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Cake day: July 10th, 2023

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  • We were in SF a few months ago, and wandered around the Union Square area. I snapped pictures around the city because I actually adored it and sent them to my MAGA parents, telling them they promised me human shit on the sidewalks and hoardes of homeless people harrassing me, so I wanted my money back. I told them I was also promised looters and cars being smashed into right in front of my face.

    They were not amused and said something along the lines of: “Yes well Trump has been president so cities are cleaning up their acts!”

    They both live on the fucking east coast and have never even set foot in CA for a second.





  • AquaTofana@lemmy.worldtoA Boring Dystopia@lemmy.worldRent is theft
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    22 days ago

    I say this all the time as some who has bought/sold two houses and is currently a renter.

    It IS really nice having the “forced savings” of buying a house, and knowing that if you pay off enough and SHTF you can always sell for a chunk of change, but holy shit, people VASTLY underestimate the maintenance costs.

    Most people think: “Haha, I would rather have a $10K roof replacement every 20 years” or “I could handle a $1K water heater NBD”, but its not that. At all.

    We had a pipe bust underneath our house that home insurance wouldn’t cover because it didn’t directly affect the house itself, and that was an unexpected $30K hit and digging under our home in multiple locations. People like to tout the foundation/roof being good, but I’m telling everyone, dont sleep on the hydrostatic leak tests. And if I ever buy a house again, that is something I’ll get done like every other year, because our pipe burst after we had owned the home for over 10 years.

    Right now though, I am HAPPY knowing that the only “emergency” I’d have to cover would be vehicle issues, and my savings are going to largely stay my savings.








  • I just asked my husband what this was, and he launched into a whole lesson about how this title is the end-goal of the bennyjezerit (idk I’m not googling how to spell that lmao, I just know how its pronounced), and its the male version of the bennies.

    He also told me that Jessica fucked everything up because she was supposed to have a daughter, and instead chose to have Paul, so she essentially ended a 3000 year old breeding program in its tracks. Icon behavior!




  • AquaTofana@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonealcohol rule
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    2 months ago

    Ugh, Tequila. When I was in my early 20s, my bar drink of choice was a shot of Cuervo Silver with a salted rim and a lime slice. I puked it up so many times that even the scent of straight Tequila makes me gag and I’m nearly 40 now.

    Even the “good stuff” like the Don Julio my husband occasionally enjoys sipping.

    I can still enjoy a good margarita on the rocks though, so it didn’t completely destroy Tequila for me.

    I’m an IPA, Chianti or Malbec, Prosecco, and Gin girly though for the most part.


  • I used to do this when we had more than one dog. I also like to say “Don’t play too much Nintendo, clean your rooms, and I left a twenty on the counter for pizza when you get hungry” because I like to pretend its still 1996.

    I’ll keep the orange tip in mind for when my last old girl eventually crosses the rainbow bridge, because I definitely want cats next after having doggos for the past 15 years.


  • I canceled my Hilton Honors account.

    Fuck they were SO GOOD for pet friendly travel.

    But wherever there was a Hilton Garden Inn there’s USUALLY a Hyatt Place too, and they are also pretty reliably pet friendly. Not owned by the same people either, I checked.

    Until I discover what they’ve done wrong as I’m sure its something.