Discussion How to run away?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Bad Storm, Sep 19, 2019.

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Is running away to another country an option? (You know the language)

  1. Yup

    44.0%
  2. Nope

    20.2%
  3. Well, it is if you live in a backwater country

    33.3%
  4. Another country? Whut's that? Can I eat it?

    19.0%
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  1. Bad Storm

    Bad Storm no thought, head empty

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    Let's say you're barely of age. And home sucks. Badly. You decided to run away sometime when you're legal, which is about half a year away. A little prep time at least.

    What's the basics of running away?

    I could only think of three main things. Job (money), shelter and food.
     
  2. lychee

    lychee [- slightly morbid fruit -] ❀[ 恋爱? ]❀

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    For the poll you need a passport unless there’s a transit agreement in the countries you are going to.

    If there is a transit agreement, then it’s likely that law enforcement is collaborating between countries — so you probably won’t fall off the radar.
     
  3. SummerForest

    SummerForest Well-Known Member

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    You need to change identity
     
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  4. Kiss

    Kiss {Cutie of the Chaos Family}

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    ... telephoning companies to be certain of having a job, secure a maximum of the ground before going on a runaway trip ~
     
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  5. elengee

    elengee Daoist Ninefaps

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    Barely legal? become a pornstar. :blobpeek:
     
  6. Agecaf

    Agecaf Grand Archmathemagician

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    Whatever you end up doing, best of luck!
    I'd recommend considering options of leaving the environment you're at without changing country, unless the country itself is part of the problem.
     
  7. Nefasdetestasti

    Nefasdetestasti ❄️Wɪɴᴛᴇʀ's Sᴏɴɢ❄️ ||| [Schrödinger Pantsu]

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    Ask for friend for the shelter and say that you'll find a job later?
     
  8. TheFluffyOne

    TheFluffyOne Well-Known Member

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    I moved out pretty much on the day I was of legal age. I encountered a few problems:

    • Cooking. It’s cheaper making your own food and making it in big portions. That way you can freeze some of it for days, where you don’t have time or energy.

    • Budget. It costs more than imagined to live on your own. You have to pay rent, bills, food and cloth. Then there’s stuff like toiletpaper, toothpaste and cleaning detergents - those costs money too and you often forget about that stuff. So making a budget can end up saving you quite a bit of money (and problems).

    • Home. Make sure that your future home is livable and free of mold.
    You also have to consider the area; if there are access to the bus/train, how far to shopping area, and how noisy the neighborhood is.

    Well, those are the only things I can Think of right now. But good luck.
     
  9. Traveling Chef

    Traveling Chef ⁽ʕ•̀ω•́ʔ╯.+:。Professional Unichef~

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    nothing to add here, seems like everyone else has said what I was thinking~

    new places can be scary and if you're not sure of the enviroment, you could end up going somewhere dangerous. try to keep pepper spray or a taser on you for self defense(depending on the laws of the are you live in)
     
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  10. Return

    Return Ṩ͢͢͢aℽonara

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    • part time job
    • rent a student one person house or jointed house consists of 4 minimum quite cheap
    • make a list of your spending
    • know your surrounding and neighborhood
    • last is make sure to succeed and have the will to push when it goes south
    • fight on! :blobhero::blobhero::blobhero:
     
  11. CountryMage

    CountryMage [XSanguine8] not my blood...

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    You need to have some money first, in case any of your other preparations fail, but other than that, communication skills can help with other workarounds, like borrowing fridge space from neighbors or local businesses.
     
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  12. Bad Storm

    Bad Storm no thought, head empty

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    That's actually harder than it sounds.
    Why is it that I'm under the impression that you two are under the impression that I'd be the one running away...?

    Also, Agecaf. I think the country is part of the problem since our protag (the one running away) got thrown into his home country when he actually spent most his time in other countries.
     
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  13. Bad Storm

    Bad Storm no thought, head empty

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    What if the so-called communication skills is at negative level mastery?
     
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  14. CountryMage

    CountryMage [XSanguine8] not my blood...

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    Then you end up on the street, after they steal your stuff, or you don't run away to begin with. So long as you can make some noise though, your communication skills shouldn't be negative, just abysmally low.
     
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  15. Meloman

    Meloman My dog is lazier than me

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    In my experience it is better to find a job before moving to another place (especially another country). Even McDonald’s jobs are not that easy to get around where I live, for example...
     
  16. Bad Storm

    Bad Storm no thought, head empty

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    Okay. Abysmally low. Got it. :blobrofl:
     
  17. Bad Storm

    Bad Storm no thought, head empty

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    Oh, that's actually an interesting tidbit. Thanks.
     
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    Return Ṩ͢͢͢aℽonara

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    more like hard to find job but after that it is easy to do others after getting money look here money is the only thing you need to do anything in this world
     
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    Ai chan Queen of Yuri, Devourer of Traps, Thrusted Witch

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    You can usually disappear easily even in the same country, provided you don't have credit trail, is able to get away with cash without relying on banks and can get by without having to show your ID. Unless of course, your country is as small as Singapore.

    Going to a different country can present too much of a challenge that a first timer may not be prepared to handle. In the first place, you need a passport, and in some countries, minors are not allowed to have one and rely on their guardians' passports. In some countries, minors of 16 years old and above can have their own passports, but require their guardian to sign off on the application form. Then you need to apply for visa, for countries of which your passport does not carry automatic visa grant. That's just the problem with passports.

    Then you have cultural issues, not to mention employment problems. Your travel visa in most cases does not allow you to work in their countries. You need a work visa for that and some student visas allow for part time jobs. That is assuming that the locals would hire you, a foreigner, in the first place. While there are stories of travellers who work part time jobs on travel visa when they were running low on their travel the world fund, such cases are very race. Not only you need to do it outside the law, you will also need to have a very persuasive tongue.

    Then what about lodging? If you are fresh out of school with nothing to your name, you'd likely be broke as hell. Where would you find a place in a foreign land that will allow you to stay for free? You may exchange board with labour, but the owner may not even accept it in the first place. Then again, how is this kind of life better than what you're currently having? You will have no friends, no internet, no food, no income and no entertainment in a land where nobody looks at you kindly.

    Ai-chan suggestion is to go on fetlife or alt.com and offer yourself as sex slave to a middle-aged woman for a year in exchange for a place in her company. You can also offer yourself to be a gay sex slave to a middle-aged man for a year, Ai-chan doesn't judge.
     
  20. Bad Storm

    Bad Storm no thought, head empty

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    The culture and citizenship is no problem. The protag was born in the other country and lived there the most of his life.