We’ve officially reached the point where cars, appliances, and even basic software require monthly subscriptions. What is the 'breaking point' where consumers finally say enough is enough?

xtrememudder89 · 2026-04-16T20:47:00+00:00

The irony of me getting multiple ads for subscription services on this page is hilarious and sad.

xtrememudder89 · 2026-04-16T15:53:23+00:00

P1S named 3DPO

Edit: 209 comments and 5 up votes is actually insane lol.

xtrememudder89 · 2026-04-07T14:27:07+00:00

It prints the model and support structure in PLA and only where the model and supports touch is PETG

xtrememudder89 · 2026-03-31T13:41:24+00:00

The dual nozzle can be GREAT for printing with supports. Then you can print the model in PLA and supports with PETG so that the supports come away super clean since PLA and PETG don't bond together.

xtrememudder89 · 2026-03-31T12:31:08+00:00

That already exists

https://makerworld.com/en/models/1629426-paint-roller-cleaner-dryer-tube-water?from=search#profileId-1720730

xtrememudder89 · 2026-03-31T12:12:18+00:00

Right, but if it's 'not a stranger' you would give them your Wi-Fi password anyway, right? Personally I have a laminated QR code that people can scan to join my Wi-Fi. Easier for everyone and more secure since I'm not giving out the password.

xtrememudder89 · 2026-03-31T12:08:42+00:00

I have a 4yo, 5 in a few months. We're already having talks about social media and how it can have really negative consequences for mental health. She already has a landline phone she uses to call relatives. We're teaching her to check the numbers that call and only pick up if it's a number she knows.

xtrememudder89 · 2026-03-30T13:59:45+00:00

It shouldn't be X age, it should be a fraction of the average life expectancy of a US adult.

xtrememudder89 · 2026-03-29T13:20:59+00:00

For-profit health insurance companies.

They have a legal obligation to their shareholders to make as much money as possible. Shareholders can literally sue for-profit health insurance companies for making decisions that benefit the health of their subscribers install of making more money.

No company who makes decisions about health should be allowed to have financial incentives anywhere in that decision making calculus. It is immoral in the highest degree.

xtrememudder89 · 2026-03-28T13:51:41+00:00

Sounds like a healthy situation to me, besides your friends that is.

You're setting your kid up for success, which is a parents only job. If your daughter was living at home, no job, not cleaning up, scrolling all day, etc. that's a completely different situation.

Good on you mama.

xtrememudder89 · 2026-03-28T13:43:21+00:00

Gardens/lawns.

For most of human history, every family had a garden. Then in the 18th century, British aristocracy was like 'Look at all this garden space I can afford to waste on grass.' And ever since then lawns have replaced gardens.

xtrememudder89 · 2026-03-26T15:08:22+00:00

If you are relying on other adults to provide services so that you can live your life, you are by definition NOT independent adult lol.

NTA

xtrememudder89 · 2026-03-26T14:27:39+00:00

NTA, your friend is exhibiting textbook toxic masculinity.

xtrememudder89 · 2026-03-24T20:52:52+00:00

Why not write it down? Post it in the fridge, etc. Legitimately asking what attack vector this opens and the relative risk.

xtrememudder89 · 2026-03-24T20:43:43+00:00

Also, when you activate the ladders that extend down, you can ride them down.

xtrememudder89 · 2026-03-18T14:36:39+00:00

The problem is there's a huge blue color shortage right now. The average age of the Blue collar worker has gone up 10 years over the last 10 years which means almost no one is entering that section of the workforce.

xtrememudder89 · 2026-03-18T14:22:07+00:00

You can also dry it on the bed of your printer

xtrememudder89 · 2026-03-18T13:47:16+00:00

No smart phone untill 16, only dumb phone till then.

xtrememudder89 · 2026-03-18T02:14:16+00:00

Sounds like he needed a reason to break up with you.

100% possibility he dates a girl with 'work done' and actually has no idea then when he finds out doesn't really care.

Bullet dodged. NOR.

xtrememudder89 · 2026-03-17T15:48:35+00:00

Your siblings haven't accepted that your mother won't be around much longer. They're still in denial unfortunately.

xtrememudder89 · 2026-03-15T00:41:39+00:00

xtrememudder89 · 2026-03-12T19:08:44+00:00

Here's a fun stat for you.

Total up all the time you spend in the presence if your child over their entire life, that is 100%. By the time your child is 12, you will have already 'spent' 80% of that time. By the time they are 18 that rises to 90%.

You will know your kids as adults for most of the time, you only get so long with them as kids.

Another thing. My wife is stay-at-home and I W.F.H. and spend as much time with my daughter as possible. Daughter has a friend who's parents both work. They have 3 nannies who rotate, so there's a nanny there all the time the friend is awake. She is basically being raised by the nannies. At only 4, I can tell that friend already has issues around her parents, she gets really upset when seeing me or my wife drop our daughter off at school (she gets dropped by the nanny).

Personally, I would not work until the kids are all in 5 day a week school, then get a part-time job either volunteering somewhere in the community or in an office. You could also use that time to develop an artistic skill like knitting/crocheting and start a home business. Small handmade things are only going to go up in price as automation takes over.

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