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  • I had three potential career paths I wanted when I was a kid: Masseuse, Meteorologist, or IT

    After reading about each career, I decided being a Masseuse would destroy my body and give me carpel tunnel and Meteorologist is too restrictive of a career due to the few number of openings.

    I settled on IT and I’m a Network Engineer. I hate it. Pays OK, though.

    Turns out a lot of things you enjoy that you have to then do as a job for 18 years, rather than a hobby, makes you grow to no longer enjoy it.

    My wife appreciates my personal massage skills, though.


















  • North Korea has lost nearly all of its expertise in manufacturing, development, etc.

    NK was a powerhouse around 50-60 years ago, but significantly stupid decision making has led to them falling behind South Korea.

    Sanctions are a good chunk of their problems, but NK has a lot of failed leadership and is an example of a failed communist nation just as much as the United States is an example of a failed/failing Democratic Republic.

    Also, “emigration rates” is a bullshit metric. You CAN’T leave NK without special permission from the government. That’s like arguing a prison is doing great because none of the inmates are leaving.


  • Any country is allowed to defend itself. That includes North Korea, Venezuela, Ukraine, etc.

    North Korea has other significant problems, including brain drain and lack of tillable soil to feed it’s people. It’s why it’s leadership continually antagonizes its neighbors to get concessions of food.

    United States Imperialism is fucked as well, but America has been fucked in the head for a long time with rampant military industrial complex spending and warmonger leadership.

    The difference between you and me is that I don’t gloss over any country’s failings.