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Katherine Dee's avatar

I went in 2010 for a couple of months. I enjoyed it but I felt pretty fat. And this is when I was under 110 lbs and for all intents and purposes, a kid -- so now -- jeezus. LOL

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Katherine Dee's avatar

I fantasize about living in Japan sometimes, another place i've had the good fortune of doing a multi-month visit to. I like the idea of moving somewhere and not assimilating and being such a sore thumb I become somewhat anonymous in my own way. Is that sick?

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Jonathan Herz's avatar

I donтАЩt think 110 lbs is fat by Chinese standardsтАж but .. wellтАж IтАЩm 220 which definitely is XL in East Asia.

Well, a lot of digital nomads like living in East Asia. I think it can be freeing in some respects to be a perpetual outsider, although IтАЩm kind of locked into that. If youтАЩve visited then you probably have a good idea of what youтАЩre getting into.

I donтАЩt think itтАЩs sick.

In any case a lot of Americans (especially on the right) overestimate how homogenous modern East Asia is, mainly because white males often ARE the trouble-making diversity here and a lot of the American right doesnтАЩt want to accept that.

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Katherine Dee's avatar

I was a chublette even at that weight. I did this interesting thing at the gym recently where it let me "jog" through Phnom Penh. After doing it back to back with Thailand and then Japan, I think maybe I will try to psy op my family into trying it for a few years.

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Jonathan Herz's avatar

Really? I imagined you being taller for some reason.

I lived in Thailand a long time ago and we werenтАЩt allowed to visit Cambodia because the Khmer Rouge was still fighting an active insurgency back then. We had wanted to visit Angkor Wat.

Well, if you end up in Taiwan for whatever reason IтАЩd be happy to show you & yours around.

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Katherine Dee's avatar

I'm pretty averaged size but weight really shows on me. My dear friend from childhood lives in Taiwan. Maybe one day.

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