Situationship? Or friend zone for women?

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There’s no such thing as a situationship, men don’t owe you a relationship, or consistency.

There’s no right way to respect, respect or have a relationship, you either agree, or you don’t.

Just because you’re hurt or frustrated, doesn’t mean somebody is wrong, it just means you disagree with boundaries.

If a person violates your boundaries, that’s wrong, there’s no relation or situation, but if you don’t like their style, that’s your problem and your needs.

Situationship is only a complaint based on the assumption that somebody is obligated to meet your needs or you deserve some level of commitment or clarity, but all that is bullshit. You are not stuck, you’re choosing to stay, you’re in a situationship because you’re not important, and you settle for it, welcome it, and let somebody meet you at their convenience.

CRANE GHOST BUILD still the best Wordle strategy, here’s proof.

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This post is updated to reflect “all games”, which previous versions were limited to Scramble, Words with Friends…etc)

CRANE GHOST BUILD will get you roughly 2800 words. Keep in mind, GATED, CANES, HOSTS would technically count.

BRAIN KELPS TOUGH will get you just about 2455 words. Again, plural such as THUGS, RAINS count also count.

RAISE BUTCH MOLDY will get you only 2515 words, and CRIES, you get it now.

With about 2800 words, it’ll take vaguely 7.7 years to run out. That doesn’t include VAGUE, JADED, MOVIE, WOMEN, WAXER, VIXEN, JAZZY, FUZZY, FLING, QUEST, QUEUE, SQUID, CLICK, …etc.

Wordle started Oct ’21. It’s currently less than 3 years old (about 1030 used). Therefore, it has at least 5 years, and that’s assuming they don’t recycle some.

UM, ACTUALLY, we have about 9 years worth of words, here’s why!

If you put all 3 tactics together, that’s CRANEGHOSTBUILD + KPMY, you’ll get a total of 6262 words (2320 of which end with S), BUT, that’s ONLY counting words that ONLY contain these 19 letters (not 26 letters), and contains words like JADED, JADES, CRIES. It DOESN’T contain JAZZY, FUZZY, VIXEN, but elimination will get you there.

In a worst case scenario where we exclude all words ending with S (2300) or D (500), you’d still have 3462. That’s worst case, realistically, if you were only excluding plural and past tense, you’d probably only 1000.

The point being, that means 365 x 9 = 3285. We absolutely can expect about 6 more years before it gets super boring and predictable (and that again, assuming nothing gets recycled). For context, very few apps or games last beyond 6 years, much less 9. We know this because Angry Birds and Tetris.

Arizona abortion ban secures Biden 2024. Trump is fucked.

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News breaks that Arizona abortion ban from about 160 years ago is ruled “constitutional” by Supreme Court. This means abortion backlash will hit all out, and Republicans are guaranteed to lose 2024, even with Trump cowering to “leave it to the States”

This ultimately means, in combination with student loan forgiveness, Biden is now free to divest from supporting Israel in this war against Gaza and Hamas.

Nikki Haley promises the US stands for UTI, Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel. Tankies stand for Russia, China and Palestine.

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Why is the US right, and tankies wrong?

The short answer is: not quite.

US is “right” be pure coincidence that Ukraine and Taiwan are not rogue nations or aggressors. They may have no real legal standing to exist, but their people and governments are not extremist or terrorist. They have a right to exist in peace simply because they are human.

Not so true for State of Israel, which is an illegal occupation. That said, Israeli people still deserve to live in peace, they just need to figure out a way to compromise and coexist with Palestinians.

Tankies are “right” about Palestine, but again, purely out of coincidence.

Marciano Art Foundation in Los Angeles reopened in 2022.

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No public announcements or press releases on their quiet reopening (least of which from their official website or instagram account)

They ghosted everybody in November 2019, and announced “permanent” closure. Zero accountability or actual plans were published.

Then, secretly one day, in 2022, they reopened, and nobody has talked about them since. Correct us if we’re wrong.

Cohabitation is a scam. Financial abuse and relationship black hole. All could go wrong.

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Cohabitation has been sold for decades as a training wheel for marriage, or a precursor to test out a marriage (which allows for backing out). It’s also often advertised as “the best kind of roommates that share expenses to save money” but reality and statistics just don’t add up to the hype.

First of all, while it’s true that it’s a precursor for marriage, it’s happening way too intentionally. Meaning, instead of being a test for whether a marriage would work, it’s become a promise to marry or eventual pressure to marry with little to no clean exit strategy.

As far as “roommates but also lovers”, this is actually the best example where business and pleasure gets you the worst of both worlds. And spoiler first: just don’t mix finances. Mixing finances is overrated. Dave Ramsey is completely right that until you’re married, don’t share banks, but I’d go a step further and say even if you’re married, don’t share banks.

If you want somebody to have your money, GIVE IT TO THEM. Giving them automatic open door is just lazy for both, it’ll lead to enabling, and dependence in the worst combination imaginable.

There’s no evidence that cohabitation saves money other than at best saving some on housing. The net result is almost always spending more, even if they justify it with ‘but at least I saved on housing first’.

Why is Dave Ramsey so wrong? In both directions

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For starting, let’s first say who and what Dave is.

  1. He’s a businessman who’s been bankrupt before
  2. He makes about 30M a year and is worth about 250M total
  3. He is, by any standard, a celebrity and retired person who doesn’t need to be good with money, but just happens to be not so bad at it.

He is famous for a few good things

  1. Training people to avoid debt and get out of debt
  2. Shitting on scammers such as time share and certain life policies
  3. Encouraging people to invest rather than save, or emphasizing that mutual funds and index funds are both predictable and better than simply not spending (frugality isn’t the full picture, passive income adds up)

Here’s where he’s basically dead wrong

  1. He hates debt so much that he doesn’t even believe in leveraging mortgage
  2. He hates credit cards so much that he ignores it can build credit, increase breathing room and help people who need it the most
  3. He is SUPER wrong on expecting 12% annual return rate while saying 8% withdraw rate is safe (this is a stark contradiction to avoiding debt)

If you read the last part, you’ll see that he seems to be wrong in both conflicting directions, why avoid debt just to be a spender later? But here’s why he’s actually, “not that wrong”. It’s all statistics.

  1. Demographics, few Americans (I dare say, less than 10%) would be fortunate enough to either retire early or have the first world problem of paying off house early
  2. From here, few make so much income that “avoiding debt” would be a real problem
  3. See where I am getting? He’s suckered on the upper 10% that can afford to make lots of mistakes without hurting
  4. But, regardless of your income level, once you achieve debt free, home paid off, you’re either old or don’t need to worry about house. That is why he is comfortable telling you to waste away your money and retire at a million dollars.
  5. By the time you follow his steps and house paid, a million dollars, $80,000 is not only more than enough, but also even if you run out, you’ll still have your house. He is counting on almost nobody being too young to be hurt from his advice.
  6. So Dave isn’t so much “wrong” as he is just cherry picking the people that perfectly fit his criteria of benefiting from arrogance.

What is “low income” in the US? What about “high cost of living”? The 3x rule’s unintended results

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  1. We’ve all heard the 3x rule. A landlord can ask for proof of income, and require that a potential tenant make 3x the rent per month as a safe barrier of approval.
  2. This rule effectively means a person making only $3000 cannot afford to pay for a house that costs over $1000 a month, even if they happen to have no other liabilities and expenses, or regardless of their savings.
  3. In the past 5 years, the complaints about “OMG rent is so high” are everywhere, even in cities where they are not known to be expensive.
  4. There’s no clear answer for what counts as “affordable” housing and what counts as “high income” but one thing we CAN say is this
  5. Some people literally have zero income, zero. So there’s no such thing as “affordable housing” for people who have nothing.
  6. People who make above median income often still complain they “don’t make enough” or “are only middle class” or “are struggling too” or “live paycheck to paycheck”. But how do we know if it’s their fault?
  7. It’s actually easy! For starters, gas prices, income taxes and inflation are never the real factors.
  8. Housing is usually the highest cost and what varies by geography the most. Yes, even if you counted state and local taxes.
  9. Let’s reuse the 3x rule. If a person only pays 1/3 or less of their income to housing, it’s fair to say they cannot complain “cost of housing” is their issue. In fact, it would be very hard for them to say with a straight face, or in good faith, that “cost of living” is unaffordable, yes, even if they paid 30% of their income into taxes.
  10. Whether rent is $500 or $4000, a person either makes enough or they do not. But if they make more than 3x their rent, whether it’s $5000 or $10,000, they cannot in good conscience say they are poor or somebody is forcing them to be poor.

Chromebook Acer Spin 713. Best chromebook, worst laptop price.

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$700 for a Chromebook is a no go.

Period.

There’s no amount of performance that can justify buying a Chromebook.

You should only buy a Chromebook if it’s under $500, period.

Do I need to break it down? Fine.

Here’s what you know, or should know.

  1. You can get a brand new M1 Macbook Air for $750.
  2. Wait, that’s not enough? Ok, for $750, the biggest downside to this Macbook is no HDMI or USB-A, super annoying, but for performance and battery life? It’s unbeatable.
  3. I’ll say it again for $750, you can buy a Macbook, why save $50 to get a Chromebook?
  4. Chromebook should only be bought under very specific conditions, either desperate to save money, or certainty that software OS isn’t an issue. The lack of versatility with ChromeOS can only be justified if the pricing is under $500, or else there’s no advantage to it. In fact, there’s no advantage to Chromebook at all other than pricing.
  5. “But you can get so much for paying so little” doesn’t work when it’s $700. $700 isn’t “so little” by any standard. That argument only makes sense if you’re paying $400 or $200. Or else you’re not “saving” any money.
  6. Even if you like touchscreen, or need HDMI ports, there’s plenty pf Windows laptops under $700. May not be as fast as this Spin 713, but the software support is worth the “performance” deficiency, if any at all.
  7. Let’s review: Chromebooks should cost $500 max. Windows computers should cost $700 max. Macbooks should cost $1000 max.
  8. In 5 years, Chromebooks will be worth $100 (80% drop), Windows laptops will be worth $350 (50% drop), and Macbooks will still be worth $500 (34% drop from $750) if not $700 (30% drop from $1000).
  9. Ultimately, every sacrifice and compromise you make, whether it’s buying used or using a less ideal OS, it should save at least $200. Or else don’t do it. Your trouble and options are worth more than $200.