Our dishwasher leaks and we dont have the money to fix or replace it. So its all manual washing dishes... when the last bowl, plate and utensil is gone.
Just because the company you work for is making bank doesn't mean they won't fire you at the drop of a hat if they think they can make more by doing it.
You cant bike around town safely anymore because a lot of the empty land around town was developed and now has a lot more traffic. There are several crosses on the side of the road dedicated to dead cyclists.
The trees that my friends and I used to play on at school when we were kids are fenced off.
The lake that my grandfather and I used to fish at is now off limits because it was choked to death with algae due to fertillizer runoff pollution.
We didn't need to have active shooter drills, metal detectors or safe rooms in school.
The cost of housing has more than doubled adjusted for inflation. Wages have not kept pace.
When I was a kid, the bullying stayed mostly at school. Now bullies can torment you 24/7.
Embarassing moments live forever because the internet never forgets.
In the early 90's Dan Quayle was roasted for "correcting" a child's correct spelling of potato. Now we've got congress critters running around that are worried about "jewish space lasers" starting forest fires.
LAN parties and split screen gaming died with a wimper. Singleplayer only games require a constant internet connection. Games are often a buggy mess at release because they can be patched after the fact.
Malls are basically dead.
Before cell phones, you weren't expected to be reachable 24/7. Hell there used to be "its 10 pm. Do you know where your children are?" commercials because kids and teens weren't kept on a short leash as much. Parents couldn't just call you wherever you were.
Since the last "we might get married" relationship its been almost 15 years.
If you're currently single: is it by choice or circumstance?
The main reasons I am single are that I dont go out and socialize enough to find someone and I haven't really tried to find someone because I didn't feel I was in a good place to be in a relationship.
Do you / did you enjoy single life?
I am ok being single but it would be nice to find my other half or at least have a stronger social network.
What are / were the pros and cons?
Pros: freedom, not being with someone that made me feel worse than being alone
Cons: can be lonely, a healthy relationship is more appealing.
Is / was partnership a goal of yours?
Eventually I'd like to find "my other half" but I also know that there are worse things than being single and I'd rather make meeting my social needs my goal rather than not being single the goal.
Looks like Nintendo and Sony are competing who can get away with being a bigger asshole.
Boundary testing sociopaths. Game becomes popular, dev and publisher foist unpopular requirement to continue playing in order to see what the response is and if it doesnt tank numbers too much, they now have a green light to weasel this into other games. Hell even if it does tank numbers, they already have their money and you probably wont be able to get a refund at this point.
Stimulants work because what theyre actually stimulating is your prefrontal cortex and the executive function associated with it. The teacher needs coffee analogy in another comment is reasonably spot on.