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- Comment on President Trump shows President Zelenskyy and President Macron his 4 More Years hats 3 days ago:
- Comment on BE NOT AFRAID, MORTAL 5 days ago:
Yog-Sothoth has finally awokened
- Comment on BE NOT AFRAID, MORTAL 5 days ago:
- Comment on Companies be like 1 week ago:
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- Comment on Anon shares a family moment 1 week ago:
- Comment on PARTY TIME 1 week ago:
MicroplasticsSynthtic fiber 👍
- Comment on Anon shares a family moment 1 week ago:
Or at least a quick dadjob to help him release some tension
- Comment on Anon goes home 1 week ago:
Thanks, good and on point reflection.
I am definitely guilty of always wanting to chase bigger/better things.
Wife and I together are pulling a quarter of a million euros per year now, and even if tax eats a large part of it, that is an incredible salary even in Western EU, especially for people from ex-Soviet countries. Yet I was unhappy that I didn’t make a promotion that would add only around 30k on this, but I wanted the prestige and recognition that comes with it.
You’re right that we only have very little debt, I could pay it off tomorrow, but it’s so cheap it’s better to keep it and finance the renovation from our savings. After that, we could move back to the renivated house in our home city, take a 50% salary cut, and still be fine.
Let’s see what the future brings. I’m getting closer and closer to perspective you share in your comment. My unhappiest friend is a millionaire entrepreneur living in Dubai for tax reasons, with 2 kids in expensive private school, fancy apartment with own staff, and a wife that doesn’t seem to love him anymore. I envy his business success, but not his life, and he himself told me we would trade most of his money for a better marriage.
Life is weird, and it’s even weirder that I have some of the deepest and most meaningful online discussions about it with strangers under greentexts.
- Comment on Anon goes home 1 week ago:
I’m in the second half of my 30s now. I own the house I grew up in, it’s in bad shape, actually about to have it renovated it now. I live and work in a different country for a few years now, making a lot of money, but I dearly miss home. The street, the trees, all the memories of my childhood. It’s in the nice suburbs of an Eastern EU capital, so it has developed/gentrified well, with modern services and stores not far. My father is dead, my mother lives 3 streets from this house, which is also great.
Wife and I are actually considering moving back in a few years, after the renovation is finished. Some things feel priceless - to think we could raise a family in the same house in the same neighbourhood, have our children ride their bike under the same trees, next to the same small stream. None of this would of course be worth it, if you couldn’t make a living there, so we are in a lucky situation, and I understand many are not.
Still, I wonder if this is just some nostalgia for easier times, and if it makes sense to “throw away” a safe life in Western EU that many from this country would kill for, chasing a feeling like this. On the other hand, I think people spend their whole life trying to feel loved, successful and happy, so what else is really there? We can have all the rational components like health, safety and money in place, yet still feel unfulfilled inside.
If we are lucky to live to an old age, we’ll look back on our life to search for meaning and reflect on our choices, what will make the biggest difference? I honestly don’t know
- Comment on Southern USA core. 2 weeks ago:
Country head, take me there
To the point I come everywhere
West Virginia, mountin’ Mama
Take me there, country head - Comment on One Angry Man 2 weeks ago:
Girl
- Comment on One Angry Man 2 weeks ago:
Ocean’s One
- Comment on One Angry Man 2 weeks ago:
Man in Black
- Comment on One Angry Man 2 weeks ago:
The Lord of the Ring: The One Tower
- Comment on One Angry Man 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on Anon thinks about life 2 weeks ago:
Is this legit or just some fever dream? Rolling through my feed, it’s giving main character energy.
- Comment on Count yourself lucky 2 weeks ago:
Agree, jokes & picture aside, I always hated this type of comparison.
You’ll allowed to be sad if you miss your train, even if other people have their houses bombed and are starving.
You’re also allowed to be happy if you get a raise, even if others are already billionaires.
- Comment on workflow 3 weeks ago:
So not much different to corporate IT projects
- Comment on Easy mistake to make 3 weeks ago:
I had a “similar” thing with a British colleague.
We have been working together for months already, then once he made a joke of aiming to be the first POC James Bond. That was the point I realized he’s not white. I of course seen he has a darker (brown) skin tone, but I didn’t pay any attention to it. Turns out he’s parents are from South Asia.
- Comment on Ubisoft's annual report dictates that the consumers are the problem 3 weeks ago:
Cut out the middle men (consumers)
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- Comment on "Pilot had to dive aggressively to avoid midair collision over Burbank airport." 3 weeks ago:
This is very dangerous. Time to remove regulations for collision warning, so dangerous maneuvers like this don’t happen in the future
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- Comment on Anon breaks up 4 weeks ago:
Lot of US leftists and liberals hate guns, as a reaction to the right’s obsession with them.
It is a stupid and dangerous reaction, because they give up their means of self-defense against far right militias and a fascist government.
- Comment on I feel like it was on purpose 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Tomb Raider video game composer jailed for Covid loan fraud 4 weeks ago:
Loan Raider
- Comment on Fuck you i'm closing my eyes 4 weeks ago:
If it’s black, fight back If it’s brown, lie down If it’s white, good nights
If it’s red, shake hand If it’s green, eat bean
- Comment on Anon isn't a Microsoft fan 4 weeks ago:
It’s called “number go up”. Every quarter, all the time, until the heat death of the universe. Extremely sustainable
- Comment on Anon isn't a Microsoft fan 4 weeks ago:
“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell”
- Comment on You can drive 74 hours and still be in Germany. The American mind can't comprehend this. 5 weeks ago:
You can buy a coffee mug with a $9.99 price tag, the be asked to pay $10.74 at the register. The German mind cannot comprehend this
- Comment on Gourmet chocolate 5 weeks ago:
Me sitting down next to somebody on the bus: nods politely
Mr. Irvin sitting down next to somebody on the bus:
