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I don't have any "social media" accounts. I guess they won't believe me, and would deny me a visa based on the assumption that I am lying.
by hans_castorp 11mo ago
I don't have any "social media" accounts. I guess they won't believe me, and would deny me a visa based on the assumption that I am lying.
- everymathis42 11mo agoI only have bluesky with only work posts, nothing else. I've gotten a visa in last few months. Even though I never went because of the situation. Needed to get a visa for potential work related stuff which eventually could be worked around.
- bigiain 11mo agoYou say that like it's a bad thing. (I have family and lots of close friends in the US. I miss them all. But I don't intend to visit given the way things are over there these days. _Maybe_ after the next administration change? Depending on how things change? But I've come to accept I may never visit again.)
- jacquesm 11mo agoI already missed a funeral on account of all this bs. But it just doesn't seem worth the hassle any more to go there. It is frustrating because I have more friends on that side of the Atlantic than I do in the EU. But the last interaction with US border patrol was enough to sour me for the rest of my life.
- account42 11mo agoI've been to the US multiple times this year and it's really not much different from how its been for the last decades. If you are choosing to to not go to events that you would want to attend over this you only have yourself to blame.
- jacquesm 11mo agoYour experience does not necessarily have to equal my experience. Note that I did give a reason.
- zombot 11mo ago> I don't have any "social media" accounts. You do have an HN account. And it's public! Just don't get caught giving a shit about facts.
- Havoc 11mo agoThe US probably has the ability to call your bluff on that. NSA says hi