Almost exclusively buying second-hand through grailed the last few years. Takes some effort like going to a second hand shop, but I find great deals on new or gently used brands I couldn’t otherwise afford

There’s something reassuring to me about hacks like this (also standard Tempo experience?). Borrowed a friend’s truck last week and he have me a list of things that might seem like problems but not to worry about

I still do that in my fiesta. Easier than kicking out a passenger

Bad gas travels fast on social media

A friend in HVAC told me each person produces 350 btu of heat on average

That’s the same age difference between me and my dad, and bigger than my mom and me. And I don’t want to date someone more than 5 years younger/older

Same. My skillset and interests align with being a house spouse, not making money. Single tho, and trying to make a beautiful home while working full time leads to many compromises

My car has 130k and I keep wondering when the battery is going to die, because when I was younger they didn’t last this long and I just kinda forgot about it until it occurred to me recently.

Is it just perspective, or is the picture on the left side of the window lower than the one on the right?

It’s an Ohio world

For me it’s always been Grey: cool (blue/black tones) Gray: warm (brown/orange tones)

I figured production scale was part of it, but still assumed standardization in the process over time would bring the price down. But they probably aren’t selling that many $700 faucets to bring the price down much below their costs, and makes sense they’d have to keep the price high to maintain the brand reputation to sell a boutique product.

I appreciate your insight. I assumed some of what you mentioned but have no idea what the actual manufacturing process are like compared to other products that use similar materials.

I was searching the band VOLA when I came across the faucet brand that makes very expensive but very repairable, and that compelled me to finally ask. I’ve replaced a few faucets over the years that were at the end of their life, but the last one took to a plumbing supply to get what looked like an obvious replacement part and they said it’s some home depot brand that doesn’t make them.

Thanks for the info, I’ve never thought to buy old since over only ever replaced cheap and only faucets, but when it comes time to work on my kitchen I’ll check out the brands you mentioned.

I had a recent experience like this (that was admittedly less intense) where I left feeling like a complete idiot, and I can’t even remember what it was, and none of my coworkers probably do either because we’re all idiots. If it matters to your coworkers they’ll ask about your well-being out of concern because they care; if it matters to your coworkers and they mock you, they’re the type of people who’s opinion of you isn’t with anything

I see now, thank you for teaching me the ways of lemmy

Yours shows for me, what did you do differently?

Reminds me of this business card I found in a coffee shop.

Edit: dang it. How do I add an image? I used ![](https://ibb.co/v4Rb6Gw) but it isn’t showing up for me

I’m 40 and have friends my age who rent because they don’t want to own even though they can afford to. I’m not sure what percentage of renters are like them.

The comment I was responding to said it would be nice if the people running the organizations would do it for free or survival wages. I agree the salaries in OP’s example are extreme, but what I see more often in my industry is burnt out people doing work for survival wages because they’re passionate, while everyone else makes a ton of money.