Can a relationship survive somebody being dangerously irresponsible with their money? When it comes to the things that cause problems in marriage, many people think of infidelity or lack of compatibility as the things that prompt many divorces. It is easy to downplay the fact that finances can also be a major cause of relationship …
Seguir leyendo 38-year-old gets into $78k debt with mobile gaming, wife takes the house out of his name: ‘He doesn’t have bills outside our mortgage’
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Man sets a nightly WiFi curfew after his girlfriend’s 28-year-old brother spends 8 years living rent-free in their home doing nothing but gaming
Pausing the WiFi from midnight to 6 AM is one of the tamest possible responses to eight years of free housing, free food, free utilities, and a front-row seat to someone actively choosing not to participate in their own life. If curfew has to be used against a 28-year-old it basically justifies itself
Man takes gaming laptop on family vacation, doesn’t understand when wife gets annoyed at him gaming in the evenings: ‘I already spent the entire day being social’
Most people would agree that vacation is a place to get away from it all, but not everyday has the same thoughts about what ‘all’ means. For those who believe that you should make an effort to do something different while holidaying, it is a time to stay away from all the normal responsibilities and …
Seguir leyendo Man takes gaming laptop on family vacation, doesn’t understand when wife gets annoyed at him gaming in the evenings: ‘I already spent the entire day being social’
29-year-old making $177K considers quitting his full time job to pursue Roblox full-time: ‘I created a Roblox game that did well, it reached over 410K visits within 1.5 months.’
Is this a smart idea? It’s so easy to romanticize making your own money and being your own boss. A huge chunk of the population dreams of quitting their job to become an entrepreneur, where they only have to answer to themselves, but they don’t understand how much work that actually takes. If you think …
Seguir leyendo 29-year-old making $177K considers quitting his full time job to pursue Roblox full-time: ‘I created a Roblox game that did well, it reached over 410K visits within 1.5 months.’
17-year-old refuses to give his gaming PC to his 13-year-old cousin after his aunt asked him to: ‘He’d appreciate it more.’
If you haven’t learned that stealing is wrong by the time you’re in your 40s, you might not ever learn it. A lot of parents feel conflicted about telling their children that they always have to share their toys. We’re led to believe that encouraging sharing at a very young age will teach kids to …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old refuses to give his gaming PC to his 13-year-old cousin after his aunt asked him to: ‘He’d appreciate it more.’
‘Are you a Vault-dweller?’: How ‘Fallout’ proves gamer adaptations can actually be incredible
After The Last of Us IP was turned into a lackluster HBO television series, gamers lost faith in video game adaptations… Until Fallout dropped. Over the years, gamers have experienced disappointment after disappointment as Hollywood producers butchered their favorite games on the silver screen. Because of the modern remake renaissance, producers have become accustomed to …
Seguir leyendo ‘Are you a Vault-dweller?’: How ‘Fallout’ proves gamer adaptations can actually be incredible
41-year-old retires with $200k yearly income, gets irritated when his working wife calls him a loser for playing video games all day: ‘She said I’m too old for this’
Society doesn’t give people a life script for after they retire, especially if they do it when they’re young. After all, when it was first introduced, the expectation was that most retirees would not live long enough to enjoy the full benefit of their pension. So long as those who retire are healthy and have …
Seguir leyendo 41-year-old retires with $200k yearly income, gets irritated when his working wife calls him a loser for playing video games all day: ‘She said I’m too old for this’
Gaming company tacitly refuses to hire employees over 35 years old, lays off workers after a certain age: ‘The hiring manager openly told me that the candidate I wanted to hire was too old (she was 46)’
Discrimination can sometimes be subtle, and it’s up to you to keep an eye out for it. It may not come up in obvious ways, but in sneaky ones. That’s why you always have to be on the lookout for it, because it might creep up behind you. Certain behaviors also get ingrained in us …
Seguir leyendo Gaming company tacitly refuses to hire employees over 35 years old, lays off workers after a certain age: ‘The hiring manager openly told me that the candidate I wanted to hire was too old (she was 46)’
Teenager pays for her Comic-Con photo op ticket, refuses her parents’ demand to share it with her sister, leading staff to remove her family from the line: ‘The parents and sister began calling her entitled’
The thing about once-in-a-lifetime opportunities is that they come, well, once in a lifetime. And what I think the parents and the younger sister in this comic-con situation don’t seem to grasp is that ruining such an experience is something that can sting for, you guessed it, a lifetime. And I know Comic-Con isn’t exactly …
Seguir leyendo Teenager pays for her Comic-Con photo op ticket, refuses her parents’ demand to share it with her sister, leading staff to remove her family from the line: ‘The parents and sister began calling her entitled’
Mom gets angry at grandma for buying her 4-year-old son a $400 toy instead of a $340 Nintendo Switch that she asked her to buy: ‘Why didn’t you just get the Switch like he wanted?’
Shouldn’t she be glad Grandma is getting him something fun and age-appropriate? It’s wild to think that the Elder Gen-Zers are the last generation to go through early childhood without access to the internet. I will always cherish those years before I could Google anything, because once I could look up exactly what the characters …
Seguir leyendo Mom gets angry at grandma for buying her 4-year-old son a $400 toy instead of a $340 Nintendo Switch that she asked her to buy: ‘Why didn’t you just get the Switch like he wanted?’