37piecesof_flare

Everyone tells younger men the same thing it seems. I heard the same bullshit from the time I started talking about it (vasectomy) as a teen. 35 now and nothing has changed, living the dink life with my wife and it's great. Boomer parents aren't too thrilled with the idea of 0 grandkids between their two sons, but that's not my job.. Might have felt a little sorry for them if they didn't vote the way they do.. But it's those choices that have led us to an environment that makes it too difficult to even consider bringing kids into, and it seems it's only getting worse.

I share the sentiment and have always felt the same way since I started thinking about it (even as a kid myself). The idea of having kids never appealed to me, I don't like being around them, never have, still don't at 35. I have a handful of nephews/nieces from in-laws now and still don't enjoy hanging around them even for short bursts of time... I don't have the patience for the screaming, crying, breaking shit, tantrums, messes, etc.

It's a 24/7 job for at least the next 20 years if you go through with it. Also, it's expensive as fuck. I enjoy expendable income and free time.

Doesn't really change the fact that it's more about whose child it is getting killed. They don't care til it happens to them, the fucking GOP in a nutshell.. Even then, significant change for the better is a crapshoot at best.

It's not the number that matters, it's whose kids it is getting killed. If someone were to shoot up a school filled with politicians' kids you'll see some change rapidly.

Guess it's more a matter of ignorance on my part (also seems I'm out of my element here), I don't know much about how current communist societies are living - do you have examples of what you're talking about? You've piqued my interest, I'd like to see an example of housing in one of these situations and how they vary, what kind of amenities people are living with there, what it takes to achieve something similar to what I have here (3 bed 1ba SFH on a 5th acre)?

LA definitely got the Portland treatment. Interesting when they claim violence when the only violence to be seen stems from the fucking police and ICE.

What did he say? Not a landlord myself, but I'm always curious to hear both sides. I think there can be good landlords, had one myself.. Didn't raise rent on us, took care of the place when things went wrong, even offered to sell the place to us but we weren't ready financially at the time..

Some people choose to rent instead of buying for the sake of not having to keep up with house maintenance, and in that case, the landlord I speak of, I'd argue was a good landlord. Win win for both parties. Not common, I know, but speaking in absolutes is rarely productive.