Elextra

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[–] Elextra 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It Takes Two with my husband :) We went to dinner yesterday but for our anniversary weekend just will be chill day with our game!

[–] Elextra 2 points 9 months ago

Ah hoy! Just did a quick search. Seems the quality has significantly increased there too!

[–] Elextra 4 points 9 months ago

Thank you! I remember my local library had dvds. I don't remember any BluRays. Will check it out!!

[–] Elextra 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Understood. I honestly don't know many alternatives to Redbox besides those for renting movies... Even then, as others have mentioned, there's a difference between streaming and playing a blu ray. All movies I rent are <$2.50 from Redbox, nicer quality vs. >$5 Amazon.

[–] Elextra 71 points 9 months ago (17 children)

Personally a little sad over this. Have a bluray player and sometimes I want to be able to choose and pick a newer movie in 4k... Much cheaper than Amazon and Vudu to rent.

[–] Elextra 35 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My husband has specifically asked me not to talk to him about politics. He has verbalized he feels powerless and wants to focus on things he can control more within his immediate realm (dont worry guys, he's still voting Biden). He's also asked me to decrease the amount of depressing topics I share with him overall. I did tell him I recommend him read up on it because its "scary AF" and that I was quite scared

However, I do agree with other posters that its the lack of news coverage on the topic is why so many people are uninformed. We need more individuals to share and educate about this.

[–] Elextra 19 points 9 months ago

I have a credit union and unfortunately a Chase account now. I had to open a banking account with First Republic to refinance my student loans from 6.7% to 2.75%. They were the only ones that took on high student loans (lot of medical professionals) and required a constant $20k in the bank.

Once my loans are done in a few months though, I am moving everything back to m y credit union and closing Chase.

To speak to some others like my in laws, husband, and my own parents, likely plus a few friends:

  1. They believe that banks offer more services and even more security than a local credit union (ironically my FIL is board member of a credit union but banks with a bank)
  2. Like that there tends to be brick and mortar locations nationwide
  3. Dont know any better (this is most people I believe, unfortunately financial literacy in US is low. Lemmy is not representative of general pop)
[–] Elextra 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Hi! Apologies. Other people were naming other potential candidates without further justification so I didn't think I need to.

Pete is young, intelligent and very reasonable. Back when he was running in 2020 and when I was doing my own research I found that our political views aligned the most. He is young and white so he has that going for him if looking for general appeal lol

I currently have Newsom as governor and while he did a great job with the pandemic and healthcare policy in general (I was on calls with his team and many other hospital systems), I hate how he protects corporate donors like PGE. Overall though he signs many good bills into law. I'm just concerned he can be bought and he's more of a corporate ally than he gives off.

With the media coverage I didn't state whether or not it would be successful. I'm not even sure if we should change at this point because there's a lot that goes into that transition (voters need time to know candidates, campaign ads and efforts likely planned out until November, etc). All I said is they can likely pick anyone and there would be significant media coverage. DNC nominates X! Then many articles around who is X! Again, I'm voting any way to defeat Trump.

[–] Elextra 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Would love Pete Buttigieg over Newsom but honestly will take anyone that can beat Trump

Anyone they pick from now will get name recognition no matter who they are from media presence alone. Changing candidates at this stage will be significant news.

[–] Elextra 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Of all of the books listed, which has been your favorite?

[–] Elextra 3 points 9 months ago

Concur. Hate the nuclear family idea. And no worries about still living with your family OP. Most people do and if it works, it works. I live with my husband and moved out at 24 but have many friends that havent and we are in our 30s now. Hope you do find a job sometime though! I believe for most people jobs provide more sense of security and more financial wiggle room.

[–] Elextra 3 points 10 months ago

My divorced parents are selfish, materialistic, and they will steal from me if they had even my address.

So quite the opposite lol

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