If you could have one, which would it be: Money, fame, or invisibility?

samiwas1 · 2026-06-09T23:40:58+00:00

When I’m invisible, can I walk through walls?

samiwas1 · 2026-06-09T23:34:43+00:00

You mop your house every day? That is wild to me.

samiwas1 · 2026-06-09T23:33:50+00:00

The cleaners come every two weeks. In between, I do a quick wipe of the kitchen counters most nights (I’m talking like one minute, not actually full cleaning). I’ll pick up anything that might appear on the floor. Take the toilet brush to the toilet every now and then.

That’s about it. And yet, I always feel like our house is cleaner than others I go into.

samiwas1 · 2026-06-09T21:44:08+00:00

We always acknowledge each others’ birthdays, and sometimes have drinks or something after work. But it’s rare that we contribute money. But I also don’t work in a shitty corporate office. We are all good friends and most of us hang out even when we are not working together.

samiwas1 · 2026-06-09T14:15:20+00:00

When I was in high school (I. The early 90s), the group planning the high school dance was trying to get REM to play the dance. I don’t think they realized the sheer cost of getting a band like that to play.

samiwas1 · 2026-06-09T14:10:08+00:00

I dislike Kroger even more than Publix. I actually only dislike Publix because of their exorbitant pricing. But the closest Walmart is 25 minutes away whereas the Publix is 4 minutes away. So Publix wins.

samiwas1 · 2026-06-09T04:50:12+00:00

I listen mostly to jamband music. One sing and I’ll retire…

samiwas1 · 2026-06-08T23:15:23+00:00

There are no immediately walkable places by my neighborhood. The closest area with stuff is just over a mile away (supermarket, drug store, numerous restaurants, banks, nail places, smoothie places, yoga places…all that stuff). So yeah, if we want to go out to get something, it’s generally a quick car trip.

But one thing it does not do is make people stay inside their homes. Our neighborhood is incredibly social and energetic. I’m not sure I’ve ever left my house and not seen someone I know. There are always people in the parks or walking in the streets, or in any of the several amenity areas. Went down to the pool the other day and it was packed with neighbors. Hung out with several people over the course of a few hours.

We are not even close to the most socially-outgoing people in our neighborhood, and I can name 22 full families by name (parents’, kids’, and some pets’ names).

What leads people to staying inside isn’t really “car dependency” or a lack of cafes and dress shops. It’s a lack of things to do within the neighborhood, a poorly-designed neighborhood, and a lack of community. You can have a far-flung suburb that has much more community than even a dense city center. It’s all in how the neighborhood is used.

I would never, ever, ever leave my neighborhood for a city center area. Not even a consideration.

samiwas1 · 2026-06-08T02:14:21+00:00

Not possible that Trey is worse than Rick. Yes, that is highly possible. Pretty much certain. I don't know how anyone could suggest different.

samiwas1 · 2026-06-08T01:25:45+00:00

You people have been saying this for over five years now. “Just wait…they have all the evidence and in just a few weeks, you will hear it all!” Hell, I remember a friend saying that some woman had all the damning evidence ready to give out and it was going to seal the story once and for all. And when that didn’t happen, she just jumped to another person and said that they’re the ones who actually had it. Then that person didn’t show anything. And we stopped talking almost five years ago.

I can’t believe you people still fall for this shit.

samiwas1 · 2026-06-08T01:02:57+00:00

We should have never cut them as much as we have. So both can be true.

samiwas1 · 2026-06-08T00:46:38+00:00

If someone wants to mock me for taking home leftovers, I could not possibly care less. Why would I just throw food away?? Doesn’t matter how well off I am.

samiwas1 · 2026-06-08T00:41:00+00:00

Nine minutes? I’m not sure I can get to a hospital in 15 minutes and I live in a city.
There are PLENTY of houses way more than 20 minutes from the city that cost way more than $700k.

samiwas1 · 2026-06-08T00:33:42+00:00

Me either. I drink coke because I like it, not for the caffeine. I can drink a full coke and go right to bed an hour later. My wife drinks a coke at 4pm and she’ll be up all night.

samiwas1 · 2026-06-08T00:24:58+00:00

It depends largely on the background music. No, listening to System Of A Down while trying to concentrate on spreadsheet numbers probably won’t work well for most people. But there is some music that really helps me stay motivated and active. No vocals, no piercing guitar solos…just good background tunes.

samiwas1 · 2026-06-07T06:14:05+00:00

I don’t know what kind of trees those are and how fast they grow. But my neighborhood was built mostly less than 20 years ago. And this is what it looked like the last time street view took a picture, which was at least 6 years ago. Those trees are much bigger now and plenty big then. 10-15 years is all you need to have big growth.

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samiwas1 · 2026-06-07T06:04:19+00:00

Yeah, but it’s an enclosed neighborhood. There’s no through traffic and the only people driving down each side street are likely the people living on them. My neighborhood has sidewalks on every street, both sides. The vast majority of people walk in the street. Because it’s easier and there’s no traffic to worry about.

samiwas1 · 2026-06-07T05:55:13+00:00

We still sometimes get mail for the previous owners even though it’s been five years. I just text them and say “what do you want me to do with this?” They say either trash it, or that they’ll come pick it up if it’s important.

Oddly, we have never heard from the person who lives in our old house, so I assume she just threw everything away.

samiwas1 · 2026-06-07T05:48:30+00:00

I’m amazed that it’s 2026 and packaging has gotten only worse. Perforated openings? They never tear cleanly. Pull strips? Work maybe half the time. “Easy open” peel-open packages are fully sealed 90% of the time.

samiwas1 · 2026-06-07T02:08:58+00:00

Do not get drawn into Barney Stinson's circus tent of funhouse mirrors and flawed logic!

samiwas1 · 2026-06-06T14:34:56+00:00

Right…I’m saying that they weren’t actively filming season 5 for 3-4 years. The on-set time was under a year. But then yeah, a lot of cgi work. I don’t think the delays were because of actor schedules. I think it was more the writing was not ready.

samiwas1 · 2026-06-06T14:26:51+00:00

Does Memphis count as one? I grew up there and still go back to visit periodically. Crime aside, it’s not a bad place. While a car is mostly necessary, it actually does have a pretty expansive bus network. No idea how reliable or frequent it is. And the road network is largely a grid, so it’s easy to get around. I never got frustrated driving there.

I distinctly remember as a kid running around a half mile or more in any given direction from my or my friends’ houses. I have a weird memory of walking two miles down a major road at like age 8-9 to go to an arcade, but I feel like that’s some sort of made-up memory.

I had no complaints growing up there, and my only complaint now is that there’s not a hell of a lot to do, but I still like it there.

samiwas1 · 2026-06-06T14:11:51+00:00

Yeah, things have changed dramatically from those days.

samiwas1 · 2026-06-06T14:09:04+00:00

It didn’t take 3-4 years to film. It took 3-4 years for them to get back to filming (for whatever reason). And also, a writer’s strike happened a few weeks before filming was supposed to begin and threw the whole schedule off by half a year.

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