"“can” is subjective."
They can or cannot. Pretty clear-cut.
'“Can” people afford a plane ticket to somewhere? Probably."
Yup.
"Would their quality of life in that destination be satisfactory?"
also a strong yup. higher to much higher quality of life.
Higher pay, fewer hours, better social support, better infrastructure, more opportunities.
"This is not entirely true."
I'll check.
"Malaysia...English teaching industry...Most countries...standards...VIetnam requires...employ illegally...risk...very high"
yea, solid disclaimer, most of that looks less than entirely true. Honestly, a lot of that is barely half true.
real quick: ESL is still booming in April 2025 with thousands of currently available ESL positions, pay rates are higher than ever, outpacing inflation significantly, the requirements are about the same as they were 15 years ago; native english fluency, college degree or TEFL certificate sometimes required based on the position and location for 25 hours of teaching a week, not including the breaktimes each class.
Most countries certainly do not have enough of an english speaking population to have affected the ESL market, hence the thousands of currently available ESL postings and dozens of platforms for teaching online.
Vietnam does not require "TESL diplomas" to teach English.
"...not actually working or settling down?"
In the previous comment, I was answering your question of "where americans can travel" to.
If you want to work or settle down abroad, you can do that.
If you want to travel indefinitely, you can do that too.
Travel is up to the traveler.
yes, because it is fun, and we don't have to make it different just to be different.
how to make a martyr
I'd like to say that so are zombie films and media.
zombies have become an excuse to dehumanize and glorify justifiable violence against humans at this point.
hahaha thanks
Thank you, it was hide read posts.
Haha, OH MY GOSH thank you I've been trying to figure it out for...way too long.
thank you so much.
public baths in Japan got me comfortable with being naked and i wholeheartedly agree that there are some cultural activities like saunas that obligate nudity.
and are far more comfortable when nude, anyway.
that's usually why those activities are done nekkid in the first place.
"...filthy and dirty in public.'
they really have been for a while now.
you got your wish.
"planning on living as obnoxiously and proudly as possible."
go for it, my concern is that you won't achieve what you want this way.
"I want queer people to be an issue no one can ignore,"
I think this is another goal you've already achieved, queer people in general are an issue nobody is ignoring already.
on the good side, the prevalence of queer culture is higher than it's ever been, even in conservative enclaves like the US.
on the bad side, the most powerful people in a few countries like tge US are so afraid of glitter that they're trying to override the other two branches of government in a vain efforts to shove the fancypants genie back in the bottle.
but that's the thing about genies and bottles, though.
"being visible in today's world is very very dangerous"
in some places, it is.
in other places it's totally normal and accepted to be as visibly queer as you like, as it has been forever because other cultures have never been binary.
I support whatever course of action fulfills you and hope your activism achieves the further goals you are working toward, and also hope you're aware that becoming a martyr is not the only or possibly most effective way you can be useful to your movement.
that's good, I definitely wasn't saying "take a vacation".
"You original comment...so literally."
don't take it too literally.
when i wrote:
"i suggest leaving.
it's better outside."
I was referring to leaving the country and situation that is making OP miserable, rather than leaving this post or your apartment or whatever literal conclusion you're referring to now.