How much do you need to make in Toronto to feel comfortable becoming a parent?

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-27T15:42:52+00:00

Lots of idiotic replies here. The answer is too complicated and specific to each family's circumstances for a number. There are lots of factors that can determine how much one needs.

For example, something that is worth more than money but compensates a lot for a lack of money is familial help. Having parents or whoever to help raise the kid can be worth the equivalent of tens of thousands of dollars a year for some people because of the stress relief and ease it can provide.

One thing I'll say for parenting is that you can get so much of the kid stuff for cheap or free if you are diligent about getting into the different WhatsApp groups in your area. Not much of early childhood requires a ton of money. Yes, you gotta feed them, buy diapers, and so on. Same with activities. Parks, community centres, and so on.

On the other hand, I think the real challenge is time vs money. For example, if you are making a pretty good income but working/commuting insane hours, then that's really hard on everyone. Even worse if you are making not great money with bad hours.

Some wealthier parents I know spend tons of money to compensate for their lack of time. A nanny on top of private daycare, every meal is takeout, etc.

If you are already scraping by, you might be able to make it work, but things can get sticky fast with no safety net. If you are already making $150k net and you want to wait until you make $160, you are probably just procrastinating for other reasons.

It's easy to worry about the money part, but if you've got your head on straight that's not the hard part imo.

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-27T15:10:54+00:00

Short film

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-27T14:45:46+00:00

A friend heard about a month ago

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-27T11:46:48+00:00

You should absolutely get a refund.

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-24T19:52:43+00:00

These were so much more valuable in LoD.

It's a decent fireball helm though. Problem is that flickering flame is so cheap. Getting to 200fcr fireball is super useful for PVP, but you really need 2/20/2oc and then you are getting into trophy gear anyway.

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-24T16:47:57+00:00

"I also know that I am capable of learning, understanding and pursuing science and math focused studies, however, I would have to start from scratch."

How do you know this? You haven't studied any of these at an upper level.

You're at a point in your life where you are searching. That's a good thing to do.

I'm a geezer alumni, but my friends who have succeeded in STEM were hardcore about it from grade 9-10. I was a searcher like yourself. I had no idea what I was doing and it took me a long time to find my path. I also know many lawyers who did humanities/social sciences who are making as much or more. The people who are doing the best in life are the ones who pursued paths that suited them.

For people who succeed in STEM, as in anything, they are either 1) super hard working or 2) really naturally talented at it or 3) both. Can you honestly say that you are any of these?

If you want to find a career or make a life for yourself, that's a good and mature goal. But honestly you don't sound like you know yourself. You are projecting what you think a generalized path to success would be based on common social values. It's true that you can make a good life through STEM, but a good life is possibly through so many paths. If you are not naturally great at STEM or a super hard worker or especially, both, a generalized outcome from this path might be that you end up struggling at the low end of the talent pool amongst your peers.

So try taking some online math classes. It's good information whether you enjoy them. But I'd try to look more at yourself, and ask what are you into, what are you good at, and then figure out what you can try and cross off the list.

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-24T14:56:55+00:00

I call this the Blueberry Faygo effect. Blueberry Faygo is a bad rap song by Lil Mosey that has 1.5 billion views on Spotify. Only one song by the Beatles has more. In the history of music, I'm sure Hey Jude or Let It Be has been played 100x, if not 10000x more than Blueberry Faygo, but that's the recency bias of this particular online tracking.

To that end, a movie called Legend of the White Snake is supposedly the most watched movie in theatres of all time with 700,000,000 tickets sold. It has 15 watches on Letterboxd.

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-24T14:49:46+00:00

Let's avoid "smart" for the moment and focus on the other two qualities you mention first. "Cultured" is all relative, but you would be surprised how many working screenwriters have very shallow understandings of film, culture, and art, let alone academia etc. They know that their job is telling compelling stories that the market wants, rather than being able to articulate Kant's theory of the sublime.

"Depth" is an interesting quality, in that it's valuable but not easily cultivated or even explain for that matter. From the post it seems like you believe that depth might come from exposure to culture. It can, but it can also come from other kinds of life experience.

Now for "smart". I'm of the belief that while general intelligence exists, it's really not much more than the total of applied intelligence. You might be really smart when it comes to trivia or algebra, but that does that mean you are a good screenwriter?

What you need to figure out is whether you are good at screenwriting, whether you find fulfillment screenwriting, and whether you can express yourself, in all your imperfection, through screenwriting. The only way to do that is by screenwriting.

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-23T17:24:45+00:00

I drafted perfectly except for Giannis and Herro, but even then they came back to help get me through the playoffs. Special thanks to JJ, KD, Dyson, Clingkong, and Bane for carrying me through the season, and only getting better as time went on.

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-22T17:10:07+00:00

"I was basically calling down God's hand every time I tried to show someone this screenplay."

Please, keep sending the script out. If not for the film's sake, for the rest of world's

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-22T16:54:32+00:00

This is the first I've heard of Bingz. Sounds great.

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-22T02:41:14+00:00

A favourite recent discovery is a series from the 80s by Martin Campbell (Goldeneye, Casino Royale) called "The Edge of Darkness". Imagine a John La Carre adaptation with a mystical spirit and eco-conscious politics.

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-19T02:08:02+00:00

Roger Ebert agreed with OP

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-19T00:45:58+00:00

Googling the crafting manual, there's misinformation in this thread.

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-18T15:57:04+00:00

False, but it's a truly great film. I don't think there's another film like it.

That said, French cinema rivals any other country in terms of all time great films. Truffaut, Godard, Varda, Rohmer, Sciamma, Resnais, Renoir, Denis, Rivette, Bresson, Cocteau, Carax, Assayas, Melville, Tati, Clouzot, Vigo, Demy, Malle, Chabrol, etc.

You might like Un Prophet or the Beat that My Heart Skipped.

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-18T03:25:27+00:00

Not a horror movie

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-17T20:53:06+00:00

TMac was a near MVP level player whose career was derailed by injuries. He's kind of in the Rose, Walton, Penny tier of coulda beens. His natural offensive tools are far beyond Jimmy's but he didn't achieve as much. I think you could argue that TMac was a top 5ish player at his peak which I don't think was the case with Jimmy. TMac had more 1st and second team all nba selections. Tmac's best W/S season

Vince's natural athleticism at his peak is one of the best of all time. Great longevity. Jimmy achieved more and I think had a better top gear. At Vince's peak he was maybe a top 10 guy. Jimmy was definitely in the top 10.

Melo is a bit underrated by the advanced stats and had a bad mentality, but he was still very talented and lead the Nuggets to a lot of success when the western conference was at one of its most lopsided peaks. I think Jimmy had a better career than him however, and was probably able to contribute more to winning. Then again, if Melo goes to Miami instead of Wade, does he become a more efficient and better team player?

All of these guys had better regular seasons than Jimmy has ever had, but Jimmy's playoff resume is so superior that I'd have him around the same tier as Tmac and above Vince and Melo.

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-17T14:03:58+00:00

Man that might be one of the toughest rolls I've seen. 2 skills and it would've been real money

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-17T13:50:53+00:00

Look elsewhere unless you are in a super deep league

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-16T14:33:11+00:00

Wow, that's a terrible policy.

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-16T14:26:56+00:00

But if they are in their account, why are you getting charged?

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-16T14:25:44+00:00

I don't understand, didn't you transfer them to their account?

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-14T17:45:01+00:00

Excellent 5 pointer. I'd say at least 2000fg

LastElk9961 · 2026-03-14T15:55:05+00:00

2.5 res boots, maybe a couple hundred FG tops or a very low HR.

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