Food banks. Look at your local church, synagogue, or mosque. A lot of them do community outreach and have some kind of food bank.

If you’re skipping meals or you have $5 'til next Friday, the food bank is for you. Don’t feel like you’re taking something away from someone “more needy.” It’s you. You’re needy. Take the help. That was a hard lesson to learn in my 20s.

Because it was Hillary’s platform, and he hates her more than he hates Eric.

I don’t recommend any Android TV box anymore that isn’t from a big brand, which pretty much leaves the Shield and Chromecast with Google TV. All those no-name Amazon boxes are lousy with spyware.

That sucks! I swear I JUST saw your post welcoming him home. Hopefully the little guy will bounce back quick

Luckily this one is easyish to get around. Some insurance plans don’t require a referral for a specialist; you can just make an appointment to see them directly. You just have to look for the policy when you pick your plan (assuming you have insurance available to you, but that’s a whole 'nother issue)

Now that you mention it, I don’t think I’ve seen a single SFW furry thing here yet.

The last few times I’ve tried to book an AirBnB the price difference from a standard hotel room was almost nothing. AirBnB has been trash for awhile.

I think my favorite example of this was when you’d go to type up a big-ass, well-thought-out reply, but before hitting submit you check their history. Lo and behold, a non-insignificant amount of it is full of comments on loli porn and the darker NSFW subs. And here they are trying to claim the high ground.

Block and move on.

Treat him like he treats his daughter. I think that’s fair.

Miss Noxeema Jackson has entered the chat

My understanding is as follows: A lot of corporate debt is backed by the real estate. For example, McDonald’s food operations are far less valuable than its real estate portfolio. If that property is now worthless because no one wants it and it’s unoccupied, banks now have assets worth less than what’s owed on them. That in turn means when the loan term ends, banks can’t just re-finance the debt, because the collateral that secured the loan in the first place isn’t worth what the debt is. That means big problems for companies who now need those loans as a source of cash to pay off the old loans. They now have to scrape up actual cash to pay, leading to more austerity. Because corps can’t pay the banks, the banks lose out on revenue, which means they have to tighten their belts, and so on and so on in a self-reinforcing spiral. If the corps default, the banks can seize the assets, but again, they’re worthless, so it’s a one-two punch.

It’s a giant shell game, and from what I’ve read economists are afraid a 2008-style crash may be in the works due to the cycle of debt above.

You put your Macca’s on a plate??

Yikes. Thanks for that. I knew there was some rampant speculation going on, but I haven’t had time to really dig in.

Can someone ELI know nothing about the Chinese financial/real estate market? Is this China’s 2008 moment?

Gotta love teaching for a test, rather than to educate.

We’ll also accept Grindr on his phone.

And for as much as Linus advocates for consumer choice and open access.

FWIW, I like “quesclamation mark” better than interrobang

Wait. Is this PoppinKream‽‽‽

$4k and they’re not even custom fit‽‽

I’m sorry if I’m paying FOUR THOUSAND REAL DOLLARS they’d better not come with the fucking tips I get with $20 buds.