houseoftolstoy @houseoftolstoy@merovingian.club

I would prefer we not go to war with Iran, but when did any of the preferences of myself or any of the citizens of the United States matter to those in power? I would hate to be someone who enlisted recently in the military, as they have legitimate chances of being deployed. That most likely will not cause a big shake up.

What would cause that is if our government is stupid enough to start a draft for this war. The young fighting age men just might fight an enemy closer to home than Iran.

@sardonicsmile the numbers also change depending on how many children are in a household. 100k a year does not go neatly as far when you have to provide for children.

This is not a reason to not have children, but it should make you consider your choices if you do want them.

@deprecated_ii but without fence sitters, who would we have ready and waiting to support the winner who comes out on top? When you don't need their support the most, they are always there ready to give their full backing when they have nothing to sacrifice.

If we have WWIII in the near future with the talk of "Iran is close to having nukes" (again), I bet that all the talking heads shilling for globohomo will equate Iran to Italy, as it is the "weak link" of the alliance of Russia-China-Iran.

But with all the poor handling of the American hegemonic empire, I don't think "the good guys" (the USA and its allies) will be winning. In fact, those writing the history later may be labeling the other side as "the good guys."

We shall see.

@Furgar >I've had my fun in the past now it's time for me to settle down and build

This is the opposite of a selling point. She wants some unfortunate guy to give her a soft landing after catapulting herself to her current state of life. I would be insulted if I was considered a choice for her now, since it would indicate that I was not someone she wanted in her "fun" phase.

@jeffcliff I would argue the misuse of the word "vaccine" has caused more distrust in vaccines than anything done by RFK Jr. They changed the the definitions of vaccines and vaccination to include the mRNA shots as "vaccines" since it could not be considered a vaccine by the definition of the word.

Maybe they should figure out that shooting themselves in the foot caused a lot more bleeding than the guy who stepped on their foot did.

@ILoveAmericaNews anyone citing past immigration policies where the US had no welfare state is just being disingenuous or stupid. People came here for "a better life," but there was also a chance that they failed and did not get what they were wanting. That is one aspect that shows that many people do not truly value freedom, because freedom includes the possibility of failure. "Freedom" for too many people is interpreted as having all their needs provided for them.

We are going to need to see housing prices be allowed to drop majorly for a proper rebalance to occur. I think the Boomers can manage to not sell their house at quite the inflated rate that many of them are doing. They should have more to their nest egg than their house. And if not then that is their problem.

We should have already been restricting immigration, but that is "racist" according to our traitorous politicians. That would also alleviate housing demand.

Less crazy than this example is the median cost of houses going up from 143k in 1997 to 414k in 2025. This is still a major increase, since the price of a house tripled while incomes most certainly have not.

I have to wonder how many housing market issues are more of an isolated issue in major urban areas rather than universally true across the board, but I have seen housing prices higher in rural areas as well to a lesser extent, so it is effecting everyone to some extent.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/nearly-30-year-old-capital-gains-tax-exemption-rules-blamed-for-us-housing-shortage-5869376

I get trying to fix problems by removing bad taxes and red tape, but I don't think this will go far enough. The bigger problem is when older people who bought their home 30 years ago for 100k are trying to sell their house (supposedly) now worth 4 million without thinking about how it possibly makes sense to be selling at such a markup. Or am I to believe the house is really worth 40 times more than it was 30 years ago?

@anemone @YeetLibs >woke right

Cease this forced and homosexual terminology. I am not sad that the people who strike first with doxxing get doxxed themselves. You don't get to go to the battlefield and get outraged that you got shot when you are carrying a rifle yourself with the exact same intentions.

@EssentialUtinsil Yes, you should not have kids because you might have moments in your life that involve difficult situations. Nevermind that every aspect of life is going to have challenges and hardships, this specific scenario is just too hard for anyone to deal with!

Screw that noise. Not every day is going to be easy. But far more people have been sad that they did not have kids than those who were sad that they did.

@sardonicsmile I don't see how this needs to be a conflict. You can just buy both crunchy and smooth peanut butter, and each can have their own. It's not like peanut butter goes bad quickly or takes up that much space.

Though yes, the real problem is that he somehow does not have the stones to tell his wife that he is going to have crunchy peanut butter because he wants to have it. Or he is convincing himself out of it when she might not even care thar much.