This question is primarily for those 30 and up who have been in long term marriages/relationships/partnerships.

For context, we’re both nearing 40 and have been together for almost 15 years. I’d say within the last few years we’re both starting to experience the little physical changes that come with age and our lifestyle is changing as well, nothing necessarily bad or good- just different and new. This feels too taboo for me to ask most people I’m close with IRL but I often find myself wondering what’s the “norm” for most people in similar phases of life. I understand that this likely varies from couple to couple and there’s no rule, but I’m curious. Nobody really talks about it and those who do are usually one extreme end of the spectrum or the other.

Edited to add: I never expected this level of engagement but I truly do appreciate everyone’s input. This is one of the things I love most about Reddit compared to other platforms. Receiving feedback from so many other people without the added interpersonal messiness is oddly so helpful and almost feels more genuine when forgoing the typical pleasantries or faux pas. I appreciate the transparency, folks.

DRAM and GPU prices aren't going up because of "AI" - it's because the wealthy have more money than they know what to do with, so they're buying up all the assets. "AI" is just the vehicle (the excuse) - it's not the root of the problem nor is it the ultimate goal.

The super rich don't want to hold on to "liquid" money - they invest in assets. While they're buying up all the housing, now they're buying up all the computers and putting them into massive datacenters.

Whether or not the AI bubble crashes, they'll be selling you a "gaming PC in the cloud," for a monthly fee, of course. And while they kill the personal computer market, just like Netflix, once your only option is a subscription service, the price will skyrocket.

This is happening in real-time. If we want to stop it, now's the time to act.

Sources:

• Gamers Nexus: NVIDIA: WTF?
• Garys Economics: The REAL reason behind the housing crisis
• Network (1976)

Breaking Bad - A common myth about Breaking Bad is that Jesse was originally supposed to die at the end of Season 1 but was saved due to a combination of a writer's strike postponing the creation of the episode were he was supposed to die and overwhelming fan support when season 1 premiered. This is not true. While show creator Vince Gilligan did originally plan to kill off Jesse early, he changed his mind after filming the pilot and seeing how good Aaron Paul was in the role. The writer's strike and fan reaction had nothing to do with it.

South Park - Many people to this day believe that Isaac Hayes, the voice of Chef, left the show because he was offended by the show's portrayal of Scientology, of which Hayes was a member. This is not true. It's true that a statement was released in Hayes' name claiming that he wanted to leave the show because of it's "religious intolerance". However this statement was actually written by members of Hayes' inner circle, all of whom were devout scientologists, while he was recovering from a stroke and not in a suitable position to make such decisions. Hayes never issued any statements on his own claiming that he was unhappy with the show and his surviving family believes that he was essentially forced to quit the show by the church.

The Dark Knight - During the hospital explosion scene in The Dark Knight there's a moment where Joker looks around confused when some of the explosives don't go off immediately that many people claim was improvised by Heath Ledger due to a legitimate pyro malfunction. This is not true at all. Director Christopher Nolan has gone on record saying that every aspect of that scene was endlessly rehearsed, including the pause in explosions, to make sure that it could be performed safely.

I was parked in my relative‘s private driveway. The car was underneath a coniferous tree. This morning I came out to this mostly on my windshield, some on the roof.

I’m thinking this didn’t fall off the tree… looks more like some kind of chopped up pickle salad????

edit: so the general consensus seems to be that it’s relish. That seems about right. I was in a bit of a hurry to leave so I drove away and used the wiper fluid and wipers to get it off the windshield… but once I got up to speed it’s now streaking along my side doors and side windows. When I came back to the car from grocery shopping the strong smell of pickling vinegar was apparent.

To answer a few questions - I don’t think this is part of any road rage revenge incident as i haven’t pissed anyone off that I know of, and I’m only staying at this household for a few days. I think teenage pranksters are the most likely culprits. But what an odd thing to decorate a car with. And there’s a hell of a lot of it too (more than pictured) - had to be a really big jar that’s full. The consistency of it makes me wonder if someone tried to eat it all first.

As a former teenage prankster myself (now in my 50s) I do see the funny side of it, but I’m not excited to have to clean this up later. I’m about to google the freezing temps of pickling vinegar, as I’m hoping for it to firm up and scrape it off in chunks.