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Cake day: September 29th, 2023

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  • I was just talking about that movie a few days ago

    It started off alright, I was thinking “damn is this really a Michael Bay movie?”. It seemed like it wanted to ponder on the human condition and maybe do a bit of 1984-esque discussion on human rights, etc. Philosophical stuff that Bay isn’t known for

    Then a big green Xbox advertisement, suddenly there are explosions and the people who have never even seen a car or motorcycle are doing high speed chases on the highway, so much action, etc.

    It was such a jarring turn of events that it actually felt like the two parts of the films were made by two different people












  • I refuse participate in credit. I’ve never checked my credit score, I have never been in debt to a corporation. All of my debt as been to individuals.

    Whenever I talk to other about this to other people they just keep pushing the idea that I should know my credit score “just in case” (despite the fact I own my home already, bought it on owner finance) and then go on a speech about how I should get a credit card and and use it and pay it off every month to build my credit slowly over time.

    I 100% understand that my individual situation, having bought a car by paying it over a few months, and buying a house on owner finance directly from an individual, aren’t solutions that just anyone can use and it requires a great deal of luck, which is not the point of my comment. My point is that so many people think credit debt is actually necessary, that it’s required. They keep trying to sell me on the idea, but I just don’t see it. I don’t want to be in debt for 30 years to buy another home, I have 0 fucking interest in that. And yet, I’ve had at least 10 instances where someone tries to sell me on the idea of credit like its a DARE style anti Marijuana video from 2005.

    I mean, no fucking wonder houses cost so much (and by extension, rent). It’s not the fault of those in debt, it’s the fault of the system who convinced them they NEEEED to be in debt.