[why-i-love-comics]

Silver Surfer Rebirth: Legacy #4 - "Time & Time Again" (2023)

written by Ron Marz art by Ron Lim, Don Ho, & Romulo Fajardo, Jr.

[ganondorf]

abstract and modern art haters are sooo snobby like klein literally Created an entirely new pigment and then painted a canvas in a way where the brush strokes wouldn't be visible. the insinuation that people with no skill could reproduce that is so annoying because unless you are skilled at color mixing and painting you definitely couldn’t lmao

[jaimeroyalrobertson-deactivated]

i hope it's okay to add this because i think it hits the nail directly on the head

[dsudis]

Honestly, it's like picking up a book and saying "I know all these words, I can type, I could have written this" like there's no middle step between the technical ability and the finished work.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

It's especially funny when they're also wrong about the technical ability because they don't understand the specific medium and assume that something very hard would be very easy.

[minionresearch]

[tangynectarine]

[zeitghost]

kind of embarrassing to play a game that your friend recommended it’s like. ohh i’m pregnant with your game. i’m playing and it’s yours

[yurimartyr]

i don't think it's like that at all.

[minecraft]

I'm at a :.|:; for words.

[shodaisatellite]

[shencomix]

[paxamericana]

[the-real-skeletor]

[estrogenesis-eeveeangelion]

why have we all decided yoda sucks at driving

[lychgate]

[ginsays]

"This way, Tarnished. May I have a word?"

[kelpcheep]

goodrapple fusion!

[myrfing]

imagine if your boyfriend was like I can smell an ant. and started tracking

[dogpuppy]

[roddity]

their designs are a little goofy 😭

[ozempicofficial]

[crumblingfaggotazula]

Mohgwyn Palace

[rocketbirdie]

other me..

[peachmuffinsquish]

Here’s the thing: imagine if we fixed the housing market, so that the price of housing only increased to match inflation. That would be great, right? Except, homeowners typically spend $2000-$10000 per year on maintenance. So homeownership would go from an investment to an endless money pit, just like renting. The idea of a house as an investment, a house as a way to build wealth, requires that housing prices increase faster than inflation forever, which means that the burden of housing costs on working people must keep increasing forever, and the number of homeless people must keep increasing forever.

The housing crisis isn’t just a result of greedy landlords and investors. It’s an inevitable result of social policies that encourage people to treat their houses as in investment. Because once a homeowner internalizes the idea that their financial future depends on housing prices going up, they start favoring policies (such as NIMBYism) that make housing prices go up.

Conversely, if we want to end homelessness for good, we need to accept that housing is someone we’ll all have to continuously pour resources into, because buildings are complex physical objects that break a lot.

[peachmuffinsquish]

The reason I say this is because every time I read an article about the housing crisis, they always say something along the lines of “The housing crisis has robbed people of the opportunity to build wealth via homeownership!” without acknowledging that the housing crisis is what created the opportunity to build wealth via homeownership

[canadianwheatpirates]

What gets me is that “this is not an asset, it will not increase in value, do not expect it to or base any plans on that happening” is what we already say to people who are buying cars (or bikes or other personal transport). We already have a model for “owning something that has ongoing costs and doesn’t increase in value, but it’s worth it for its uses”. There’s no reason we can’t view housing like that as well.

[fagstaynight]

The biggest reason 9/11 did not happen in brazil is because big jesus would have catched the plane and destroy the terorist. Second big reason is tjat world trade center wads not i nbrasil