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  1. Nimbus

    flying domestically

    It’s actually a nice piece of music, but not when looped a gajillion times. It becomes worse than Muzak, because you spend hours on a plane compared to minutes in an elevator.
  2. Nimbus

    flying domestically

    I got them last year, and if memory serves correctly, they wore an apron for food service.
  3. Nimbus

    flying domestically

    United codeshares with ANA, which is terrific. I thank my lucky stars whenever my United flight is served by ANA. My only problem with ANA is their goddamned pervasive jingle. Oh gawd, just mentioning it put the jingle in my ears again. I’m fucked.
  4. Nimbus

    flying domestically

    Yeah, United is spot on. If not because they usually have the lowest rate from USA, I would have picked a different airline. Even with their cheap price, I’m this close of moving away. Customer service? What customer service?
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    Axing The "Ex"

    Yeah, people who have not spent a lot of time abroad tend to have a smaller horizon, and get antsy when you’re critical about their country. I was very critical about Indo gov’t even before I went to America, to the point of putting my literal neck on the line by protesting against Suharto...
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    Axing The "Ex"

    I may retire in Indonesia. I think the cost would still be considerably cheaper than, say, Florida or Texas. The hardest adjustment would be dealing with the dog-eat-dog attitude in Jakarta, or with you’re-a-fucking-outsider attitude elsewhere in the provinces. Bules may get charged a premium...
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    Indonesia set to introduce strict new law banning sex outside of marriage

    The judge may interpret the articles to cover the unreported party, but for sure the spouse/child/parent will be a suspect. It’s not possible to drag the tourist into court without the reported party. I agree that any new law in Indonesia is yet another avenue for extortion by corrupt cops.
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    Indonesia set to introduce strict new law banning sex outside of marriage

    If they are sex tourists, Indonesia is probably not the best destination. Thailand is more renowned for it. Regular tourists shouldn’t be affected, but the clickbait news probably drives some of them away. I think if people can prove that the number of tourists actually dips because of this law...
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    Indonesia set to introduce strict new law banning sex outside of marriage

    If they’re using articles 411 & 412, they are penalizing their own parent or child. Since the plaintiff can only be a parent or a child, the defendant can only be the child or the parent. Technically the tourist has no legal plaintiff.
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    US citizen WNI mother with KTP must declare citizenship

    Just own it, make it your trademark. My in-laws like to invent words for fun, like ‘semangka’ instead of ‘semangat’.
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    Indonesia set to introduce strict new law banning sex outside of marriage

    Unfortunately it depends on who you are. People in my parents’ kompleks can get away with insisting on low volume speakers, because they built the mosque and hired the administrators. If you’re an outsider all hell can break loose.
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    US citizen WNI mother with KTP must declare citizenship

    Most of the time other Indonesians use more English than I do. When I speak Indonesian, I make a conscious effort to use only Indonesian words, but most of my school mates from Jaksel have no such concern. It’s kinda funny, because people who don’t know us can get the impression that I’ve...
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    Indonesia set to introduce strict new law banning sex outside of marriage

    Decades ago there was a survey by a magazine showing about 30% of men having extramarital affairs. Several years ago a survey by justdating.com puts the figure at 40% for Indonesians, with women having a 10% lead from men. But, you need to be careful with surveys, because they tend to have...
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    Indonesia set to introduce strict new law banning sex outside of marriage

    I’m not agreeing with them, I’m speculating about how the law came about, based on what I know about Indonesian legislators and their politics.
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    Indonesia set to introduce strict new law banning sex outside of marriage

    The previous law was the equivalent to U.S. disorderly conduct laws, which is a “rubber article” that the police can use against anybody for just about anything. I actually agree that this law is an overreach, but I’m not a typical Indonesian. As I said, the vast majority of Indonesians have no...
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    Indonesia set to introduce strict new law banning sex outside of marriage

    Did I say anywhere that the man is the hero? I would appreciate it if you don’t put words into my mouth. You were replying to a post about wanita simpanan, and how they deserve freedom. I specifically say that they don’t deserve jail time, but I’m not gonna defend them. One of my late uncles...
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    Indonesia set to introduce strict new law banning sex outside of marriage

    I don’t know about you, but I have no respect for women who knowingly get into a relationship with a married man. I don’t think they should go to jail for it, but I’m not gonna go out of my way to defend them.
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    US citizen WNI mother with KTP must declare citizenship

    I find bahasa Jaksel mildly uncomfortable, and that’s coming from a guy who spent his school years in Jaksel. My middle school and high school friends sprinkle more English words in their sentences than I do. My niece was born and mostly raised in USA, so she swings between complete English and...
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    Indonesia set to introduce strict new law banning sex outside of marriage

    I personally think several legislators have an axe to grind, probably wanting to prosecute a cheating spouse or punish a disobedient child. Of course, it got support from religious hardliners. In the past if your husband had a side chick, there was nothing you can do about it but make drama...
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    Indonesia set to introduce strict new law banning sex outside of marriage

    Yeah, “good and noble reason” are not the first words that come to mind when I think about Indonesian legislators. I think this law is a compromise, hardliners want to outlaw it entirely, but others (understandably) don’t want the police to just arrest everybody in hotels without a marriage...

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