NativeMasshole

NativeMasshole OP t1_j9otsye wrote

It's not so much the dusting of snow as it was the icy slush on the main road when I woke up. That and the continued possibility of freezing rain for the rest of the day, especially around my evening commute. Sometimes taking a pajama day is exactly what personal days are for. Sorry if that doesn't make me look tough on the internet.

Also, I just like to make these posts here so the community knows what they're dealing with.

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NativeMasshole t1_j932dg9 wrote

I'm doing okay financially, but housing costs have made it feel like I'm failing. I've been looking for a better rental or to take the next step and buy for some time. With the cost of rent now, though, there's no way I'm going to sink that much money into something I don't own. Despite the prices, I was fairly close to being able to buy a condo or a small house, but the interest rate hikes shot that right back out of reach. And options are extremely limited, so anything within my price range gets snapped up too fast for me to feel like I can properly research the property. It's a mess. My only real option if I lose my current place would be to move back in with my mom.

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NativeMasshole t1_j8pcak9 wrote

Yellow light? Just get right on the ass of the car in front of you.

Edit: Also don't forget the race lanes! You see, if there's a lane split at an intersection, and everyone is waiting in one lane, it's because they know you're super important and need to use the race lane to cut them all off.

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NativeMasshole t1_j8b7loc wrote

Oh yeah. You could hear trees absolutely exploding everywhere. It was crazy! We had the National Guard out here helping with the aftermath. I lived right down the street from the water tower in my town, so we got our power back on in a few days, but my mom's house is a mile away and without electricity for a couple weeks. We had a run of wild weather and some insane storms for a few years after that, but that's the only one I remember as being totally catastrophic. Even Snowtober wasn't as bad.

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