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| Topic Started: Jun 5 2011, 05:11 AM (3,437 Views) | |
| lamna | Jun 14 2011, 04:58 PM Post #91 |
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Well given that Pedro II fell during the hight of his popularity to hated tyrants, Argentina and half the continent thinks geography is more important than what the people of the Falklands want because of a propaganda stunt by the junta and Bolivia has maintained a Navy for century and a quarter since it lost access to the sea, not soon. Chile is nice though. Edited by lamna, Jun 14 2011, 05:01 PM.
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| Space Gorilla | May 16 2012, 06:03 AM Post #92 |
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Oh my Seascorp, indeed I wanted to relocate, but to the place you plan on leaving lol. Didn't knew things are that bad there. |
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| seascorpion | May 16 2012, 06:52 AM Post #93 |
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My mind has changed, I still want to emigrate, though mainly because I want some adventure, without the actual danger. I've recently thought about doing TEFL after university for a few years in eastern Europe, which is convenient as I recently started learning Russian. As for where I would permanently emigrate to- probably the UK or 'upper Eurozone' (everywhere but the PIIGS, I don't think they're bad countries, it's just that they don't seem economically stable) I decided against the US mainly because, it's the US. I just don't think it fits me at all. It's a great country, but it's not one I would like to call my country. As for you emigrating to Australia, if I were you - go to Melbourne or Perth , maybe Sydney. As someone who lives in Sydney, it's a beautiful city (in the east and the central areas), but it hasn't got the culture or arts, or attitude of Perth or Melbourne. Sydney is the most well known city, but it's also the shallowest. I like Sydney, but it has got a lot of dickheads in comparison to the rest of the country. If all you knew of Australia were parts of western Sydney, It would be understandable to want to leave the whole country. Imagine suburbs of dull architecture and arseholes. Also, Sydney's traffic is pretty fucked. The trains are, well, not all that good. The point is, Australia-yes, Sydney- No, try somewhere else first. |
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| lamna | May 16 2012, 07:39 AM Post #94 |
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So you're thinking of bar work? I hope you're good, we've got a lot of South Africans doing that now. I'm still hoping to end up in Canada. America's ok, but I don't feel like I could I could swear loyalty to them. No offence but it's never going to be my country, even if it's the place I live. |
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| Kamidio | May 16 2012, 09:13 PM Post #95 |
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It will never be gay enough if you don't remedy that. I mean how else did Pennsylvania and Massachusetts become pro-gay? A higher concentration of gays.
Bro, you have rustled my jimmies once again. Once you've got your own tank that you can drive down the highway, you'll know the wonders of being an American. Edited by Kamidio, May 16 2012, 09:13 PM.
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| Ànraich | May 17 2012, 01:33 AM Post #96 |
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The whole "swearing loyalty" thing is really just symbolic. I mean, I was born here and I refuse to say the pledge of allegiance or sing the national anthem. The latter is really just because I don't know the words, but it is quite an exciting song. Bombs and shit going off. Fuck year America. It's about your country, you know. And how you lost the War of 1812 even though the Canadians will never admit it. I'm not so sure Brits even really care about the War of 1812. Personally I would go with Canada though. Don't get me wrong, America is a nice place to live but we have a lot of problems and nobody willing to fix them. They're all too busy showing each other how their proposed solutions won't work, rather than actually trying to come up with one. Then it gets confusing and becomes a muddled mess. And if you didn't grow up here all the zealous patriotism can seem almost like indoctrination, when really it's just the American civil religion. There's a pretty twisted sense of what it means to be American in the modern USA. So much so that I was too was thinking of going to Canada someday. I also have a strong desire to live in India, if only for a while. I'm not sure I could permanently adjust to such a dramatic cultural change, or be "that American guy" that everybody stereotypes because he's American. Edited by Ànraich, May 17 2012, 01:34 AM.
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We should all aspire to die surrounded by our dearest friends. Just like Julius Caesar. "The Lord Universe said: 'The same fate I have given to all things from stones to stars, that one day they shall become naught but memories aloft upon the winds of time. From dust all was born, and to dust all shall return.' He then looked upon His greatest creation, life, and pitied them, for unlike stars and stones they would soon learn of this fate and despair in the futility of their own existence. And so the Lord Universe decided to give life two gifts to save them from this despair. The first of these gifts was the soul, that life might more readily accept their fate, and the second was fear, that they might in time learn to avoid it altogether." - Excerpt from a Chanagwan creation myth, Legends and Folklore of the Planet Ghar, collected and published by Yieju Bai'an, explorer from the Celestial Commonwealth of Qonming Tree That Owns Itself
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| seascorpion | May 17 2012, 01:42 AM Post #97 |
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I don't know, it's just so 'American'. Not that I don't like Americans or anything, it's just I, or lamna, don't want to be one. Its hard to explain to someone from the US because you don't have another nation which is as culturally and politically present in your nation as the US is in mine. To explain, the Republican primaries were on the Australian news, more than Australia's upcoming election and general political hilarity. For subjects like modern history at school, people in Australia study the American civil war, the great depression (in America), the civil rights movement, the Vietnam war (for Americans), the Cold War (obviously the US was pretty important) and the influence of the (you guessed it) US in the middle east from 1979 to 2003. I can't talk for the UK, but in Australia, the USA is something everyone knows about, and it's a continuos presence, the TV shows, the movies, Macdonalds and KFC, the American tourists who keep asking you to say 'thats not a knife, this is a knife'. The US doesn't feel foreign to me. If I moved there I would still watch the same TV shows, the food would be different (Sydney has much more seafood, lots of giant prawns for everyone here) but not different like China or France. I would still talk about the same politics and same politicians. Although the UK is probably just as similar, it's nowhere near as present in Australia as the US |
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| Zoroaster | May 17 2012, 02:28 AM Post #98 |
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Gun crime? The NSW govt wants to legislate against motorcycle clubs, because certain "elements" in those clubs think they're in the projects of LA or somewhere. But not all members are involved, and not all clubs are involved (MY CLUB IS NOT!) I personally think Australia should relax its gun laws a little, there's never been any proof that legalised fire-arm ownership creates greater gun crime. I don't think legal gun ownership has much bearing on crime at all. I also think we should disarm our police forces. I prefer the English method, where the Met coppers on the beat don't carry side-arms, but there is a special task force to deal with seiges and armed hold ups et cetera. In that Michael Moore documentary (love him or hate him) he pointed out that Canada in fact has higher gun ownership than the USA, but less gun crime. |
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| macgobhain | May 17 2012, 03:11 AM Post #99 |
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I haven't read this topic very extensively, but if anyone is looking at emigrating to the US/UK/Canada, I wouldn't recommend if you're afraid of infringement on your economic/civil liberties. Specifically in the United States, PPACA is going to drive small businesses into the ground (if you're an entrepeneur), and laws like the NDAA and the Patriot Act don't show any sign of being repealed, and our president is talking about the need to imprison people indefinitely based on crimes that they might potentially commit. Besides that, there's our ridiculous racial divides and the inanity of our laws concerning social issues (because it's so damned important to amend the Constitution to define marriage), and if you're under the age of 21 there's a hole slew of jobs that you don't have the opportunity to apply for, because somehow at 21 you're magically more responsible than you were at 20... right now I'm eligible to be drafted and die for this country, but I can't be server at Olive Garden... Canada doesn't show any signs of getting any better. The cost of living is extremely high, their government and banks have the same problem with generating national debt out of funny money, and their police are going down exactly the same road as ours. At least they're still reporting when the cops kill somebody though, that doesn't normally make the news here, unless it's a minority issue. Personally, if you want to emigrate from your home country, I'd say check out developing countries. Costa Rica and Chile both have extremely good economies as does Peru (somewhat), and the cost of living is cheep. The only thing you have to worry about in Costa Rica is going out into the jungle, and if ants in your house ALL the time are an issue... Chile has a serious problem with earthquakes, and the last major one that took out the Concepcion Bridge didn't relieve all the pressure. Other than that though, it's great. If you're not concerned about owning your own business or your own home, then Argentina is ok. There are also a number of islands in the Caribbean if you don't care about being stuck on a tiny island... But as far as most Western countries are concerned, I just see a tightening noose... |
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| lamna | May 17 2012, 03:45 AM Post #100 |
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America tried to invade Canada, America failed again, then they brunt down you're capital. It's at least a draw. Most people haven't heard about the War of 1812 here. It was a sideshow, at the same time Napoleon was busy invading Russia, failed and Europe united against him and defeated him. But I'm not going to swear loyalty to a country if I don't mean it. You've got no choice, it's already your country but I'd be choosing the USA. And I can't swear fealty to a republic, it's just wrong. I trust the police a lot more than you do, but I still don't want them all to be armed by default. It seems to me to say a lot about your country if the police all have guns, either they need them, in which case things are pretty shit, or they use them to control people better, which is just as bad. I like Argentina, and I know quite a few people there, but I'm not paying a single penny to their irresponsible, dishonest politicians. I trust the RCMP a heck of a lot more than those assholes. |
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| macgobhain | May 17 2012, 03:59 AM Post #101 |
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| lamna | May 17 2012, 04:37 AM Post #102 |
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Moje vznášadlo je plné úhorov. |
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| Holben | May 17 2012, 04:48 AM Post #103 |
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One of the great things about living in a developed country is the absence of malaria, ebola, typhoid fever, and all the other diseases which kill millions a year. In addition to all the parasites, pests, filth, bad sanitation, uncomfortable climates... there's less poverty in developed countries too. And you earn more money, electronics and appliances are more easily available, you can go to developing countries whenever you like if you have a little money... I'm going to come out in strong support of living in a developed country. |
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Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea. "It is the old wound my king. It has never healed." | |
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| macgobhain | May 17 2012, 04:55 AM Post #104 |
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Well... that wasn't fair to call Chile, Argentina, and Costa Rica "developing" countries. These are developed countries, they're just not as on top of the world's economy as say... the US. |
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| Holben | May 17 2012, 04:56 AM Post #105 |
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Chile and Costa Rica are nice places. I could live in them. |
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Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea. "It is the old wound my king. It has never healed." | |
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