This is an urban legend and shame on OP for perpetuating it. The only verifiable instances of open source operating systems found in Halloween candy were installed by the children's parents themselves.
You become unstoppable when you acquire a Paramount Group Marauder and then decide not to stop because you're driving a very robust vehicle that few things have the capacity to stop.
Cosign on the teeth thing. I've always been mindful of dental care because I'm afraid of the dentist and want to minimize visits. My wife is less vigilant than I am. She easily accounts for 75% of our combined dental expenses.
Today is worse than yesterday. But at least it's better than tomorrow!
In seriousness, though, your 30s will be considerably less garbage than your 20s. Stuff on your body is gonna begin hurting more, and that's dumb, but you'll generally have fewer hangups about things and life's day-to-day gets more enjoyable.
The world is a flaming hellscape, but not every individual moment has to suck. I figured that out in my 30s 🙃
Bureaucracy is one of those things that people like to bash, but don't really spend much time considering what it is or what it's meant for.
"Bureaucracy is when stupid form" is a superficial understanding of an organizational structure intended to:
mirror the dominant governing structure, so everyone has a shared frame of reference for how decisions get made
help keep authority is tied to a position/role rather than to an individual to reduce instances of nepotism and favoritism
standardize oversight structures so there's a clear accountability chain
champion expertise so there are people who comprehend important peripheral aspects of a discipline/profession/industry that can cause compounding downstream issues
There are certainly poorly run, poorly organized, and intentionally misused bureaucracies. And we all have nightmare stories of getting bound up in procedural hell. But organizational alternatives for large, complex organizations usually end up being less efficient and more convoluted while also being less effective.
I live in the Midwest region of the United States.
$55k in student loan debt, down from $100k eight years ago. $10k auto loan. $210k on the mortgage, which I honestly can't believe I was ever approved for. No credit card debt.
There have been some very scary moments, but I've somehow managed to keep my head more-or-less above water so far.
I hated every moment of school. It was miserable from start to finish, and I wouldn't go back if you paid me. I wish I would have thought to drop out at 16 and get my GED.
My mom got me this "protection" charm from a woo-ass lady at a farmer's market once. It was cool looking, so I wore it on a tight necklace that couldn't slip over my head, and I never took it off.
A couple years later, I was in a nasty rollover car accident that could easily have killed me. I walked away only mildly banged up. I realized later that day that the necklace was gone. I scoured the car and even went to the crash site looking for it. Never saw the thing again.
I worked overnights for 7 years in my late teens and early 20s. Pictures of me from then aren't Saddam 10 minutes out of a hole bad, but they're still pretty bad.
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More of a Pepsi person? I can respect that.