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  • I was talking guns with an old guy at my last job, he said that everywhere in his house you are never more than 5 feet from a gun, he’s got so many loaded and stashed around his house, just I’m case. I thought that was one of the most insane things I’ve ever heard. Dude really thought someone was going to clockwork orange them every night and he had to be ready for a gunfight at any second. Yeah it’s life in the country and it might be an hour to a hospital and you gotta fend for yourself, but to assume that you’re going to come under violent assault at any moment and have to be ready to shoot it out with anyone has to be extremely draining. It definitely explained his attitude towards others though, always thought the worst of things he didn’t understand.





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    1 year ago

    12 months of rent at 2500 per month is about 30,000 per year. In 5 years you’ll have paid 150,000 and have nothing to show for it and nowhere to live. Your buddy will have spent the same, admittedly maybe more, but will have a roof over his head that can be passed down for generations or sold to recover se of the money spent.

    Paying rent is just paying off someone else’s mortgage. Why would you rather pay for someone else’s loan instead of getting your own?

    Edit: TPS’s most recent comic actually touches on my point http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comics/1695521525-843.png







  • I worked for a guy who referred to it as “layoff by attrition” who essentially explained that they only have a couple heads over what they predicted based on production volume, and they know the conditions at the plant aren’t nice to be in, 95° F and 50% through most of the summer in a stamping and welding shop. So instead of a tiny layoff or firing people they just wait until the people who won’t put up with the conditions on the floor take care of it themselves.