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red chamber dream
i think if you're going to leave, mexico is just about the worst choice
red chamber dream
surely the point is to move somewhere that will be better than america under trump?
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Opium: 2017-01-21 05:07:28 pm
The town he's looking at is actually wonderful.  It's made up of thousands of american retirees and is basically a huge resort.  It's called San Miguel de Allende and it's gorgeous.  He's going to go down there and stay for a week, get the feel of the place and the people. It has walmart and other familiar shopping experiences, US-trained doctors and first-rate medical facilities, etc.

And the violence there is less of a threat than it is in America.
red chamber dream
i'd still pick canada any day lol
He says if the wall goes up, it will be like a double edged sword as walls tend to keep people in as much as out.  He says there are many places like SMA and they won't be very secret for long.
red chamber dream
lol i really don't think there's a good chance of that

or any chance
I would have chosen canada too until I heard about these kinds of places in mexico.  I'm getting too old for the cold, and I'm perfectly happy being around other old(er) people.  If I was younger than I would be worried about what kinds of fun things there would be to do there, clubs, etc.  Now I just want quiet.  And warmth.
Mexican resorts are like the most surreal thing. Inside it feels like you're on some rich guy's property, but step outside just a bit and it's a jungle slum out there.
I like turtles.
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oh man i'm rewatching asoue and it's insane how many vfd logos and references i missed. and i was looking for them on the first watch too! if this series ends uo being anywhere near as dense as the books, i will be a happy guy

That bit from, what, the first or second episode "I can't seem to find the sugar bowl" and I was just like "so it's gonna be THAT kind of series."  They're really killing it so far, and I've only seen up until Part 1 of Book 2.
red chamber dream
i just hope they keep it as vague as the books. something tells me that wouldn't work on tv though, so that's ok
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Turtle: 2017-01-21 11:27:12 pm
I like turtles.
They're definitely already revealing more things earlier on than I remember the books doing, but still not in such an unsubtle way that a first-timer would have it all spoon-fed.  And it was also smart to include all this new material for those who think they know every little twist going in.  Somehow most of it doesn't actually run contrary to the books, probably have Handler's being in charge of teleplay to thank for that.
red chamber dream
i want to see a whole new generation pissed about not finding out explicitly what's in the sugar bowl :D
I like turtles.
I'm really curious how they're going to adapt the latter third or so of the series, because it just got all opaque and insane past a certain point.
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arkarian: 2017-01-21 11:31:29 pm
red chamber dream
yeah i'm having a hard time imagining how any of it would work on screen

like the last several books especially often have pages upon pages of snicket just rambling about existential themes
red chamber dream
and it's great, but wtf are they going to do in the show
I like turtles.
I think they must have realized that problem to an extent because they put a lot of effort into having an actual "narrator" character to communicate whatever couldn't be just "shown."  And it's not just a lazy afterthought either, Warburton is surprisingly great at delivering the exposition.
red chamber dream
yeah he's my favorite part of the show
I like turtles.
Mine too, although I think maybe my favorite specific moment so far was that line from NPH playing Olaf playing Stephano about preferring long-form television to film, followed by a long flirtatious look at the camera.  Shots fired.
The trouble with Mexico is that if trump is serious about cracking down on Mexican immigration, the effect on Mexico's economy could be devastating
at the end of the day Canada has this awesome stash of natural resources

IIRC all the Hiroshima uranium came from canada
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Idkbutlike2: 2017-01-22 11:05:44 am
Yeah, but their environmentalists would go nuts if you'd try and harvest a good chunk of them.
red chamber dream
i don't get why a businessman would want to cut down on mexican immigration

seems like that was just a talking point to get ignorant whites to vote for him
red chamber dream
wait, didn't opium say she voted for trump??
I mean, one of Trump's biggest points was stopping the flow of money out of the country from stuff like outsourcing and immigrant labor.
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arkarian: 2017-01-22 11:37:06 am
red chamber dream
right, but trump doesn't actually care about that. he's clearly using the presidency purely to further his own business goals