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[TD1]

I'm considering doing a volunteering job abroad next year. Some practical experience, change of scenery, girlfriend etc.

The European Solidarity Corps is by far my best option. However, most options are closed to UK residents.

I live in Northern Ireland and have both Irish and British citizenship.

Would it matter if I... ever so slightly... misled them and changed my personal details to claim residency in Ireland? Or would it be a Big Deal/easy to discover?

Or... is it even misleading? Does citizenship imply legal residency? I dunno.

[Frumple]

I, uh. If you're considering possible fraud in regards to citizenship status, please don't ask about it online, on an unsecured forum? That is 110% my best advice given with a great deal of emphasis.

Practically, don't fuck around with something that could end up with you fined or in jail or with some kind of black mark in your official history. If you're unsure about how your dual citizenship status will interact with the opportunities you're interested in, ask the people administrating them. Don't try to end run that sort of thing, it rarely ends well. If you're considering doing something you're framing as misleading, or worrying about getting caught doing it... stop. Think twice. Then don't do it. Take your steps to make sure there's not a problem instead of trying to figure out how to deceive any organization you're trying to work with.

[hector13]

I was under the impression that everyone born on Ireland (the island ) was able to claim Irish citizenship? Like… I don’t know if it pre-dated the GFA, but… I don’t think it’s misleading from that perspective.

Unless it’s just the residency part. I imagine you would be pretty easily found out if you had to get physical mail (in this day and age?) which would pretty obviously put you in the UK.

On the one hand you’ll be taking a place away from someone else, on the other hand… experience and character building, something to put on your CV and all that jazz.

A quick look at their website says it’s still open to UK residents until funding runs out. I don’t know if that’s happened yet.

[TD1]

Yea, I have citizenship. Applied for the passport and everything. Which makes me wonder why residency is such a determining factor, as I am a citizen of the European Union.

But I suspect Frumple is correct. I was treating it as at worst a white lie, at best as something they wouldn't actually care about. Or would at least be impotent to challenge me on.

In actuality, they probably do care. Which is irksome.

I'll send them an email to ask for clarification.



I'm curious as to whether my citizenship will trump residency.

[Great Order]

https://youtu.be/wzNhgE3Z3jU?t=1105

Another song request, what's the one playing here? It's annoyingly difficult to find a song when you don't know the name or creator.

[King Zultan]

Darude - Sandstorm

[Rolan7]

Obviously, but this remix is called Blood in the Bayou
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko4DsG-J4tI

Google's "what song is this" has gotten pretty impressive, particularly when someone's talking over it.
Thanks for the pretty song GO   The gaming was funny too

where is my wallet aaaaa this sucks
I don't wanna cancel my cards

[Great Order]

Ah thanks, I tried Google before coming here but all I had was "Song with guitar that goes dah dah dahdahdaaaaah". My ability to google music's pretty crap unless I at least know the band.

[Rolan7]

Yeah I just asked Google Assistant™ on my Android™ phone "What song is this" after picking out a relatively-less-talked-over section, and that worked out.

[dragdeler]

How would I block any traffic to a particular domain on my smartphone? Those video ads on IGN and certain wikis don't need to be just blcoked, they need to be asphixiated, go on sure waste mobile data on a video that's muted and not in screen. 

Ever unmuted them? It's saddest fucking pseudogamers too. They need to be blcoked to oblivion, they need to to be so freaking blocked that they'd struggle to call an ambulance, that or they need to be raided by inflammatory assholes that expose them for being astroturfed and call them all the names in the book.

[Frumple]

Gods, I forget exactly what they're called, but there's like... IP or DNS blockers or something like that you can get on most smartphones I'm aware of? Those work for stuff like that, iirc.

[Great Order]

Anyone know what can cause your nose to be permanently red?

It's painless, doesn't look spidery at all, perfect dryness/oilyness, no spots or anything. The problem is Google sees this and immediately throws rosacea at me which it absolutely isn't. The only thing that's happened to my nose is that, pre-HRT, it was the site of craploads of spots. Is it possible for that to cause permanent redness even well after they're gone?

[TD1]

Could be a case of hyperpigmentation. A common symptom of acne/spots/inflammation or even over-exposure to the sun.

This can fade over time - or not. You can apply vitamin c and retinol (though not at the same time) to speed up cell turn-over. A moisturising suncream of SPF 30 or higher would be good too.


Not that this is obviously hyperpigmentation, of course. But I'd say look into it.

[Great Order]

Got some instant tapioca pearls, and they say on the package they shouldn't be eaten. Anyone know why? All the results I'm getting on Google are, as ever nowadays, not what I'm looking for, and I can't identify anything in the ingredients list that's bad.

[McTraveller]

I think you're just not supposed to eat them until cooked, because they absorb a ton of water and expand significantly?