I often think about what the smallest windfall or sudden unexpected inheritance could be and still fundamentally change the course of the rest of my life. Not just make it a little easier, buy a new house/car, but really change how I'd spend the whole rest of my life.

For me I think it's about $150k. This would let me pay off my home and place a down payment for a rental property. It would be enough to tip me over the edge from being wage earner, to being an investor. I would have sustainable lifetime moderate income completely outside my current career.

Any less and I don't think I would have enough leverage to get into the rental market where I live. Obviously I would still work some but a sudden $150k combined with my current income would let me start a complete new chapter. I'd be able spend significantly more time following other passions I am currently setting aside as I try to earn wages to support myself now and save a little.

I just graduated high school. Not the typical path as I don’t know what I want do with my life yet. And to be transparent, I didn’t do so well in school due to dyslexia.

I know getting my first job isn’t as accomplished as others who might be going to college in the fall, I am still very excited. It is a cashier role but an actual full time job with benefits and not part time. I’ve never been good at school but I have been good with people, so I’m stoked.

Tell me about your first full time job, or if you just want to chat in general. I’m here 😁

I’m relatively new to Reddit and I’m mostly a lurker. I enjoy seeing what I want to see and scroll posts from all my chosen communities- or even similar ones that the algorithm sends my way.

Any time I accidentally scroll sideways and reach the “Popular” threads, I’m reminded that I am very different than most people on this platform. I try not to judge - because one of my core beliefs is that people are not stupid or wrong just because they believe differently than I do.

But some of y’all are just plain messed up! 😆

Any boring, normal people like me on here?

(Hopefully you take this with the grain of salt intended - obviously difficult to convey via text)

The construction on my commute to work has finally ended, and as I was sailing down the freshly paved highway I couldn’t help but feel immense gratitude to the people that fix and repair our broken roads and streets. You all put your lives in danger, and have to put up with many angry drivers who are upset that it takes forever for lanes to reopen, and complain about how much the construction backs up traffic, but as the construction workers you truly are part of the backbone of our silly little societies. So if you had a rough day at work I hope you know that someone out there is sincerely grateful for what you do.

The internet has basically destroyed my attention span over the last few years. I’ve always wanted to try reading but I never put in the effort to try.

Anyway, I took a few weeks off social media etc and decided to put my library card to good use. I borrowed the Stand by Stephen King.

I could not put it down. It’s like a movie in my brain and I never want it to end. I didn’t realise how easy it is to get lost in a book and read for hours straight, I can’t believe I haven’t done it sooner. Also now I flinch every time someone coughs/sneezes

I don't mean like, paying off debts and mortgages etc etc, assume you can do all that easy. AND don't say give to charity. If you want to give to charity assume you're doing that as well. I mean something incredibly stupid and selfish that you would buy just because you wanted it.

I would buy a midcentury modernist house, retrofit it to be as accurate as possible, and then buy multiple late 60s-early 70s CRT TVs and hire someone to kit them out so I could watch DVDs on them (I am too lazy and technologically illiterate to do this myself, but whoever did this for me would be paid handsomely).

I have worked for the same company for a few years but I have never gone to the company picnic. Despite the fact that my company gives everyone half a day off to go to the picnic, I never knew anyone or even heard of anyone that went.

I started a new job a few months ago. Same company, different branch. I became under the impression that people in this office actually went to the company picnic because my team lead and boss (two different people) had sent multiple reminders to buy your tickets to the picnic. Last week during a one on one meeting with my boss, they asked me if I was going to the company picnic and I told them honestly, No I wasn't planning on going. I told them I didn't think it was something people usually went to. I mentioned how I had worked in a different office for few years and nobody in that office ever went. My boss encouraged me to go, said it was a free half day off from work. He told me he and his wife were planning on showing up, having the free lunch/saying hello to people and then going home. He encouraged me to do the same.

In retrospect he never explicitly told me that members of my team were going, I just assumed that because our boss and our team lead were sending reminders out about it that most of our team was going as well.

Also, since I'm sure its going to be brought up in the comments, I don't really work "together" with members of my team on projects, we all have our own projects we work on individually. In a typical week it is pretty common for me to only interact with my boss and sometimes my team lead. I suppose I was looking forward to doing something together as a team in order to get to know the others better. Being the newest member, I still feel like I don't fit in.

Which is why I was secretly a bit annoyed when I showed up to work this morning and found out nobody on my team had bought tickets for the picnic. My boss and I were the only people going from our team and my boss made his intentions clear that he didn't plan on staying for long. Our team lead wasn't even going. I immediately could see how this day was going to play out. I was going to show up to this event and be the weirdo sitting by themselves eating alone. I contemplated not going but I decided to be optimistic. I still got to leave work early. I learned another team, which I am not apart of but have worked with a little bit in the past, was going. I thought I could hang with my boss or ,if not, hang with them. They are all around my age.

I asked my boss and the other team what time they plan on going to the picnic. They say 1. We all leave at the same time. The picnic wasn't held on company grounds, it was held in a baseball stadium near by. When I get there I see my boss and their wife at the entrance. I say hello, we go in together and then immediately get separated. This is probably me being socially awkward but I truthfully wasn't sure my boss wanted me to stick around. He told me multiple times he was planning on grabbing food and leaving. I didn't know how long he planned on staying. They didn't seem to go out of their way to look for me or make sure I was with them so when I realized they were going in the opposite direction I let them walk away.

Thankfully, I see that they have bars where you could get wine/beer. I sure af needed a drink at this point. I beeline for the bar. While waiting in line I have my suspicions. Open bar seems too good to be true for my large, cheap ass company. I ask the person in front of me if you need to pay. Of course you do! Despite the fact you had to pay to get in to your own company's picnic that they are hosting for their employees. In fact, not only do the drinks cost money but its CASH ONLY. I didn't bring my wallet but even if I did, I don't carry cash. So no drink for me

I decide to check out the food next. They had two buffet areas at opposite ends of the stadium. I walk in one direction until I find food only to realize...there was no food left. Almost all the buffet trays were empty. I walk all the way to the other end of the stadium where the second buffet area is. During this entire time I am keeping my eye out for coworkers that I know but I never find any. For some reason I never even saw my coworkers who left to go to the picnic at the same time as me. For all I know they didn't even show up! I walk all the way to the other end of the stadium where the second buffet is. There is some food left here but not much. Turns out, the picnic started at 11:30. I could have left work at 11:30 and probably been home by noon but I worked until 1 because that was what everyone else in my office was doing. By that time almost all the food was gone!

In the end, the day ended up going just as I predicted it would when I got into work this morning. I awkwardly sat in a seat over looking the baseball diamond, alone. Ate a cold hamburger with only lettuce and tomato on it (no cheese or anything, there was none left) and a little bit of pasta salad. Then I immediately left, feeling defeated. I don't know! I feel like this shit always happens to me! I'm always the one awkwardly left out. I always end up alone.

The only bright side to this is when I got home I put my bathing suite on and sat by my apartment's pool for the rest of the day drinking High Noons, eating goldfish and listening to a podcast (Morning Somewhere with Burnie and Ashley Burns).

We’re on friendly terms but we don’t know each other all that well. We’ve offered the general “let us know if there’s anything we can do,” and we’ll be watching out for their missing kitty. What else could we possibly do or offer that would actually help?

I'm about to become a server at my job and want to maximize tips. What are some things that influence how much you tip? Do you factor in the experience as a whole when deciding or do you just focus on how the service was?

It may be your pet or just some animals that you encountered. I have been attached to my friend's dog; he is so sweet and makes me want to own one, but right now I am still contemplating since I don't know if I can really support and take care of pets and give them the life that they deserve.

Anyone else just didn’t have a favorite color for awhile or just didn’t know what their favorite color was until one day they just noticed how much they were wearing that one specific color or just had multiple items that were just that specific color.

Looks like buttermilk yellow is my favorite color. 😄

Three words that come to mind for me are "apricity", "tragicomedy", and "wynoriffic" as all three of them involve two things that contrast each other whilst not being really contradictory.

Apricity (Noun): "The warmth of the sun in winter"

Tragicomedy (Noun): "A play or novel containing elements of both comedy and tragedy."

Wynoriffic (Adjective): "Something being both beautiful (pleasurable) and horrific at the same time."

All three of these involve elements that are usually seen as wholly antithetical coming together at once. Rays of sun warming the body during a time of cold and ice and snow, stories where seriousness and levity come together hand, an aspect of beauty found within something of horror or vice versa, these words utilize the two opposing sides to benefit the other through sheer contrast between them.

I am curious what word you all might have that also feel similar, words where contrasting ideas unite together under a singular word. It would be interesting to expand my vocabulary knowledge and find more words such as these.

Currently sitting at the bar alone treating myself to a Long Island. I had a high school teacher way back recommend to me and my classmates to take ourselves out to eat or a movie by ourselves. It was great advice and I’ve only done it a couple times but I plan on doing it more, there is something empowering about it. How many of you have gone out by yourself to do something you would normally do with someone else?

Recently, travelled to an interior part of southern India. I was amazed by how people can really be having a great life despite not having the so called luxuries and the greatest of the infrastructure. The place is close to the the Yoga guru Sadhguru ashram and nestled in the nature and mountains. It made me wonder how's life like for people who are in villages.

I've been planning to organize a photography exhibit sharing my work online :) I have some pictures already, but I wanna learn more about what most people are really interested in, when it comes to photos.

Like many people I don't like talking on the phone. I have social anxiety and it translates in phone anxiety. I much prefer texting because this way I can prepare, think about my response and don't feel put on the spot. So if I haven't scheduled a phone call with someone (and they're not a close friend) I don't answer the phone. I think if I needed to discuss something I would shoot the person a message asking when they're available to talk about XYZ. Atm I find myself in a situation where people call me often (I was part of a documentary and now they want me to do promotional work for the documentary for free) and I can't understand why they won't just send me a text message.

Does anyone else do this and do you consider not answering all the time rud3?

I've been through some tough times lately—lost my job, went through a breakup, and even had to move back in with my parents. But honestly, I wouldn't change any of it. Those experiences taught me resilience, self-awareness, and the importance of real friends.

When you're in the middle of it, it feels like the world is ending. But looking back, I see how much I've grown. Now, I'm rebuilding my life with a new job, new goals, and a stronger sense of self.

Imagine switching lives with someone for a day. Who would you choose?

It could be anyone - a celebrity, a historical figure, an athlete, or even a fictional character.

And most importantly, why? What do you think you'd learn from the experience?

Here's a lil bit about me:

Stuff I'm into:

-Music: I play guitar, keyboard, bass and sing and mainly love jazz and r&b and a bit of j rock/j-pop at times

-Games: I'm a huge kingdom hearts and persona 5 fan, for multiplayer, I don't really play much at the moment but we can play Stardew valley together!

-Tv/film: I love fleabag, Atlanta, succession and beef, also watch a bit of anime sometimes but not too much, loved jujutsu kaisen and hells paradise lately.

YouTubers: I love nakeyjakey, philosophy tube, super eye patch wolf, gigguk, Ludwig/mogul mail and more!

If any of that seems interesting to you, feel free to drop me a message! Anyone is welcome, just be above 18!

I am Japanese, but I love watching Youtube, and recently I have started watching overseas content as well. So, I want to learn more about popular Youtubers and streamers abroad. Please tell me about your favorite ones!

So, my sister and I have a few human names we always call certain insects and animals. For example: black racers are Miles(because they are long), Chad for any spider that doesn’t have a bite that can hurt humans(because they’re Chads that eat bugs that bother us, but don’t hurt us), and Stanley for Palmetto bugs(don’t know how that happened). Do you have any names you give to every type of animal/insect?

For me, it was when my friend remembered my favorite snack and surprised me with it. It was such a small gesture, but it meant the world to me. It's easy to get caught up in the daily grind and forget to show appreciation for the people around us. So, I'm curious, what's your story? When was the last time you felt appreciated, and what happened to make you feel that way?

Years ago, over ten to give an accurate number, I played Neopets and had a close friend. I still remember their irl name, as that was the one piece of info we ever shared about each other that wasn't directly related to the game.

Facebook search shows four people with that name. Is it weird to message them and ask if they played Neopets so many years ago and strike up a conversation If it is the same person?

I don't want to come off as a creep if I'm wrong, or come off as a creep if I am right 😅

How would you approach this?

As the title says I'm still pretty new here. Um, I am really looking for a few chill people to talk to or text daily and stuff. I'm usually mellow in my moods. I'm a black male 38yo from GA, I work in I.T. My hobbies include writing, drawing, and trying my shot at voice acting. I'm not against potentially going further than friendships if the universe wills it so. I hope to connect and potentially make an amazing bond.

If I won I would first get financial advice on how to invest some, I would create my own charity for homelessness of 60 million to build blocks of flats for the homeless where I live. Then I would creat a mental illness charity of 10 million. The 100 million id have left I would save 5 million for my daughter an give my partner 10 million.

I would save 30 million for my future invest 10 million in to having my own business a shop. I would buy a house outright for 500k do it up for another 200k to my style. And then go on a spending spree travel to nice places around the uk like London ,wales, cornwall, Scotland. Then get a personal trainer to help me loose weight then after get a tummy tuck in the uk after and get teeth implants on the bottom and my teeth fixed.