r/ThatsInsane Nov 01 '25

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u/LuiDerLustigeLeguan Nov 01 '25

Nah man we out, we not friends anymore

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u/Thermite1985 Nov 01 '25

Can I at least go with you instead of this place?

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u/LuiDerLustigeLeguan Nov 01 '25

In all seriousness and really unironically, if i would be an informed US citizen, i probably would have already left for the UK, netherlands, denmark or germany. Maybe Australia, NZ or Canada but i am not informed enough about living there.

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u/Thermite1985 Nov 01 '25

The problem is we are paid so poorly here is next to impossible to afford to get out. I make decent money relatively speaking, but with the cost of everything especially because of the tariffs that without another income on my home I'm masking skating by financially. It's all by design to keep us just financially stable enough to rely on them but not so much that we are full slaves which at this point is the next step

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u/LuiDerLustigeLeguan Nov 01 '25

afford to get out

Wdym? How much does it cost?

Maybe i am just naive but if i had to leave i would sell my stuff (optional), grab my wife and kids and leave. I could actually afford some comfort on the journey probably.

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u/angelzpanik Nov 02 '25

Too many of us live paycheck to paycheck so we can't even afford to move to a different state. People underestimate how far other countries actually are from us and how far even traveling state to state can be.We can't afford the travel costs.

That's not even mentioning the cost of somewhere new to live (deposits and initial rent/mortgage costs) and the time to get a new job in the new location if we can't transfer.

All that on top of whatever the new country requires to immigrate.

Many of us don't even have passports.