Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

I've invited a few new friends from around the world to SF now (@visakanv, @TheAnnaGat, @MatjazLeonardis), and it's been disconcerting to notice how comfortable I've become with the ambient on-street violence relative to my guests https://t.co/nDdbC1wxB2 

SF: welcome to the tech capital of the world!! It’s a land of billionaires, also dreams and nerds Me: fuck yeah SF: careful dont step in shit me: ok SF: sorry the trains are kinda crummy lol me: nobody’s perfect SF: you might get randomly assaulted, that’s a thing me: what

Only a 9 hour flight from Tokyo, which is dream- and nerd-friendly, has much more affordable housing, and has pretty much got excrement, trains, and street crime licked. Sorry Internet: I will keep giving people the sales pitch forever. ご了承ください

("Thank you for your understanding and forbearance as I deliver the obligatory sales pitch.")

"But Patrick, wouldn't it be terrible living in a city where the mere sight of you would cause microaggressions like 'I wish you people would just go back where you came from'?" Good point, that is also a reason to prefer a cosmopolitan, diverse, and welcoming city like Tokyo.

If you're going to pitch this hard on my feed, you're obligated — or such is my understanding — by traditional Japanese custom to invite me to your home for a warm meal, a brief introduction to the local norms & a list of phrases locals may use to cheerfully call me fat