Music Banter - Your Day

Music Banter (https://www.musicbanter.com/)

- The Lounge (https://www.musicbanter.com/lounge/)

- - Your Day (https://www.musicbanter.com/lounge/8425-your-day.html)

Commenting any further doesn't align with my wellness plan.

In that case, you do keep some weird hours.

Anyway, if you're not happy, move dude. I'd imagine people in academia have plenty of choices. Working in oil and gas, I kinda don't. Also, I'm from Eastern Europe so my university degree is basically toilet paper. Definitely not a wide range of employment options. :/

Quote:

Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 2184100)

In that case, you do keep some weird hours.

Anyway, if you're not happy, move dude. I'd imagine people in academia have plenty of choices. Working in oil and gas, I kinda don't. Also, I'm from Eastern Europe so my university degree is basically toilet paper. Definitely not a wide range of employment options. :/

The enemy is amongst us!

You're just finding this out? :laughing:

Anyway, now they're making a push towards clean(er) energy, not because anyone believes it's "the right thing to do" but because oil is gonna run out and you gotta keep the profit coming for the shareholders! Go green!

In the humanities the situation's not great to put it mildly. If you have a PhD from a good university you can usually find adjunct (i.e. temporary & precarious) work if you apply to a thousand different places.

I once thought this lifestyle held a certain romance but after 2 years away, 1.5 of which coincided with you know what, all I want is to get back home, whatever employment situation awaits me (or rather my partner, whose "turn" to work it would be by then).

Quote:

In that case, you do keep some weird hours

It was always bad with me, but between lockdowns, no gym and zoom classes, things got absurd. I manage to roll back to human hours for like two days and then it's back to vampire

On the bright side, triple-vaxxed.

Quote:

Originally Posted by WWWP (Post 2184052)

I hear Kabul is really booming

Seriously? No one?

Quote:

Originally Posted by WWWP (Post 2184112)

Seriously? No one?

You didn't hear me laugh?

Quote:

Originally Posted by adidasss (Post 2184095)

Well, the reality of it is that the only adjustment I'm making in the Middle east (and Malaysia) is to be "discreet" and not touch or kiss my partner in public, which we don't do in Croatia either. Maybe you'll be surprised to know but a great deal of gay people still have to be careful even in Europe. I can get my head bashed in Croatia or Spain or Ireland for holding by boyfriend's hand so it's nothing strange, unfortunately. We'd still have to behave in a similar way in Europe, only we'd be poor. :/

So yeah, it's not ideal but life's a bitch and I'm definitely not the type to starve for my principles. I'll take their homophobic money thanks.

Most of these countries have a kind of don't ask don't tell policy. There are are plenty of local gay people (Lebanon especially has a thriving gay scene, although they are probably one of the most liberal arabic countries). Same in Malaysia, there is even a kind of gay club in the middle of KL. As long as you don't participate in any rowdy orgies, you are ok. Gay people exist and meet other gay people and have sex in Iran and Saudi also. People adjust to all kinds of circumstances and not everyone can simply move to the "liberal west".

I can only speak for Ireland, but while you might (might) get attacked here (it's very doubtful and I have not heard of any incidents - doesn't mean they don't happen I know) it is illegal to attack anyone, including those of a different sexual preference than you, so even if you did get attacked you could go to the cops, whereas where you are I assume they'd just offer to finish the job, or laugh you out of the station. Remember, we were the first country in the world to ratify same-sex marriage. Come to Ireland!

On second thoughts, don't. It's a ****hole. But a gay-friendly ****hole.
:shycouch: