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A coworker was bragging to me about how he'd just been in the Caribbean, how beautiful it was down there, etc. Then he mentioned that he was there to visit his daughter in vet school... I'd heard that there were reject med schools down there, but vet schools?
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Holy poo poo. Everything about that is the worst. Those selected passages are just the tip of the iceberg.
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May 2, 2017 16:25
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Aww, they're friendly little garter snakes.
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May 2, 2017 18:14
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He should just ask all the other ski bums what they do with their investment portfolios.
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May 2, 2017 20:50
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Practically anyone can get a job teaching English abroad. It's really popular with recent college grads.
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May 2, 2017 23:44
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I wonder if pension lady has some immediate debt she needs to pay off. Perhaps a gambling addiction or a car she can't afford. That is practically the definition of selling your birthright for a mess of pottage.
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May 3, 2017 14:12
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Motronic posted:Holy crap Reddit. There is too much here. OP's excuses for not getting a job. His mother is a shut-in. His sisters living with their grandfather in a 5000 sq ft house. "All in all I am self-sufficient" from the guy who lives with his parents and has no job. OP's father ruins the entire family's livelihood by looking at child porn. OP says in a reply "You can always rely on family. I'm sorry but you can." And also "he's a great man and best father I could ever have gotten." "All of this is not really my problem. I could move out today and take care of myself just fine." He ponders getting a job at Lowe's or Home Depot despite having two college degrees.
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May 3, 2017 16:33
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Picture of Redditor's family:
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May 3, 2017 17:04
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At least it will be their dream car.
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May 4, 2017 15:15
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How the gently caress do you pronounce PewDiePie? I hate that name so much.
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May 4, 2017 17:50
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It creeps up, even if it takes years. It's like how you can add an extra pound every year and not think much of it, but in 10 years you're 10 pounds heavier. I have to try to avoid small things like $10/month subscriptions.
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May 5, 2017 13:56
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I like manually moving my savings between accounts each month because it makes me feel like I'm doing a good thing. 
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May 5, 2017 14:50
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My city adopted pedestrian-oriented planning codes a while ago. A team of "business consultants" brought in by the commissioners just hosed it all up by advocating bigger parking lots as a solution to our declining shopping mall corridor. The shopping mall was declining along with every other mall in the country. And the surrounding businesses were suffering because they're built along a highway, and doing anything there is a huge pain in the rear end.
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May 5, 2017 18:59
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/69cchg/buying_empty_lot_adjacent_to_my_house_to_keep_it/ My family sort of did this when I was a kid. There were still a few empty lots in our neighborhood, and my parents bought the one directly next to ours. We put in a sandbox, tree house, storage shed, zip-line, and tire swing. And we got to keep it wooded. It was really pretty cool. Lots were cheap there though, so it wasn't a huge investment.
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May 5, 2017 19:48
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I just give kids a couple dollars and tell them to keep the sugary poo poo. It's a nice compromise.
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May 9, 2017 14:08
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I wonder if he got that entire negotiating strategy from his mom. I learned years ago not to listen to job advice from baby boomers. They have no idea how things work now.
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May 9, 2017 16:00
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:She also showed up to the office, before she had filled out an application online, to request a meeting with her potential future boss to drop off a paper copy of her resume in person. Yes, this is part of their standard "hit the pavement" strategy that also includes offering to do work for free until they see your value, asking about jobs when they aren't even hiring, and following up in-person after an interview.
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May 9, 2017 16:38
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Vox Nihili posted:Asking about potential openings when a company isn't actively hiring (to your knowledge) is actually smart. I actually did this when I was fresh out of college nearly a decade ago, and the best I ever got was "We really appreciate that you took the time to come in and talk with us, but we just post them online. You should check there." Places with openings still referred me to the website. I'm sure it works sometimes (especially in the context of networking) but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about "If you need a job, you just need to walk in and show them you're serious," which is just not how it works anymore in 99% of cases.
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May 9, 2017 17:23
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Droo posted:This whole conversation started with a 28 year old guy trying to negotiate and losing the job an hour later. OP didn't specify the race, but it's a 28 year old guy telling a potential employer that his mom told him to ask for more money. That guy did was not negotiating. He turned down the offer. I'm willing to believe women and minorities have a harder time negotiating salaries.
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May 9, 2017 20:44
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I wonder if mom guy was trying to say he was "raised right" rather than "before I left today my mom gave me a pep talk."
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May 9, 2017 21:35
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"don't own a car" wow great advice very GWM
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Jun 7, 2018 16:02
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Hoodwinker posted:I'm not sure if you're sarcastic but if you live in a city this is extremely possible and also very sensible. I live in a city and walk to work. It's great, and I love it. People are ragging on it because it sounds like he's unaware that most people can't do that. I have no idea if that's the case though tbh
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Jun 7, 2018 16:11
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:Can't or won't? It's a mix of both, but it's just not possible for tons of people. I've been renting the same place for a few years, and walkability is a huge factor in my current place. But if I needed to prioritize anything else I'd have to move out of walking distance. Like if I had a kid I'd have to get a bigger place and start car commuting. I just can't afford a big enough place for a kid within walking distance of my job.
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Jun 7, 2018 16:21
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I can't imagine having a nice porch like that and not using it. What is wrong with people.
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Jun 7, 2018 17:24
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Cacafuego posted:I’m guessing much of the “traditional” large home style is modeled after needs that have changed in the past 25 years or so. When I was young, my family’s dining room was used every night for dinner and for every birthday party/gatherings. Now that my brothers/sister are all adults, we still use my parent’s dining room several times a week. But we grew up in a large family (6 kids) with non-divorced parents. My dad was home every night and my mom didn’t work. I'm only ok with removing porches if we replace them with those low-slope roofs that you can get to through a window and sit on.
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Jun 7, 2018 17:39
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How do people end up with these ridiculously high cell phone bills? Mine's been $45/month for years. I wouldn't even know where to look for a more expensive plan or what I would get out of it.
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Jun 11, 2018 18:27
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Twerk from Home posted:Is $45/mo including a device payment? Unlimited plan + financing a $1000 phone adds up to more than $100/mo easily. Oh, no, I guess I hadn't thought of including the phone in the price. I've never bought a phone like that before. OK, the next thing that bothers me is that you could buy two lawnmowers for the price of one month of their lawncare.
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Jun 11, 2018 18:32
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There's a population of feral horses on Cumberland Island (GA) that's loving miserable and infected with all sorts of parasites and diseases, and apparently they even suffer from over-consumption of sand. Wildlife managers want to cull the herd, but the public is horrified by the idea, so they just continue to live their lovely short lives on the island so that people can take instagram photos of them.
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Jun 18, 2018 14:35
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Elephanthead posted:This seems like a factoid. If you read any travel piece about the island it sounds so romantic, but then read a management report and it's like "they are killing the island and themselves this is awful we need to remove them for the love of god" like compare this glowing bit that evokes the Spanish explorer myth: https://parade.com/612357/lindsaylowe/stunning-photos-the-wild-horses-of-georgias-cumberland-island/ to this one where the horses are literally dying of hunger: https://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/go-outside/hard-truth-horses/ (warning, uh, pictures of the horses that live on the island) Fitzy Fitz fucked around with this message at 15:06 on Jun 18, 2018 |
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Jun 18, 2018 15:04
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BMan posted:I mean, lots of animals die of hunger. Nature is a hell world If it makes it easier to understand, it's like a bunch of inbred rednecks dying of consumption and diabetes, but we aren't doing anything about it because we think they're cute a healthy population of wild animals has lower incidences of disease, a larger genetic pool, etc. Fitzy Fitz fucked around with this message at 15:15 on Jun 18, 2018 |
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Jun 18, 2018 15:12
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feral horses are honey boo boo
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Jun 18, 2018 19:36
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quote:Luckily our family life is fine. My fiancé’s mom is absolutely fine with housing us, I’m just sick of living here. 
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Jun 21, 2018 16:53
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From a farming perspective they're essentially worthless too. It's just agritourism.
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Jun 28, 2018 19:10
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tbh I think I might enjoy one of them. Farming is very cool. Other cultures are cool. But there's a big difference between a fake farm for tourists and a real one that just happens to let you work at it. I don't know how common either of those is.
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Jun 28, 2018 19:21
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Wow, I am very out of the loop wrt ice cream
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Jun 29, 2018 19:12
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A friend of mine had a relationship-ending fight in the ice cream aisle when he wanted a cheap gallon tub but she insisted on a pint of B&J's. He basically ended up heartbroken over a couple bucks lol GWM tho
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Jun 29, 2018 19:35
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Hyrax Attack! posted:This is an interesting article by a writer who attempts to blame banks, politicians, and his parents for causing him to live in six figure student loan debt. But reading closely, there may be another culprit. I rolled my eyes when I got to to the loan figures and his degrees, but you're crazy if you don't blame banks, politicians, and baby boomers for the student loan mess.
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Jul 6, 2018 18:54
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I know his investments are supposed to be the big BWM there, but $500-750/mo on food (can’t cook) lol This is his excuse: quote:Sounds like learning to cook is the common suggestion here. I just never thought it was worth it to learn. Takes an hour or two to cook and clean and only 15 min to eat. This is how he thinks cooking works.
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Jul 6, 2018 20:40
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I'm probably going to spend a couple of hours making tacos tonight, but that's a hobby meal. People like this guy need to know that cooking can be as simple as throwing a frozen fish in a pan and putting some rice and frozen vegetables in a steamer. Cooking purists are wrong too though, because modern households (fewer stay-at-home spouses to cook every night) and the economy (specialization means you do what you're good at and then pay someone else to make your food) make eating out and frozen meals basically a necessity. Most people can't reasonably cook every night. But if you never do, then you spend money like this guy and get fat. e: I consider making a sandwich cooking Fitzy Fitz fucked around with this message at 21:08 on Jul 6, 2018 |
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Jul 6, 2018 20:56
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There are a lot of pick-your-own strawberries farms that I assume would still be viable in the event of a strawberry labor collapse.
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