I do this with my daughter while waiting for her therapy appointment. We sit in the park across the street and eat a happy meal while chatting. I don’t know if it’s the therapy or the time together but she’s so much more balanced since we started this I’m good paying for the therapy even if it’s our conversations that are making that difference.
It’s one of the highlights of my week, and I’m about to leave the office to go grab her for it.
The money in football is getting pretty insane. The rosters are going to mutiny when guys are getting offered peanuts and sitting across from one of the handful of guys gobbling up 80% of the cap…
Half of my family is Muslim. I’m currently partnered with the trans alliance in my city to build their new housing co-op… I’m well versed in both sides of this and what’s stated above didn’t happen LoL. It’s a fairytale or as known in the Muslim community… teqqiyah.
My op was removed LoL. I guess you’re not allowed to introduce reality into these fairytales. Half of my family is Muslim, this is absolutely a fairytale LMFAO.
Great summary.
Ya, Lemmy is speed running the worst things about Reddit but struggling to build the niche communities that would make people want to hang around.
Jack Reacher enters the conversation.
That motherfucker for 800k for THAT performance last year? I’ve never seen a blow up like he oversaw…how the fuck does that get you a bonus?
In Canada we import people to work the jobs deemed beneath Canadians… then they’re put up in company housing.
Pretty much modern day slave trade. The money doesn’t even stay in the country, a lot of it is remitted back home to their families.
Life was never easy, I don’t know when the story it was got sold to people. At the end of the day, if you can’t scrape together $1000, then shits beyond fucked up and tough decisions need to be made. I didn’t take a vacation for like 15 years other than a long weekend so I could save up. That wasn’t even tough LoL, it was just life. That was the norm around me and I expect it to continue for many if not most.
I mean yeah. I also own a house and have set my life up in such a way that I can afford to live what most people consider a normal life.
I’ll be honest if you can’t afford ~$1,000 in savings. Which is the sum that it took to cover my bank fees in dividend returns then it’s not about being rich or poor, it’s about being poor with your financial decisions. I grew up poor. Literally bankrupt poor, moving from place to place as we ran from bills. I started paying for my own clothes at age 9 and foot the bill for my entire life since age 12. Having $1,000 in the bank is not just for rich people. I’ve had that in the bank since I was 15 years old. Sometimes it wasn’t any more than that, but even when I was living on my own with zero support and bills up to my eyeballs, there was still a chunk of money earning me money along the way.
This is what I did with my banking fees…
I bought enough stock that the dividend covers my monthly fees. I reinvest the dividend so the yield keeps increasing. It’s a Canadian bank so it’s safe AF and not going anywhere and it’s up like 18%+ since I started the other year so I’m not going backwards there either.
Weird way to cover my fees but seems to be working.
Fr. My manager asked me what my 5 year goal was and I almost said ’ to keep slacking off and cashing the checks you’re sending me’. They think I’m working hard, why would I change my situation LoL. Being a lazy fuck when people can’t tell is my sweet spot.
War crimes. They should be brought to justice!
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LoL. You ain’t wrong. And from what I’ve gathered, the many of the people around here ain’t the kinda people in positions making hiring decisions.
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Can we take a minute to appreciate the bookstore that this is happening at?
It’s called McNally Robinson. It’s based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It has previously expanded into places like New York city, but I believe now only operates out of Winnipeg .
It is a phenomenal bookstore that does wonders for local artists giving them platforms they otherwise would not get.
Great story all around.
ETA, I’d recognize that logo anywhere, been driving by it my whole life.