fadedmaster

joined 1 year ago
[–] fadedmaster@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Keep in mind that the cops don't have to provide you with their reasonable suspicion in order to demand ID. It's not until court that they have to provide their reasonable suspicion. So they have plenty of time to come up with justification after the fact.

Also, on the Fifth Amendment I thought I had read somewhere about a case where a man simply remained silent and never once invoked his right and it didn't end well for him. I cannot remember the details, but for some reason I thought that you still had to invoke the fifth even if you have not yet answered any questions. I'll have to look back into this later and post back if I find the story.

[–] fadedmaster@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Congrats on making it that far! I'm sure you'll have a fully funded emergency fund before you know it. I hope no emergencies come up while you build it, but if they do, don't let that discourage you!

[–] fadedmaster@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I think you give a fair explanation of Dave in this comment. I definitely think much of his "baby steps" needs to be updated. Just for example, $1000 in savings is just going to cause someone to get further into debt when an emergency comes up.

I like the 20/30/50 rule for budgeting (20% saving, 30% fun and 50% needs). If you have bad debt (consumer debt, bad auto loan, etc), then minimize your fun spending the most you can in order to wipe out that bad debt as quickly as possible. But of course also save up at least on month of needs or your largest deductible (whichever is greater). Then once the bad debt is gone save up a 3-6 month emergency fund (according to your personal risk/comfort level).

I also think it's important to not be too hard on yourself. Some months you'll be over budget and some months you will be under. That's why I think it's important, like you said, to leave some room in the budget and not get caught up in zero dollar budgeting.

[–] fadedmaster@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

I agree with all of those. Some of my favorite clothing I've gotten thrifting. I've been able to find never worn brand name clothing for way cheaper. Heck. I recently got a pair of Eddie Bauer shorts, never used (still had the baggie with spare buttons attached to the waistband), for $5.

[–] fadedmaster@sh.itjust.works 104 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Video games. Unless it's a game I play with friends I typically wait for it to drop in price significantly.

[–] fadedmaster@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Ditto. They also smelled worse too. We found that the Target brand diapers when Target has their gift card deals was the time to stock up on their whipes and diapers.

[–] fadedmaster@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Keepass deals with this fairly well. It remembers the restrictions from the previous password.

[–] fadedmaster@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

Or several numbers if it can't be too similar to a previous password.

[–] fadedmaster@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

I wish I knew what I was doing because I very rarely get that stuff, unless I go to Shorts. Then that crap shows up in both the Shorts and my recommendations. After ignoring them for a couple days they go away and stay away as long as I also avoid Shorts... So maybe that's the key?

[–] fadedmaster@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

I've been looking forward to this remake for a while.

[–] fadedmaster@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 months ago

I noticed the fire and I noticed the tent. I was too distracted by the hands to notice that the fire was in the tent... What has AI images done to me? Haha.

[–] fadedmaster@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've never had the roundabout one either. But I do often get ones where I'm on a rural highway and it will give an alternative route to exit the highway, take this long twisting road that dumps me back on the highway ahead of me, adding a needless 40 minutes. Haha.

 

Anyone have any recommendations for a game that's like Dance Dance Revolution? My wife really liked that game back in the day and I am looking to get her it or something like it as a gift.

We have a PS5 and Xbox One S. We also have a Switch that I could get a dock hooked up to the TV, but she usually uses it in handheld mode. If there's not really any options for those systems we also have some older systems in storage while we finish some construction that I could dig out (most systems dating back to SNES).

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