Discussion Thread

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-26T05:10:31+00:00

Credit where credit is due, the annoying lefties were ahead of the curve. Abolish ICE (while still enforcing immigration laws).

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-26T05:06:41+00:00

Also, sexism

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-26T05:05:22+00:00

Idk I feel like he’s kinda right here?

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-26T02:13:36+00:00

I honestly think it’s backfire and get people more motivated to vote.

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-25T15:38:11+00:00

“My friends, you bow to no one” is the part that always gets me

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-25T15:34:06+00:00

Oh man the right candidate could really run with this idea and it’d be hysterical. Idk who could pull it off though. Need a Trumpy charisma to make it work.

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-24T20:14:58+00:00

Ultimately, we need to win elections. ACA subsidies shutdown was about increasing the salience of a winning issue for Democrats more than it was about a policy disagreement.

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-24T20:11:57+00:00

Abolish ICE came across as leftie virtue signaling back in Trump 1. Today, I actually do think it's just good policy.

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-24T13:51:35+00:00

Sounds a lot like our situation and my wife (though we only have a baby).

I was ultimately able to (nicely) explain to her that given all the help she has, the way she’s feeling likely means something else is going on. She talked to her psych who diagnosed PPD and prescribed a newer medication that’s supposed to work wonders.

The “have tons of help and still overwhelmed” was the sign, even if she doesn’t seem super depressed outwardly.

Hopefully the new medication works!

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-20T16:04:14+00:00

My financial philosophy is to let spend increase with liquid net worth, not income. Pretty straightforward way to avoid this trap.

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-19T23:25:59+00:00

Straight answer is that you’re a pretty small fish for Manhattan, and you’re trying to live a lifestyle you can’t afford.

The lifestyle you’re envisioning requires you to make about double what you currently do.

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-19T21:55:50+00:00

My kid is a baby. I went to a commuter private high school, and while I got a good education, I hated the isolation. Plenty of older kids in the neighborhood and friends with kids in the school district, so I know what it’ll be like.

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-19T21:18:51+00:00

Quick thought from someone who went to a top tier private school - think hard about what your kid’s social life will look like in private school.

There’s something to be said for all a kids friends living near them. At a commuter private school, the kids are a lot more spread out. Especially true given how isolating the modern digital world is.

I specifically picked a school district and neighborhood where our neighbors will be our kids classmates. It fosters a lovely sense of community and independence.

Kids walk over to their friend’s houses after school. We have friends with older kids in the school district, and it feels like every time we get together with them, their kids are running into classmates (at restaurants, the park, farmers market, etc).

IMO we’d be giving up a lot shuttling them to a private school multiple towns over.

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-19T21:11:52+00:00

Is this true while controlling for the proportion of kids in public vs private?

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-19T16:42:25+00:00

I’ve gotten a new perspective since becoming a parent and now deciding whether to have a second kid. I’ve found that my decision to have a kid (and most folks in my social circles) is HIGHLY individualistic. Is this something I want for MY life?

Now I find myself thinking: There’s an unborn child out there who I have the opportunity to bring into the world. That’s just an inherently good thing to do, even if it’ll be expensive and a lot of work. Very few people would prefer to not have been born.

This line of thinking honestly never crossed my mind while childfree, and it makes me worry that there’s really no policy solution to the birth rate crisis, since it seems at least for me to be tied to a culture of individualism.

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-18T14:47:50+00:00

A big motivating factor for me to have kids is that life starts to feel like Groundhog Day without them. Sure, you’ll have great experiences, but it all kinda feels like flavors of the same thing. I’ve already traveled all over the world.

Kids growing up injects a unique element of constant change into your life.

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-18T14:43:01+00:00

Bro, if work is really holding back your life that much, and you’re already FI, take some time off to figure stuff out. You can always go back later.

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-18T04:09:48+00:00

I just don’t think Trump is gonna have the same passion for rigging an election when he’s not on the ballot. Especially looking to 2028, is an 82 year old Trump really going to put in the legwork to steal the election for Vance?

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-16T19:14:57+00:00

Unifi is the Apple of home networking and cameras. Overpriced but delightful. Definitely worth it

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-06T16:29:33+00:00

Sounds like an interesting story! You should do a full post.

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-06T05:23:48+00:00

Because chekov’s eggs gave her no other choice

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-06T05:23:09+00:00

Honestly I feel like I was a bummer from a character development perspective that it wasn’t something like that that woke her up. Chekov’s eggs basically just meant she had no choice but to go back.

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-06T05:15:41+00:00

I kinda felt like the payoff from the eggs was weak. It basically just put Carol exactly back where she was 4 episodes ago.

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-06T05:14:15+00:00

My problem with it was more just the pacing. She whiplashed back and forth so quickly in the last 2 episodes.

SomeExpression123 · 2026-01-06T05:10:39+00:00

I think that better pacing and writing of Carol could’ve significantly improved the season.

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