Personally, I prefer to keep my phone and my banking completely separate. Actually, the only "important" account I log into on my phone is my email. Anything else? I'll just wait until I get home or go to work.
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> venmo is great also because it is sort of a social network too, like you have to put in a sort of “memo” field and so you see a news feed of what your friends paid each other for
Um... WHY? I don't see why I should care? I guess that's just part of an over sharing culture.
Here comes the old fogie... If I owe someone money I just give them cash. What's wrong with cash? I hope cash isn't going the way of the personal check... (which, hilariously, I still use personal checks)
Perhaps it has to do with individualism? My friends and I operate on a more informal method. If Joe bought the cab then John pays for the beers. Then Jake pays at the next place or the next time. This isn't stated or organized in advance, just everyone seems to go by it by default.
I personally set all my Venmo payments to private - but it does offer a very slight form of entertainment giving the news feed a quick scroll whenever I make a payment. It's certainly not something I check unless I'm already using the app though. Funny to see "John paid Christy for 'Moldy cheeseburgers'" or whatever your friends come up with.
The actual use of it is absolutely amazing though. When I needed to pay my sister for my share of our parents anniversary gift I was out backpacking in Europe, it took all of 5 seconds to send her the money across seas from my bank account and for her to receive it.
Do you guys think hoarding has something to do with the consumerist culture we live in today?
What's with the downvote? It was merely a question to spark discussion about the topic at hand. I am really interested in people's opinion on this. Is that really offensive or counterproductive or not on topic to ask a question and solicit opinions? If you think the answer to the question is "no" then just say so. If you find this comment unproductive, please explain why.
> Do you guys think hoarding has something to do with the consumerist culture we live in today?
I think this is hard to answer because of the staggering increase in per-capita income over the past 4 centuries or so: at most points in history, only the most wealthy people would even hope to physically accumulate anything close to what a hoarder might.
There weren't hoarders back then because no-one could afford to be a hoarder. Newspapers? Dear by the sheet of paper. Knick-knacks? You don't have any money left over after food and rent. Clothes? You could only afford 1 or 2 outfits, and if you somehow had more, you'd be forced to sell all your excess to the local mercer or ragpicker the next time you got into financial trouble. You can see this in the occasional inventory or will: even nobles had shockingly small numbers of goods. (I think sometimes of Shakespeare willing his second-best bed to his wife; who would even mention any bed, much less the second-best one, in their will these days?)
Me too, kinda. I mean I eventually (through trial and error) noticed it brought up a menu, but god that's not in any way obvious at first. It is funny because until I read something about it I didn't even know what it was supposed to represent.
Apparently its an old icon but I never really saw it (that I can recall) until mobile got popular.
I had a teacher in high school who thought the "graph" icon in Microsoft Word was "library books." She called it the "library books button." I guess 3 lines isn't enough information to convey meaning. Even though the button meant "put this information in graph form" she didn't see that the icon represented a bar graph.
Why? The strong taste? Well my sister used to be absolutely obsessed with olives when she was very very young. I never understood it myself, I didn't like them as a kid. I tried them again in adulthood and loved them. I could easily eat a bowl of olives. In fact I have.
My bed time was 8:00pm for the longest time (until I was in 6th grade - then it moved to 9:00). It isn't out of the question she is going to bed at the proper time.
But yes, the National Sleep Foundation says 11-13 hours of sleep a night for a 3 year old and at that age sleep is extremely important for proper brain development.
I used to have this issue with mushrooms. I mostly got over it by introducing a small amount of mushrooms (buried in other veggies) with my meal. First uncooked (because the texture is not as revolting uncooked) then cooked. Then I emphasized the mushrooms more and more in my meals. Very slowly. Now I mostly like them!
So follow a couple simple recipes at first. You'll learn from experience about what fits your tastes, what goes into a dish, how heat interacts with food in different ways, what you prefer, which techniques work for YOU, what fit into your budget, preferences, time, diet, etc. is something you just learn from experience and it is unique to the individual.
Then after you mastered some recipes you;ll have some standby recipes (either written down or in your head) that are yours that you are comfortable with. But you'll probably keep experimenting too.
You will mess up. Probably a lot. You'll make some crappy food once in a while. You'll learn the hard way, but instead of feeling like a failure, look at what you learned from it. Try again.
I also suggest trying some stirfry first. It is extremely simple to stirfry, pretty healthy, and there is a real lot you can do with it - different flavors of sauce, different veggies, meats, etc., and you can buy the veggies frozen so there is very little prep.
I find that a lot of children don't get that kitchen experience while they are young so they grow up clueless in the kitchen about how to even start to prepare meals. I really can't understand this too much. I was in the kitchen since I was old enough to stand upright and hold a spoon helping out, standing on a chair to reach the counter or stove. As a result I'm extremely comfortable in the kitchen. I'm far from a "good cook," I'm average, but having that comfort I think is key.
Personally, I prefer to keep my phone and my banking completely separate. Actually, the only "important" account I log into on my phone is my email. Anything else? I'll just wait until I get home or go to work.
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> venmo is great also because it is sort of a social network too, like you have to put in a sort of “memo” field and so you see a news feed of what your friends paid each other for
Um... WHY? I don't see why I should care? I guess that's just part of an over sharing culture.
Here comes the old fogie... If I owe someone money I just give them cash. What's wrong with cash? I hope cash isn't going the way of the personal check... (which, hilariously, I still use personal checks)
Perhaps it has to do with individualism? My friends and I operate on a more informal method. If Joe bought the cab then John pays for the beers. Then Jake pays at the next place or the next time. This isn't stated or organized in advance, just everyone seems to go by it by default.