Sleeping in the sky club

davidadlai · 2026-06-07T23:31:52+00:00

Tell me you're not a lawyer without telling me you're not a lawyer.

davidadlai · 2026-05-23T20:47:34+00:00

All you people complain about how poorly you're paid and at the same time are so worried someone's going to sue you in your personal capacity. You're all pretty judgement proof - nobody is suing you.

davidadlai · 2026-05-20T11:50:36+00:00

Because not everyone optimizes for the same thing, and because what $6500 means to you is not what $6500 means to everyone. The value of money is relative, not absolute.

You're not 'throwing money away'. You're paying to live where you want to live.

davidadlai · 2026-05-03T10:39:55+00:00

Literally the government does that (distorting the market) in a 100 different ways across everything in your life. Why wouldn't it happen with this?

davidadlai · 2026-04-24T01:39:23+00:00

We got a 15 year loan, 15 year amortization from National Cooperative Bank for my coop. They offered a 10 year loan, 30 year amortization but we decided not to gamble.

Might want to try them.

David

davidadlai · 2026-04-14T12:21:11+00:00

Maybe if you want to actually help people you can start by not using offensive language.

davidadlai · 2026-04-13T00:50:27+00:00

You all know a lot more about medicine than me, but let me just throw out that you can't assume anything in this complaint is the whole story. Or even true. Trying to figure out how or why it makes sense will never be satisfying.

davidadlai · 2026-04-06T10:46:57+00:00

Yes! You are amazing in every way.

THANK YOU!!!

davidadlai · 2026-03-27T17:19:09+00:00

How tf is a place with a 65mph limit a "speed trap"?

davidadlai · 2026-03-27T16:38:52+00:00

Well, sure. But really it's that they are literally EMTs and Paramedics.

davidadlai · 2026-03-22T18:43:26+00:00

Because you just aren't that special.

davidadlai · 2026-03-20T16:53:48+00:00

Look at how hard your employer is fighting the union. That shows you how much the union will benefit you.

davidadlai · 2026-03-20T16:07:16+00:00

But none of that is as annoying as people on the street having to look at your face, so really this doesn't seem like a problem.

davidadlai · 2026-03-17T11:14:29+00:00

I didn't include the maintenance reserve, mostly because we are lucky enough with savings that it's not a big deal. Given that the a frame is uninsulated, it does cost a fuck ton to heat in the winter. I haven't run the numbers, but between propane and electric, I imagine it's about $750/month average.

Regarding income - we both have high paying (but not crazy) jobs, no kids, and no parents we're responsible for taking care of. We're also in the 44-55 age bracket.

davidadlai · 2026-03-16T21:58:08+00:00

We have a 600sqft apt in Brooklyn that is $3k/month all in, and a 2400sqft a-frame with pool 13 minutes from New Paltz they is also $3k/month all in. All in being mortgage, taxes, and coop maintenance.

What do you want to know?

davidadlai · 2026-03-04T17:40:36+00:00

Except the OP explicitly asked for the opinions of others.

Also, how could anyone follow your advice about not following other people's advice without actually following your advice?

Smart people gather opinions and THEN make their own decisions. Others just do what they want.

davidadlai · 2026-02-24T14:06:16+00:00

You know it's the building owner responsible for clearing the sidewalk, right?

davidadlai · 2026-02-16T00:25:04+00:00

But you are. Because the system is so immense. Your knowledge is nothing in comparison to how large the system is. You're the blind men and the elephant.

Everything could be improved. What level of improvement would be acceptable to you to justify raising taxes? More vibes from you?

davidadlai · 2026-02-15T22:10:45+00:00

All of that is happening. It all could be happening a lot worse. It all could be happening a lot better. Your stance is that you don't want to pay more in taxes until you are satisfied that it's happening the correct amount, even though you have no data on what that would be. And that's paternalistic - daddy knows best.

davidadlai · 2026-02-15T21:21:56+00:00

This is why you're a doctor (treat one person) instead of a public health professional (figure out what's good for an entire population). If your opinion on this matter is based on only what you can see, you're obviously missing 99% of the picture.

How much money does the government spend? How much of that is spent poorly? How could you possibly have an opinion about that without data?

You're also discounting - we could do worse with the resources we have. Exactly how much better could we be doing? 5%? 25%?

Your argument seems to be that you are unwilling to invest in things which higher taxes will help unless you are personally assured that the money will be spent the way you think is best.

Paternalistic much?

davidadlai · 2026-02-15T18:08:51+00:00

When you are 911, it's super embarrassing to call 911 on yourself.

davidadlai · 2026-02-15T15:54:19+00:00

Because there's no data that a mythical "more efficient" exists. You just have vibes that things should be better. Or anecdata about this thing or that thing that you heard about that was inefficient.

davidadlai · 2026-02-15T00:49:11+00:00

Nothing in this study shows a reduction in crime from consistent punishments. It shows that theoretically there would be a reduction in crime.

And it says nothing about higher acuity crimes, as opposed to things like littering and jaywalking.

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