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Wow, that's the first time I've heard of Venmo!

Personally, I prefer to keep my phone and my banking completely separate. Actually, the only "important" account I log into on my phone is my email. Anything else? I'll just wait until I get home or go to work.

I personally enjoy this comment the best:

> venmo is great also because it is sort of a social network too, like you have to put in a sort of “memo” field and so you see a news feed of what your friends paid each other for

Um... WHY? I don't see why I should care? I guess that's just part of an over sharing culture.

Here comes the old fogie... If I owe someone money I just give them cash. What's wrong with cash? I hope cash isn't going the way of the personal check... (which, hilariously, I still use personal checks)

Perhaps it has to do with individualism? My friends and I operate on a more informal method. If Joe bought the cab then John pays for the beers. Then Jake pays at the next place or the next time. This isn't stated or organized in advance, just everyone seems to go by it by default.

Do you guys think hoarding has something to do with the consumerist culture we live in today?

What's with the downvote? It was merely a question to spark discussion about the topic at hand. I am really interested in people's opinion on this. Is that really offensive or counterproductive or not on topic to ask a question and solicit opinions? If you think the answer to the question is "no" then just say so. If you find this comment unproductive, please explain why.

Me too, kinda. I mean I eventually (through trial and error) noticed it brought up a menu, but god that's not in any way obvious at first. It is funny because until I read something about it I didn't even know what it was supposed to represent.

Apparently its an old icon but I never really saw it (that I can recall) until mobile got popular.

I had a teacher in high school who thought the "graph" icon in Microsoft Word was "library books." She called it the "library books button." I guess 3 lines isn't enough information to convey meaning. Even though the button meant "put this information in graph form" she didn't see that the icon represented a bar graph.

Maybe I am missing something but I still can't understand why Nelson Mandela won the peace prize when he founded Umkhonto we Sizwe.

Why? The strong taste? Well my sister used to be absolutely obsessed with olives when she was very very young. I never understood it myself, I didn't like them as a kid. I tried them again in adulthood and loved them. I could easily eat a bowl of olives. In fact I have.

The prevalence of Japanese restaurants in the US in recent times disagrees with you.*

*I don't know how authentic these are.

My bed time was 8:00pm for the longest time (until I was in 6th grade - then it moved to 9:00). It isn't out of the question she is going to bed at the proper time.

But yes, the National Sleep Foundation says 11-13 hours of sleep a night for a 3 year old and at that age sleep is extremely important for proper brain development.

I used to have this issue with mushrooms. I mostly got over it by introducing a small amount of mushrooms (buried in other veggies) with my meal. First uncooked (because the texture is not as revolting uncooked) then cooked. Then I emphasized the mushrooms more and more in my meals. Very slowly. Now I mostly like them!

So follow a couple simple recipes at first. You'll learn from experience about what fits your tastes, what goes into a dish, how heat interacts with food in different ways, what you prefer, which techniques work for YOU, what fit into your budget, preferences, time, diet, etc. is something you just learn from experience and it is unique to the individual.

Then after you mastered some recipes you;ll have some standby recipes (either written down or in your head) that are yours that you are comfortable with. But you'll probably keep experimenting too.

You will mess up. Probably a lot. You'll make some crappy food once in a while. You'll learn the hard way, but instead of feeling like a failure, look at what you learned from it. Try again.

I also suggest trying some stirfry first. It is extremely simple to stirfry, pretty healthy, and there is a real lot you can do with it - different flavors of sauce, different veggies, meats, etc., and you can buy the veggies frozen so there is very little prep.

I find that a lot of children don't get that kitchen experience while they are young so they grow up clueless in the kitchen about how to even start to prepare meals. I really can't understand this too much. I was in the kitchen since I was old enough to stand upright and hold a spoon helping out, standing on a chair to reach the counter or stove. As a result I'm extremely comfortable in the kitchen. I'm far from a "good cook," I'm average, but having that comfort I think is key.

Wonder how much he paid for it.

And here I was wondering why a few months ago legit emails that I asked for were starting to show up in my spam folder, including all the facebook emails I asked facebook to send me. (I don't log into facebook so if someone messages me or invites me to an event I'll need an email otherwise I'll miss it).

So now I have to check my spam folder emails regularly and put filter on the domains that end up there "no, don't send to spam filter."

Why can't you just use a filter instead of messing up other people's email?

Insurance companies are the absolute worse about that. I'm shopping around for insurance and get 10 quotes. Then I'll pick one company to go with and sign up. I'll either do it online or I call a rep to finish the signup.

Now 5 of the remaining 9 companies I got quotes from but decided not to pick decide I need a phonecall (or less obnoxiously but still obnoxious) email. "Hi, I saw you got a quote on our site, can I help you sign up?" "Would you like to talk about the quote you received on our website?" The best was when I replied "No, I already bought insurance" and the rep was like really confused as to why would I get an insurance quote if I already had insurance. She seemed surprised it would be a possibility to get a quote and NOT sign up. Or even to shop around. Sometimes I even get quotes once in a while to get an idea if I can get a significantly better deal somewhere else. Then I get phonecalls.

I started replying "If I wanted to talk on the phone or sign up I would have called you." and hang up. Its so rude but really, I don't want to talk to them, if I was interested after I got a quote I would call them. Do people really go "oh, yeah, I wasn't going to sign up but since you called me during dinner I changed my mind."?

"Everyone" is a far stretch. More like "people who like to (or don't mind) managing their finances at a finer level and also don't spend above their means."

Which is maybe 35% of the American population.

Some people are just fine not bothering with credit cards because convenience/simplicity/ease is more important to them. It's all about individual preferences and priority.