You've got a good taste in music buddy! MDM one of my favourite genres too :)

Yeah, I like Whispered! I've listen their latest album from Spotify. and there was an article of them in the latest issue of the biggest Finnish metal magazine. :) Gotta see them live someday....

And thanks for friendship!

I gotta be honest with you man, I think the problem is less with our system so to speak as it is our people in general. Honestly, people are just self-centered, uncompassionate, and don't know how to extend comfort to anyone beyond their own realm. And I think that's causing the majority of problems in our society. It's why it's so hard to find decent work, make a decent living, etc. If the people in charge cared more about people, we'd have better opportunities. It's why I can't get help with my health so I go into asthma attacks several times a day for example, can't see a doctor or get medicine, but more than that I feel I deal with it on a personal level as well. And the unfortunate part is that I don't feel like complaining about it will change how other people act.

I'll check out the forum though.

Holy heck, 12 hours in 2 weeks? How is it possible you're surviving on that so far???

Ugh, yeah, no kidding. I appreciate what Obamacare is doing to some degree, but taxing people for not having insurance is utterly ridiculous. Not everybody can afford insurance.

But lmao, is that something I posted somewhere? 'cause that sounds like something I'd say.

haha yeah, that album was a disaster. Shame too, because the band has some respectable musicians in its line-up. But alas...

And yeah, I agree. I as much as anyone know something needs done about our healthcare system (America is one of the only free countries in the world without free healthcare, actually), but Obama's method, although I respect his intentions, just isn't working at all. I don't have the money for insurance, so what good does it do the people who REALLY need help with healthcare? For me, absolutely none.

Personally, if I had the money and freedom (stuck taking care of family where I live), I'd just leave the country and go some place with a better economy, where I could get a proper job and such. I don't really see the U.S. getting any better any time soon.

It's interesting to think about, but I don't really know where I'd move. Those are all places I'd love to visit but I'd need to know more about the economy and how the country is holding up to know how good it'd be for living. There's a place in Finland that seems beautiful and would be nice to live... I'd actually consider moving up to Canada if I could. Their economy is doing better than ours for sure, and it's not nearly as far away.

I keep having a problem with everything I get breaking down... whether it's an appliance like a dishwasher or a faucet, or whatever. I keep having to waste money because nothing is holding up, and I don't have money to waste on this shit. Not to mention it's garden season and while it's nice and helps save a lot of money later in the year when we harvest food, the initial cost when my family needs the money elsewhere is just a pain in the ass.

Also, I keep plastic dishes around mainly for emergency in case I don't have any dishes clean, but yeah I mostly agree. Funny thing, though; my brother is something of a germophobe and uses tossable dishes because he feels they're "cleaner." lol