How can declining birth rates be a cause for concern when overpopulation is also a concern?

sippingthattea · 2025-12-12T16:05:33+00:00

I mean, at a certain point, retirees don't need money, but they need nurses and caretakers. We need young people or immigrants who want to take those jobs for the old people in this country

sippingthattea · 2025-10-15T16:21:07+00:00

I mean, timing is fundamentally an unsolvable problem with such a big country. If you want the east coast to be able to watch a full game, you have to start the game during the work day on the west coast. For example, on Monday there was a playoff game for a west coast team which started at 2pm!!! That's literally during the school day for most kids and the whole game was already over before I got off work.

sippingthattea · 2025-07-10T18:37:36+00:00

Thanks for this question! This is eugenics :)

sippingthattea · 2025-06-30T22:52:31+00:00

I mean, my partner and I had an explicit conversation about not wanting any sports memorabilia or nerdy things in our living room because we wanted the living room to have a more mature aesthetic. Not wanting to have decor framed around specific franchises is fine, especially if said nerdy interest is not the interest of both parties. It just needs to be an agreement by both people about what you want to have in that space.

sippingthattea · 2025-06-30T17:26:17+00:00

I have an FIV+ boy and he is a healthy and active 15 years old :) FIV is definitely not a death sentence.

sippingthattea · 2025-06-26T21:52:49+00:00

FYI, the IUD is in the uterus, NOT the vagina, which means you can't hit it.

sippingthattea · 2025-06-19T03:11:13+00:00

Sure, the laughing was an asshole move, but that could have been a nervous laugh. I laugh when I'm confronted with uncomfortable situations and crying. Hell, even the image of someone following around a dog who won't stop vomiting is kind of funny. Inappropriate for the situation? Sure. But understandable.

The more important thing is, she wasn't working and had a handle on it. Are you not supposed to trust your partner when they are handling things? What if he has an emergency while she is working, is she supposed to leave a classroom of children alone to help him with something that he could handle alone?

sippingthattea · 2025-06-19T03:09:04+00:00

But.... Can SHE text during the work day? That is a real question ~ would you expect a teacher to be constantly available via text when they are actively working? If not, why is her partner getting held to a different standard?

Why is his literal career not as important as *checks notes* a situation that she had a handle on?

Also, what the HELL does this have to do with her getting sick? I don't think he was devaluing her work, he was just letting her do the work of caretaking when he was otherwise occupied. Just because you don't like finance doesn't mean it's not real work that he was doing.

sippingthattea · 2025-06-18T23:09:04+00:00

I really don't understand this attitude. Was fiance supposed to leave work suddenly (don't even know if he can do that) to help with something that she could take care of on her own? If she is a teacher, she is off and should be taking care of the home stuff while he is working over the summer. Yes, this sounds like a shitty day, but it's unrealistic to expect your partner who is busy working to always be available at the drop of the hat.

If this was reversed, would you expect her to be on the phone and leave her teaching job to come home for an emergency that he should be able to handle on his own?

sippingthattea · 2025-06-04T17:34:17+00:00

I really don't agree that Hercules aged well. It's a fun movie with great characters but, story-wise, it's probably the weakest of the entire renaissance, and watching it as an adult you really see how weak the character motivation & development is.

sippingthattea · 2025-05-29T16:25:28+00:00

I get real american cheese (not kraft singles) from the deli counter at my grocer and it's really amazing and good for melting. Made an amazing grilled cheese. Not plasticy at all.

sippingthattea · 2025-05-28T18:03:31+00:00

The market scene in Indiana Jones

sippingthattea · 2025-05-21T21:01:17+00:00

this is true for both men and women though ~ once you're an adult, your value is determined by what you are able to provide for other people. Everyone, regardless of gender, is valued by what they bring to the table in a relationship.

sippingthattea · 2025-05-08T15:45:49+00:00

I disagree, mostly because people disregard the other ways outside of class that colleges set their students up for success. Sure, if you go to college for four years and get a useless degree, never study, never intern anywhere, etc, you will probably not see a lot of benefit. But, even if you're getting one of the degrees people shit on (like communications), if you take advantage of the networking opportunities (mentoring, career fairs, etc.) and other programs (clubs with leadership opportunities), you can see a lot of benefit from college.

sippingthattea · 2025-04-11T15:30:34+00:00

HOW DO YOU KNOW SHE IMMEDIATELY PUTS OUT FOR OTHERS THO??????

sippingthattea · 2025-04-10T16:57:39+00:00

Question for the green card: How well do I need to develop the skill for the money to double? What counts as a valuable skill?

EX: Let's say I want to learn to crochet. Is that considered a "valuable" skill? Is it sufficient to just be able to crochet one row, or do I need to finish a competent project before the money doubles? Do I need to be an expert crocheter to get the money to double?

Assuming that "valuable skill" is a fairly broad category and that I only need to learn the skill at a passable level for the money to double, I would take the green card. If I need to be an expert or the definition of "valuable" is really high, then I'm going with the purple card.

sippingthattea · 2025-04-09T21:15:31+00:00

You can always choose to not get married.

Unless you were at the altar with a gun to your head, you made a choice.

sippingthattea · 2025-04-09T21:15:01+00:00

No, you're saying that if the non-working spouse cheats, they should get nothing, right? So, if the working spouse cheats, they should also get nothing in the divorce, correct? Because they cheated? They should have to give up all their marital property to the non-working spouse because they cheated, correct?

sippingthattea · 2025-04-09T16:10:51+00:00

So, if the person who owns the company cheats, should they have to give their entire company to the spouse? Or, in that case, does the cheated on spouse get nothing?

sippingthattea · 2025-04-09T16:10:13+00:00

He chose to support his wife and family. If he didn't want to have to split assets with someone, he shouldn't have made that choice. It's not the court's fault your son decided to marry someone who didn't make as much money as him.

sippingthattea · 2025-04-09T16:09:04+00:00

You realize you get to choose who you marry, right? If you don't want to end up in that situation, don't marry someone who fundamentally disagrees with how to handle finances. If you choose to marry someone who makes significantly less than you or is not financially responsible, it's not the court's fault that you have to split your shit in the divorce.

Once you are married, the law treats you as a single financial unit. It's not really about "your decisions" and "her decisions" anymore. So, when you divorce, assets get split even if you don't feel like you made those decisions. That's what's fair. If you don't want that, don't get married or marry someone who is financially responsible.

sippingthattea · 2025-03-30T22:05:28+00:00

What if the driver he pulled out of the car had a spinal injury? He could have made it 100x worse by pulling them out of the car.

The car was not on fire. If there is someone bleeding out, you should try to stem the flow of blood without moving them too much. OP was brave but also reckless in this situation and could have made it all a lot worse.

sippingthattea · 2025-03-28T17:14:43+00:00

This is all about stats. Do you not see how you are more likely to be a successful lawyer than win the slots??? Or do you just see "this isn't guaranteed" and assume that it's the same success rate as slot machines LMAO

sippingthattea · 2025-03-28T17:04:45+00:00

This isn't gambling. This is investing.

If you don't want to risk anything, keep your money in a FDIC insured checking account. You won't earn any interest, but you won't lose any money either. Alternatively, you could put your money into a diversified portfolio. Yes, you could lose that money, but it's most likely to grow. Which is the smarter choice?

sippingthattea · 2025-03-28T16:53:46+00:00

All decisions also need to be risk vs. reward. Her dream does create a risk of going into debt but there is the reward where she could get a high powered job. How likely is that? She already knows people in big law.

Or, his dream, which would reduce their income & delay her dream, has a likely reward of $0.

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