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update on Evil I's conundrum

If you remember way back to when The Evil I was Dallas Guy, I posted an entry of an instant messenger chat I had with Evil I about his issues with Dallas, work, women, and life in general. It sounded to me like he really needed to move out of Dallas. So we threw around the usual ideas. Sell all your shit and move to Europe. Or hell, even Canada. It's not that far, yet is completely different than Dallas (or America, for that matter). Or you could always head for Central America, South America, or Asia. Maybe Australia? The options are endless. Evil I is an engineer and is fluent in two languages (besides English). He could probably get a job anywhere.

So where does he decide to go? Israel. Well, not quite decide, but he's been talking about it. His rationale is that he already speaks the language, he won't have any issues with finding Jewish women, the job market for someone in his field and his education is pretty welcoming, and it's generally a fun place. If you ask me, I think it's a bad idea. Of all the places he chooses, he chooses a country fraught with turmoil? A place where people blow themselves up? A place that Syria and Iran like pointing their missiles at? No thanks. I'd rather go to Canada. It's closer, safer, there are Jews (and thus Jewish women) there, and they probably have those cool accents too.

But another thing we should all keep in mind is that Evil I likes to talk. He gets lots of half-brained ideas, starts working on them, and then gets distracted with something else. I'm not putting too much stock in this Israel thing. Maybe it will pan out. Maybe it won't. Either way (if you ever meet him, his favorite thing to say is "Either way"), he'll get my full support with whatever he decides.

And hey man, if you do go to Israel and find a woman, can you make sure she has friends? Friends that like tall nerdy Americans? With blogs? That would be great. Thanks.

Comments (5)

I had a college buddy who went to Israel after graduation and worked there for a few years. He was so traumatized by the turmoil that he came back and became a conservative hate-blogger and really popular on Little Green Footballs.

Might've happened anyway, but I've wondered if he'd've been different if he hadn't spent time in a place where people try to kill each other.

MPB:

Life's too short to not do what you want. As a matter of fact, the statistics back that up:

He's much more likely to die in a car accident or from some illness as he is to being the victim of a terrorist attack in Israel. In fact, the death rate due to terrorism in Israel was about 1 to 10 deaths per million throughout the 1990's. In 2003, they peaked, and about 50 people per million died in Israel as a result of terrorism. For comparison's sake, the annual death rate due to autombile accidents in the United States is about 150 people per million. When you factor in cancer, heart disease, falling pianos, and all the other things that might kill you, the chance of getting killed in a terrorist attack (even in Israel at the peak of violence there) is very low.

So if Evil i wants to move there, to Evil I, I say: "Go for it". I'm convinced the universe has a sense of irony anyway, such that if you don't move there you'll probably be crushed by a falling piano...

particleman:

HAH.

MPB, I always did enjoy your twisted sense of humor. And i completely agree with you. Because if it's not a falling piano, it will be his motorcycle, or doing 140 in his BMW, or riding his road bike and running stop signs...

evil i:

What about terrorism in the US killing me? It is real. We are at alert level Orange. Doesn't that mean anything to any of you people?

particleman:

in all seriousness, your chances of being killed are probably greater in a big city in the US like Dallas than anywhere in Israel. yay America!!!

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