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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grandma is on her own⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly if we need to blame anyone, its fucking Wall Street and investment firms. Those are the people jacking up prices and reducing quality, they are also responsible for the entire outsourcing to China etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grandma is on her own⁩ ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah let’s blame grondma it’s absolutely her fault we had inflation and rising house prices in the last 50 years. She did it all by herself!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Breaking the generational barriers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  While this is true, I don’t eat fish in general (don’t like the taste), so it’s more a sport than for food.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Breaking the generational barriers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, as a kid I loved fishing, I recently started again, but I actually felt kind of bad for the fish. Maybe if this trend continues I’ll be a vegan in the next 20 years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Breaking the generational barriers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  If possible I save the grease. My house is next to a river, so I made it a habbit to not just throw away food but feed it to the fish. Sometimes we have leftovers and it’s been a little too long to eat, so I throw it in the river.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uber Eats or something idk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What does that mean? Where I live you borrow a certain amount of money and you pay it back plus interest (in my case 3.5%), and that percentage is fixed for 20 years. In 20 years I expect to have paid most of that entire amount back and my house should be mortgage free

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uber Eats or something idk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean it more like if you would have borred 100K for a house in the 70s that was a lot of money, if you still live in that house you probably paid it back, but even if you didn’t 100K today isn’t that much money anymore

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uber Eats or something idk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What do you mean with “inflation was added to your mortgage rate”? The prices of houses do go up but this is mostly a problem for first time buyers, after that your current house has gone up in price too, so that helps with the next house. But if you buy a house and don’t move your mortgage is fixed for 20 or 30 years (unless you go without a fixed rate). So your monthly payment will stay the same, while hopefully your salary goes up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uber Eats or something idk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not necessarily, if you own a home AND your pay slowly goes up to compensate (both of these unfortunately aren’t happening for a lot of people), relative to your income your mortgage goes down.

  Or in more generic terms, inflation is good if you borrow money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Might be time to find another job⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

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  You can buy bags with fake mold, but people will probably see it and throw your food in the trash, so I don’t think it really helps.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So um, america just started another war in the middle east. We're going to need a shit ton more memes to distract americans from the nightmare they are enduring. Thanks in advance...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You do know what to do and you are doing it! It’s not going to magically solve everything but you are doing more than most people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes trains⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In Europe when you book ahead of time and are not too specific about the dates you can fly much cheaper. If I want to go from Amsterdam to Barcelona I can get a much much cheaper flight. Why would I go for the option that is slower and more expensive?

  I wish trains where cheaper I’d take them more often.

  I once heard someone make the argument flying is cheaper because a plane can fly from one airport to almost any other airport. So when you own a plane you can use it in a much more flexible way. A train can only go over a fixed track, yes you can use switches etc. But when you build an airport basically any plane can go there immediately. For trains it doesn’t work like that. Make matters even worse in Europe usually train operators are national and most trains don’t cross borders beyond a few stations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hertz, showing the difference between science and engineering⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If only he knew his discovery would lead to the worst car rental company he problem wouldn’t have published

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do some people hate drinking water?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Until a week ago I was like this, coffee, some water and in the evening 1 or 2 beers.

  But about a week ago my big toes started to hurt while walking. Googled my symptoms and I’m fairly sure I’m developing gout. So now I’m trying to get at least 2 liters of water in.

  My problem is mostly that I just don’t get thirsty during the day. Like some days I might only drink one litre in total and I don’t feel thirsty at all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy PrIDE Month⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t forget emo

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a kid we always had shampoo and conditioner in the shower. Nobody used bodywash or soap. We washed our hair once in a while and thats it. We washed our bodies too, but just water. Anyway I’m in my 40s and still never started with bodywash, it’s seriously something you don’t need. I do use shampoo but that is more because I like it, it’s also unnecessary.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(・∀・)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I have been subconsciously trying to improve my gut biome as an adult…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How I discovered my partner was an undercover police officer sent to spy on me⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I get your point but there have been many cases of terrorism that was done by someone that already lived (usually legally) in a coutry. Like those assholes that steal a car or truck and just drive it into a busy street. Unfortunately intelligence agencies are a necessary evil.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grieve with me⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In my case it was actually the port, well not really the port, but a lot of pocket dust had gotten into the port. I spend some time with a toothpick to clean everything out and it was fixed. When you think you got it all there is probably more.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We gonna fight⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a different version of the tolerance paradox

  The paradox of tolerance is a philosophical concept suggesting that if a society extends tolerance to those who are intolerant, it risks enabling the eventual dominance of intolerance; thereby undermining the very principle of tolerance. (Source Wikipedia)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RIP obsolete tech⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Physical media yes, CDs or DVDs no. Most discs I burned are probably unreadable by now. I remember my favorite artist explaining how he probably had to stop making music because it just wasn’t financially viable. So I decided to buy all his albums (I had all the albums in mp3 format for years). Its about 10 years later, all the CDs are lost or destroyed (most in my car). I still have a NAS with the original mp3s I downloaded 20 years ago.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon describes their dream home⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought bee flower seeds, its a pretty large container (think half a Pringles can). I just sprinkle them around in my neighborhood. 😁. Can’t wait for the day weird flowers are starting to popup everywhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It was fun the first 3 times, but now it’s starting to hurt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Based on a true story⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just checked in NL when I search for cars 2010 or later and max 60K KM (50 isn’t an option on the site I used). I can find multiple small cars starting at 3000 euros. I selected a price range at 10K euros max and found almost 3000 cars, there are definitely decent options for way less than 20-30K

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Based on a true story⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You save up and get a second hand car you can afford. Why buy a new one, even a car with 30K miles or 50K KMs is a lot cheaper, while its still new enough to drive for a while without major repairs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You guys have to end it⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a tip for people that don’t drive automatic transmission, if you ever try it, put it in R and really floor it. The R stands for racing mode!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon's previous VP of Prime Gaming said they "tried everything" to disrupt Steam⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For me it’s the reason I started playing games again. Have been using Linux forever, didn’t wanted a dual boot etc. So when games started to work on Linux I stared to buy and play more and more.

  Although recently it has mostly been openRTC without steam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon wants $3 million⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If I was driving the bus I would just brake a little too late when arriving at that stop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doordash deserves it's fate⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m very happy I live in a country where all consumer prices must include taxes. It’s so much better knowing what the real price is when you buy something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon lives with their parents⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Where do you live to be able to buy a house in cash after 3 years of working? Where I live the average appartment is about 400K euros and the average house is closer to 500K euros.

  Maybe you can find something for 250K if you really buy something small that needs lots of work. But you still need over 80K a year excluding taxes, probably closer to 120K before taxes.