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Cake day: July 20th, 2023

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  • This whole thing is a nightmare. What is anyone’s end goal here?

    Hamas seemingly intended to draw Israel into a war. They hide behind citizens. But when Israel makes it crystal clear they will shred an arbitrary amount of citizens to get to Hamas --once that’s known and understood-- isn’t Hamas equally to blame for their deaths. They could have: 1 not escalated, 2 fight openly in uniform instead of cowardly hiding behind citizens.

    Tactically, what they are doing makes sense if the goal is to win at a war, but to say so admits they were the first to put the Gaza civilians in danger by starting such a war.

    Israel is the only party that can win a war. There can be so much more suffering if it carries on.

    I also suspect this whole thing is either orchestrated or exasperated to try to draw Iran in, because Israel and the west would love an excuse to wipe Iran off the map before they get nukes.

    So let me hear your opinions, how does this whole thing end? And for the sake of conversation let’s assume cease-fire is out, because I don’t pragmatically see that happening.

















  • It is very interesting, I had no idea fixed rates are only a thing here. I couldn’t afford my current house if rates went up. That’s why a lot of first time buyers become house poor. They are willing to stretch their finances to get an expensive first house, knowing that their income will increase over time decreasing the cost of their house comparitively. It’s also why the existing housing market supply is essentially gone in the US. Everyone with a fixed 3% will never sell. It’s as close to a free loan as it gets. Inflation is already shrinking what I owe in comparison to present day value by more than my interest rate. There is zero reason to sell my house, even if I couldn’t afford it for some reason, it makes more sense to rent it out to keep this loan.