What IS an Expat ?
Aug 29th 2012 | 2:36 am
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Re: What IS an Expat ?
Not a definition but some common traits of expats ... certainly too close for comfort on the residential oil and gas postings I have had. Not true in Spain of course.....well perhaps a few.....well at the bowling clubs anyway...
• Wearing clothes that most people would not be seen dead in whilst believing themselves to be “hip†and “with itâ€.
• Acting young with a reality that they are in fact a sad and pathetic old fart whose day is long over (if indeed it ever was. . . . ).
• An Expat is one who exhibits antisocial behavior and lacks any sense of moral responsibility.
• They are usually very manipulating and lack emotion.
• They believe they are the only person in the world and try to influence others into thinking the same way, preferably in as sick and amusing manner as they can..
• They lie repeatedly to gain others trust.
• They often try to charm people so they can take advantage of them.
• In a nutshell, An Expat is someone without a conscience.
• An Expat enjoys sleeping with anyone else’s partner and preferably their sister and mother as well.
• Having a capacity for manipulation is a typical trait of an Expat.
• They are glib and superficial, with limited self esteem or humanity.
• They can be quite shallow and have a lack of emotion.
• They don't feel bad about their actions, regardless of who they hurt.
• They are irresponsible and have no ability to truly love.
• Sometimes compared to Psychopath but the reality is much worse as they want to play with your mind before finishing you off.
The tricky thing is that a lot of Expats have learned to mimic feelings of empathy and compassion, thus making it harder to recognize them for what they are.
• Wearing clothes that most people would not be seen dead in whilst believing themselves to be “hip†and “with itâ€.
• Acting young with a reality that they are in fact a sad and pathetic old fart whose day is long over (if indeed it ever was. . . . ).
• An Expat is one who exhibits antisocial behavior and lacks any sense of moral responsibility.
• They are usually very manipulating and lack emotion.
• They believe they are the only person in the world and try to influence others into thinking the same way, preferably in as sick and amusing manner as they can..
• They lie repeatedly to gain others trust.
• They often try to charm people so they can take advantage of them.
• In a nutshell, An Expat is someone without a conscience.
• An Expat enjoys sleeping with anyone else’s partner and preferably their sister and mother as well.
• Having a capacity for manipulation is a typical trait of an Expat.
• They are glib and superficial, with limited self esteem or humanity.
• They can be quite shallow and have a lack of emotion.
• They don't feel bad about their actions, regardless of who they hurt.
• They are irresponsible and have no ability to truly love.
• Sometimes compared to Psychopath but the reality is much worse as they want to play with your mind before finishing you off.
The tricky thing is that a lot of Expats have learned to mimic feelings of empathy and compassion, thus making it harder to recognize them for what they are.
Blimey you do have a chip on your shoulder, hope you are happy in your world, being expats ourselves I know we are
Aug 29th 2012 | 2:47 am
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From: Granada Costa
Re: What IS an Expat ?
As the Wiki link said, it come from the latin ex patria - Out of country.
It's also spelled expatriate not expatriot.
A lot of ex-pats I have met could never be described as patriots - ex or otherwise!
Aug 29th 2012 | 2:49 am
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Aug 29th 2012 | 2:58 am
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Re: What IS an Expat ?
They have my admiration, every one of them. Didn't a guy write a book about it, called something like Living with Lemons?
Aug 29th 2012 | 3:52 am
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Re: What IS an Expat ?
Aug 29th 2012 | 5:13 am
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Re: What IS an Expat ?
An ex-pat is someone who doesn't like being called an immigrant...makes them feel uncomfortable
Aug 29th 2012 | 5:57 am
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Aug 29th 2012 | 6:07 am
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Aug 29th 2012 | 7:48 pm
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Re: What IS an Expat ?
Is it time to close the can and put the worms back ?
Aug 29th 2012 | 9:26 pm
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Re: What IS an Expat ?
Originally Posted by Pocaloca
I'm going to write one called Driving Over Expats.
I'm going to write one called Driving Over Expats.
Expatriate immigrant
