Welcome to /singapore, a moderated community for anything related to the Republic of Singapore and the community of Farcaster users who live there.

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Americans broadly take the concept of mobility for granted. We assume we should be allowed to live in that house, city, or neighborhood within our own country as long as we can afford it. Just go where the vibes are.

But - the level of mobility Americans enjoy is a historical aberration and as you can see below not the standard even within countries we admire. 

And our mobility freedom is fragile. Housing costs alone are starting to make it an impossibility for many to take advantage of self-invention and reinvention through mobility

not easy to understand the diverse background of Singapore, especially if you’ve never lived there for a period of time

Insane that Singapore property rental websites include an optional toggle that ‘owner accepts applicants of all races’

*handing this thing a huge knife* "OK Foodle, now brunoise these carrots!"

me: "uncle, char kway teow wok hei ah"
uncle:

Food

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KrKdj50mPk this is a good one

Farcaster

as farcaster true believers, we must go on a pilgrimage to singapore to fully understand the metaphor

ok be honest 

whats it really like living in singapore these days 

is it still $2 to go to Pulau Ubin? Are ppl still queing for food or are we over that? Can I still wear slippers to orchard or is everyone atas now? Does the Karang Guni man still beep beep when he's downstairs?

if Farcaster is Singapore

who's doing the social-engineering-scam-prevention?

if Farcaster is Singapore

who's doing the social-engineering-scam-prevention?

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/scams-impersonation-police-officers-million-lost-5004881

i stopped in at a curatorial space today, and learned some things about traditional indonesian textile:
1. no current indigenous fibres are used (nearly all imported cotton yarns)
2. there is no continuity of knowledge in natural dyeing
3. whole bolts of dyed and unpatterned cloth are rare
4. there is a yarn mafia controlling access to the best yarns

There is a rankboard and u can check ur score which changes every week. U get money if u rank high enough 

Yeah that’s very East Asian

It even reminds u how many days u left for this weeks rank

Giving me back elementary school weekly test fleshbacks

Have had a lot more external calls over the last few weeks (haha! business).

My assorted talking points about Farcaster that have seemed to resonate the most with people:

Farcaster is Singapore,small population but high GDP

Every user has a wallet

The algo doesn't down rank links

You can earn money for posting without a big audience

Everything is programmable

It's a decentralized protocol under-the-hood

As a Farcaster true believer born to Singaporean immigrants, I support this 100%