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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 132 points 2 months ago (4 children)

what's next? joint bank accounts?

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 100 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] thenextguy@lemmy.world 60 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Dogs and cats, living together!

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

The black people are eating my vegetables!!!

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Delicious. (I'm in Ohio.)

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My partner and I have joint financial accounts, but it still would be weird to us to take whatever car.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why? Is it weird to use whatever plate or fork? What about couch cushions? Umbrellas?

I see cars as tools, so there's not "my car" and "their car," but "the small car" (hybrid w/ great gas mileage) and "the big car" (minivan). Before we had kids, we only had one car, and if we needed to be in different places, I would ride my bike, walk, or take the bus. That almost never happened, and it wasn't a big deal when it did.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Plates, forks, cushions, and umbrellas are not typically as personalized as a car.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

And my argument is that cars should likewise not be personalized. They're tools.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago

Okay, but you started with "why?", that's the question I was answering.

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

That's just your opinion. To me, clothes are tools and there's no reason to personalize - just wear black everything, that's what I do. Other people don't seem to share my opinion and that's fine too.

Sure, and I agree with you. I don't find much value in chasing trends, so I wear something respectable for my line of work and call it good.

Cars can be more than tools, and at that point I'd understand the OP that it would be weird to switch those between a couple, but I don't see any reason for that to be the norm rather than the exception, just like chasing trends shouldn't be the norm.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Could be they don't much personalize them

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago

Not in my country!

(Seriously, though, Japan doesn't do joint bank accounts).

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

You just like spend whatever dollars you find in there?!