Exactly this. I have pretty much the same exact story from that same time frame! Now my house is paid off, so I’m glad they didn’t tempt me.

Yeah, it sucks, but honestly, this has been happening for a long time now. Way before current president, last one, one before that, and one before that. lol

People have always bought stuff they can barely afford.

When I bought my house, I waited until I could get something that wouldn’t take up more than 30% of my after-tax income. I found a small fixer-upper in a nice neighborhood, and everyone thought I was crazy for not getting something bigger.

Now my house is paid off, and they’re still stressing over their bigger, more expensive homes. Now to be honest, my house still kind of a piece of crap. Some rooms still have 1970’s wood paneling. No granite countertops for me. But fuck that noise, now that it’s paid off, I don’t owe anyone shit.

Times are tough, no doubt, but people make mistakes whether the economy is good or bad.

I’m not shilling for anyone. If you are unhappy with articles that get posted, then you should take your concerns to the news orgs. I don’t write the articles, friend. My post history is public: https://lemmy.world/u/UniversalMonk?page=1&sort=New&view=Posts

Thank you! :)

I didn’t vote for Stein. Thanks! :)

Yeah, that’s the thing that stands out for me too. 19 freaking times. Over and over. Horrible.

And you’re getting lots of comments removed for calling every single person that disagrees with you, a “troll.” lol

Lemmy’s not an echo chamber. Accept it.

Yeah, definitely a typo, unless ancient horses and rhinos had drastically different diets than they do now. lol

Great post!

Yep, I noticed that too, OP. And when I point it out, they claim I’m crying victim or that I have “main character syndrome” or that I am sealioning.

But you’re not alone. Other people notice this just like you do.

Exactly! lol

It never happens. I remember how so many people said they were gonna leave Reddit with the API nonsense. Annnnddd they’re still there. lol

I thought it already was, until I saw your post.

Yep, sooo glad I left Reddit for good. Haven’t been back at all since I quit and came to Lemmy.

Amen!

I already get accused of being a bot daily because I post stuff that people don’t like. Lemmy is gonna get real interesting as it grows. lol

Yep! Very sus.

I feel the same way.

Create one, friend! It’ll start off slow, but it may build up.

It has been for a long time.

Same reasons that ad tiers are gaining a foothold in streaming services like Netflix. The consumer has shown they are fine with it.

Yep, I remember when Netlfix first put it out there that they would start with the ads, and everyone on reddit was like, “Canceling my Netflix right now!!”

Netflix is doing just fine without the 5 redditors who actually did cancel it. lmao