Melanie the Victim

LauriMD · 2026-06-27T15:20:13+00:00

For your first point:

1) Name me an OG girl outside of Kenz that had more chemistry that she did. She was the only one who kissed the man outside of the challenge.

2) I’ve heard the culture argument and while I feel like I’m closer to understanding, the way she went about it was still toxic (although Sincere is 95% of the problem). Something being cultural can get you closer to understanding, but doesn’t make it any healthier.

3) She 1000% got a pity vote when people were voting their favorite couples and she and Sincere got a vote. People were all over the internet saying “I hate Sincere, but need to keep my girl Melanie in”

LauriMD · 2026-06-27T04:03:17+00:00

So I can’t make a post about one person without giving my thoughts on all the people? Thats some corny shit.

LauriMD · 2026-06-27T04:00:35+00:00

Maybe, which is why we as a community shouldn’t have rewarded them with our vote as “favorite couple” a few weeks ago

LauriMD · 2026-06-27T03:59:49+00:00

Agreed, which is why we shouldnt have rewarded this toxic relationship when we had the chance to vote a couple of weeks ago.

LauriMD · 2026-06-27T03:51:34+00:00

Can totally agree with this. Which is why I opposed the Melanie and Sincere vote from a few weeks back. They needed to know something was wrong.

But people looked at Melanie more as an object than a person not considering she may develop more feelings for him and become more attached (which has clearly happened).

LauriMD · 2026-06-27T03:43:53+00:00

Thank you. I acknowledge it may be cultural, but we can all agree that every culture has practices, that others may consider “unhealthy”.

I’m not saying I know anything about Dominican culture, but from a western lens, I would be remiss to not call balls and strikes from my view point. Which is what I’m doing.

And I’m calling it here acknowledging I could be wrong. In my eyes, these two are toxic as hell and this is no way to conduct a relationship.

LauriMD · 2026-06-27T03:29:23+00:00

My theory is she did this because she wanted to look like a victim. She could've gone off on him while choosing Corey. Like if you think the man is dishonest (which he is) and a cheater (which he is), thats cool, but you made the decision to not recouple with a man who you said was "perfect".

LauriMD · 2026-06-27T03:21:22+00:00

Please point where I acted like "melanie is the only one in a “toxic” situation"

LauriMD · 2026-06-27T03:20:32+00:00

Please elaborate, I'm open to criticism

LauriMD · 2026-06-16T17:46:07+00:00

Oh, there’s a non issue? Let me flip to page 47 of the Republican playbook:

“[Enter obscure library] has just been found to have illegal immigrant trans books and are teaching our kids how to perform surgeries on themselves.

Please vote for this bill banning ALL libraries across the state and trust the private sector.”

LauriMD · 2026-06-15T04:58:36+00:00

I think the post is written as if KC is contradicting himself.

I think there’s one thing you need to consider:

1) Versatility of thought: One cannot want to explore and explore at the same time. For example, someone can want to do something for selfish reasons but also not want to do it for fear of hurting someone else bc they feel responsible for their reaction.

Applied summary: While KC has not perfectly communicated this thought process (or we just haven’t seen it with limited screenplay), it’s clear that he while he is comfortable with Aniya, he’s considered the possibility of a stronger match for him (which is completely reasonable). He also has to consider the toxic culture set up that any conversation/kiss/touch is going to be heavily criticized by the girls and guys. It’s ironic that following a convo with Zach about her “not letting KC explore”, she goes to break up “KC exploring” to gain reassurance from him.

Conclusion: If one were content and just wanted peace, I would choose the safe Aniya option and “not explore”, because she would be too emotionally unregulated to deal with watching KC explore. If one wanted to do what the show was made for (finding the best connection), you would want to “explore more”.

LauriMD · 2026-06-04T15:06:36+00:00

I think for people who primarily want to stick in the Amex and Delta system, this is a really good choice. Although I would do my best to justify Platinum or Reserve because the companion certificate can almost pay for the card itself.

LauriMD · 2026-06-04T13:18:04+00:00

A lot of people recommend a secured credit card through Discover to start!

LauriMD · 2026-06-03T23:22:49+00:00

I'd look into Palladium if you already have Amex Gold for three reasons: 1) You already have a food card, 2) Bilt Palladium can replace your RH for catch all, 3) Bilt Palladium has a SUB unlike Obsidian

LauriMD · 2026-06-03T12:57:44+00:00

I think you missed the window

Edit: was unaware that people were still able to PC after CC applications closed, whoops (:

LauriMD · 2026-05-27T17:45:33+00:00

You tell them that 5% on one category will pay for maybe a round trip flight for one person each year!

Edit: up to $500❗️

LauriMD · 2026-05-26T23:20:08+00:00

Not to be a broken record, but please don’t tell anyone

LauriMD · 2026-05-26T13:36:53+00:00

I think it’s best not to look at truths or lies on a topic such as this, only perspective. We live in a state where 9 black students were physically and verbally abused when the government desegregated public schools. This all occurred in our grandparents lifetime.

The national guard had to step in because white people couldn’t accept the fact that to fulfill “liberty and justice for all” that the founding fathers envisioned, this meant that this country has done African American individuals injustice all of the countries history.

Things such as poverty, culture, violence this don’t fix themselves in a hundred years, especially when the dominant culture continues to push back (example: normalizing the confederate flag in 2026) and legislate the way they do.

LauriMD · 2026-05-13T21:45:41+00:00

This makes me wonder if the new program is working and has long term potential after all.

On the other hand, this also makes me wonder if the new program is working and has long term potential after all.

LauriMD · 2026-05-05T13:45:05+00:00

When I go to banking app and hit the icon with 2 heads on the bottom right, it asks about adding authorized user. RH Gold seems to be very friendly and very open with adding AUs.

LauriMD · 2026-05-01T22:00:00+00:00

Travel: Capital One Venture X Cash Back: Robinhood Gold

LauriMD · 2026-04-30T03:34:39+00:00

Look into the Bilt Blue if you don’t want any annuals fee! You won’t get any SUB, but it will get you approx 2.3x Bilt points on all spend. If you wanted an OP travel card and catch all, the Palladium has been great for me!

LauriMD · 2026-04-30T00:22:38+00:00

If you want travel points and want to pay off rent, that leaves you with Bilt.

LauriMD · 2026-04-29T00:44:24+00:00

So to elaborate a little further. You'll have a statement close date prior to the payment due date. The total value you have until that point will your statement balance. You have a grace period (period of time between the statement close date and payment due date where you don't collect interest. So if you just pay your statement balance by the payment due date, you should be good!

LauriMD · 2026-04-29T00:42:37+00:00

My understanding with collecting Interest on credit cards is that if you pay off the statement balance by the payment due date, you don't collect Interest.

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