Well, my doctor in Germany diagnosed me with add so I don’t really see your point …. It was 2 years ago, not everything is the same everywhere

Maybe you're unaware that diagnostic terminology in America is not universally used across the world. It's still differentiated as ADD or ADHD where I live. My kid has a diagnosis of ADD.

Google too hard for you? Here since you couldn't do a simple search for yourself. I'm gonna go off on a limb and say you're just self diagnosing at this point. Anyone with an actual diagnosis would know it's ADHD and they haven't been using the term ADD since the 90's.

I also didn't need to "make a link since I know so much" - I have an actual ADHD diagnosis.

If you know so much about it, then how come you couldn’t make the link

ADD is an outdated term - it's ADHD.

ADD, not ADHD. Being impulsive and not minding attention to detail are some of the symptoms

3 States: one red, one blue and one purple. The death threat came from the inspector in the purple state. but I was screwed to a much smaller degree in the red and blue States as well.

It doesn't matter what side of the aisle you are on, this issue is a non-issue for politicians. Nobody cares about this so nothing is going to change. Legitimate industries have laws and regulations to hold professionals in those industries accountable, home inspectors is simply not one of those industries. Read the fine print in the agreement when you hire a home inspector and you'll see that whatever they tell you is a matter of opinion and should not be used as a basis or recommendation for anything and that you should consult with a professional.

I'm not sure what having ADHD has to do with laughing about the situation and then discussing getting a refund? Was just a weird thing to include. Unrelated 😅

Let me guess, you live in a red state?

So, you're saying you did a disappearing act at Magic?

All reports from an inspector will have some flavor of this. My advice is just don’t treat it like gospel.

My comment was specifically about home inspectors, but home warranties are just insurance policies. YMMV.

This is America

Who do you think lobbies for lack of regulation? The benefiting industry. Do you really think prospective homebuyers are going to band together and lobby government officials to change the laws and introduce more regulation? That will literally never happen.

Jokes on them, I replaced my cat with a piece of pipe after some asshole cut it off despite the razor blades I spot welded all over it after the original one was also stolen.

Sounds like you beat the old guard and they cried about it

It's actually why I quit magic

I was terrible but I beat a few of them with a couple lucky combos and they were so mad they complained until the owner as a long term friend of most of us Laughed them out of the store but it was so jarring because my deck was maybe $200 of mostly booster luck and a few choice cheap cards I needed And 40 y/os where crying because I got lucky and beat the deck they'd spent far too much money on

Hopefully they grow and you can continue to play the game as actually intended

It is amusing that you accuse me of not doing due diligence. I did my due diligence, checked online reviews and was assured by our realtor that they've worked with the (psychopath) home inspector before and recommended them. They were 2x the price of the cheapest inspectors.

None of that changes the fact that inspectors have zero liability, have zero responsibility over the content in their reports, and need zero relevant industry experience. For something so important, why is there not proper insurance and laws to hold accountability? CPAs can be held financially responsible if they mess up your taxes. Why is this different?

I can tell you why. It is because the industry is a scam. Otherwise the proper regulations would be in place to keep everything "above board".

I'll say this again, because obviously some don't seem to understand... Just because YOU had a good experience and YOUR inspector doesn't change the fact that this INDUSTRY doesn't have the proper LAWS and REGULATIONS to do what they do. If they did, they could be held LIABLE for being incompetent, which is standard for legitimate industries.

I believe this is exactly the mistake I made.

Now i want a pic of the toy

There's a lot of history to 'okama', originally it was referring to effeminate men who were often (but iirc not always) prostitutes. It wasn't necessarily pejorative, more like a profession or a descriptor. Then you know time progressed, religious morality came in, and it became a Bad Thing, and a slur.

Nowadays there are people who have reclaimed it in the LGBT sphere, and it's usage in gay bars is similar to 'femme' (or maybe even 'twink'), but obviously that is not gonna be the case with a bunch of teenagers or anyone remotely homophobic.

I can dig out some references if anyone wants them.

Lol I enjoyed reading it and had no idea what he was OP was talking about. Don’t listen to Reflection.

Yeah, absolutely. I also felt dismissed by my doctor.

I was reminded of this because my fiancé just showed me a clip of the AIDS burger scene on TikTok. He immediately followed by repeating text tone line.

It's a 2-way street. When I learnt Norwegian I'd go out of my way to teach people my nuances and culture.

owned 4 homes, and now i'm a happy fucking renter in a nice area.. thanks for reminding me why i hated owning. :)

True 😕