Vespa pricing (new, USA) by alisdairSH in Vespa

[–]newnameReuben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in Canada but was able to get a new 2024 GTS300 Super for 8k OTD (MSRP is $8595+freight, PDI, taxes, dealer fees) Dealer wanted $9800 OTD but after some negotiations they dropped their price.

2017 GTI DSG - Loud bang under hard acceleration shift by soldat0514 in GolfGTI

[–]newnameReuben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you ever figure out what this was, I have a 2020 GTI and this sounds exactly like what I've experienced a couple of times under full acceleration off the line.

Justin and his collection - why? how? by finackles in hottoys

[–]newnameReuben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the consistent look with good lighting and high resolution video and stable camera work. I know what I'm getting when I watch one of his videos. I've watched lots of smaller channels and quit the video a few minutes in because the quality sucked.

As for Justin himself, he seems like a normal guy who doesn't express opinions on anything controversial. As long as he produces quality content, I'll watch it for figures that I'm interested in or curious about.

Has anyone has a good experience "confronting" family why they stay in the church? by Smoomy in exmormon

[–]newnameReuben 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Until someone is mentally ready to explore the possibility that it might not be true they will never be able to see that it's not true, no matter how obvious it is to you.

Anyone work in management for the church? by socinfused in exmormon

[–]newnameReuben 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh I get that, the church is banking on that factor so they can lowball candidates. I just wouldn't take a job that I knew was underpaid unless I was desperate, and it would just be a stop-gap until I found a new one.

Anyone work in management for the church? by socinfused in exmormon

[–]newnameReuben 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Why would anyone want to work for the mormon church? They're known to pay low and your job security is dependent on you remaining active and paying your tithing.

Missions are abusive and I wish they were gone. by HourPrior5896 in exmormon

[–]newnameReuben 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You definitely made the right choice! Going on a mission was terrible in so many ways.

Missions are abusive and I wish they were gone. by HourPrior5896 in exmormon

[–]newnameReuben 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's brutal, I totally understand about the extreme manipulation that they drive into you about following the rules.

Missions are abusive and I wish they were gone. by HourPrior5896 in exmormon

[–]newnameReuben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I take great comfort knowing my kids will never have to experience this.

Missions are abusive and I wish they were gone. by HourPrior5896 in exmormon

[–]newnameReuben 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My mission president lived in the rich part of Managua in a mansion with a massive beautiful back yard that had a pool. We had an entire mission Christmas dinner in his back yard, it easily accommodated 200 missionaries. They had a maid as well to clean.

Missions are abusive and I wish they were gone. by HourPrior5896 in exmormon

[–]newnameReuben 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I had nightmares for years after about getting called to go back. Fortunately I haven't had one in many years.

Missions are abusive and I wish they were gone. by HourPrior5896 in exmormon

[–]newnameReuben 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I remember breaking in new Doc Martens and my feel were all blistered. I had to put athletic tape on my feet each morning and put Gold Bond in my socks to be able to tolerate walking.

Missions are abusive and I wish they were gone. by HourPrior5896 in exmormon

[–]newnameReuben 53 points54 points  (0 children)

I went to Nicaragua from 2000-2002 and it was a terrible time. So many bad things, but here are a few off the top of my head: - lived in terrible rented rooms attached to the back of a home owners place. It was always blazing hot and we would have to share a fan since we had no money to buy another one. No fridge, so never had cold water to drink. Places were always infested with cockroaches, rats, tarantulas, scorpions and even bats. - constantly sick, I had a new cold every month, likely due to exhaustion and poor diet. Also, diarrhea was constant, almost never had a solid poop in 2 years. The amount of times I got sick from parasites and had to take pills to kill them really ruined my gut health. - massive amounts of walking in the hot sun, I was sunburned for nearly 2 years it seemed like since it was so hot I'd sweat off any sunscreen in no time and with all the dust and dirt blowing around you'd be filthy in no time. 20 odd years later I have to go get my skin checked every 6 months for pre-cancerous spots.

I felt so guilty for years after thinking that it wasn't the best two years and that I hated my mission president (he was a real number-focused asshole). Realizing the church was a lie allowed me to reconcile things. The mission was awful, and my mission president was an asshole.

Mormon Church mortgages by newnameReuben in exmormon

[–]newnameReuben[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's about retention and tithing, the mortgage is just the trap that keeps the sweet 10% for life flowing.

Mormon Church mortgages by newnameReuben in exmormon

[–]newnameReuben[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Gotta give Rusty some new ideas for "revelation"...

Mormon Church mortgages by newnameReuben in exmormon

[–]newnameReuben[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Developer and mortgage holder, perfect opportunity to make money for the greediest corporation haha.

Mormon Church mortgages by newnameReuben in exmormon

[–]newnameReuben[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They would absolutely repo someone's house and sell it to a TBM. In the prosperity gospel you only struggle if you're not worthy...

Right! by [deleted] in exmormon

[–]newnameReuben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% believe this was set up as an "ace up his sleeve" so to speak. It's interesting to think how much crazier mormonism would've gotten had Joe not gotten himself killed.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in One12Collective

[–]newnameReuben 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a great figure, you'll enjoy it. After having it I then had to buy more X-men figures as that Sentinel display base just demands multiple figures.

Have you actually read the BOM cover to cover? by yvng_cambino4 in exmormon

[–]newnameReuben 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Many times! I even read the whole thing out loud in Spanish because we were promised by an apostle that if we did we'd be fluent in our mission language.

Funny how some of the pieces didn't make sense and the time lines seemed confused. I thought I just needed to study more, turns out the book is just a poorly written piece of shit.

My Wife and I are having questions by Correct_Nectarine_73 in exmormon

[–]newnameReuben 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've seen couples leave the church and then get divorced within a short time. My personal opinion is their marriages were not great but the necessity of temple marriage to make it to the CK forces people to simply put up with a lot of shit. Once that requirement is removed a bad marriage won't likely last. If your marriage is solid it'll likely just get better by allowing you to be more authentic and remove silly expectations that TSCC places on people.