I never thought I’d hear myself say this but I wish speed limits were enforced again. Traffic stops dwindled off during Covid and never seemed to recover. I’ve watched people run red lights and go 20 mph over right next to cops and nothing happens. The highways around where I live are almost unusable, if I’m going 5 over and move into an empty left lane to pass, there’s immediately a Tahoe going 30 over right on my ass.

They’re going to do Hillary 3.0 in 2028 aren’t they.

I’m kind of hoping this will result in more nuclear. inb4 Chernobyl

Whatever. Elections don’t matter anymore.

The reckoning is coming, I’m already trying to offline as much as I can.

I have to work really hard to consistently push through that myself. I fail and spiral into despair about 25% of the time. I’m getting better at it though.

I agree with everything you said but

You can still get cheaper housing if you don’t live in the whitest, red-lined-ass, suburban enclaves in your state

That can be too far away from work, or if you move to an LCOL area, you’ll find the wages are also lower and you’re still poor.

They’re all parasites.

Landlords and private health insurance, middlemen that exist for no reason.

Just be worthy of trust and you’ll earn it.

Kids can be very persistent and it can be very tempting to compromise for a moment of peace.

For example, ADT and SimpliSafe both advertised a base station kind if thing that had a camera and a microphone where if the alarm was set off, the monitoring agent could watch and tell an intruder that police were on the way. SimpliSafe had an option to remove that just run the regular base station. ADT and others weren’t so flexible.

I’ve found that where cost of living is lower, wages are also lower, and I’m still broke.

I’ve been extremely fortunate to land in an industry I enjoy where I make a bout this much, and can confirm, single income in a relatively LCOL area, things are tight.

I saw a meme or something a while back that said to eliminate billionaires, every cent over 999 million should be taxed at 100%, we could give them a little plaque that says you won capitalism and they’d still have more money than anyone could spend in a single lifetime.

That’s a good strategy. The first time I met my wife in person, she arranged to have a friend call and check in and give her excuse to bounce if things weren’t’ right.

It’s a sad reality, but women literally risk life and limb by meeting a strange man. Dating platforms are crawling with predators, when one is identified it can take weeks or months to remove the account. Be patient out there gentlemen.

Take the epidural, take the drugs. “Natural” is for masochists.

This. Ultimately your choice and there’s absolutely zero shame in taking advantage of all the help you can.

All of my friends who also have kids tell me I will inevitably cave, but I’m not letting my kids anywhere near this game.

What is it with boomers and bike lanes?