I'm one of those kids. Either we're over explaining people pleasers or the trauma turned us into monsters.

Well, children aren't very good at telling the difference between real and fantasy. At least I'm fairly sure my nephew isn't actually Iron Man. Believing everything they say would be gullible at best, stupid at worst. And seriously, this won't be traumatizing because adults didn't believe the kid.

I think kids usually start speaking earlier than that.

Back in the day it used to only be 5¢ per bee

Who's their bee guy, amirite?

Based child Linux user /s lol

Well? Which was it??

I don't know about bees, but last year I noticed wasps crawling in and out a hole on my balcony. I did not think much of it, but noticed the home owner, just to be safe.

Well they send a beekeeper, and that guy explained to me that now it is quiet, but within 4 weeks he expect there to be about 20000 wasps in there, it would be getting really loud and they would have started to find an exit into my apartment. Apparently they multiply really fast.

They are actually relatively quiet once inside their nest.

Got to open up the walls, clean the honey residue, removing the hive, and rebuild the walls. Getting rid of the bees is the easiest part.

suckers living in the city.

Salaries in the USA are traditionally much higher than in other countries.

We also tend to pay less taxes.

Then we pay a fuck ton for everything else AND we’re like the cutting room floor for shitty capitalist policies that will be shipped over to yall in a decade or so.

That said a nearly 200k/yr salary on the coasts can leave you still struggling to make ends meet whereas 50k in the flyovers can have you sitting happy.

The USA is made up of so many little economies that show up to be one one big economy.

Well, building materials are expensive for one. Like, I had to have my roof replaced in the last year or two, and it was $6k, and they only ripped and replaced the plywood, barrier and shingles. They didn't have to worry about cleaning out organic matter, structural issues involved with opening up a wall and removing shit, or the complications of dealing with utilities in wall.

When you factor all the potential issues in, especially if it was a large infestation, costs can add up quickly.

there are always bees in the banana stand.

GOB's not on board.

Arrested Development

Tennessee?

That’s why every day I just go and give the tree leaning over my deck a good shove.

The HoA says it’s fine, so I have a document proving this tree that isn’t mine is “ok” and someone else is gonna pay when it falls.

Meanwhile … every day just a little shove to help it along.

My god man! You need booze!

I made a steak.

A steak!?