Uncledaddy's posts
Posted in I'm so achey
Posted 5 years ago
What'd you do to your poor feet?
Mine get sore from being at work all day, standing/walking around on concrete floors. Which I'm about to do ~an hour from now, hooray. That's my weekend plans: go to work, come home, soak away my soreness in the tub, repeat until my next day off during which I'll probably be hunting for my next job and housing options.
...yeah sorry to grinch all over your thread you can ignore that
Mine get sore from being at work all day, standing/walking around on concrete floors. Which I'm about to do ~an hour from now, hooray. That's my weekend plans: go to work, come home, soak away my soreness in the tub, repeat until my next day off during which I'll probably be hunting for my next job and housing options.
Halloween sucked, which makes me sad 'cause it's my favorite time of year. Got sick, had to call in from work, stormy weather destroyed my decorations, we got last minute trick or treaters while I was on the porch coughing and sneezing in my pajamas with my hair all in my face, fiddling with one of said decorations trying to fix it after the storm. So I just kinda silently reached into the house, held out the treat bucket to the kid with one hand while holding a tissue to my nose in the other and praying for death. Awkward. Then I slithered back inside after fixing the thing and let grandma take care of the rest of the trick or treaters. And she ended up turning off the damn animatronics before the last batch showed up, so almost no one got to see them in action after all my efforts. what even is life
I hate Christmas. I love the atmosphere and the Santa and all, but I hate the whole "being expected to sit around with family for dinner with heavy religious overtones and an undercurrent of financial stress and expectations of buying presents for people you never see or speak to all year" thing, which unfortunately is what I'm stuck with every year until I'm finally able to move out. But thanks to my city being one of those lovely places where minimum wage hasn't risen in decades while housing costs have continued to skyrocket and even being a dish washer practically requires a degree these days... yeah that's tough.
So I'm dreading Christmas just like I dread every other godforsaken holiday.
I hate Christmas. I love the atmosphere and the Santa and all, but I hate the whole "being expected to sit around with family for dinner with heavy religious overtones and an undercurrent of financial stress and expectations of buying presents for people you never see or speak to all year" thing, which unfortunately is what I'm stuck with every year until I'm finally able to move out. But thanks to my city being one of those lovely places where minimum wage hasn't risen in decades while housing costs have continued to skyrocket and even being a dish washer practically requires a degree these days... yeah that's tough.
So I'm dreading Christmas just like I dread every other godforsaken holiday.
...yeah sorry to grinch all over your thread you can ignore that
Posted in What are you currently drinking?
Posted 5 years ago
I just finished my morning coffee with some peppermint mocha creamer. Not bad, but I gotta say the flavor in this brand of creamer is a lil weak. But if that's the trade off for it being all natural, I'll take it. I'll start working on the water once I take my pills. Because I'm an old person, I guess.
Posted in how is credit supposed to work?
Posted 5 years ago
@Kitalpha Hart: Who knows any more tbh.. I feel like I'm 10 years behind where I should be thanks to family and life situations screwing me over from early on. But it seems like people are taking a lot longer to get the stuff our parents/grandparents had by our age, and there are probably a lot of factors involved in that.
@Bioshock: Yeah, pretty much exactly that. I got spooked out of ever even thinking about credit until I got hit in the face with "Actually, you needed it all along and now it's too late!!" thx everyone~ So now I am also looking for a place that doesn't worry so much about credit or the income of both people moving into it, for that matter, but I guess that's a separate issue.
@Totalanimefan: I think Discover was one of the ones recommended, but since Capital One was what came up first, that was what I tried and actually got accepted from them. So I'll see how this goes.
@Bioshock: Yeah, pretty much exactly that. I got spooked out of ever even thinking about credit until I got hit in the face with "Actually, you needed it all along and now it's too late!!" thx everyone~ So now I am also looking for a place that doesn't worry so much about credit or the income of both people moving into it, for that matter, but I guess that's a separate issue.
@Totalanimefan: I think Discover was one of the ones recommended, but since Capital One was what came up first, that was what I tried and actually got accepted from them. So I'll see how this goes.
Posted in Event Freebies - Art Roulette
Posted 5 years ago
ok y'all I didn't see anything saying this was closed so I'mma roll up in here
and to whoever it lands on: I'd love art of any of these guyses. sorry most of them are so lacking in reference pics
and to whoever it lands on: I'd love art of any of these guyses. sorry most of them are so lacking in reference pics
Posted in How was your Halloween?
Posted 5 years ago
my halloween was so horrible i made a rant thread about it. tl;dr: i was sick and alone and it was pouring rain.
Posted in What was the last movie you saw?
Posted 5 years ago
watched that new version of "Child's Play". I... don't know how to feel. On the one hand, I have several very large complaints. On the other hand, I can't pretend I didn't enjoy it.
Posted in Pixel Perfect: Item/Layer Reports - UPDATE 1/1/24
Posted 5 years ago
@Lilypoo: a settlement, then
that did it, thanks!
that did it, thanks!
Posted in Pixel Perfect: Item/Layer Reports - UPDATE 1/1/24
Posted 5 years ago
the gummy fish belt removed my skin! you'll be hearing from my lawyers.
Posted in how is credit supposed to work?
Posted 5 years ago
@Tsundererra: So it would seem.
I am also all in favor of a total revamp of the education system. Shit's wack, yo. My state seems to be especially bad at it.
@Kitalpha Hart: i rely heavily on online tax services to do my taxes
I got driver's ed in high school, but since my family was no help whatsoever, I never got my license or a car until just a few years ago, after having to take adult driving classes and buying a car off my grandma. Better late than never, I guess, but it sure would have been nice to be prepared for things at the appropriate age.
I am also all in favor of a total revamp of the education system. Shit's wack, yo. My state seems to be especially bad at it.
@Kitalpha Hart: i rely heavily on online tax services to do my taxes
I got driver's ed in high school, but since my family was no help whatsoever, I never got my license or a car until just a few years ago, after having to take adult driving classes and buying a car off my grandma. Better late than never, I guess, but it sure would have been nice to be prepared for things at the appropriate age.
Posted in how is credit supposed to work?
Posted 5 years ago
@Tsundererra: capital one is where i just got approved from :o Maybe banks are just biased against us after all.
I am all for a mandatory "life skills" (or whatever equivalent title) class for every high schooler. Hell, have something akin to this in every level of education, and just have the lessons evolve in nature and complexity as they age just like all the other subjects. Turn the 3 Rs into the 4 Rs: Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic, and Real life.
I am all for a mandatory "life skills" (or whatever equivalent title) class for every high schooler. Hell, have something akin to this in every level of education, and just have the lessons evolve in nature and complexity as they age just like all the other subjects. Turn the 3 Rs into the 4 Rs: Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic, and Real life.
Posted in how is credit supposed to work?
Posted 5 years ago
@Tsundererra: That's what I thought, and went to my bank first. Got rejected. But I got approved by a different company that was suggested by a friend of mine as the place they got their first card. So at least I've got a foot in the door now.
But I do really wish kids would be taught stuff like this in school tbh. Some of us don't have families who care enough to tell us things... or who know what they're talking about at all. ;v;
@Kitalpha Hart: Exactly! Apparently I got lucky when my biology teacher taught us how to write a check. I heard they quit doing driver's ed in high schools, too. But meanwhile they're finding even more complicated ways to do math, if my younger sister's homework was any indication.
But I do really wish kids would be taught stuff like this in school tbh. Some of us don't have families who care enough to tell us things... or who know what they're talking about at all. ;v;
@Kitalpha Hart: Exactly! Apparently I got lucky when my biology teacher taught us how to write a check. I heard they quit doing driver's ed in high schools, too. But meanwhile they're finding even more complicated ways to do math, if my younger sister's homework was any indication.
Posted in how is credit supposed to work?
Posted 5 years ago
@Lufi: The one I just got is secured; I haven't seen anything about a deposit, though. My bank's options were pretty limited. That was where I tried to apply for a card the first time and got rejected, but I managed to get approved elsewhere.
@Totalanimefan: That's pretty much what I was planning on doing with it. No idea how long it will take before I'm good enough to get into an apartment though..
@Totalanimefan: That's pretty much what I was planning on doing with it. No idea how long it will take before I'm good enough to get into an apartment though..
Posted in how is credit supposed to work?
Posted 5 years ago
Most of the other options don't really apply to me, so I just hunted around and found a different credit card company to try my luck with. Got approved that time! Huh. Was kinda spooked by how fast it approved me, considering I waited a whole week-plus for my rejection letter from the last one. TIME TO SEE HOW THIS GOES, I GUESS
i still honestly don't understand how credit works. I guess I'll start figuring it out as I go along, like with everything else. :Y
i still honestly don't understand how credit works. I guess I'll start figuring it out as I go along, like with everything else. :Y
Posted in how is credit supposed to work?
Posted 5 years ago
>get told all my life "Don't get a credit card unless you wanna go into debt lol"
>find out you can't do literally anything without a credit score and can't get a credit score without a credit card
>apply for a basic credit card from my bank
>get rejected because i don't already have a credit score
???
wtf, guys. You can't make something necessary and then say you have to have that thing in order to get that thing. It doesn't work. So now what? continue to get rejected for credit cards because I have a rejected credit card application on my record now on top of having no credit history? THANKS.
>find out you can't do literally anything without a credit score and can't get a credit score without a credit card
>apply for a basic credit card from my bank
>get rejected because i don't already have a credit score
???
wtf, guys. You can't make something necessary and then say you have to have that thing in order to get that thing. It doesn't work. So now what? continue to get rejected for credit cards because I have a rejected credit card application on my record now on top of having no credit history? THANKS.