People who can afford cruises aren’t going to be the ones disproportionately affected by Trump’s policies.

Do it, pussies!
I’m so over the bullshit of the last decade or so that a quick death in nuclear hellfire sounds absolutely merciful compared to what awaits us if we continue this downward spiral.

I have a broken molar on my left side and I’ve been dealing with it for years because I couldn’t afford to have all 8 teeth removed that the dentist wanted to pull because I lost a corner of one molar.
If was explained to me that without that one tooth, the teeth on either side of it would move to fill the gap and would cause other problems, and without the teeth on the bottom the teeth on top would start to drop down and cause more problems, so if i wanted that one tooth fixed I’d need to pay thousands of dollars to get all the teeth on my left side pulled.
Being the gullible idiot I am, I trusted the medical professional and decided that if it had to be done that way, I’d just have to live with it the way it was because I didn’t have thousands of dollars to pay for the surgery and my job at the time didn’t offer dental.

$1,000,000 isn’t nearly as much as people think it is. It’s not even enough to retire on if you’re middle aged.
You could live extravagantly for a year or two on that money max.
If you lived modestly at $50,000 a year of expenses (less than the median) you’d get 20 years out of it and you’d have to go back to work if you’re younger than 60.
If you lived comfortably at $100,000 a year you’d get a decade at most of of that money, if you’re younger than 70 you’ll probably have to go back to work.
This article says she was 24 when it happened in 2020, so it’s safe to presume she’s 28 now.
If she’s extra careful with the money and doesn’t spend it on anything fancy she can live until maybe 48 on that amount of money, considering all income is taxable though it’s safe to assume she’ll have to give half of it up to taxes and she could probably stretch it for 10 years to 38. But, seeing as the charge was shoplifting she’s probably not in a good situation financially and almost certainly has no experience managing that kind of money.
She’ll get used to living a lifestyle she can’t maintain and it’ll likely be gone in less than 5 years.
This settlement isn’t making anything right, they’re handing her a curse and it seems cruel to give someone a taste of a lifestyle they’ll never be able to afford again.
This is an insultingly low sum of money and it’s likely to cause her more pain in the long run than anything.

We used to call them “spider balls” because they were rumored to keep spiders away but that is false. I’ve never heard horse apples but Osage Orange is also common in my area

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No, but we’ll stop propping up both sides and it will be able to reach some sort of natural conclusion.

As someone who grew up with horses, in most cases the hole is dug first with a ramp, the horse is walked into the hole, then it’s euthanized.

There won’t be peace in the middle east until we’ve moved beyond petroleum.
When there’s no need for oil the global superpowers won’t need to play the regional powers against each other to take advantage of the chaos for profit anymore.

Wooster-shire

Yinz is a Pittsburgh and Pennsyltucky thing

I’m lucky enough to be a state employee so I’ll still have OPERS when Social Security is annihilated next year, but I’m not sure that’ll be enough.

You forgot “Yinz”

The “money” gesture, rub your thumb on your two fore fingers

We’ll see how baffled they really are after they unanimously approve him.

Single issue voters and people who got too comfortable and stayed home cost her the election.
I wonder if they’ll still think their protest vote was worth it when Palestine is glass 6 months from now.

If he’s smart he’ll have his family out of the country by then too. I know Trump planned on firing him, and I think Smith is smart enough to know that he’ll use a firing squad when he does it.

The Fascists will fire people with firing squads, there’s no shame in an act of self preservation when resigning from a job you can’t do might keep you alive.

When you’re stressed out or in a panic situation your brain will start to lay down more than one memory track at a time, this will cause time to feel slower when you think back on it. And because the “present” is constantly moving moment in time thinking back only 10 seconds can feel like 30 seconds, making time feel like it’s crawling along. If you spend 8 hours at work stressed out, at the end of the day it can feel like you’ve spent 16-20 hours there.

Give me back my goddamn customizable colors too!
I hate this “material you” theme they’ve been forcing on us for a few years now.
The pastel colors are washed out and unattractive.