TheDoozer

My question was less about how doable it is, and more... if you can't afford to buy a house, how can you afford to pay rent (and thus someone else's mortgage plus a little extra)?

The last place I lived, I could afford my mortgage but I wouldn't have been able to afford to rent an equivalent house. Hence my confusion.

I know this wasn't your point, but I've been confused on a particular point for awhile:

buying a house is simply out of reach unless you have dual income and it better be nearly six figure dual income....

Just the general idea of it being impossible to afford to buy a house. And don't get me wrong, the prices on houses have gotten ridiculous! At the same time, we talk about landlords buying houses and charging exorbitant rent (suggesting at the very least more than what they pay).

So if rent is more than the mortgage, insurance, etc, then how is it impossible to buy a house if it is possible to rent (an equivalent home)? Is it the down payment (if any)? Costs involved in purchasing? Because it seems like month to month it would be cheaper.

I say this as someone who has rented and owned, and owning felt significantly cheaper.

(Full disclosure, I'm in the military, so I had access to a VA loan... though not really sure what that did for me except maybe allow 0% down... if other people are absolutely required to put up a percentage then I can definitely understand it).

We need better stalls in the US for that to be the case. WAY too many gaps and openings.

Because they're not disabled. What are you even talking about?

That's like supporting some racist segragationist bullshit by saying "well, can't black people just use disabled bathrooms? They're a small portion of the population."

See how ridiculous that sounds? It's not disparaging to disabled people to point out how inappropriate that is. You're just making life harder for disabled people to feed some asshole's bigotry.

So I get the sense that the whole third sight thing requires intent, as in it requires the force-user to specifically intend to use it as opposed to it just running in the background. So they would only use it in a fight (or navigating or something).

But it also seems like it would be a reflexive thing for a force-using warrior to immediately reach out for it if surprised or confused, so the second she heard loading I'd imagine she'd see her death and... you know... avoid it.

Isn't this a large part of the premise of the newer Disney Princess and the Frog movie?

Yeah, I always have a tough time telling if Kreacher was an Uncle Ruckus or if Dobby was a traitor and deviant to his people.

Like, we think of it as Dobby (or any House Elf) being released from slavery, but I wonder if it is more like being a Ronin.

I'll never understand how difficult people make things by not being forthright and making things awkward:

"Is it okay if I bring my boyfriend?"

"...I think there's been a misunderstanding. I had asked you on a hike as a fun first date, I didn't realize you had a boyfriend. I'm going to bow out of this, but I can give you the hike info if you want to take him." And then you laugh about the misunderstanding the next work day, and keep things at work from then on. No reason for it to get bad. Flirting is still fun! Just leave it at that without expecting anything more.

That one person is a gem and we should appreciate them. They noticed you got talked over, and made sure to circle back, noticeably so the others don't do it again, to make sure you weren't silenced. It shows they not only noticed, but were bothered by it.

Treasure those people, and be those people.

Because nobody ever accepts more work or responsibility for higher pay to afford more or better things. Most people work just enough to pay for rent and groceries and are perfectly happy with that.

A president who wants what is best for his people, seeks out the smartest man on the planet, and puts him in charge of the most challenging problem facing the country?

Yes. I want president Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho as president.

I got a puppy when I was first starting an Airman Program (prior to becoming an aviator in my branch of the military), and one of my daily responsibilities was getting fuel samples and fueling aircraft, so every day when I came home I smelled like jet fuel (which smells like it's generating constant low level damage as long as you're smelling it... because it is...). Now my dog loves the smell of jet fuel and loves it when I smell like jet fuel.

So I guess what I'm trying to say is, if Stockholm Syndrome is an option, that aeroshell 64 smell could work for you.

(This is entirely a joke, I'm not advocating any situation outside of pets that would result in Stockholm Syndrome)