I liked the idea of having both for diversity and safety

I don't know either. I imagine it just lives on. I can't put money in them now from Japan anyway (well, unless I want to pay some taxes in the US on top of what I pay here; no thanks). I can't use Japan's equivalent either since the US tax authorities will massacre you with paperwork and fines (PFICs). If social security still exists, I worked long enough in the US to get that and it doesn't matter for that if I renounce.

I was considering trying to cash out my 401k and ira in the US (I bought my first house and I think that's one of the allowed cases), but hadn't worked out the details yet. Guess that's not happening right now. I no longer live in the US and will probably renounce citizenship once my parents go.

I looked at my other investments this morning based on this post and.... Lol. Granted, I only one a handful, but it still hurts. My stock that was worth only like 40 cents moved up 5+% so yay for that, I guess.

Just make turning at all on a red illegal. Many countries do this and we get by just fine. I went to the US a couple summer ago and wife and I got nearly taken out while walking across a street by this woman only looking left and not planning to stop at the light coming off a highway.