You can’t even share your honest thoughts without some rando on the internet judging each and every word and then using them to shit all over you.

Planning to redo my kitchen counters this year if I can avoid the tech industry purge. What’s the best type of countertop to buy that’s high quality but low maintenance -- or is there not one? I used to love my Corian because I don’t really like the marble look, and it was easy to maintain if you were reasonably…

It’s a problem, though, that this can work against you, too. Because if you move to a new job then YOU are the new person, so if that new company does layoffs then you’re more at risk.

And he ran away, so he knows what he did was WRONG, so he can’t justify it as artistic interaction or some kind of nonsense. He ran so he wouldn’t get in trouble... and he’s apparently right since his workplace isn’t holding him accountable to a reasonable degree. 

They have some pretty complex age controls for profiles, though, so they could control access by ratings or age.  

Amazon Prime completely screwed up their interface, too. You can’t find anything. Why is it so hard to just see the latest movies I can rent or buy?

Permits are the WORST. You’re totally right, though, that what you don’t know when it comes to permits absolutely can hurt you.  There’s no one as petty as someone who works in local government. :) 

I’d disagree — every broker works for themselves, always. Whether you’re selling or buying, do NOT think the broker has your best interests at heart. They want to get you into or out of your home with as little time and effort as possible, and while an extra $1k means a lot to you, it means next to nothing to them. …

Don’t trust the home inspector your realtor suggests if they’re also the selling realtor. The inspector’s relationship with the realtor is a lot more valuable to them than the paltry couple hundred you’re shelling out.

Here’s one!  https://www.avclub.com/1850039808.  Goes by https://kinja.com/dr-in-the-house

Have you ever been to a Disney park? I assure you, the gays pay quite a lot. And the straights are happy to pay, too, and would be even happier if the racists and bigots stopped going. Unfortunately, they all talk a big game, but right after they’re done picketing they head right into the park to get their Dole Whip…

I was once waiting for the elevator at a high end NYC hotel when a housekeeping manager (by her name tag and pantsuit/lack of uniform) saw me and asked what room I’d been staying in, and if I was checking out. Then I saw her go into the room I’d just left (which was right across from the elevator) and come out…

LOLOLOLOL it’s so weird. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

And at the front of that smile is a full set of veneers.

By all reports, he’s extremely physically violent and has physically attacked several church members. It’s actually very possible that he attacked her in a rage and killed her.

That’s very true, one person’s suffering is another’s opportunity. :) It all depends on so many factors, too... a house on the coast would appreciate much more reliably than a house in the midwest, for example.  I don’t know, I guess I just can see why some people would feel buying a house is more risk and work than…

It was the 80s.  We all wore ugly shit.  It was a difficult time.

Taylor Lautner was 16 when he filmed Twilight, and women did the same disgusting things to him.  Women in their 40s were asking him to autograph their breasts and wanting to kiss him.  It’s disgusting how much grown adults can’t treat acting children like children. 

Exactly! 2008 can bite my butt. It hit especially hard where I lived. But I can honestly say that I also would never have been able to afford a house in the first place if it wasn’t for those insane mortgage rates to start with, and the 0 money down loans. So I guess it worked out in the long run.

Instead I was replacing furnaces and roofs and maintaining the lawn, so I wasn’t saving that money, I was putting it into the house and didn’t get it back.  So while renting would have meant money was just gone, MY money wouldn’t have gone to maintaining the building, either, so I’d have saved.