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Whoa! That is a legitimately fascinating video, thanks again for sharing. "We Can Do It" is such a great image too.

Youtube shorts might net you a little extra revenue if you have a bunch of these clips, btw, if you aren't way ahead of me, haha, i just learned about shorts.

How long did it take you to develop such a steady hand for the solder?

So there's no glue and the metal doesn't fuse into the glass, but the overhang of the solder once it's cooled acts as a picture frame for each shard and then a complete frame for the whole piece? That's amazing.

And you definitely did great work on the smooth part of the soldering, all of those front-facing lines look very even and smooth.

Ha, easy to bump projects, i got all excited about these t-shirt designs but after four designs i started up a podcast and got super distracted throwing myself into the episodes. It's great to feel that inspiration though when you like a project so much you can be reasonably assured it'll develop into something you're proud of.

Well, I'm excited to see the new piece, thanks for sharing all this information with me, I would have no idea how something like this worked otherwise.

Are there special glass paints to use for the colors?

oh wow and it's a time-lapse, you legend!

that definitely gives me a better idea of how the process goes, thanks a lot for sharing, that was very cool to see.

so that's the copper foil at the end and then do you use a blow torch or something to melt all the pieces together?

that must be so much fun for you also, do you have a lot of projects going on at the same time or do you tend to focus on one at a time?

Ha, that's awesome, thanks for explaining. Yea, I'll definitely check out the video when it goes up, sounds like a nail-biting, rewarding process.

kick their teeth in

Very cool, it came out great.

I coincidentally looked up glass cutting recently and found videos of people cutting window panes by scoring a line and then smacking the scored section off. Is that what you do for cutting glass curves also? Your work looks too technically precise for the smacking method I saw.

wow, that's very cool. so you have to cut each piece of glass for each finger bone like that?

no, why?

Are you asking another "is this possible at all" question?

These are the plunderers: how private equity runs and wrecks America by Gretchen Morgenstern.

"That's a very short-sighted, one-dimensional take."

those are ticket prices, not a "take".

I've addressed all of your questions and many more besides, accounting for multiple variables and providing information with factual data, experience, consensus and outside inputs in mind.

if you believe the consideration of various perspectives, classes and cultures is one-dimensional, it is likely a result of your own perspective.

No use for doubt when the information is avalable:

Tickets to central america this month starting at 21$, Europe starting at $98, Asia starting at $249(cherry blossom prices).

you have pretty broad questions, so I'm going to give you relatively broad answers, that i am happy to expand upon further.

"Where?"

wherever you want that fits your circumstances.

"how do they stay?"

Americans travel visa-free or visa-on-arrival to over 180 countries and can stay in those countries for weeks, months or years.

"You need a visa. That’s not easy"

It's pretty easy. Americans usually don't need a visa, and when they do, the process these days is usually

1. online form for 5-15 minutes.

2. Pay fee.

3. visa is emailed to you.

"what about language?"

I suggest learning the local language where you're living for a variety of reasons.

There's an episode about that coming up!

Actually, there are episodes about all of this coming up, haha.

"what about support network? Whom do you ask for help....?"

There are huge expat and local support networks in every country that will answer every question you've asked, as well as embassies, consulates, and help lines.

If you're teaching ESL, you'll have a cultural liaison from your school or less formal support staff.

"All of your knowledge of how law, politics, social customs, and more is now irrelevant"

is that knowledge particularly relevant to your day to day life in your home country?

Abroad, you may reflect upon that information being about as useful and temporary as....paper cranes in a flood.

"Fifth, what about a job?"

If you have a remote job that pays $500 USD a month, you can live in most countries comfortably.

If you are a native English speaker, you can teach English and make a lot more.

Those are two of any number of work options.

"why would a company hire a foreigner?"

For the same reasons all companies hire foreigners: that foreigner has a skill the company requires.

"they can pay you dirt"

Starting pay for ESL in china is $2500 usd a month in china without a degree or tefl certificate. With both, it's closer to $3500 a month.

Cost of living in China is about $300-$600 usd a month depending on where you are.

"...it makes me feel like I’m abdicating my responsibilities as a citizen"

Participating in and paying into the US system that is exploiting entire generations and stripping their rights bears more social guilt than protesting against the system and withholding funding, but:

nobody is making you take these available opportunities.

My point is and has been that most Americans can escape the system and stop supporting it if they want to.

Nobody is going to make anyone start traveling, learn things, make friends, and save money, but you can if you want to.