My two crapped out at around the same time. So im at one now. Nothing fancy, but im pretty damed pleased for... i think it was 110? Might get a second of the same.
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Obviously the child is the stupid financial decision
It depends on where you live. Believe it or not, kids still care for their elderly parents in some nations.
Making a life-changing decision - for more than just yourself - on the assumption that they will want anything to do with you in 40 years is, how do I put this... stupid as fuck?
And that assumes they also are able-bodied, of sound mind and judgement, can care for any others financially...
My folks are getting up there in age, and I'm not getting any younger myself. They are religious, I'm not. I'm LGBT, they are bigoted. I can understand the big picture of caring for others through community, they don't. They are still very capable and mobile, I'm disabled. What side of the fence do you think I'm on?
They could have just used a fucking condom. They should have. They didn't.
My mom would straight up tell us we were supposed to take care of her when she got old, it's literally the only reason I was ever given for why I was made. For that and other reasons I'm no-contact now, but it's an incredibly toxic mindset and even worse that you're inflicting that on your kids.
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I think the key to this scheme working, however, is that you raise your children in such a selfless way that they would want to take care of you when you have nothing more to offer them. Which is to say, the only way this method works is if it’s not a “method” at all, just love.
Edit: inb4 honor culture. In the places you likely refer to, uncared-for elderly are considered a great dishonor. But also in these places, differences in social infrastructure and the parameters of personal finance significantly augment the decision. In short, it’s still a net cost of time and resources to raise a child, a balance that can only be paid by love.
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Me at 35: well at least I don’t live on the streets
Somebody now 15, when they're 35: Well maybe I'll get off the streets soon.
Assuming they are still alive, yes.
I took on a second, what have I done.
Here in Sweden I'm experiencing this with both older and younger generations. I know no one my age that has a kid, but so many younger generations have at least one. My little sister has two, and most of her friends do too. It's weird.
My little sister has two, and most of her friends do too. It's weird.
I suppose that makes sense. Support has gotten much stronger, in the last decade or two, for using multiple monitors.
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The boomers fucked the economy. Their mentality is "FUCK YOU! I GOT MINE!"
At 35 I got my third!
...27" curved screen with 144Hz and HDR...
Not sure if he's thinking about a second monitor or a second smoke.
Why not both? I haven't seen that taco girl meme in a decade or so.
Ahh the PG32UCDM! This is best panel I have ever seen, I love mine but the only downside is when it's off the coil whine is crazy loud, almost louder than my system.
Are there even coil-whine-less displays anymore ?
All of them if you use one of these
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I mean, when the display is on
The commenter implies your coil whine comes from "dirty power" from your power strip (not a perfect sine wave). This may or may not be the case, so it's at least one thing you can try out.
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Everyone here talking about second somethings. All I want to say is this is the baby with the most developed jaw, nose and brow that I've ever seen in my life.
Things really were different during our parents' times.
Born a Chad like his dad, grew up into a Wojak like his mom.
Anyone here ever used curved monitors? I'm seeing them come down in price and wonder if it's cool enough to get
I hate them, wife loves them.. so good luck lol
Unless they are huge and ultra-wide, I don't see the point. They don't add anything at small sizes except a certain aesthetic. At large sizes, it's a quality of life improvement as things on the edges are closer than with flat screens. They were more expensive when I looked for them, so test it for the 14-30 day return period and see if you actually like it.
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I like my ultrawides curved, but wouldn't want a 16:9 curved.
I have a 32inch flat, wouldn't recommend that size unless curved.
lol. I have a 50 inch flat screen on my desk. You can get used to anything. Though my desk is almost a meter deep and the screen sits right on the edge.
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I had 3 by 23 😁
Still have only 2 kids though
Laughable, I think about MINUTES!
This would seem more accurate to me if it said "Grandparents at 25". I'm the 25yo parent's age and for us, people were already considering whether they could afford 1 or 2 children with mortgage and childcare costs. I guess if we had the big screen TVs, cellphones stronger than computers, gaming computers, and cheap airfare around the world, many of us would have also decided parenting was much too expensive.
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