If it's a fancy and large enough yacht, you can live on it, and offer free accommodations to people who might actually know anything about how to operate and maintain it. Rent out any excess rooms you have to get the money you need to operate things.
Fancy as in luxuriously over the top, or just expensive?
A good expensive car would probably last a while and cut down on maintenance costs while a good expensive boat would still have huge costs associated with it. Unless the car is some one-of-a-kind one-timer that you can't even take out of the garage, in which case... I'll stick with my 20-year old vw tyvm 😁
It'd be nice to have a boat now in summer tho. Maybe I can't sell it but you never said anything about renting
I would def go with a car, I mean I would be able to travel almost everywhere. Although if I wouldn't have to care about its costs I would choose the boat, I def would try to profit over it somehow, like renting or something. Raise an extra money lol
Travel almost everywhere? Disregarding places a car isn't allowed/able to be and anything not on Earth, I'm assuming you're willing to fork out for shipping your car across the oceans to reach other continents?
I'd take the car if there wasn't a large sum of money included. I've owned boats most of my life and believe me they cost a lot of money to keep in a slip and maintain each year. Even a "normal" boat will cost you $5k - $10k a year to maintain. A car you just need a secure covered place to keep it.
Slips for luxury boats can run several thousand dollars a month to rent. Add in 10% of the price of the boat per year to just keep it floating and in working order.
Yeah, if you consider operating costs and such, I wouldn't want to insure a fancy car either. I would just abandon either of them and hope there's no paper trail leading back to me.
In the spirit of the question, though, I would take the boat. I already have a car and it doesn't float.
There are subreddits that that my girlfriend and I commiserate over, so I'm not totally pulling the plug yet. But I'm all aboard the digital anarchism train and here for the Fediverse.
I've been using Mastodon for a year now. PixelFed for nearly as long. I have a self-hosted Calckey site. If I made videos I'd absolutely post them to PeerTube.
This is what the internet was supposed to be, before it got captured by corporate interests. It's time for it to come back to itself.
Well put, regarding the capture by corporate interests and the return. I couldn't really put my finger on why I had been feeling like the fediverse is as exciting and interesting as the early internet I experienced growing up, but I think that is at least a large part of why that is.
Yea, I'm done. I deleted my 11 y/o main after the Apollo/RIF announcements, and my "main" account after that absolute dumpster fire of an AMA. Honestly, even if they do revert the changes, I'm not going back.
I didn't have an account that was very old (about 1.5 years), but I've been on reddit for over 10 years, close to 15 I'd think. Anyway, all that is to say, fuck spez lol
I'm out. I haven't left for good yet. The time I spend there now is to tell other people about kbin and similar sites. But Kbin is now my main site, and I won't use reddit for anything other than to move more people here.
That's a great idea actually. Nice approach on the matter and thanks for spreading the word. I may keep my account just to do the same on desktop. I really don't want anything reddit related on my phone anymore though. With them forcing the use of their own app and pretty much making their mobile site unusable I'd just have to stick to desktop with ublock origin.
I've been participating in a conversation with friends. We brought justice to, let's just say, a criminal. It's been almost 30 years in the making. And it's finally happened. He's behind bars. How about that for good news?
My son got himself up for school this morning & on the bus 100% successfully. Which is amazing as he's 11 & has autism, ADHD, & anxiety.
He showered, dressed, had his meds, & packed his bag. All while I was laying in bed listening. I stayed in bed because I was worried I'd distract him if I got up.
I left the house! I hope what’s below isn’t triggering or TMI. It feels good for me to share. I’m working on myself in ways that often look & feel like a complete mess or disaster. Today I made some changes that felt good. Creative thoughts coupled with physical changes. I showered for the first time in almost a week. That included shaving and trimming my nails, huzzah! I dressed and went to the grocery store. Every step took effort. I managed to not feel overwhelmed at the store (it helps when I go in the last hour before closing). I got some treats and some healthy choices. Food to last me a while. I spent < $70 and that felt good. Now I’m on my balcony enjoying the slightest of breezes here in NE Florida, writing this post to this lovely new online space. When I put the phone down I’ll think of food to make for myself.
These are the practical good things that happened today. The creative ideas as always are more complicated. They feel good but I’m unsure what will become of them and I’ll share them another time.
Sometimes putting thoughts to (digital) paper can really help you realize the impact of the day. It's cool to find spaces you can safely express those things!
Getting out of the valleys in life can be difficult, so being able to physically care for yourself, escape the sameness, and enjoy the moment is huge. Congrats to you!
Lol. It was on BOGO. The flavors offerings were picked over but I got one Oregon Dark Cherry and one vanilla. Part of my motivation before I left the house was I’d buy some seasonal fruit and vanilla ice cream. Nevertheless I managed to assemble a meal with actual vegetables when I got home, see photo. More winning. (For anyone wondering how I handled an assortment with different cook times the answer is, With Tongs! I checked the food periodically and removed what was ready and are in stages. Why not?)
Thanks to you and everyone else offering words of support.
I don't believe I've ever had chickpeas. May be something to explore in the future! I miss home cooked meals, though. Even simple rice dishes can be out of this world.
They are super versatile (and delicious)! I made a slight variant of this recipe, it is one of my go-to recipes cos I am not a very good cook and that one is not too overwhelming for me. Always turns out pretty decent!
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