Got_Bent @ Got_Bent @lemmy.world

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I never could understand why they made us learn multiplication tables up to twelve. This is why, isn't it?

I know nothing of this, but Israel backs both sides?

As a long time teacher of ESL back in the day, I'd say that depends heavily on the native language.

European languages generally do well

Asian languages generally struggle

Middle Eastern languages, well, things don't translate well on paper

Conversely, I found the middle Eastern students to have excellent speaking abilities.

The difference in how the mind processes speaking vs writing was truly fascinating to me.

In my fifties and still have that dream, but it's worse.

I went to boarding school, so my dreams involve fifty something year old me having to go back to live in the dorm with a bunch of kids.

So I was you. I wasn't financially stable until well into my forties. I would say I wasn't raised by anybody. Forget about no parental money. I had no parental guidance, and from that I made a TON of beyond stupid decisions.

Fast forward, and I finally got my shit together. I was able to get my daughter through college without debt and her mother sold her a car for a reasonable price.

So now she's in her early twenties making more money than I do, and she's always concerned with mismanaging it. But being who she is, she's also constantly worried that she's not doing enough good for others.

Her first house will be with her own money, but I was fortunate enough to help her get into that position.

Just on principle, I'm hell bent on leaving an estate to her even if she won't need it. From there, I just hope it further supplies her with the tools to realize her ultimate altruistic ambitions.

This being Lemmy, I'm sure something about this is wrong or evil or selfish. I can't accommodate every random Internet criticism, so I do the best I can.

As to the daughter, I'm just so proud of her. Aside from the line of work, she's artistic and empathetic and caring. You know, an exponentially better person than I could ever hope to be.

My visit to my daughter's apartment did concern me in that I saw not one but two Scrabble sets on her shelf.

And she doesn't have means to make coffee. That part will get immediately remedied.

But seriously, she and I are quite close. I was telling her that my biggest concern going forward is living alone and going full blown dementia as I failed in securing long term care.

I also told her to never, under any circumstances, sign anything remotely related to my healthcare because the fine print will make her assume financial responsibility. Fuck that. Dump my withering winkled ass in a storm drain before I let that happen.

I had a long talk with my daughter about this last week.

I bought a small 700 square foot house about a year and a half ago. I'll have it completely paid off in ten years.

My daughter made all the right moves and is making more money in her early twenties than she knows what to do with.

So here's the plan:

When my house is paid off, she'll have a house of her own.

I'll retire and go live with her.

Then we rent out my house, but not in the traditional way. We're going to look for somebody who is genuinely looking but unable to buy. We'll go in the rent to own model, so eventually the tenant owns my house and the daughter has cash from the proceeds to go buy another house and rent it to own.

I'm sure somebody on lemmy will find reason to punch holes in this plan and call us horrible capitalist pigs, but short of outright giving everything away, this was the best we could come up with to use family assets for the good of others without starving ourselves.

It's rare that I fry anything but when you get a good French fry down, the oven or air fryer just doesn't compare.

I keep thinking back to this. I believe persimmons are in season in the fall, so if you don't find them now, go back in a few months and you should have better luck.

My Shiba was the same age as Kabosu. He passed away in 2021. These memes really bring back the memories of my own bestest boy.

My daughter came home from middle school once.

She plopped down in a chair, let out a sigh, and said, "Math is the only thing in the world that makes sense."

I'm surprised I still have a tongue after biting down so hard to suppress the laughter.

Funny you mentioned that. I was out with my daughter a couple days ago and she got a flat that had to be replaced. She was legitimately worried that Toyota would void her warranty for not buying a tire from the dealership. Nevermind that we were out in rural nothingness with no Toyota dealership to be found.

I literally took a picture of myself holding my nose in the 2016 election. Voted for Hilary. Didn't want to, but it was by far the better option.

Why would you justify this insanity? Look at the clowns that they put on there — you don't subject yourself to that nonsense," he said, evidently speaking of the jury.

Both sides had ample opportunity to vet potential jurors. Your side is just as responsible for its makeup as anybody.

The commenter above you was clearly not around in the eighties if they don't think tobacco consumption has dropped. I'm amused that I've seen this argument at least twice in this thread.

Both of those are way down from when I was in my twenties.

I love the hit counter. Super nostalgic right there.

I get them in Texas from the Korean market. I don't know that they're available year round though.

I'd be surprised if you couldn't find any via Asian markets in the Pacific Northwest.

When avocado guy is caught, he's gonna be TOAST!

Nope. They served him his indictment papers at his eightieth birthday party as convicted criminal Steve Bannon watched.