:( I have no friends, let alone car-savvy ones. Last two cars I bought wound up costing around as much in repairs within a few months as the original cost of the car. And now I’m in the market again and fully expecting to get rolled again. Anybody here in the Atlantic City area? lol

Huh, odd. I’ve had the electronic option for years as well, through BoA and now Bluebird, but both still at least let you still use paper checks for free. Just seems more convenient in cases where you’re in or going to be in a physical location anyway, but they don’t take plastic. But probably it’s just me. And old…

That is damned impressive. I thought I was lazy. And I am. But I am legitimately impressed. *salute*

My last landlord only accepted rent in cash. Also, lots of gas stations offer cheaper rates if you use cash.

I switched from Bank of America for the same reasons. Absurd fees. Except instead of a credit union as others here suggested, I went with an online service called Bluebird. Thus far, I haven’t regretted it, but this story has me mildly concerned because it makes me think if something did go wrong with their system I’d…

This is from the movie Gremlins, right?

I was wondering if I was the only one thinking, “hey, that sounds kinda hot, tbh.” But maybe I’m a freak.

I don’t know about houses, but all these rules of thumb seem rather arbitrary. I expect they’d vary widely from situation to situation. Car maintenance particularly, since the mileage on your car is a factor in how much you’ll spend per mile on maintenance. I’m sure my 15 year old 160k mile clunker costs more to…

Off topic, but... where on earth to I go to steal... see... this adorable puppy. I can’t stop watching this gif.

What makes you think it’d be just young men?

Ok, legit question, because I’m dumb like this, but is objectification == misogyny?

Fair points, and I agree that the system is far from perfect.

This should give birth to some awesome pickup line potential. “Want to see me cure the common cold? Come up to my room.”

I, for one, am willing to participate in further research.

Ok, I admit that I didn’t watch the video before that comment. It does look a bit more forceful than I expected. Although I was saying the damage didn’t look much worse than a papercut, not that the attack was.

Not really. I’m against assault, but I’m not going to get worked into a fury over something this minor. Yeah, scratching a reporter is bad, and extremely unprofessional, but I really doubt I would try to press charges against someone for whatever that was if it happened to me personally.

“Nothing sucks quite like a performance review. Even when you know you’re doing well, hearing about your weaknesses is never any fun, so it’s no surprise that I’ve never met a person who has said, “You know what I’d like? For people to judge me in my personal life like they do at work!” That’s why it’s so strange that…

Yeah, it looks like a bit more than a papercut... I was wondering how long he stood around without wiping at it to get it to trickle down that far before taking the picture. And you know he’s just barely holding back a shit-eating grin.

I don’t know who this man is... but is anyone else getting a ‘you got a purdy mouth’ vibe from him in this picture?

Wish I could give this more stars. That is the best comment I’ve seen to date on the topic of abortion.