That’s a protected class. What the fuck?

Betty was a treasure, and I unabashedly enjoyed The Golden Girls.

What a bunch of pussies.

Don’t insult pussies like that. They’re made of sterner stuff. These guys are more like a gooey, smelly puddle of Santorum.

That one, single downvote like, “say it ain’t so! You take that back!” 🤣

I thought $40k was more than enough when I was a kid. But that was when you could buy a house for $30k to $50k. By the time I hit my 20s, inflation already had homes at closer to $100k, and the cost of everything much higher than when I was a kid.

When I was growing up I didn’t know anyone making more than $50k, most made less, and they were doing fine, owning homes, etc. $160k was wealthy.

We don’t give a fuck what Putin thinks. He’s the example of what not to do.

I mean, I could probably retire right now with 4 million and live comfortably. But hey, I’m not gonna fault this dude for doing the right thing here and still being wealthy. Dude put over 90% of the funds back into causes and recirculating instead of hoarding it like some sociopathic dragon.

Because you can’t work forever. Burnout, aging, illness, etc. Life happens. Or do you plan to live paycheck to paycheck into your 70s?

Actually it’s not. I used to live in a moderately HCOL area (Denver metro, Colorado). Not even the highest. On a low six figure salary I was worried about rising rents and couldn’t afford to buy a home anywhere around there, they were all like $400-$650k.

Mind you, this is just me and my wife, no kids, and few debts, the costs were just extreme. Looking at the costs I was looking at a mortgage of $2500 to $3200, and that was when the interest rates were only a bit over 3%, they’re much higher now.

I’ve moved to the boonies and had a cheap home built for around $200k, and I’m on track to pay it off while also saving for retirement since I’m in my 40s and can’t do this shit forever. Thankfully, my job is fully remote and I’ve built my skills to be able to be fully remote, but not everyone can do that.

First the couch, then the pope, and now Trump.

My wife and I have been discussing this. My take is they’re gonna graduate from the list isn’t real to “Epstein isn’t real.” They’re gonna double speak the man out of existence to cull this list talk.

The same thing seems to be happening with regard to regular citizens and ICE raiders, and I’m here for it.

Agreed, I love to see it.

I’ma homebody and live in bumfuck where thankfully almost nothing ever happens, but I’ve signed up for an action newsletter for news and information on how I can help, and I do my part to donate locally to my food bank and other things I care about. Dunno that it helps with the current state of things, but it’s something. Hopefully more opportunities to help in the future as I hate this draconian shit going down.

Apologies for misunderstanding your comment, that’s on me.

Holy shit, my brain did the 10 year skip again. Fuck, it’s been a long, long mess.

You know what? That’s entirely fair.

Ah, gotcha. Weirdly vague comment, but in that case, I agree.

What does that have to do with anything? Terrorists hijacked a plane 14 years ago and now we’re here.

The terrorists today are domestic, running around in tacticool gear and working for our government.

You can’t have roving mobs destroying your city every night.

No, the curfews are for L.A. residents and civilians, not ICE and the L.A.P.D. The roving mobs are still out.

TACO.

Interesting. I actually take an omega-3 supplement, but it’s flaxseed based, not fish oil.

Man… this shit kills me (literally and figuratively). After I got my glucose under control, she (the above noted doc) told my wife “do what he’s doing” in response to an entirely different, unrelated health condition.

One doctor (second after I “cancelled” that first one I mentioned) told me I was cured after I tested 5.1 a1c. I’m like, are you serious? Get me some fucking donuts right now, I’ll wait. We can test again in an hour and see. He backed off the “cured” talk really fast. Then later proceeded to evangelize about statins over multiple visits like it was his job to sell them.

Thankfully I’m now working with a NP who’s knowledgeable and considers holistic health options (lifestyle change, exercise, etc.) as well.