The EU will … oh wait, nevermind

We bought a reliable car for 22k without financing. Our next car will be bought when this one dies. It’s not necessary to have a new car every couple of years.

If you pay 500$ a month for 30 years at 5% interest compounded monthly you would contribute $180k and would have $416,129 so not really a million. You would need a little less than 9.5% interest to get a million. 2% interest is only getting you $246k which when you take into account inflation 2-3% normal average minus 5% one of the higher realistic interests that is what you are actually making .

Ramsey is always very optimistic about investment returns. His advice isn’t too bad though.

Why are high schools investing money in the first place???

As a German I find Gretchen hilarious. Not a name you’d see in Germany despite its origins.

My vote is on Brunhilde, my grandma’s name. It’s a name only 80+y olds would have, but I like it

Doesn’t get more classic than that

Rub a leaf between your fingers. The smell can tell you sometimes which fruit you’ll get. Other than that you need to wait to find out.

In terms of citrus I can recommend satsumas, my 2y old tree gave me about 40 fruits this year alone and they taste great.

That we are supposed to be a part of it and not separate. Indigenous peoples have a drastically different outlook on nature because they feel they’re nature, whereas we’re so disconnected from it all.

Personally, I love citrus and fig trees. Figs are great because growing them is the only reliable way to get great ones

Having a nice breakfast with the family like every weekend. We either do waffles, pancakes or homemade brezels. Apart from that I’m hoping to spend some time outside in the garden to clean up for autumn while the kids play.

Yes, that’s true, but at that age you’re financially more stable and have more patience than a 20y. We had our kids at about 30 and I think that’s probably the best age for it.

I think it’s because they don’t want you to just keep it plugged in?

40 isn’t too old for kids. Plenty of people have kids at that age and they’re doing just fine.

You can trade or sell bulbs though

Given that homophobia was very widely accepted until the past decade or two, it would be incredibly stupid to argue that almost all of society was gay until very recently.

Homosexuality was far more common before the rise of christianity and its spread via colonialism.

Thanks for sharing. I never considered that people could blame gay people for homophobia. To me this is obvious nonsense, the only people to blame are the homophobes.

That being said, the correlation between gay arousal and homophobia remains mysterious.

You’re replying to a troll, I wouldn’t bother

It’s not, a scientific study showed homophobic participants gay porn and measured their reaction. The overwhelming majority of them “liked what they saw”…

Seconded. Dave the Diver is very uplifting and not punishing at all - if you make a mistake, it has very few consequences