Yeah I agree, they seriously need to rethink their strategy. I’m not absolving the party.

But voters abandoning the dems because they aren’t left enough still shot themselves in the foot.

The left falls in love, the right falls in line.

Oh sure, he’s not saying don’t diversify. That was specifically about the small amounts from previous employers. Like, I had worked at a place for about a year, and the amount in that account wouldn’t be worth him taking over.

Yeah diamond interchanges kick ass. They made me nervous the first time I used one, since it was the kind where you end up driving on the opposite side of the road. But just follow signs and you’ll get where you need to go and there’s almost no risk compared to the garbage interchanges you usually see around interstates.

Doing stuff is important. But I have enough hobbies that I think I could stop working and not get bored.

Yep. My wife and I are in our thirties and have good whole life insurance policies that will supplement our retirement accounts nicely in our old age. I’ve been paying into mine for almost two decades (maybe longer, my parents started it for me and locked in good rates when I was young), my wife’s is newer. We also both have matching retirement accounts and are making sure we hit our matching totals each paycheck to draw as much from our employers as we can.

It’s not ideal, but with good planning (and stable income) you can still do well. Now, stable income is the important part. I’m a software developer, my wife works for a non-profit, so my income is generally a bit more stable than hers.

I recommend finding a financial advisor. Our life insurance guy is great and because he gets commission on the life insurance plans he doesn’t charge us for advisory services (and also doesn’t try to sell us on other stuff, he actually recommended we NOT move our old 401ks from other jobs over to him because we’d end up paying him more than we’d make, he recommended we roll them into our current employer plans).

Isn’t Teams just Microsoft’s attempt to reinvent Skype for Business as a Slack clone? I didn’t think they’d acquired it (other than acquiring Skype and fucking that up, too).

Do you have a source for this?

Oh duh, lol 🤦‍♂️

*Hamas has killed more than 40 THOUSAND PEOPLE, by deliberately placing its military supplies and operations in and around civilian areas to maximize any collateral damage.

Okay, let me preface this by saying fuck Hamas. They’re horrible.

But, just for a moment, put yourself in the shoes of a resistance movement. Where are you supposed to put your supplies or operations? In bases far from civilian populations? You’ll just get bombed to shit.

No, you have to hide them. And unfortunately the easiest way to hide people and stuff is around other people and stuff.

Guerrilla warfare is the reality of modern combat in cases where a large, powerful military is fighting a smaller, weaker resistance.

This isn’t done so that your enemy can’t take out your operations and supplies without collateral damage, although that is a side effect. It’s primarily about not being taken out in the first place.

If you are the larger, powerful military, you need to adapt. You don’t get to blow up hospitals and schools and then blame your targets for hiding among civilians.

I don’t even have a microwave. I understand the concept, however I prefer home made meals.

Microwave is just a tool for heating stuff. You can use it for homemade meals, too, although you gotta know your machine and its limitations (just like any tool). It’s most useful for reheating stuff quickly, though.

Climb out of blanket cocoon. Pry open can. Empty into bowl. Fill can with water. Empty into bowl. Put in microwave for three minutes. Stir. Microwave for two minutes. Go back to huddling under blankets.

(Like I said, I mostly eat soup when I’m sick. Don’t care much about taste or quantity in that case.)

You’re not wrong in any way though.

Disillusionment campaigns worked. Same as in 2016 with the Bernie bros refusing to back Clinton.

Just needed enough noise about reasons NOT to vote for Kamala. And people would still vote the rest of the ticket, but not for her. Because we all forgot about the importance of strategic voting in FPTP.

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Be careful giving away personal information on Lemmy. It’s wildly difficult to ensure stuff is deleted or removed in the Fediverse across multiple servers.

Fuck Moash.

(I know what MOASS means, but I misread it at first. And fuck Moash.)

Makes sense. I also almost never want to waste time cutting veggies and stirring in pasta and whatnot when I want soup. Personally I almost exclusively eat soup when I’m not feeling well. 😅

I have no idea how to make clam chowder for cheaper than a can of clam chowder.

AND IT FELT SO GOOD

Mmmm, bronchiolitis obliterans. Being serious, the common name for the disease is “popcorn lung” because it was first identified in a microwave popcorn plant and it’s caused by inhaling certain chemicals often used in flavored popcorn.

Right. Yes. Diacetyl and its ilk are not something you want to breathe in, well aware. I used to vape, years ago, and mixed my own liquid. Popcorn lung was always a big topic in the DIY scene.

The workers who developed popcorn lung were working around vats of the shit, breathing in large quantities on the daily. But still, the risk was enough to never trust any buttery flavors for vaping.

Occasionally cooking butter-flavored or butter-laden popcorn is not a problem though.

“Dosis sola facit venenum,” as they say. The dose makes the poison.

Fair enough, lol. I got a good chuckle out of the image of downing any drink by just dumping the whole thing straight down your throat. 😂