{"id":3630,"date":"2023-01-21T20:35:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T12:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=3630"},"modified":"2023-01-21T20:35:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T12:35:09","slug":"long-malaysians-short-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2023\/01\/21\/long-malaysians-short-malaysia","title":{"rendered":"Long Malaysians, Short Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have long said <strong>&#8220;Long Malaysians, Short Malaysia&#8221;<\/strong> in conversation to many. Maybe it took me a while to tweet it, but this was the first example: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bytebot\/status\/1476019333713174528\">Dec 29, 2021<\/a>. I&#8217;ve tweeted it a lot more since.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysia has a 10th Prime Minister, but in general, it is a very precarious partnership. Consider it, same shit, different day?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">5\/n: Otherwise, there will be no change.<\/p>\n<p>So change via \u201cpurported democracy\u201d is never going to happen with a country like Malaysia, rotten to the core. It is a crazy dream.<\/p>\n<p>You succeed, despite of. Davka. <\/p>\n<p>Reboot, or bust.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck, Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Colin Charles (@bytebot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bytebot\/status\/1427971255525797895?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>I just have to get off the Malaysian news diet. Malaysians elsewhere, are generally very successful. Malaysians suffering by their daily doldrums, well, they just need to wake up, see the light, and succeed.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, as much as people paraphrase, ask not what the country can do for you, legitimately, this is your life, and you should be taking good care of yourself and your loved ones. You succeed, despite of. Politics and the state happens, regardless of.<\/p>\n<p>Me, personally? Ideas are abound for how to get Malaysians who see the light, to succeed elsewhere. And if I read, and get angry at something (tweet rage?), I&#8217;m going to pop RM50 into an investment account, which should help me get off this poor habit. I&#8217;ll probably also just cut subscriptions to Malaysian news things&#8230; Less exposure, is actually better for you. I can&#8217;t believe that it has taken me this long to realise this.<\/p>\n<p>Time to build. <\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Long%20Malaysians%2C%20Short%20Malaysia&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2023%2F01%2F21%2Flong-malaysians-short-malaysia&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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Maybe it took me a while to tweet it, but this was the first example: Dec 29, 2021. I&#8217;ve tweeted it a lot more since. Malaysia has a 10th Prime Minister, but in general, it is a very precarious partnership. 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