BONGHITZ posted:

For some reason I love john pop.

mr. mephistopheles posted:

lol, prices are probably at least another year from peaking and the last peak was in 2006 before it started to decline so you're basically telling people to just wait another 7-8 years to buy a house

like just put one of the most basic accepted milestones in the progression of your adult life on hold for another decade

this generation is so hosed

HEY NONG MAN posted:

that's life I guess? Or is it not cool to tell a willenial that life ain't fair?

Our parents bought houses when they were 23. We buy houses when we turn 30. It's how it goes.

E: also my parents' first home purchase was a tiny shitbox. By contrast, the first home I bought as an adult will be the last one I need to buy so long as I don't change cities.

Gildiss posted:

Who the gently caress wants to own a house?
Yes, please anchor me to whatever lovely town I currently exist in forever and tie my well being to the whims of local real estate and labor markets!

darth cookie posted:

How do you feel about payday loans and extended warranties?

Gildiss posted:

Who the gently caress wants to own a house?
Yes, please anchor me to whatever lovely town I currently exist in forever and tie my well being to the whims of local real estate and labor markets!

Dave Concepcion posted:

oslo, which is a pretty horrible place to live if you hate hot women who pay for their own drinks and gently caress on the first date

Groovelord Neato posted:

you're not a man if you don't pay for a woman's drinks sorry fella

quote:

Coworking is probably a familiar concept at this point, but Evans wants to take his idea a step further. On Friday, on the top two floors of the building, he’s starting construction on a space he envisions as a dorm for Millennials, though he cringes at the word “dorm.” Commonspace, as he’s calling it, will feature 21 microunits, which each pack a tiny kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, and living space into 300-square-feet. The microunits surround shared common areas including a chef’s kitchen, a game room, and a TV room. Worried about the complicated social dynamics of so many Millennials in one living unit? Fear not, Evans and partner John Talarico are hiring a “social engineer” who will facilitate group events and maintain harmony among roommates.

Forget communes or co-ops. Millennials, Evans says, want the chance to be alone in their own bedrooms, bathrooms, and kitchens, but they also want to be social and never lonely (hence #FOMO).

neonbregna posted:

Lol if you don't realize buying a house is the same as participating in a Ponzi scheme

HEY NONG MAN posted:

lol at dying alone in a rented one bedroom apartment

radiatinglines posted:

this thread is so loving bad, nobody gives a poo poo about your computer janitor jobs

Gildiss posted:

Well, when the last bubble popped I got to watch my home town poo poo itself as tons of people lost their jobs, their homes values went far below what they owed and no one was buying.
They could not move to other areas where there were jobs for them because they had a house shaped anchor.
For myself, I have moved 4 times within the last 2 years for new jobs, I prefer mobility and I will pay the rental premiums for that mobility.

ChesterJT posted:

People get flat tires too, that doesn't mean we should all ride skateboards everywhere dumbass.

Marta Velasquez posted:

Skateboards are ancient. Catch up.

MarcusSA posted:

How has the Yale bullshit not made its way into this thread yet?

"Free speech is great till it hurts me then its not ok."

MarcusSA posted:

How has the Yale bullshit not made its way into this thread yet?

"Free speech is great till it hurts me then its not ok."

EugeneJ posted:

Millenials are babies that like dorm life - let's keep them there forever!

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/11/coliving/414531/

mr. mephistopheles posted:

good luck finding any desirable property in any city worth a poo poo that hasn't been snatched up by cash buyers and then rented for more than the mortgage cost

unless you're buying new from a developer you're probably hosed

Mad Monk posted:

This is the thing that nightmares are made of.

quote:

My partner and I have been together about eleven months. She has major depressive disorder, sees a therapist regularly and has been on a number of different anti-depressants. She suffers vaginismus, frequent UTIs, and frequent spotting and bleeding despite being on a hormonal birth control implant. She identifies as demisexual, and has told me that she is extremely uncomfortable having sex with someone for whom she cares, and that it was easier to do so when our relationship was less serious. It is easiest for her to be intimate only when she is disconcertingly inebriated, which makes me uncomfortable fr numerous reasons, especially her ability to consent; but that she has stopped binge drinking.

She has recently changed anti-depressants, having previously been on Cymbalta. She described herself as "zombie mode" while she was on it, and has been more expressive since. But, she still feels incapable of having sex. She told me she has made an appointment with her therapist to "re-wire her anxious associations." We haven't had sex since September, and the last time it was enjoyable was July. But I also get the impression that she is concerned. She's offered oral and told me that she is okay with "just lying under me". But at the risk of sounding cheesy, if she's not into it, I'm really not having a good time.

Recently, she tried to send me a single dirty picture via text. I never received it, but she informed me that it was only waist up, and no face. Instead, it was sent to he mother, sister, and niece. Her family are conservative oligarchs, but not "burn-the-whore" denim skirts and perm types, but she tells me that the fallout gave her panic attacks all day. It's left me with the impression that she finds sex physically un-fulfilling and emotionally back breaking.

I am happy with many of the other aspects of our relationship. She's intellectually engaging and emotionally supportive. She's a very good friend, she plays at my D&D table and it's satisfying to be able to share that with her. When I've brought my concerns up to her she has been receptive and she seems to want to develop the relationship. But I'm worried that our different sexual needs are intractable. I feel like a horny teenage, propositioning her or always being the one to initiate (when we had sex at all.) I want to respect her identity. And I don't have the right to break things off if she's more mature than needing sexual gratification, but don't know how to be an intimate partner divorced from intimacy.

Maoist Pussy posted:

quote:

She identifies as demisexual, and has told me that she is extremely uncomfortable having sex with someone for whom she cares

mr. mephistopheles posted:

free speech just means you can't be legally punished by the state for speech, it doesn't mean you can say whatever you want with no social consequences