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Crayon_Lover posted...

Yeah I'd say the same. I drove across the country recently and saw tons of Teslas but I can't remember one instance of them driving crazy \ _ ( ) _ /

It's a little unexpected for me because all the car mags rave about how quick they are given their EV status but no one buys them for that.

99% of the Teslas around here drive like grandmas.

Alteres posted...

class of 2004 woo

My bro - HS Class of 2004 represent

My fault for not specifying. I am currently looking at 2 cars/trucks right now.
The Hyundai Santa Cruz SE with the 2.5L I4 engine (Crossover Truck?)
The Dodge Charger SE with the 2.7 L V6 engine. (Sedan)

Do you actually know what you want? You're cross shopping an econo-CUV with a large RWD sedan. You're comparing apples to pistachios.

Since I got married I've developed a greater appreciation for weddings.

I've got one coming up in France this August.

Nope. I would pay off my house and debts, invest whatever is left and still keep my 9-5. Would have a LOT more disposable income though.

If you are an adult, you don't need anyone's permission to leave. It's none of anyone else's business

I disagree, especially now since I've owned my home for the last several years.

I don't want traffic coming in and out of the house at all times of the day or night. So if you're going to be living in my house I don't necessarily need "permission" but the least you could do as a courtesy would be to drop a message or note about it.

You can't just do whatever the hell you want in my house while living rent free - don't care how old you are. Don't like it? Easy solution - get your own place.

I'm doing a bit of international traveling this summer and given my spending habits on the Sapphire Preferred, I just applied for the Sapphire Reserve. I'm particularly excited about lounge access and the $300 annual travel credit.

The metallic cards I think are ones that get noticed the most. That's usually the case when I hand my Chase card to someone.

It's set to automatic but I train it to rest at the 15-20% mark.

You don't need a damn Mustang GT to catch your average speeder.

He ain't the face of nothing until he wins a chip. I don't care how hard the league is pushing him.

My Breitling SuperOcean was $4000.

I do see myself getting a Navitimer at some point. The ones I'm looking at are in the $10k range.

I'm going to France in August to officiate a wedding for one of my best friends.

Not good for me. My mortgage and daughter's daycare alone would eat that.

One (Galaxy S23 Ultra)

We have a finished ~1250 sq ft basement and the previous owners had a pool table down there along with exercise equipment and entertainment center.

We don't play pool so at some point we'll convert the space where it was to another bedroom.

Yes, as I use it to communicate with family abroad and some international group chats as well.

WhatsApp is the #1 global texting platform for a reason. It's cross platform and works on any phone that's able to download it.

None.

And not "none" because I don't have a card but "none" because I pay off any balances as soon as it posts or at the end of the month. I put all my big expenses (travel, furniture, home improvement, etc) on the card and currently have a zero balance.

My philosophy is simple - if whatever I'm putting on the credit card can't be paid with my debit card right then and there, then I don't use it. So the credit card is basically an extension of my checking account.

My 2021 Acura TLX A-Spec has a 10.2 inch center screen that's controlled by the True Touchpad Interface - however, most commonly used features (climate controls, heated/ventilated seats, drive modes) are controlled by physical buttons or knobs. That's the way it should be because I dont want all car features buried in menu after menu after menu.

I specifically do NOT want a damn touchscreen in my car. In addition to questionable safety issues with it, I don't need my screen littered with fingerprint grease and grime. Stuff like what I see on Teslas are a dealbreaker.

Let's see...

I married at 32
My older brother married at 35 and my younger brother also married at 32
In the last 2 years I've attended 4 weddings - everyone who married was over 30 (oldest was a 39/40 couple for their first marriage)
My brother-in-law is engaged - he and his fiance are 35
I'm going to France this August for another wedding - yep, the couple getting married is over 30

Well I'm married so at least one woman at some point found me attractive.

But broadly speaking, I'd say I'm attractive. I'm tall, trim, with a "swimmer's body", and as one woman said to me a few weeks ago, I should've taken up modeling.

Wouldn't recommend it, since it can definitely scare off people

That's kind of the intent. If I'm interviewing someone for a job and I get the sense that they don't want to stay with my company for long, then I don't want you.

I know some people who straight up divorced over the kids issue. It's either the conversation somehow didn't come up during the dating period or the two people had differing goals and one thought that they could change the other's mind. Me personally, I'd want to know basics up front so we're not wasting each other's time.

I think it's appropriate. On a first date, you're kind of asking questions to see if there's compatibility and whether this thing can go long term. Getting married/having kids can be a deal breaker either way so best not to waste each other's time.

I just bought a CPO 2021 Acura TLX A-Spec

Couldn't pay me to drive a Tesla. Hope you enjoy yours though.

Being in California it probably has a lot to do with climate change and natural disasters.

CableZL posted...

And many of them returned it within the allowable time frame.

Of course. Review one to get the clicks and send it right back.

So the device that was too expensive, no killer app, and terrible battery life failed to meet sales expectations? Color me surprised.

Looks like the only people who bought the stupid things were the YouTubers.

If you include the playoffs (and you should), the Lakers are 0-8 against the Nuggets in their last 8 outings. They are 0-3 just from this season.

Nuggets will clobber them. They should've lost this Pelicans game and won the Warriors/Kings game so they'd go up against OKC.

Steph Curry makes more per game than what Caitlin Clark is making for 4 years

While the contract Caitlin Clark signed is a pittance, please don't do that to her. Steph has been an international superstar sharpshooter for the last decade and has brought untold revenue to the NBA not to talk of his 4 championships. I expect great things from her in the WNBA but comparing her to Steph like that is unfair.

Wow Blake Griffin. Seems like only yesterday I was watching him in those Kia Optima commercials talking to Uvo.

I'll pour one out for him.

Married (4 years married, 13 years together)

Devices from the Galaxy S (S1, from 2010), well through the Galaxy Note 7 (2016), and beyond, though with less personal experience, as I was no longer in the industry - so it was all personal experience and what I kept up w/ online.

As I figured - you haven't reliably used anything from them in almost a decade so you being "in the industry" is meaningless if your frame of reference is from 10 years ago.

nekrodev posted...

I've generally avoided Samsung, as someone who has been in the industry, exactly because this hasn't been true, from what I've seen. Samsung often has perfectly suitable hardware, but their software has been incredibly problematic over the years.

What was the device you used and when was it? I'm typing this on a 2018 Tab S4 that I've used for everything from signing documents to remote VPN work. Your workflows may be different from mine but my devices have never let me down for what I need them to do.

All my computing devices and home appliances all sync pretty well together. Failures are few and far between and not enough to really matter. Your miles may very but I think Samsung as a company has come a long way from even 5-10 years ago.

Samsung literally turns off things like push notifications for non-official apps, without telling you, in order to preserve their constantly running tracking apps, when your battery life gets below like, 75%. Samsung is horrible for bloatware. I'm not talking about how their apps actually run, I'm talking about the s*** you don't even know is running

Well if the apps run well and they don't get in the way of what I want the device to do then why should I care? If you don't like the Samsung apps then delete and/or disable them. Am I able to delete or disable all of Apple's first party apps on an iPhone? No one calls that bloatware but that's what it is.

I'm looking at the Samsung apps I use for my phone and every single one of them can be deleted or disabled on a whim. I don't follow you.

Samsung will last over years, but they load their s*** with so much bloatware that it's insane

Nope, the Samsung apps are often better than the Google counterparts and those Samsung apps are the closest thing Android has to the Apple ecosystem.

If you buy into the Samsung ecosystem and get their devices you will see that they all play nicely together. It's Apple-like without the stupid.

Nice kitty - and I like that deck too

Not so much the dating, but the partying, roaming the casinos and even some nightclubs. My wife says no problem - just take her with me. Bless her heart.

Maryland #9

Just glad we bought when we did.

I've seen plenty of houses for sale in the five digit range, if you're ok with them being tiny, old or having major issues.

The issue is that it'll cost you the total amount the house is worth to fix all that up - ain't nobody got time for that. There's a reason why homes like that are cheap.

Yeah, my mortgage company did their yearly escrow analysis and came up with a shortage of about $3100. We have elected to pay that shortage outright (and then some) rather than roll it into the new mortgage which would have gone up by $400. The interest rate has held steady.

Our realtor (also a good friend of mine) also reminded us to file a Homestead Tax Credit with the state so more potential savings can come our way in the long run.

I got you dadbro:

One example, a few days ago I was giving my five year old a bath, and the normal way we rinse is with a small Tupperware we reserve for this. I was trying to get the soap out of his hair, but it's getting so long and thick that it was taking a ton of reps. And every time I do it, he complains about the water getting in his eyes. So I decided to try to put his head under the faucet, but that backfired like a b and he actually got water up his nose. So he's screaming and crying--probably felt to a five year old like drowning.

I can definitely see that happen. Whenever I give my daughter a bath, there's this plastic headpiece or partition we have where she wears it on her head that let's me (or my wife) get into her hair and wash it without any water getting into her eyes, face or anywhere else. It just falls right down her back. You can probably find something similar for your boy on Amazon or something so that problem gets solved.

Another example, a few days ago Mama made quesadillas for dinner--those being my five year old's favorite food--and I grabbed three of them to finish off the second of the four stacks, since they're cut into quarters. So we eat, and my five year old wants more because of course he does, so I get up and go to grab some. Mama says "make sure to get him one without barbecue sauce." That's a thing she does--she makes half of them with barbecue sauce. I had forgotten. Turns out, those were the last of the plain ones, and I had already eaten them all. So he's screaming and crying AGAIN because I ate his dinner, and it was even his favorite food.

That's it?? Lol don't be so hard on yourself. You weren't intentionally out there eating his favorite food so you can't get too worked up over that. Since it sounds like it's routine that the quesadillas get made on the regular just keep in mind to sequester the BBQ ones for your son.

And like a million other things just like that. Like, I managed to get through the day yesterday without doing something stupid, and I felt good about that, until I realized how amazingly bad of a standard "didn't screw up for three whole hours" is and than I felt even worse than I did before

Well you have to take your wins when you get them so always give yourself a pat on the back for a job well done. Mistakes can and will happen and what matters more is not the mistake you made but how you handle them. My 2 year old for some reason is regressing from the sleep training we gave her from 9 months on and there's this one particular plushie that she wants in her bed when she gets put down for sleep. In my efforts to get her to fall asleep quickly, I hadn't noticed that the plushie wasn't in her bed when I put her down for the night. Realizing that it was out in the living room from playing with it earlier, I waited in-between her waves of crying to quickly ninja into her room, drop it in her bed, and ninja out. She was probably on her way to sleep again without it but I didn't want her to wake up again and start crying about it if it wasn't there.

So it sounds like you've got nothing to worry about here. Just keep making adjustments as a dad and corrrect whatever mistakes you will inevitably make.

Everybody saying theyd make it in the nba really do overestimate their ability

Uhh what? Your premise of this topic is the ability to hit 100% of your 3s. That's the ability. NBA teams would pour money hand over fist for that kind of talent.

And again, at 6'4" I would have no problems getting my shot off either off the dribble or having someone set a pick. And if you know anything about basketball, I don't even need to launch! My mere presence on the court will collapse the defense so much that multiple teammates will be wide open for easy buckets. It's next level Steph Curry.

Klaus343 posted...

TuxedoCyan out here living the fucking dream

Not my dream. I'm 37 with a wife and kid living in my own damn house.

It's counterintuitive but I often say anything easy in life isn't worth doing.

If I could make a 3pt shot 100% of the time I'd declare for the NBA draft right now at 37 years old and become a star and make millions.

I'm 6'4" and played ball growing up all through grad school - I can and will get my shot off.

RetuenOfDevsman posted...

5 and 2

Mostly because I've spent the last several weeks depressed about how damn bad I am at fatherhood.

I'm a father of a 2 year old daughter.

Talk to us bro - I'm sure you're doing the best you can and that's all you can do. I'm also winging it at this daddy thing and trying to throw in everything good my parents did for me while leaving out the bad.