Frozen in vacuum sealed bags, to get to the other side.

Only if you’ve met your deductible.

No thank you. I don’t even make calls on my phone. I’m not paying a subscription to send data about my habits to Samsung.

I feel like one is a set of boobs. The other is a man, fully erect as seen from the front at a direct angle (business end pointed towards your mouth as you approach the door).

Places with gendered bathrooms should stick to icons that make sense. The place can do something cutesy too, but have a real bathroom sign.

Middle right is looking extra suspicious.

Get a burner. Browse some boring content with it: few business websites, maybe some sports scores, maybe snap some photos of landscapes and dogs on the camera roll.

Then you have a functional phone and piece of mind. Making the phone feel “lived in” probably isn’t all that important, but I think it’d be easier to explain than a factory stock pay as you go phone.

I sometimes wonder if my current car will be my last new car. My car has some tracking that I can supposedly disable, so I understand the appeal of classic cars more. I might have to pick up a mint condition early 2000s car for my midlife crisis.

Every day my investment portfolio is losing between $1000-$10000. I wish he’d just fuck off for a week (well or forever) and not screw with anything, but alas that is his plan.

I cashed out some stock that seemed extra volatile: Ford, some tech stocks, and anything travel related. I opened a CD with the proceeds, and I’ll just sit on it for a year until things hopefully calm down. Interest rates on CDs are around 4% if you shop around. It’s not the best return, but it’s better than getting completely pummelled in the stock market.

All in all that wasn’t a ton of money and my 401ks aren’t worth touching until things get crazier, so basically I’m just holding the line and trying to save a few profits where possible. Gold is probably a good idea, but I’m not a very sophisticated trader.

I think him simultaneously ruining the stock market and dismantling social security might just jostle people enough to wake up and pay attention.

Those numbers seem really high. I live in a city with a lot of gun violence; I hear gunshots weekly, but I have never witnessed a shooting of another person. I have seen videos of local gun violence online and in the news, but I have a hard time believing it is that prevalent.