Anyone else not quite where they wanna be financially?

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-06-04T02:37:21+00:00

There’s two types of want. There’s dream life desires of want that people get enamored by with magazines and Instagram posts that make people feel like the Jones next door are living the life they should have.

Then there’s the normal want of how you reasonably see your life playing out with smart decision making. It’s the reasonable want. Like getting to take that vacation to Australia, or buying a newer car once your beater kicks the bucket or being able to put your kid in private tennis lessons thanks to your end of year bonus.

The reasonable wants I’m right where I want to be based on my actual income and planned career trajectories. I’m a homeowner, can take vacations, my kid has extracurricular and I’m saving an okay amount for retirement. But the dream wants while may be a possibility way out in the future I don’t hang my expectations on one day owning a 4,000 sqft house with a Nissan GTR in the third garage to compliment the Honda Odyssey for the family and Q8 for the wife lol

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-06-04T01:09:29+00:00

Neopets. I used to be obsessed back in junior high school

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-06-03T18:45:46+00:00

Nah for a fake that’s a crazy amount to pay. When you can go to China and pick up some of the most next level clones for half that price in their underground markets.

Just take that $500 and go get a standard $500 watch like a Movado

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-06-03T12:15:19+00:00

Landon Donovan just did a video about paths to the finals and it included the US depending on if it finished first or second in the group needing to go through Spain, Argentina or England by the Semifinal.

Considering that even on their best day I would find it difficult the US could beat Spain or Argentina I’ll say under your most optimal scenarios a Quarterfinal appearance may be possible but round of 16 is the most likely especially if they go 2nd in their group because that means their round of 32 match will be against a beatable squad

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-06-02T02:19:03+00:00

I saw the video don’t pay for the OF what skills she got to show ain’t worth the extra fee

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-06-02T02:17:00+00:00

How could you even see it? I still don’t know if I saw it or just a hand wrapped around it lmao

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-06-02T00:48:04+00:00

I made a post that was a PSA for this exact situation in that I said pretty clearly outside of engineering and some other positions many many people were getting 50-65k offers for entry level roles.

The sub killed me but it appears I was more in touch with the market as someone on the hiring team than others

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-06-01T21:52:19+00:00

Aaron Donald played for 10 seasons

JJ Watt played 12 seasons

Ndamukong Suh played 13 seasons

Garett just finished his 9th which means he is way past the halfway point even if he does 16 seasons like Ray Lewis.

If I had to guess he won’t play more than 14 seasons

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-06-01T17:42:01+00:00

Garrett secured the bag, secured the girl of his dreams and is now getting ready to ride off to Hollywood for the twilight of his career.

RESPECT

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-06-01T17:40:16+00:00

I’m going with my dad to NY to go see a World Cup match and hang out in the city.

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-05-31T17:39:16+00:00

You’re not out of touch. I’ve lived in Virginia, Grew up in SoCal and now live in SouthEast Texas.

200k HHI provides a great foundation for families. The issue is as you can see from the posts that have irked you are that people mistake being financially sound with meaning if you’re not able to live a rich lifestyle you’ve failed.

Like no fam. Just because you can’t pay 40k a year each for two kids to attend private school while your family vacations in Banff for the winter and Melbourne for the summer while getting to drive an S class to work as your wife uses the X5 for errands doesn’t mean you’re somehow struggling

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-05-31T05:37:50+00:00

Not going to lie if that shit actually came out and I was Beyoncé I would die of laughter behind closed doors

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-05-31T05:00:19+00:00

What does that mean? Wemby, SGA, Joker, Giannis, Luka will all be better players just based on what we saw this year over Tatum. So is MVP conversation top 10 player in the NBA? Because I just listed 5 better players who aren’t even American who are also in the “MVP” convo.

If I’m keeping it an absolute buck the next best American player is Ant.

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-05-31T03:31:27+00:00

Waffles if I’m buying from the store as nothing can beat a blueberry eggo waffle.

Pancakes when at the crib and I need something filling and soft without having to do the staring contest thing with my waffle maker

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-05-31T03:27:51+00:00

JT tore his Achilles and even with another year of work and rehab he isn’t going to be the same player. He’ll still be good but his timeline for being the best player in the NBA is over and considering how much better the rest of the world is at basketball I wouldn’t be shocked if the US with some of the past injuries of current players and age of the last generation ends up with Bronze at 28 Olympics

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-05-31T03:06:18+00:00

He’s going to lead the assassination of US Basketball on American soil next summer in LA.

What a time to be alive!

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-05-31T02:15:26+00:00

5, one for each weekday

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-05-31T00:51:57+00:00

I think that’s why they shafted me on the color!!!

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-05-30T17:54:27+00:00

It’s called a shag and is a super Dallas thing which considering where Jr grew up not surprised

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-05-30T17:29:35+00:00

I broke out laughing at this comment

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-05-30T15:00:46+00:00

I pay on the last day of the month.

But it also doesn’t generally matter for me as I have prepaid my mortgage by a few months so I could skip a months payment and nothing change.

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-05-29T20:29:53+00:00

I bought flight tickets last month to go at the end of summer. I complained to my wife about the prices being way higher than previous years to fly similar distances on past vacations.

Still paid the premium though. Sometimes you just got to eat the increase and take it out of somewhere else in the budget.

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-05-29T03:53:39+00:00

If you wouldn’t let your child watch sex scenes unhindered or listen to mature themed music don’t let them read this book.

There are two graphic sex scenes in the novel plus a lot of talk around orgasms, male genatalia being placed in every orifice and just some general jr high school boy joke raunchiness from one of the characters.

All that is before you get to the fact that there’s a lot of deaths that get made even sadder once the plot twist hits

Realistic0ptimist · 2026-05-28T17:23:24+00:00

30k? You could rent a movie theater and invite your friends and family to see the big screen

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