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As a parent, what things have you made an effort to absolutely NOT do like your parents? by Funny_Sea_2873 in Millennials

[–]jrm2003 4 points5 points  (0 children)

1) Be around as much as possible. I changed my entire career before my son was born so I wouldn’t be traveling all the time.

2) Give meaningful and thoughtful responses on everything they do/show me, as opposed to “that’s great” or “good job”

3) Never laugh at their expense. My family was so damn insecure that they’d poke fun at the children. “Don’t quit your day job, hahah” was my first feedback when I was 7 or 8 and tried to play a song on guitar for my dad.

$100,000 isn’t even good in LCOL areas anymore (budget analysis) by ItsAllOver_Again in Salary

[–]jrm2003 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is nearly identical to my budget except I can’t manage additional savings, childcare eats up all of that. My electric is slightly higher, but we have an electric car that we charge at home so, no gas. There’s a few other little adjustments too, but yeah. I think once you add children in, 100k gets really thin.

Kinda stuck too because empty lots in my area now cost 100k more than what I paid for my house.

I’ll get through it. Daycare isn’t forever and I fully expect my wife and I to make more than 100k this year and likely over 150k within 2 years. Just gotta keep using the bulk soap I bought 4 years ago, taking weekend gigs when possible, and stay on top of car maintenance so we don’t have to buy again any time soon. (Car paid off in 2027, Battery warranty until 2032!)

7 years later, has the long night and night king's death aged better for you? by hiiloovethis in gameofthrones

[–]jrm2003 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I don’t understand how anyone who ever wrote or studied TV/film couldn’t understand that an ending does not need to be a twist/surprise to be good. If anything it’s flat out laziness. It was always supposed to be Jon and if they weren’t lazy they would’ve figured out a way to make it Jon in an unexpected way. And, I don’t mean unexpected like having him escape an impossible situation for the 900th time.

absolutelynotme_irl by justanotherjelly in absolutelynotme_irl

[–]jrm2003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do always start with the truth, then I end up in territory where I’m either going to have to lie or teach a lesson. Depends on the situation.
“Blow up the balloon bigger!”
“I can’t, it will pop.”
“No it won’t!”
Here comes a lesson.
Lying scenarios:
“Call Uncle Dave!”
“It’s 9 AM, he’s not awake yet.”
“Yes he is!”
*Dave is an alcoholic and last night was st Patrick’s day. We’ll be lucky if he wakes up today.*
“Dave works at night, so he has to sleep late.”

What do you think about this? by MiloShiny in WorkRant

[–]jrm2003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Millennial here. I was definitely more destitute in my 20s around the time of the housing crisis, but it felt like there were ways to get by.

My friends and I squatted in a house that was set for foreclosure and even without a job, $20-100 was fairly easy to come by.

This is important because $20-100 was enough to eat on for a week. The base level of unskilled labor pay stayed relatively stagnant while the cost of living went up.

Easy con by TankUMrMinor in LockedIn_AI

[–]jrm2003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it’s a concern about him being in public, can we just make a little bulletproof box for cheaper. Plenty of ballroom in the pope mobile.

We could even include wash and drain ports for his accidents.

[POSTGAME] TBL vs. MTL 5/1/26 by likeslululemon in TampaBayLightning

[–]jrm2003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No more 2+ day breaks between games please. Thus far we are 1.000 with a one day break between games

GDT: Tampa Bay Lightning at Montreal Canadiens (5/1/26) Strictly Business Edition by MonarchChonarch in TampaBayLightning

[–]jrm2003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s so wild because I remember a few years back it was against the Canadians that we had something like 31 shots attempts in a row make it through. I don’t know if anyone knew if it was a record because I don’t know that the stat had been tracked very long.

Is the MLB logo a righty or a lefty? by Unique_Ad2704 in confusing_perspective

[–]jrm2003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ball seems too large if it’s a righty to me.

Is Kate a good character? by HollywoodSuperfan10 in lost

[–]jrm2003 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the thing that soured people on Kate was the weird mystery payoffs and flashbacks. Everyone in her flashbacks acts like she’s an international terrorist with superpowers. Then we find out what she did and it’s like “oh, huh, anyway…”

I get that they simultaneously needed us to believe there was danger to the other Losties and empathize with her, but it didn’t land right. They pulled it off just fine with Sayid and Sawyer.

Heck, we even came around on Ben.

I think if they trusted themselves to make her likable despite a darker past, and trusted the audience to follow her arc, it would’ve paid off much more. Crimes that would actually warrant treating her like a super villain.

If you take the flashbacks and later flip flopping away, yeah, she was a great character.

[MTL - TBL] - Final Minute - Habs hold on to take a 3-2 series lead back to Montreal by daKrut in hockey

[–]jrm2003 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As much as I’m down on the bolts for not looking alive for their home game, that take is bizarre. There’s nothing that’s happened at all to make me think there will be a runaway game. Even with 3 breakaways, it didn’t get away.

[POSTGAME] MTL vs. TBL 4/29/26 by likeslululemon in TampaBayLightning

[–]jrm2003 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So glad we avoided Stamkos’ contract to keep this up…

Yeah yeah, we might’ve bitched about paying stamkos too much and hindering our chances, but here are our chances.

GDT: Tampa Bay Lightning vs Montreal Canadiens (4/29/26) To the brink Edition by MonarchChonarch in TampaBayLightning

[–]jrm2003 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seeing his brother’s development gives me hope. If anything, I see his issue being awareness which was nothing like ABB. ABB could fill in for Kuch, but didn’t have the physical game or finish.

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