But there were some who escaped their lives of quiet desperation when they came to Cambodia, and never went back to them.Leopold Bloom wrote: ↑Tue Jul 25, 2023 8:03 pmThe problem with these memoirs [sic] is that only those who really fuck up write them, and it thus gives the impression that all Cambodia expat experiences are like this. It's rather like people thinking 440 is a good reflection of expat life.
The sad - or otherwise - reality is that the vast majority of expat lives are sane, relatively solvent, and relatively short-lived as people move on. They are more akin to Thoreau's description of men living lives of quiet desperation rather than Hobbes' "No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
There - that's a bit of culture for you.
Here's another bit of culture for you:
You're right. You're absolutely
right. I'm a nothing. I spend my
life counting other people's
money -- people I'm smarter than,
better than. Where's my share?
Where's Leo Bloom's share? I want,
I want, I want, I want everything
I've ever seen in the movies!
Leo Bloom (Accountant)