They are the best part of social media. They crowd out the conspiracy theories and political arguing.

Housing prices may decrease 5% to 10% but the value of my house is still up 60% in just 8 years. I couldn’t afford to but it today, even with my higher salary.

As if any middle class family can afford an $800k house.

TBH, I have an extreme dislike for motion interpolation (aka “soap opera effect”) on newer TVs. Makes everything look like it was shot on cheap videotape.

I have a 2012 42" TV. No “smart” features. I plug in my Apple TV or Chromecast and I am happy.

Imagine being a terrorist and your supervisor orders you to give a camel a C-4 suppository.

zero foresight toward long-term business

I usually purchase my cranberries the week before Thanksgiving and they keep fine in the fridge. Never had them turn mushy. I buy them directly from the cranberry farmers. Maybe that helps.

Does Cassian still have the kyber crystal that Luthen handed him before the heist mission on Aldhani? Maybe Luthen can’t use his lightsaber without Cassian’s crystal.

The older I get, the more and more I prefer renting. Mowing the lawn, shoveling snow, replacing a broken furnace, hot water heater, etc. are all someone else’s responsibility. I owned a home for 20 years and it was a never-ending to-do list.

The rent I am paying on a 2BR apt is about 60% of my old monthly mortgage/property tax payment. Real estate values have risen exponentially. The cheapest home in my blue collar town is an 80 year-old 3BR/1BA house built for factory workers that is now selling for $580,000 and has an $11k annual property tax bill. Even…

I used miles to book a flight with United in early 2020. COVID soon arrived and my vacation plans were squashed. To my pleasant surprise, United allowed me to cancel my reservation and refunded 100% of my miles.

I’m sure I will see plenty of dadbros playing on their phone while sitting in one of these idling monstrosities in the parking lot at the local soccer field while junior is at practice.

“It will take months to get back online” (which is not how hydro-electric power works, but that’s a very minor nitpick)

More than anything, Andor has been a display about the banality of evil and how people live their lives as their world around them slides into fascism.

I booked a flight to FL next month on United. I’m scheduled to sit in the window and my partner will be seated next to the aisle. I’m crossing my fingers that the middle seat will be blocked off.

No fat-shaming on Jalopnik!

The rate for the house I purchased in 2000 for $190k was 7.25%, which was lower than most lenders. I think when I sold the house in 2015 my rate was under 3%.

It’s expensive for sure but at least you won’t be getting fleeced by staying at a Disney hotel on the property or need to shell out thousands of dollars for airfare.

A variation on this is what our local police department told the elected city council and citizens who are upset over speeding motorists. When we told them that flashing crosswalk signs and radar-activated signs that post a driver’s speed are nice but we really prefer that our cops actually ticket speeders, the police…