Floridian here. My mom currently has Citizenship Insurance. Her rates will increase by about 11.5% by the end of the year.

When I was younger, gaming was all I did as it was my only hobby and I didn’t have many friends. I’d play the same 5-6 games since my catalog was small and my folk weren’t keen to buy more. I didn’t care much about graphics, performance, or length. I was also more of a completionist, searched for collectables, completed challenges and time trials, and completed side quests. Nowadays, I have a larger gaming library. I own hundreds of games on Steam, but I’ve hardly played a handful of them. Over time I’ve realized that I play games for killing time more than anything else. I’ve become more conscious of how I’m spending my free time and now I spend my free time doing other things.

I commute by car, I drive 18 miles and it takes about 24 minutes to get to work. I like the highway I take to get there, it leads out west to outskirts of the city and I like how the landscape changes from urban to rural. My workplace is in a commercial park surrounded by mostly undeveloped land. The only part I hate is that there are no bus routes in the area, having a car is a requirement for the commute.

Honestly good. There are plenty of used and pre-owned vehicles that just need minor repairs or tune-ups. I drive a used 2015 Chevy Spark, financed it back in 2022 and it’s nearly paid off. My car only needed a new battery, new tires, and an oil change. My mom on the other hand financed a new luxury Acura RDX back in 2018 as an upgrade from her 2006 Honda CRV, she’s still making payments to this day. I asked why she didn’t get a newer Honda CRV and she said that she didn’t want the same vehicle as a McDonald’s worker.

It’s not entertaining, but it is interesting.

Foreign interventions by the United States

List of wars involving the United States

I’m happy to be a part of that demographic. My upbringing only contributed to my irreligiosity.

For me it’s mostly related to my autism among other factors.

Older gen z here, I definitely fall into that category. Many factors have contributed to it.

I remember when a lady tried to scam me into an MLM at a job fair I attended several years ago.

I’m going to be honest, I’m probably not going stay on lemmy for much longer. It’s just the few toxic members ruining for the majority couple with the extreme political polarization. Some people turn benign discourse into heated arguments and argue in bad faith and some leave mean spirited or nasty comments without provocation. Those are the things that I do not miss from Reddit. I’ve already blocked a few people, but that’s not something that Iike to do, but such is life.

If I were to describe it in a simple way I’d say it feels very anti-normie.

That was pretty uncalled for. You couldn’t possibly know that about them and plus your comment just comes across a just plain mean spirited. There are better ways to get your point across.

Florida.

If it weren’t for my parents I couldn’t afford to live in this state as I live with them. Even as a homeowner, my mom is finding it hard to cope as homeowners insurance rates keep rising and the crisis is deepening as more insurers leave the state or stop offering new policies. I financed a used car back in 2022 for $8,500. I don’t think I’ll ever own a home here, not that I’d want to anyway, and as for cars I’m better off buying cheap and used.

Guild Heighliner and First Light

The scent of rain or rather when rain falls on dry soil is called petrichor.

Today’s my birthday. Work went well today.

Eggs, bread, cream cheese, vitamins, orange juice, and water.

Yeah, I work in a warehouse. It’s pretty dusty in there. I don’t want all of the dirt and grime to end up in my bed.

I live in Florida. I shower once a day in the evenings.

It was good. I’m hoping that my workplace doesn’t go out of business, I joined just a few months ago and I like working there. I’m also hoping that my home life improves, but that’s unlikely. My birthday is later this week on Friday, my mom wants to take me to Golden Corral, I hope we can have a good time as a family.