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I was born during an absolute boom int he economy. Late '80s and '90s were awesome. '90s were fantastic, just fucking pumping.
I'm working my balls off and putting money into an IRA that I watch essentially disappear every day. I have 529s for my kids that are in the negative returns. I have plans to put an addition on my home that I'll never do, because a 180 square foot addition shouldn't cost 75% of what I paid for the house in 2014. And the crazy thing is I'm a lucky one. It is just sad, and I'm not sure there is an end in sight without some sort of massive reset.
Oh La La look at Mister Fancy pants over here owning a house. I bet you eat and shower everyday in you ivory tower too like your the fucking king of France or something huh.
I bet they wash their ass with a bidet instead of toilet paper! Bourgeoisie!
Hey, if you're fortunate enough to have access to a toilet, you too can have a bidet. The toilet seat adapter kind can be had for around $30. Not nothing, but also not bank breaking.
A lot of apartment leases disallow bidets. I know mine does.
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Why in the world are bidets disallowed? What's the logic there?
I suspect it's because of concerns about leaks and water damage.
That hasn't stopped numerous leaks from upstairs damaging my apartment, though.
So they want more clogged pipes? I'd assume they'd love to have maintenance costs go down not up lol
Bidets would actually save money in the long run. That's how they became bourgeoise
Didn't the stock market have a massive crash in 87 (the worst in history) and then the recession in early 90s was brutal for a loooot of people. I suppose it depends on what market you were in.
Did an addition on my place a few years ago, about 550sqft. Chaching. Luckily I got a break on my mortgage by having another family member heavily invest so I can afford to do so. I don't know how anyone can do it on their own these days. Shits expensive.