A quick update for all my fellow r/196 migrants about how things are going back in the motherland. A saga has unfolded:
It began with a basic hornypost, and a comment under said post:
So, the fatal BreadSlice was getting clowned on in the replies, until:
So yeah, the more things change the more they stay the same I guess.
From context, I'm guessing that this was done about 1987-- placing 2007 at twenty years in the future. (Rambo was still an active film franchise, with two released and the third coming out the next year-- then it would go on hiatus for twenty years. It's not 1997, because that was the year the first DVDs hit the market.)
And I'm not going to mock them for the swing-and-miss of not knowing that movies would not be released on VHS in 2007. (The last was in 2006.) By 1987 laserdisc had petered out-- it would hang on among enthusiasts with a lot of money, but it was obvious that it wasn't going to be the dominant format.
No, my bone to pick is that they thought Rambo XXII was going to be Rated G.
(Also, note that the tape lists the movie as coming out in 2004. They were expecting a sequel a year for 20 years???)
i dont care the close friends instagram stories are getting posted to tumblr because this is making me lose my mind
The system is rigged. The advantages for the wealthy are immediate and endless.
If your vote didn’t matter THEY WOULDN’T BREAK LAWS LEFT AND RIGHT TO KEEP YOU FROM VOTING
This is a big fucking deal: https://www.npr.org/2023/08/22/1195141913/borrowers-can-now-apply-for-new-income-based-student-loan-repayment
Under the SAVE plan, as long as borrowers make their monthly payments, interest will not accumulate. With previous plans, borrowers with low or $0 payments — too low to cover their monthly interest charge — saw that interest accrue. Now, the government says, that won't happen.
The department says that under the old plan, borrowers repaid, on average, $10,956 for every $10,000 they borrowed. Under the new plan, they would pay back just $6,121.
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Borrowers can now apply at studentaid.gov/SAVE . In an announcement video, President Biden assured borrowers that the application will take "10 minutes."
The program allows borrowers to opt in to a feature that allows the Education Department to access their tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service. This will allow the department to automatically recertify borrowers' enrollment every year, so they don't have to keep applying and updating.
The administration is urging borrowers to apply soon because, after three years of pause extensions, student loan payments are set to resume in October, with interest starting to accrue in September.
studentaid.gov/SAVE
TL;DR:
Here are the estimated payments based on income and family size:
And also:
Borrowers with original principal balances of $12,000 or less will receive forgiveness of any remaining balance after making ten years of payments, with the maximum repayment period before forgiveness rising by one year for every additional $1,000 borrowed. For example, if your original principal balance is $14,000, you will see forgiveness after 12 years. Payments made previously (before 2024) and those made from now on will count toward these maximum forgiveness timeframes.
The website says that most borrowers who apply in august should see these benefits on their october bills, so they're encouraging people to sign up as soon as possible.
September will be filled with happiness.
September will be filled with blessings.
September will be filled with positivity.
September will be filled with progress.
September will be filled with kindness.
September will be filled with opportunity.
September will be filled with love.
