Neuromancer

Popsicles. It’ll help reduce the swelling and numb the pain.

That’s my take. I really dislike Google. I avoid using anything Google. I am not saying apple is perfect but they are not Google

Pretty much the same for me. I try to do zero business with Google. I tried android several times and it just felt like a rough draft of a real product.

Yes. I see no logical reason why life didn’t form somewhere else.

Ah the creepy stalker again. Creepy.

Agreed. The group make itself look bad. The mod is what everyone was expecting and didn’t disappoint in the interview. I haven’t laughed that hard in years.

I am very good at math but thanks for the worthless reply.

That is incorrect. I can tell you’ve never rented to people rent is set by the market. Supply and demand.

It doesn’t matter if the house cost 800k. If the market rent is 2k a month. That’s all you’ll get.

In the area where I had my rentals, the houses are 500k but the rent is only 1k. Now I bought in 2008 and only paid 120k. So only lost some money but I made it up in tax benefits.

People really don’t understand the economics of landlords. They think it’s all money in the pocket. It’s not. It’s a very thin profit margin with most the benefit being taxes.

People have some myth of passive income. I sold all my rentals because they were taking to much time. I never turned a profit but it was good for my taxes. If you want to slum lord you can turn a profit but even I dislike those people.

I’m a progressive and think conservatism is a totally valid political viewpoint (“paleo conservative”)

The main problem I have with my party is they are not for things as much as they are against what the other side wants to do. That to me is annoying as hell. It’s not longer both sides submitting ideas and working towards a middle, it is Democrats throwing out items and the Republicans just trying to block it. I want compromise. There are many things I side with the progressive on but honestly, they shouldn’t be “progressive ideas”. They should idea that both parties should support to varying degrees but as you said the paleo conservatives which I can’t argue against really. A good example is a national healthcare program and abortion. As a conservative, historically freedom of how to live your life was a core value. That should mean the Republican party should support abortion to some degree which they don’t. National Health care Republicans care just want to veto rather than work for a compromise.

I’d be very curious if you think conservatives in the GOP could be convinced by any of this?

The younger generation is much inline with that but the older generation, no. I think as they age out you will see a very different party. Right now we are the “MAGA” party many of them have nothing in common with the Republican party and oddly seem to be religious conservatives. I would like to see a purge of the religious conservatives from the party as part of our healing process. Get back to the true roots of conservatism and not this overly religious, idiotic version we have now.

It is frustrating when you have the average person claiming the climate isn’t changing. It is something we can watch in our own lifetime. The first step is to get them admit something is different which has been next to impossible to do. I honestly am not sure if it’s a cycle or do to man-made activity and I don’t think the debate is important when we can’t even get people to accept, the climate has changed. I look forward to a less polluted planet. I don’t care if it’s a cycle or man made, I think less pollution is good either way. You see that attitude in younger republicans but the older ones will drive ICE Trucks just because the Democrats want them to go electric. That in a nutshell the problem with the party. It isn’t about being for something as it is against something.

Why does matter which ones? How strange.

https://www.newsweek.com/when-it-comes-banning-books-both-right-left-are-guilty-opinion-1696045

https://abcnews.go.com/US/conservative-liberal-book-bans-differ-amid-rise-literary/story?id=96267846

At this point I’m inclined to agree. You seem insincere and more concerned with poor attempts at unsuccessful trolling.

I am very sincere and you ignored what I stated to focus on talking about me rather than the topic. Not only is that trollish but it ignores the topic.

Maybe you should learn to play the ball instead of trying to play the person. Do you disagree with anything I said above?

I bet you say all this unironically in your head while wearing a Che shirt.

I don’t have any cognitive dissonance. Thank you very much.

Lenin, look how great that turned out.

Not at all. Have you ever been to a communist country? You see the same thing but on a worse scale. Lots of poverty and the small wealthy group. Capitalism isn’t the issue. Had you left your moms basement you’d know that.

You do realize both sides ban books?

Thanks for making an off topic comment. Anyone who voted democrat us delusional or psychotic as well

Hell I am a Republican and I think we have given corporations too much power. I am not opposed to wealthy people or billionaires or whatever. What I am against is the companies running the show and having undue influence over the government. People like Zuckerberg have way to much power over the government and that isn’t good.

I used to be against heavy regulations but we have gone to the other extreme of too little regulations. Things like outsourcing jobs to other countries, building all our crap in China, union smashing, etc all should be stopped. A strong middle class is important to the success of the country. Most of these companies are built on a house of cards and need more regulation to keep the economy safe. I hate the term too big to fail because we shouldn’t let any company get that large. I am tired of all the mergers that lead to layoffs, higher prices, and less choice.

I am tired of my insurance being tied to my employer. I am tired of forced arbitration agreements. While I have never been laid off, I am tired of the mass layoffs. Companies should be forced to pay 1 year of severance to anyone laid off. I am tired of executives of companies milking the company for their benefit. Boards are not held accountable.

The problem isn’t capitalism but human nature. We see it in every type of government or economic system. People get greedy and jack crap up. I want companies to make a profit, that is how to fund our retirement systems but I don’t want it done in a way that destroys the company long term or causes thousands to lose their jobs.

While I have many benefits from my job, as a nation, we don’t even have mandatory vacation, sick days, etc.

Democratic socialism is run by capitalism. Sweden is actually more capitalist than America.

It’s gambling and not investing. If I thought it was valued properly, I’d invest in the company. I don’t as such I won’t invest in the company.

I don’t gamble with my money. I invest in companies long term

I don’t short stocks. I invest in companies I believe in and that provide value. That’s why I won’t invest in Reddit. I don’t believe in the company or the people running it. I have a few odd ball stocks like Google that I don’t believe in but overall they treat their employees well and they have a plan for success. I’m a big fan of their 5% policy. I just overall don’t like their model.