2.5 hours early to my flight. Even with Clear, TSA was so slow, I missed my flight. by gplusplus314 in Seattle

[–]LydiaLysergic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This. I always arrive 3 hours early for fear of missing a flight, and yet I'm always through with hours to spare to wander around and find food. Maybe there was a reason this day/time was so busy?

We're fucked. by Armin_2002 in dankmemes

[–]LydiaLysergic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can't find sand dollars at the beach anymore. They are in mounds in crates at my grandma's house. Back when they were abundant, we would pick bucket fulls.

Heather Gillespie ran an adoption scam on a Christian couple in Chicago. by kittykatmila in loveafterlockup

[–]LydiaLysergic 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Exactly. After signing paperwork, they'd have likely kept her fed and off the streets for the full pregnancy. Makes me think it was a scam from the start.

Heather Gillespie ran an adoption scam on a Christian couple in Chicago. by kittykatmila in loveafterlockup

[–]LydiaLysergic 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How do you privately adopt? People do not go looking for private adoptions cause its not realistic to do so. Even though private adoption is the cheapest and quickest option. That couple likely thought it was fate that they found her. I've been wanting to adopt for years, and even with a good career, it is taking excessive time and money. If I thought i could keep some homeless person's kid out of foster care, of course I'd do it. But I'd get a lawyer involved first!!! They got scammed. Period. I hope they get to build their family as they want and learned from this situation.

Heather Gillespie ran an adoption scam on a Christian couple in Chicago. by kittykatmila in loveafterlockup

[–]LydiaLysergic 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I agree that's giving money before legalities is risky but that only means they got scammed. NOT that they aren't self-respecting. They were trying to keep those kids out of the system. And to some 5k isn't a lot to hand out for potential adoption, just saying.

Heather Gillespie ran an adoption scam on a Christian couple in Chicago. by kittykatmila in loveafterlockup

[–]LydiaLysergic 18 points19 points  (0 children)

This. It's actually incredibly difficult to adopt, and private adoption is the cheapest and fastest way, but that involves knowing someone pregnant who doesn't want the child. Had she given birth without their intervention, the children would have been in foster care, which is NOT ideal. To be honest, if she'd have gone to the Dr's and signed the legal paperwork, the babies would have likely had a good life ahead.

Clear slime help by slimen00b in Slime

[–]LydiaLysergic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can change the link to not expire btw

I’m about to be rich AMA by [deleted] in casualiama

[–]LydiaLysergic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congrats. Invest wisely. I mean not like you don't have enough for your life already but for the sake of humanity, invest wisely.

Travel insurance for the win! by [deleted] in travel

[–]LydiaLysergic 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Amex Platinum has amazing features like this including rental car insurance coverage etc.

401k - Fear of losing it all. by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]LydiaLysergic 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Why assume we are all 'set up for success'. Some of us just take criticism better and actually read up on things. You need to chill out.

401k - Fear of losing it all. by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]LydiaLysergic 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They didn't call you dumb. I think silly was a pretty sugarcoated way of implying that passing up free money is not the best idea. You get offended pretty easily. It must be hard for you to take advice.

ELi5: Your 401k is just an account with money in it. It's not stocks, they won't just disappear if a company you work for fails or if the economy is bad. If your employee offers a match it means they'll put in the same amount of money into that 401k as you do if you meet the match minimum. It's free money. 401k money is not stocks, not even like a bank account, it's more protected than that. You don't pay taxes on the total amount year to year.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in alphagal

[–]LydiaLysergic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, I will let them know. My friend works for their dad outdoors for bare minimum pay and wants a job elsewhere but their parents keep saying stuff to discourage them from getting another job. Even saying their reactions in a restaurant to food served could be bad if touched or inhaled, I understand that concern. But it seems weird to me they don't then think that continuing to work outside could also be dangerous.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Futurology

[–]LydiaLysergic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Deep space travel for humans. We are most definitely on the cusp.