The Misfortune To Be Born In Such A Horrible Country

[zantax]

@TheRedComet

When I worked at a Nissan dealership I saw it all the time.

People actually getting an 8 year loan to get something completely vulgar and ostentatious. People I knew from my home town that did not have the means to afford some of these vehicles we sold. Stuff like 65,000 dollar Nissan Armada Platinums. Maybe they could make the payments, but they were one step away from bankruptcy. Spending 50% of their income on a vehicle that depreciates.

Two bad months on their end for whatever reason and the vehicle would come back to the tech department (where I worked) on the back of a repo truck. We’d clean it up, check for any mechanical maladies, fix those and get it to the used lot where some other idiot would buy it immediately, once again someone living beyond their means.

The car industry shoulders a lot of the blame for poverty in America, or rather the people who fall for it should since nobody twisted their arms. Friend of mine is around 55, nowhere near set for retirement and just spent 70k on a new pick up, dope.

[TheRedComet]

Later on in life I do have plans to go on a cross country tour. Using either a touring motorcycle (like a Suzuki C90 Boulevard) or a small classic convertible like an early 00s Miata. Just to say I did it.

As for Europe I have a strong desire to visit France and Belgium, since they are basically the Mecca for Western Front World War I battlefields.

[Liberty323]

I’m right there with you. My vacations are time for projects around the house. I think not being married anymore rescued me from all that money I used to blow on chaotic “vacations” and shopping trips to out of state malls and outlets.
When my boys were younger and living at home, travel baseball during the summer and fall to other states served as vacations.

[SixFoot]

@TheRedComet

Later on in life I do have plans to go on a cross country tour. Using either a touring motorcycle (like a Suzuki C90 Boulevard) or a small classic convertible like an early 00s Miata. Just to say I did it.

As for Europe I have a strong desire to visit France and Belgium, since they are basically the Mecca for Western Front World War I battlefields.

Try a real challenge for yourself and step foot in all 50 United States.

[conan]

Wow this post reeks with jealousy and resentment.

[WuWei]

I haven’t done that. No desire to.

[SixFoot]

It’s not “easy” to do either.

[Samson_Corwell]

@zantax

@Samson_Corwell

@zantax

@Samson_Corwell

@WuWei

@Samson_Corwell

I never signed any such contract, nor did you.

(Social contract theory is bunk, anyway

I did. Took an oath on it and everything.

I was not a party to this contract, so it cannot bind me.

Want to bet? Go do something illegal or unconstitutional and see how it works out. That is essentially a sovereign citizen argument and we all know, they are kooks. Are you immune to paying taxes too? lol

Sneaky is the one framing this as a matter of contract. If it is, then my lack of agreement to this contract means it is not binding. But it is binding on me because it is NOT a contract.

I am not immune to paying taxes; my lack of consent to them does not absolve or anyone else of the responsibility to pay them.

Ever recite the pledge of allegiance of you own free will post eighteen years old? If you did, you voluntarily signed the contract.

These are progressive levels of dumb.