You forget we live in a society where we have bought tickets and raffles for the chance of being able to buy Air Jordans or Yeezys or w/e fuck shoe that did that.
Poggervania
joined 1 year ago
Vermintide 2 has finally hooked me. I now completely understand what it truly means to collect books and kill rats, and how much fun such activities can be.
Got all the characters up to lv30 so now I’m finally dipping my toes into Legend QPs so I can prepare for the hardest difficulty, Cataclysm.
how are users supposed to put new muscle on a skeleton to make a different beast?
By perhaps not engaging in the things they didn’t like about reddit? I suppose that was doomed from the start though since people were clamoring for literally getting reddit posts ported over to the fediverse in an effort to “get content” and continue doomscrolling on here versus on reddit.
Correct on the other points and it makes sense , but
Most people here who left reddit wanted to be using reddit. Just not the way reddit wanted.
Which is true, but a lot of redditors also talked about leaving reddit culture behind and trying to make a new thing. Instead, a few months later they basically turned parts of the fediverse into Diet Reddit with some of the same trends happening and same cultures being adopted (for instance, just going for ragebait and posting low effort “this” posts). Which also makes sense - that’s people being people.
What is dumb is when people act surprised or go “oh wow, it’s like we never left reddit!” when redditors are acting like… well, redditors in other parts of the internet. I personally am not a huge fan of reddit culture at large and do dislike it’s coming over here, but I’m also not gonna go “whaaaaaat that’s crazy”.
Now we can watch reddit refugees pretend to not care while caring enough to comment :)
You’re right - I don’t.
That’s why I asked instead :)
Yes, but I explicitly said mortgage only without including utilities, taxes, and insurance if you have to pay that separately from the mortgage. Those things can (and most likely will) change - albeit usually not to the degree that landlords love to pricegouge on rent.
Like, take my same place again as an example. I only pay like $1350 for a mortgage, sure, but I also pay ~$600 in utilities and maintenance fees. My monthly payment to live in a normal environment is short of $2000 a month. My fees will go up again an extra 2% starting next year, so I am paying more - not that much, sure, but it is more. If I was renting a place for $1500 and didn’t have to pay for utilities, even a 20% increase from $1500 to $1800 would still be absolutely cheaper than buying my studio. Renting becomes fucked when landlords go “yeah, pay $1500 a month and you also have to pay for your utilities. Also I’m increasing the rent next month by 20% lmao get fucked nerd”.
This is, of course, just looking at cost. That’s ignoring the fact you’re paying a mortgage to own something versus paying somebody else’s mortgage or just lining their pockets.
My mortgage in a HCOL area is around $1350 month (excluding anything else) for a ~350sqft studio. Rent for something similar in the same area I live starts at around $1500 on the cheap end.
The only way you’re saving money with buying vs renting is if you’re not paying a single cent on utilities in the place you are renting (which is highly unlikely around my area). If you’re paying for your own water, electric, internet, and whatnot, you’re basically paying the same whether you buy or rent.
Actual question: why in the fuck can the US veto actions by the UN? Can other countries veto as well? Or is it only the US that can do that with the implied threat we’d swing our militaristic dick around or something?
EDIT: Thank y’all for replying and informing me and any other readers about why this is a thing. You guys are da real MVPs 👊
They’re one of those “gEnOcIdEr JoE” types that don’t realize the US would’ve backed Israel regardless of who was President.
Also, the military industrial complex is fucking insane and it’s arguable that the US has invested so much into it that it would hugely impact the economy between all the programs, jobs, and money in general we (over)give to them.