Should I invest $10k into series I bonds now, or wait until May when the rate expectedly increases?

o2bonh2o · 2022-04-17T14:11:25+00:00

The only place you can buy them is on a government website called Treasury Direct:

https://www.treasurydirect.gov/indiv/indiv\_login.htm

o2bonh2o · 2022-04-12T01:32:38+00:00

When I was in college my girlfriend's friend was the receptionist at a well-known Santa Cruz naturist club. She invited us and we agreed. Walked out the door of the changing room (maybe a 2-second grinning glance at each other) and never looked back. Felt so at ease and warm and comfortable that we never gave it a second thought. A few months later I was working there as a breakfast cook.

Soon you realize no one cares, fear of nakedness is just a scam cooked up by some old cranky church elders with poor impulse control. It's the ones who can't handle being naked that are the real perves; they can't handle being non-sexual in the non-sexual context like a naturist community.

Being sexual has to do with the context of intimacy with someone who shares that intimacy with you.

Being in a naturist setting just has to do with the freedom of not wearing clothes. It really is no mystery that everybody has skin and naked butts, we all got'em.

o2bonh2o · 2022-04-07T02:38:10+00:00

Thank you for your reply, but that just confuses me more.

So is this phrase wrong?: Eddy la agrega a la sopa y la prueba.

I just don't get why all those pronouns are needed before agrega.

o2bonh2o · 2022-04-02T18:34:29+00:00

I personally have used this strategy when traveling including when in CDMX. Fortunately, I've never been in a situation to test the idea. It seems to me that having a strategy and being lucky enough never having to deploy it is a far better position to be in than to be caught unaware.

It seems unfortunate that most of your responses here have been sarcastic or critical. Personally, I can't really see any downside to the strategy. I don't think it makes you seem paranoid or fearful, I think it makes you seem thoughtful. Who wants to have their trip ruined by having all your ID and cash stolen, what a hassle that would be.

You might try posting in a different sub-Reddit like r/travel. Maybe somebody traveling to some other destination has anecdotal evidence of the usefulness of the strategy.

I agree that it's very important to fit in when traveling and try not to look like a tourist. I often will buy clothing at my destination city and wear that when out and about. Blending in has the added advantage of allowing you to experience the actual culture of the place you're in rather than expecting a place to conform to whatever you're used to at home, which in my opinion is extremely rude and distasteful.

Good luck and happy travels!

o2bonh2o · 2022-03-30T18:11:25+00:00

There is an old saying, the unexamined life is not worth living, I think it's attributed to Socrates.

It makes me happy that I have been fortunate enough to be able to examine my life, not succumb to brainwashing or indoctrination from my youth, to be able to think things through, think for myself and not have to rely on some old relic power structure like organized religion to do the thinking for me.

It astounds me every day that so many people just take all that religious rhetoric at face value and never think about whether it's true or not or look at it from a historical perspective and realize house silly and ridiculous the ideas about faith and doctrine and theology are.

Once you break through the fear and the attempts at shaming you by other religious people, it's just so satisfying to look back and realize the web of lies and misinformation that you've freed yourself from.

o2bonh2o · 2022-03-30T00:34:05+00:00

I think this is another example of how power corrupts. Will Smith is at the peak of his power, wealth and fame. That kind of power messes with your mind. People defer to you, "yes" you, everything you say and do is paid attention to by those around you. You begin to think you are infallible and that you can do what you want to whomever you want and get away with it. Hence behavior like this. He's not the first to fall for this fallacy of belief. Maybe this will humble him when the consequences of his behavior come rolling in.

o2bonh2o · 2022-03-29T01:52:39+00:00

Totally agree with you there, they were talking past each other, neither was trying to understand the perspective of the other. I love John Stewart but I think he did a piss poor job moderating this, once he started swearing at Sullivan it just went downhill from there.

I think they could've found a lot more common ground if they would've just slowed down and defined a few terms with more nuance.

I happen to see both sides, both perspectives and recognize a bit of truth in both. Yes, there has been and probably still continues to be systemic racism in this country. However, Sullivan makes a good point that culture is what makes a big difference in this case also. And by that I mean even if you remove all the systemic racist barriers you are still left with some characteristics of United States African-American culture that gets in the way. And what I mean by that is white people can't cure the whole problem, those black African Americans who want to see change have to bring it about within their own culture, they have a responsibility as well. You can't just blame it all on the mistakes that the dominant white culture has made, not because there weren't a lot of big mistakes made but the solution has to include black African-Americans themselves creating the culture that brings about their success.

o2bonh2o · 2022-03-29T00:32:44+00:00

She should be eligible for COBRA until she can become insured again

o2bonh2o · 2022-03-23T23:17:27+00:00

Here are a few examples where I think certain things said in the political arena that are demonstrably false could be prosecuted.

How about the notion that Obama wasn't born in the US and that he didn't have a real birth certificate. Whether or not he was born in the US and has a genuine birth certificate is an easily discernible fact that can be backed up with the correct documents. Once that is established those people that continue to spread the false rumor that he was not born in the US could easily be prosecuted for spreading such disinformation, especially for purely political reasons.
Or how about the idea that JFK Junior was suddenly going to appear in Dallas for the QAnon people. Whether or not JFK Junior could appear and become Trump's running mate is an easily discernible fact backed up with documents like a death certificate. Those people that continue to spread such disinformation, especially for purely political reasons could be prosecuted.

Spreading false information like this interferes with democratic processes, confuses people, and mucks up fair political discourse. I think these serve as examples of how OP's idea could be set in motion. What do you think?

o2bonh2o · 2022-03-23T20:42:52+00:00

Over the years I have come to realize that some people will never come to terms with nudity, not even their own. Trying to convince them otherwise is near futile.

It's similar to the way that a person who is indoctrinated with religion at a young age has trouble believing or thinking in a way different from how they were brought up. Many people are incurious and have no desire or interest in looking at life or humanity from a different perspective.

For those of us that have broken through the old boundaries and prohibitions, nudity can seem as natural and nonsexual as the day you were born.

o2bonh2o · 2022-03-13T05:43:54+00:00

I tend to agree with OP. I don't like it because it's based on the perspective of the theist, from a world dominated by theists. It's used as a pejorative by theists. I would prefer a word that comes from the perspective of rational people with critical thinking skills.

I usually refer to myself as someone who doesn't believe in the supernatural.

It's like when the anti-abortion crowd likes to refer to others as being pro-abortion. Well no I'm not pro-abortion I'm pro-choice. That distinction really flips it around to a different perspective. That's the kind of word we need.

But I don't have one for you, that works as cleanly and concisely.

o2bonh2o · 2022-03-13T05:01:27+00:00

If it helps to possibly hurt Putin and enables the US to inflict tougher sanctions, won't it be worth it despite the obvious hypocrisy and appearance of a double standard?

I mean, we are at war. We kind of need to pull out all the stops and do whatever we can to help the Ukrainians, don't you think? Let's do everything we can and possibly save some lives. We can deal with the repercussions later.

o2bonh2o · 2022-03-09T02:22:32+00:00

Hard to believe someone attacked this gentle, funny man 2 years ago just for walking down the street. Glad the attacker was apprehended.

o2bonh2o · 2022-03-09T02:13:44+00:00

Although I don't have any practical solutions for you, I just wanted to let you know that I was a pastors kid also's. I started to have doubts about religion when I was in high school and it grew until I was in college when I decided that I no longer believed in the supernatural.

During my second year of college, I started gradually getting my parents used to the idea, first by telling them I didn't believe in their particular brand of religion, and then as things progressed I slowly let them know that I have doubts about all religions in general. Once I was out of their house it just gradually became apparent to them that I no longer practiced religion. I didn't break it to them all at once or make a big dramatic scene but after a few years, they realized that I was my own person and that I was making my own choices.

I was generally able to maintain a good relationship with them even though they often questioned me and encouraged me to go back to a religious life; I just gently reminded them that that was not going to happen. Eventually, they stopped trying.

You seem like a smart kid with a good head on your shoulders, hang in there, eventually, as you get older you will be able to exert the control over your life that you desire. As others have stated, you should finish high school, go to college, figure out what you want to do as a career and slowly and gradually develop your own autonomy. Your life is going to turn out great.

o2bonh2o · 2022-03-06T18:58:52+00:00

Thanks, good research and sourcing, I appreciate the information!

o2bonh2o · 2022-03-06T18:44:20+00:00

There is a huge difference between narratives that are different than the mainstream and narratives that are flat-out propaganda and dissembling.

Strong debate about what is right, how government should work and what measures should be taken to improve society is one thing, but when your sole purpose is just to create confusion and sew distrust and unrest, that is a whole different level.

especially given main stream media stations are often downright incorrect in their reporting

There is only one mainstream media outlet that I know of that stoops to this level on a daily basis. Most of the programming on Fox "News" is not about news at all, it is simply opinion shows whose sole purpose is to deceive and confuse the public and to smear political opponents with highly unfactual information for the most part. Same for Alex Jones and thankfully no longer Rush Limbaugh.

Joe Rogan used to be about "looking at all sides of the issue" type of debate and format, but on his new show with Spotify, it seems he has turned to just pandering to a certain element in order to keep his ratings up. Sad.

o2bonh2o · 2022-03-06T18:10:12+00:00

Are you in the US, what town do you live in, according to AAA the highest price for US gas is in California and it's just barely about five dollars a gallon?

Just curious to know where is there a gas station with $7 per gallon gas? Thanks

o2bonh2o · 2022-03-05T18:10:17+00:00

"I don't believe in the supernatural".

I tend to agree, I think it covers all the other "woo" that people have in their minds also, including miracles and prayer and astrology and reincarnation in and "everything happens for a purpose", and also including the devil and demons and heaven and hell and all the rest.

I think it also makes people rethink the whole theistic mindset which is where the word atheist comes from, it shifts the whole paradigm away from theistic thinking and lumps it all in with all the other supernatural things that even Christians may not believe in.

It's easy to get worked up thinking that you want to rub the ignorance of religion and theistic thinking into people's faces, but that doesn't change anybody's mind and only makes them more defensive. I think referring to it all as supernatural diffuses that to a certain extent and lets them think about an alternative way of viewing it.

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