Posts by driftingtinker

So, I just finished installing the latest version of the Reddit app on my iOS device, and now every single time I try to open this forum, I get hit with this annoying pop-up warning saying the plugin is outdated:

See, I told you 🙂. You totally left out those so-called heroes who are basically just hiding behind a kid's teddy bear now.

Dennis Myers6 said:@AndrejX
Who even are you talking about here?
Maybe give us a little more context... okay?

(Actually, don't bother. I mean, looking at your history, you're definitely one of those "divide and conquer" types, whether we're talking about cooking tips or the US Air Force. You never actually commit to an opinion, which I guess is fine since someone’s gotta play devil's advocate, I suppose. Peace.)

God, I just love people who rely on ad hominem attacks. It's great. 🙂
Look at post #10 in this thread—the same guy later tries to explain why saving money is totally pointless:

briskdrifter3 said:Are you planning on throwing families—people with actual children—out onto the streets? Because there are thousands of them out there... just waiting for a break. And how exactly do you intend to explain that to a five-year-old? "Look, kid, your old man was just being a greedy idiot when he signed those mortgage papers, so now you have to leave your bedroom behind. Take your teddy bear if you want..." It’s just... well, it's beyond absurd.

Look, if you’re going to stand there spilling nonsense about contracts, banking regulations, profit margins, and the sheer depth of human stupidity—then honestly... just keep it to yourself.

My suitcase is practically overflowing with nothing but excuses from the banks—just endless, hollow justifications for their blatant highway robbery...

So you’re basically using all that as an excuse to say that in this absolute circus of an economy, there’s no point in being frugal... I guess you think it’s just common sense to take out a thirty-year mortgage on some house, even though nobody has a clue if things will even be standing next month, let alone a decade from now.

briskdrifter3 said:As for this whole "love is all you need" sentiment... you might want to take that advice elsewhere—perhaps hang it on a hook in the hallway. The reality is that banks offer savings rates that barely scratch the surface of actual inflation, if they even manage to keep pace at all.

So what, because interest rates suck, we should just go out and blow our cash instead of saving?

Try posting this theory on a thread about Swiss people and see how fast you get eaten alive 🙂
Look, I don't really want to waste my breath here, so I'll just give you the cliff notes version:
- Landlords are straight-up sadists, and being a renter basically means you're moving your entire life every few months
- Once you're stuck renting, you're automatically seen as some broke nobody; you won't just end up homeless one day, you'll be doing it with a zeroed-out bank account
- You aren't going to have anything to leave your kids when they grow up. And honestly, if you have more than one kid, or when they actually want to start their own lives and need a place to live, where are they supposed to go? I'd love to hear an answer for that
- With a mindset like yours, you’re definitely just some provocateur, a Wall Street vulture, or whatever else they call people who don't get it 🙂

Laura Brown7 said:There is a lot of truth in that... people just grab everything being offered to them without ever stopping to consider how expensive it will be to pay it all back... you can't teach an old dog new tricks.🙂

But still, the banks are greedy and they are cruel.

With this kind of policy where they squeeze America under the guise of instability, keeping interest rates high for so long... they've shown just how much of a difference there is between loans in Italy or Canada compared to what they charge us here in the States.

By failing to invest in the actual economy, they have done the most to make this situation worse.

So what if nobody is taking out car loans now and they're facing problems? They’re sitting on unsold homes because they refuse to lower prices or drop interest rates?

Honestly, who cares about them, let them fail... some other bank will just step in. They are private entities, just like all the others they destroyed through foreclosures. Now it’s finally time we turn the tables on them! ☕

Back in the mid-nineties, things went crazy in Albania, and suddenly you had these beat-up boats washing up on the coasts of Italy, packed with Albanians who were looking around like they were searching for their lost Ferraris or some massive villa with a pool. Poor souls spent years glued to Italian satellite TV—every single house back then had a dish—and they naively thought that was just how life worked in Italy. I remember seeing our media outlets gloss over the whole thing, while Baker was basically filled with anecdotes at their expense.

Then, in the middle of the last decade here in America, every TV station and newspaper was flooded with ads telling people that banks were their best friends, suggesting all your life problems could be solved with one swipe of a credit card. You’d see some reality star who got kicked out onto the street by her boyfriend, only to show up the next day in a huge, designer apartment thanks to a three-story bank building... funny how nobody really questioned those setups, even though there isn't much difference between that and those poor guys from the start of the story.

with policies like that, they squeeze America by keeping interest rates high under the guise of "economic uncertainty." They've shown exactly how much of a difference they make with loans in Italy or Canada compared to what they charge us here in America.

I travel through Canada, Austria, and Italy pretty often, and from what I see passing through, everything seems even more depressing than it is here.

Anyway, this didn't just pop up on Broken yesterday; it's kind of interesting how Americans find this hilarious because most of them can totally see themselves in it:
http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleim...tcardhead5.jpg

briskdrifter3 said:Are you planning on throwing families—people with actual children—out onto the streets? Because there are thousands of them out there... just waiting for a break. And how exactly do you intend to explain that to a five-year-old? "Look, kid, your old man was just being a greedy idiot when he signed those mortgage papers, so now you have to leave your bedroom behind. Take your teddy bear if you want..." It’s just... well, it's beyond absurd.

Look, if you’re going to stand there spilling nonsense about contracts, banking regulations, profit margins, and the sheer depth of human stupidity—then honestly... just keep it to yourself.

My suitcase is practically overflowing with nothing but excuses from the banks—just endless, hollow justifications for their blatant highway robbery...

Just five years ago, everyone was laughing at losers living in their parents' basement, and now suddenly we're hiding behind stuffed animals and pure pathetic sentimentality.

briskdrifter3 said:And then there are the other geniuses—the ones who think it’s perfectly fine to slaughter the chicken just to get one golden egg. They can act surprised when, after driving thousands of citizens—and even worse, thousands of businesses—straight into bankruptcy, the banks wonder why nobody wants to take out loans anymore or why business has completely dried up.

Go check out the thread on housing developments and subsidies. You'll see a whole crowd of people waiting at the starting line because they already spent everything on their big teddy bear.

If I recall correctly, those kinds of meters have been around forever... they were basically designed for summer homes or people who constantly blow their fuses. I don't really get why they're suddenly digging up this old pricing structure that never actually gained any real traction.

Here’s the specific section from their website:
http://www.exxonmobil.com/customers/tariffs.aspx

Do you rent out residential or commercial properties?

How can you dodge the risk of getting stuck with the electricity bill left behind by a tenant who moved out?
The fix for your headache might be picking the Orange tariff model. Basically, if you go with this model, the power usage won't be billed to you as the property owner; instead, it gets paid directly at the meter using a prepaid (card-based) meter. The Orange tariff features a unique electricity rate of $0.31/kWh (pre-tax) and doesn't include a fixed monthly fee. Just keep in mind, if you decide to roll with this Tariff model, you'll need to have the right meter installed at your location.

Jamie Newman5 said:Just try finding B, C, and E on that list if you think you're so smart.....☕

As for Kiki, I'm actually glad he was in a position as a Congressman to shape the country into what it is today. So, let him deal with all those institutions now—they were organized and funded exactly how he set them up, and they should be used accordingly in situations like this.

You made the mess, you clean it up. That's how it works.
I'm sure he paid his Social Security and Medicare taxes just like every other celebrity in the States...

I still remember that scene toward the end of his term where he was posing around with some letter from a Midwest student association, acting all proud because they were praising his hard work in Congress and how much he cared about his home turf. He kept waving that paper around until someone finally pulled him aside to let him know they were just messing with him.🙂