It's been a lot more than a month but I guess we'll have to make allowances for someone that goes on the first vacation of their life in 5 years and let him have a break.
Here's the usual breakdown that you can skip if you read these every month: I left all traditional social media about 5 years ago. I got tired of the identity theft, the self-indulgence and what I perceived to be damage to mine and everyone else's mental health, the infighting among friends over almost anything including politics, and just the amount of time that it would waste in my life that could be spent doing almost anything else. To fill up the dead time in places like waiting in line or at the gym, I heard about 9-Gag, which is a site that is mostly for memes but also has more than its fair share of political propaganda. The good news is that the community is self-policing and if someone doesn't label their post with the correct tags, it will get downvoted into oblivion so if you don't want to hear about Russia/Ukraine for example, the tags can be blocked and voila! You will not see anything about it anymore. There is a lot of fun stuff to be found on there but there is also a bunch of noise. These are the ones I saw that made me laugh or made me think in the past however-long-it-has-been.
I hope you enjoy them
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This time's offerings will be more serious than usual. I hope you are ok with that
As you might have read, I have put myself "back on the market" so to speak after nearly 2 years of inactivity. I don't like using technology to make this happen but that does seem to be the way of the world now. I have met up with several people and it has gone less than awesome. I try my best to be cool and kind but the women on there seem to be doing sex interviews and some of them ask some really probing questions about how much money I make and other such things that I don't think are a very good way to start out. I have only gone on a 2nd date with 2 of the girls I matched with and one of them turned out to be completely bonkers. I had to have security remove her from my apartment when she refused to leave. I never even got "intimate" with her so you can't call me a predator or anything like that. I think I will soon "check out" again if this is what modern dating is going to be like.
I know a lot of people from all over the world after 2 decades of living abroad and moving a lot. As cliche as it sounds I truly believe the above to be true. I know a few people that truly made it as far as wealth is concerned and the "mo money mo problems" has been true for all of them. I think there is a sweet spot as far as wealth is concerned and just like the meme says, that sweet spot is having enough money that you don't have to worry about your financial future anymore, not really having so much that you can buy anything. There was a wonderful clip I ran into of Kurt Cobain talking to a reporter right after Nirvana became the most popular band in the world and he talked about how he preferred when he would go into 2nd hand shops and not be sure what he would find or if he could even afford it. He enjoyed that experience a lot better than knowing that he could simply buy the entire store like he could at that point.
Being poor and not having certainty if you are going to be able to make it through the next month sucks, this is for sure. But I don't think that most people actually would do very well with immense wealth and it would result in a net detriment to their overall life.
This is mildly political and if that is not your bag, sorry. I have a few friends that are hardcore feminists and still stand by the gender pay gap thing even though it has been debunked time and time again. They want it to be true more than they are actually interested in knowing if it even is true. I don't want to get into that though and this isn't the point. The point is that the good meme-makers on 9Gag are able to take a hot-at-the-moment political issue and make some good humor about it and I think this is one of those.
If you don't know who Jim Cramer is, you are better off for that. He has been bashing crypto since it ever was something the media ever talked about and now he is advising his viewers to definitely get involved. That is great if you are a HODL-er like me, but at the same time this guy has a reputation for being someone that appear to attempt to manipulate markets perhaps for his own personal gain. Basically it's an ongoing joke that whatever Jim says to do, do the opposite. This time I will actually agree with him though.
The US midwest isn't known for a lot but this is one little tidbit of information that I was unaware of until yesterday. I guess this is for preservation in case of natural disaster or fallout of some sort? No matter the reason, I am glad to see that the world is interested in preserving the truly important things in life. Forget about saving people, we need that cheese for the end-times.
This isn't a meme and to some on 9gag Tweets are frowned upon. But since I do not have Twitter and have never really used it, I like getting things like this. It also is funny because I am completely out of practice when it comes to dating and flirting. While I haven't gotten specifically in this situation, I am definitely aloof when it comes to people flirting with me. I have been told by people after the fact that some girl was interested in me and I was like "really? I had no idea!" and then I thought about it and the signs were definitely there, my radar is just rusted and broken because of non-use.
This will likely only have some humorous value if you are around my age. In the 80's it seemed like every family had at least one of these and yes, they would get used for almost anything. When we were sick as kids my mom would leave it in our bedrooms and we referred to it as a "burp pan" because we were not a foul-mouthed family at all. It didn't occur to me at the time but it is kind of gross that this pan would be used for all manner of disgusting things such as holding vomit for a night, and then later be used to bring food to pot-luck suppers at church. Let me know if you had one because I think it was required by the government in USA at least.
I know that is a short list but I have actually been quite busy after spending more than a month in Mexico so I haven't had a lot of downtime. If you have any memes to share back, I always enjoy seeing them.
We still have some Tupperware like that. I know the stuff from when I was a kid was orange. I am horrible at flirting too. I've been in the same situation where I clearly missed all the signs!
I think those tupperware containers only came is awful colors. Clear wasn't one of them and after years of ruining them with spaghetti sauce I think I understand why that was the case.
Haha, yeah good point!
The dating app one was the standout for me.
That cheese info was interesting.
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online dating sucks! It has an effect on regular people too because everyone is now used to meeting everyone online so if you approach someone in public to try to date them they don't know how to react. We have all been reprogrammed.
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"I left all traditional social media about 5 years ago" that's a wise decision, i think facebook, twitter, instagram, tiktok r things that we can live without them & life would go well, my self didn't use them for nearly 4y & i'm doing well i mean they aren't oxygen nor water!, i agree that most people just want enough money not to b worried & not necessarily really rich, i mean u don't need as much as elon musk has to live well!, of course how much money is enough differs from a place to another for example 2.5k-3k a month would b great almost every where but n switzerland for example that won't b enough because it's an expensive place also norway & iceland r expensive, on the other hand 1k a month is more than enough n most countries n africa, central-southern-south eastern asia, latin america & east europe, i think also health care & higher education fees needs to b included n the calculation n countries like germany & finland for example people have a great public health insurance & they don't need the expensive private ones + they have free higher education + they have a great public transportation systems where u often don't need a private car & expensive fuel, so u will have more money to spend on other important things, so is $1/4m enough- is it $1/2m or it's an entire million it depends on the place. wow 1.4 billion pound of cheese that's really a lot! nice post- well done- have a good day
thanks for the long reply even though it is difficult to read because of lack of spacing... haha
When I lived in USA getting money was basically the only important thing and when I first traveled overseas and saw how people were much happier with a lot less money and possessions it really opened my eyes to how wonderful the world can be, if only the people will allow it to be.
In SE Asia there are still people that thrive on wealth but they don't appear to be very happy. Most of the population in Thailand and Vietnam can NEVER aspire to great wealth, it simply isn't possible - therefore they surround themselves with other content people and do simple things and I think they are much happier than the millionaires that I know who only ever think about finances.
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All the extra cheese is a result of subsidies. The government tries to pawn it off on schools and such but there's just too much of it...so it gets stored.
well that's a dark turn. I wanted it to be for the sake of preservation. :)
I mean they are saving it vs. just dumping it. I'm not really sure what the shelf life is or how much they end up throwing away though. In any case, i don't think we have to worry about a catastrophic cheese shortage any time in the foreseeable future.
they can dump some of it at my place anytime they want
Wow! So much information and lessons in one post and so many of your other posts as well. I am curious though, how many hours does it take to come up with your posts as they are always long and informative.
I just start typing for the most part and it is kind of a journal for me. I don't often plan to write 1000 words, it just kind of happens. :)
There must be plenty on Jim Kramer because he makes so many incorrect predictions you would think they are on purpose.
He is a tool although I do get amusement by seeing how often everything he says is wrong yet he still has a very large platform and is seen by many as an expert. Imagine being wrong over 50% of the time and people still thinking you are a guru of sorts.
On another note, we have spoken about Travala in the past and have you noticed the recent meteoric rise in its value? Any idea what triggered that?