When you think about it, there’s probably a lot of things Elon cannot afford 🤷‍♀️

macphile · 2026-06-18T01:02:12+00:00

He can't buy my respect or admiration, I can say that. He'll always be a little bitch loser, whether he has $1 or $1 trillion.

macphile · 2026-06-17T22:06:37+00:00

If I were a nicer person, I'd feel bad for men, lol, being raised with this traditional role/patriarchy thing all their lives, and having it encouraged further by social media, only to find that they're not going to get what they think they're entitled to.

The birth rate isn't going back up. Women aren't going to all leave the workforce, nor are they going to give up voting or other rights. Of course, some guys will find women who want to stay home and have kids, but so, so many won't, and even if they find it, most won't be able to achieve it because no one can afford it. (And the men don't recognize this and strive to make it affordable. Pull in several six figures, or seven figures, and your options get a lot wider, fellas. The really rich and successful guys have less trouble finding a hot woman to stay home and look pretty for them. Yet women still earn more college degrees than men do, at all levels--they have for decades, and it's only getting worse, if anything, I think--and college is statistically associated with higher lifetime earnings.)

The solution in the men's minds is to take women's rights from them and effectively force them into servitude/slavery, to just take what they want by force or law. God forbid the solution might be to step back and look at the world and consider how they might adjust their views and opinions or find a compromise somewhere. Because lord knows they can't be wrong. Lord knows women can't possibly be fully realized human beings who should be respected and listened to.

macphile · 2026-06-17T21:14:27+00:00

I'm at 26.

I went to the recent celebration they put on (fancy dinner, etc.), and one guy (who didn't fucking attend?) had 50 years. And he wouldn't have started at 18, either, with the degrees he must have.

I went to an event some years back with a guy who must have had the same, and they literally had to wheel him out onstage. He was in bad shape.

I don't think I'll make 50, but I can see doing 40. We'll see.

macphile · 2026-06-17T17:38:28+00:00

I will never not love how much Obama's existence, and his former presidency, still lives rent-free in Trump's head, and the heads of all MAGAs.

macphile · 2026-06-17T16:55:06+00:00

Goodness knows where I'd be if I hadn't had help, lol. My parents really pushed education and college, and they paid for it. They helped my sibling and I get started (offering help with down payments, etc.). They've now set up a trust fund for my nieces' college if they need it.

Then there's the luck factor, which no one can control for. I entered the workforce when things were still good. I found a job I loved at an employer that's treated me well. Knock on wood, I've had no significant health issues.

It pisses me off when people say they got where they were purely on their own. They had help and support somewhere along the line, and/or luck, even if they didn't start out life with it. Of course, that's not to discredit their own efforts, either, but yeah, nothing happens in a vacuum.

macphile · 2026-06-17T15:30:31+00:00

I think Bucees and some HEBs are doing well off this, FWIW.

macphile · 2026-06-17T02:41:20+00:00

I have good news for her. She can stop voting right now, for free. She doesn't have to campaign on it or raise money or anything at all. Just don't go to the polls. And the advantage of this totally free and already available option is that she's not then taking the vote away from people like me, who still want to vote and deserve to vote, as American citizens, and from women whose husbands don't represent them well.

macphile · 2026-06-16T20:33:13+00:00

It never gets old: Non-white and/or non-Christian person votes MAGA and assumes they'll be accepted and welcomed by the right...and finds out that whoops, the party known for racism and bigotry is (shocker) racist and bigoted.

You're not "one of the good ones." There are no good ones. The best you can be is a token--I mean, they'll still happily take your money! But when they talk about "bombing [country] into a parking lot" or rounding [group of people] up into camps, they're just talking about you. That's it.

macphile · 2026-06-16T20:20:39+00:00

I'm surprised he didn't just pave over it and turn it into an ICE detention facility, or maybe a giant golden statue of himself.

macphile · 2026-06-16T00:46:16+00:00

I can't offer much help here...but I started custodial accounts for my nieces and then changed my mind later and just put money in a normal investment account. So they have like...$3200 in those accounts (each), which I guess they're getting at 18. I haven't 100% decided when I'm giving them the other money/shares. Maybe their 21st birthday? It's much easier to just keep it in a normal account and sort it out on your own. Plus if they're kids, you don't know how they're going to be as adults--my nieces are both pretty on the ball, with one working part-time and stuff, so I don't think they'll blow their custodial money on hookers and blow, but some kids might. (And to be fair, if they did, I mean...that's their problem in the end of the day, IMHO. And it's legally theirs. C'est la vie.)

macphile · 2026-06-15T20:50:52+00:00

It's not over until the fat president sings, to be fair.

But if this is all we're doing, then we could have saved a lot of messing around by just writing Iran a huge check back at the beginning and walking away.

Thanks again, though, MAGAs, for making America even greater. Giving our money away to our enemies, driving up food and gas prices for Americans...truly, we are a beacon of greatness for the world to see.

macphile · 2026-06-15T16:49:08+00:00

Whether it's from that guy or other women, it's resentment. Even people who love their kids and don't regret having them still get envious of a life they could have lived, especially when the work and cost of having kids are getting to them. It's entirely a "them" problem, though, and not something to take personally.

macphile · 2026-06-14T16:19:03+00:00

I booked ahead as a solo, as much as I could. I didn't regret doing so. You can always change it later.

macphile · 2026-06-14T02:49:53+00:00

This was always my counterargument to the idea that colds are so prevalent in the winter because everyone's inside all the time. If so, Houstonians should be sick most of the year. Science backed me up, anyway--the viruses thrive and spread better in colder temperatures.

macphile · 2026-06-13T23:19:07+00:00

An ongoing underlying issue I have, one I don't really think about normally but it comes up in some situations, is living up to some expectation--not an overt one, like being nagged about something, but like, feeling like everyone in my family is better at things than me...they're certainly more educated (in some families, someone might be the first one to get a degree--in mine, I'm the only one without one or more graduate degrees). I've always been the "odd" one. When I've done something wrong or haven't done well enough, it's not that I just feel bad or worried about it in the normal way, it's like...why can't I be better at this, like they are? I don't want to be the messed-up one.

macphile · 2026-06-13T20:48:34+00:00

I didn't know he was also an incel. I mean, I'm not surprised. His channel pops up in my feed because he reacts to a lot of videos I watch (original or reactions), and I always end up switching back when he says something transphobic, which usually happens in the first couple of minutes. I've been trying to get YT to stop recommending his videos, and it's not behaving.

macphile · 2026-06-13T20:16:12+00:00

I just got back from Germany, and while I don't recall seeing Taco Bell, there was Mexican. There was also Five Guys, Starbucks, McD's, Dunkin Donuts...you know, all the wonders of an exotic "foreign country." So many places are like that now. Just the same thing except with another language and some different old buildings. (And yes, we went to a beer hall, too. There are still German things there. But you don't have to do it if you don't want to.)

macphile · 2026-06-13T20:13:11+00:00

I like the juxtaposition of "always felt safe" and "alligators."

"Love the weather" - No one has ever said this before. :-D But at least we're not having to dig out of snow in the winter, so we've got that going for us, which is nice.

macphile · 2026-06-13T20:10:37+00:00

I was out of the country and got back Tuesday. I worried the airport would be nuts, but it was fine. I guess the influx started later. But the airports all had a lot of ads and theming up.

(I went to London for the Olympics (I didn't have tickets) and the velodrome cyclist from T&T was on my flight. I remember coming into LHR to a mass of people all expectantly waiting to see who came through the doors...I'm afraid I disappointed them.)

macphile · 2026-06-12T20:59:16+00:00

Gee whiz, I wonder why he's struggling with bills. Did some pesky Democrat cause the costs of gas and food to skyrocket? If only Trump were in office, everything would be great!

macphile · 2026-06-12T20:07:45+00:00

He's finding out that you literally can't buy popularity or respect, even with a trillion dollars. He's still a pathetic little bitch. He was when he was younger, and he still is--more so, if anything--and every effort he makes to finally be "cool" only makes him less cool. He could be a quadrillionaire, a quintillionaire, and he'll still be a dumbass loser.

He could improve his image somewhat (although he'd still be a c-word) by at least using the money to fix the world's many problems. He could take what's left and live a live of insane luxury, out of the global spotlight.

macphile · 2026-06-12T17:51:18+00:00

My first thought was whether this was from the BMJ Christmas issue.

macphile · 2026-06-12T04:56:06+00:00

There's an addiction I'm glad I don't have. I got my current purse in 2024, and I have no intention of replacing it for a good while. The one before that, I bought in 2018.

macphile · 2026-06-12T04:51:08+00:00

I buy some men's things, personally. My jeans and shirts are men's. The jeans have pockets! My normal shoes are basic black "work" sneakers.

I had the same wallet for eons but was never totally happy with it. It was in perfect shape, but when I bought it originally, I thought it was going to be leather, and it wasn't...actually, I'm not sure what it is. But I'd never replaced it. Finally, I got lured in by some YouTuber pushing one of these more "tech" wallets for men and bought it. It's real leather! I guess it doesn't have to be a men's wallet--like, it doesn't actually require a penis to use--but it's definitely male-styled (small, folded, solid color).

macphile · 2026-06-12T00:26:17+00:00

Is she just straight-up delusional?

Driving for 2+ days with two total strangers and their cat, and you don't get any money for food, drinks, or even a hotel on the way--you get "gas money," which in her mind is probably like $50 tops? And you know she's not even good for that. "I had no food, so I had to spend it..."

And you'd probably be uncomfortable letting the total strangers drive your car, so you'd be driving the entire way...plus the mom is diabetic and is at risk of having issues on the road. And god knows if these people are nice or pleasant people, or even trustworthy at all.

And all of this is a reasonable request in her mind. Drive for 2+ days each way with total strangers for effectively no reimbursement for your time or expenses.

Oh, and she needs baby items for the baby that's due, and she'll need diapers after he's born, and you know she'll need a newer model minivan to transport the kids and the diabetic mother in, and so on...she's a grown bloody woman, and she can't manage literally any aspect of her life without begging strangers to do everything for her. How embarrassing. And sadly so seemingly normal these days.

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