I think I’ve made...five mortgage payments so far? Thanks to my awesome wife’s earning potential, we’re able to pay more than the minimum each month, but seeing how much that payment reduces the principal is disheartening, to say the least.

I mean, hell, my monthly payments on my student loans took out a bigger chunk…

Congrats and welcome to the world of home repair!

Well to feed into this even more; It’s capitalism that causes the writer and presumed player to miss the appreciation for the labor that goes into said house and lifestyle. It feels like a burden getting the tab for these things but in reality “luxury” in itself is the capitalistic idea that you can reap the joys of…

...as someone who just bought his first house: yes.

I know that the “capitalism is EVIL!” thing is popular with kids nowadays, but come on, seriously:

Yeah, honestly, the “Tom Nook is evil” thing is pretty played out at this point, and way too played out to be an article. He’s fairer than any actual real estate agent/contractor.

Tom Nook charges no interest, fees, points, mortgage insurance, broker’s payments, transmission fees, nor does he require a set payoff schedule under threat of repossession. He doesn’t do background or credit checks - his only preconditions are that you pick some fruit and help clean up a little. We should all have suc…

Hahaha.

Its too bad I find Kondabolu insufferable.

Yea, when you cede the moral high ground to fucking ARAMARK, you might want to reassess your life.

a) You probably don’t ride. Believe me, there are plenty of places that are unsafe for a car to pass where it’s no problem for a bike (either due to the bike being able to do the pass or simply because of things like better sightlines due to lane positioning etc). So it comes down to The Law vs. common sense, being…