OceanSoap 3h ago • 100%
Cycling on the road.
On the one hand, biking is great and they should be able to bike on any road! And we should be careful when driving near them, it's super scary being so unprotected and so close to metal speed bombs hurling around them.
On the other hand, road bikers are fucking annoying, stay in your goddamn lane and stop slowing down traffic. I'm not reading your dumb hand signals, either!
OceanSoap 3h ago • 100%
I'm a whole tomato-eater, and there is a way to eat them without being messy. The mess is divided into chambers, and you basically go one chamber at a time, suck out the mess in the chamber and then move on to the next.
OceanSoap 3d ago • 100%
Yes, I care about all of that, and I'll ask regularly about them and what's going on.
OceanSoap 4d ago • 83%
Bureaucracy is a huge problem.
OceanSoap 4d ago • 93%
Most people are poorer today in the day-to-day than they were 4 years ago.
That's why. It's that simple.
OceanSoap 6d ago • 100%
Yeah, I recently went from a 2005 to a 2018, and even the jump in that was amazing! Bluetooth for music and for phonecalls, it's changed my driving experience to be a much better one.
OceanSoap 7d ago • 100%
Hey, similar to me! I was a veterinarian receptionist for years, then went back to school and got my associates in cad and now I'm a substation designer.
OceanSoap 1w ago • 33%
Same, but opposite.
OceanSoap 1w ago • 66%
No one but the actual brain dead think people voting for trump are fascist.
And even though the Nazi party was a blowback reaction to socialism, does not mean every blowback against socialism is fascistic. If we're not careful, there could be for sure, but trump voters are not fascists, and trump himself is not fascist.
OceanSoap 1w ago • 25%
He was firm with Russia and China, but neither of them moved to attack. I don't care how mad the two are, as long as it keeps war from breaking out.
I do agree that there's a bipartisan consensus on military spending, but I think it's between the Rinos and the DNC. Not that I think Trump will significantly defund our military, but I do think, with those he's built up around him this time, he'll be less likely to get into these proxy war situations, end the ones we're in now, and hopefully we won't see anymore US-backed coups.
The issue is, all of that will 100% keep happening under Harris. There's a reason Dick Chaney didn't endorse Trump, and it's because he knows he's not going to get as much sweet war money from the trump administration being in charge. He knows he'll get that with Kamala.
OceanSoap 1w ago • 33%
I disagree. :)
OceanSoap 1w ago • 33%
What does .ml have to do with it? It was one of the available instances when I switched over from reddit.
I do wish more people were open about voting Trump, but there was a long period where it literally could cost you your job, so I can see why there's still some hesitancy. I think that's going away though.
OceanSoap 1w ago • 50%
But she'd lose the massive Jewish population voters, who all majorly vote blue.
OceanSoap 1w ago • 25%
It's not purely that, there are a lot of reasons I won't vote for Kamala. That was just a huge one.
OceanSoap 1w ago • 20%
I see you have trouble reading, I'm sorry about that, I wish you luck with that
OceanSoap 1w ago • 20%
No he didn't. We're far closer to WWlll now than we ever were under Trump. Ukraine/Russia, Israel/Palestine, China is creeping up to attack Taiwan... And now Russia and China are tighter than ever, which is not good for the west.
Dick Chaney doesn't like him because Dick Chaney makes all his money on War. He was literally one of the masterminds behind our war with Iraq.
Now, Mark Cuban... He doesn't like Trump for personal reasons, lol.
OceanSoap 1w ago • 12%
Thank you, I'm excited for a great economy and being able to get my savings built up again. :)
OceanSoap 1w ago • 7%
Nah, I'm voting Trump. Especially since Dick Chaney came out in support of her. If the war pigs support her, I'm voting against her, 100%
OceanSoap 1w ago • 100%
My mom was a speech therapist in schools and my dad was an aerospace engineer. Theoretically they should have a very cushy retirement life. Nope.
OceanSoap 2w ago • 100%
I can currently cover a $1000 expense, but if something else happens that costs that much I'll have to use my credit card, and if a third thing happens I'm fucked.
My relationship with money isn't good ("not wise" might be a better term), and now that I know my parents as an adult, I understand that both of them are terrible with money. Do I blame them? I try not to, but sometimes that's hard when I see how they continue to make poor $$ choices. My mom constantly made over 6 figures for a good portion of her later life, but now can't work, and she has nothing but social security to live off of. Through the years she's used up all her retirement and savings a few times on things like saving houses she eventually loses anyway.
My dad just dropped the news that he owes 80k to the IRS because he's been pulling from his retirement for years now to sustain his lifestyle in a high-cost area.
Myself? I didn't really get my shit together financially until I was in my mid 30s. Mostly my fault, though there were a few things that happened outside of my control that forced me to "start over" financially. That's life.
My relationship with money now is respectful. I take the time and care to slowly work my way through understanding what to do and how to do it. I only have one credit card and it's a low amount, so it can't get wildly out of control but it's there if I need it.
Right now I've got around 1.5k in savings (not including my 401/Roth). My plan is to save up to 10k for an emergency fund and then start to invest what I save up after that.
I listen to a lot of Caleb Hammer on YouTube. It helps, haha.
Finally found the man I thought I would marry, but the breakup came out of nowhere and I'm struggling to cope. What are the ways you've dealt with heartbreak in the past?
Any animal.
Mihon was working for the first few weeks, but now every time I try and open a manga in the app it says "no pages found" I've been dl-ing the updates and even uninstalled and reinstalled, but the error persists. Any ideas?
The alternator on my car went kaput. Nowhere in my area would do the job for less than $800-something, and most places were quoting $900-$1k. So I looked up how-tos on YouTube and it looked like something I, a woman with zero experience or knowledge of working on cars, could do. I got a remanufactured alternator for $180 and got to work following the tutorials I'd found. It certainly did not go smoothly, but I managed it. It took me 6 hours to get the alternator out, mainly because every goddamn bolt holding the parts in place were basically cemented in. I had to use my foot to stomp one loose because I didn't have the strength in my arms. Today I spent another 4 hours trying to put in the new one and all the parts back in place. And I did it!! Except for the power steering belt. That fucker would not go into place, and trying to force the belt tensioner back took every ounce of strength I could muster. All that work. All that time and effort and THE VERY LAST STEP to get my car up and running defeated me today. I had to get a task rabbit guy. He's coming tomorrow to get my belt back on. On one hand I feel proud that I made it this far. On the other I feel like a complete failure because it turns out I couldn't complete the task myself. Anyway, how was your weekend?
One of the good things about lemmy is that I'm positive my friend won't find this post. Hey lemmy. My best friend and I have been close since we met back in high school, circa 2002. We lived a few blocks away from each other, kept in touch across the country during college, and even lived together for a few years after college. We've traveled overseas together, been through many break ups together. She was a solid rock for me when my fiance and I had a traumatic split 4 years ago. She got married legally two years ago, and their wedding is finally happening this upcoming spring. I've been so excited along with her. We've talked our whole friendship about being there for all the fun stuff for our weddings, and I've been doing all the maid-of-honor stuff since she asked me to be hers. She was initially depressed about dress shopping since she assumed no one would be able to go, including her mother, who has really bad travel/directional anxiety. We're all in different states. I asked her why she would even think that I wouldn't fly out to go dress shopping with her, since we've been talking about it for ages, and I love clothing shopping! She said she thought I'd be too strapped for cash, but I'd been saving up for her wedding stuff, so it's not an issue. We set the date for November and a she invited another long-distance friend from high school and I've been looking at tickets to get out there. Anyway, I was planning to reach out to her mom and fly in to her state to fly with her to my friends state so she wouldn't have to worry about making her way there with all her anxiety, but today I got a message from my friend. Her mom and stepdad are visiting her area this weekend for an extended family member's birthday, and she and her mom decided they would "pre-look" at wedding dresses today, "just to get an idea of whats out there" and wanted to know if I'd feel left out if they did that. My heart sunk when I got the text, because I knew that her mom probably was trying to combine dress shopping for this trip so she wouldn't have to take another trip out again so soon. I messaged back saying no I wouldn't feel left out, but did that mean dress shopping in November was canceled? She said no, that it was still on. I was a bit relieved, but still worried. I gave the okay, because of course I can't say no, that would be supper immature and inappropriate. Of course, she found a dress she wanted, and I was left out of the whole experience. She video called me at one point for a very short while, and sent me photos, and I tried my best to be happy and give good advice and opinions, but it's not the same, and I wasn't part of most of it. (She didn't go for any of my advice, but I'm not hurt about that - video and photo representation isn't the same, and my advice might have been totally off from what I would have said in person.) Anyway, here's the thing: this isn't my wedding. My feelings don't matter. I realize this in my rational mind, but I'm still incredibly hurt. I definitely wanted to be there for these types of moments for her wedding. I pretended not to be hurt though, because I really don't want to stress her out in any way when it comes to her wedding. I don't want in any way to be someone she looks back on and remembers as a source of stress or drama during this event. I realize that her mother brought up the idea and pressured her to do so because of her own travel anxiety, and I'm not mad at my friend for jumping at the chance to look at dresses with her mom when she could - just in case her mom pulls out of organized plans last-minute. I'm incredibly close to my mom, so I'd definitely want her there when it's my turn. I get it. *Still*, I'm hurt. I just don't know of I should tell her so, or if I should keep pretending I'm okay. What's done is done, she has her dress. Is there any point in bringing up my feelings at all? Or should I just swallow it all up and hope I work through the hurt privately somehow? I don't like hiding my feelings and lying to her, but I feel like telling her would do more harm than good. If you've gotten this far, I appreciate it.