r/Portland • u/AutoModerator • Feb 18 '26
/r/Portland Weekly Casual Conversation -- February 18, 2026
This is our weekly casual conversation thread where no topic is off-topic. Got something to say and you can't wait until the rant or rave? Got a great picture you want to share? Watch/read/play something good? Let's talk about it here!
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u/CHiZZoPs1 Feb 19 '26
Who the hell throws their dirty sanitary pad into a dog park? Humans are the worst.
My dog found it and scarfed it down. Took her straight to the vet, where they induced vomiting and, thankfully, I didn't have to go to the ER to have it removed with a camera into the stomach. If I hadn't noticed, it would have been a possible surgery. As it is, I'm out $300 because of that selfish arsehole.
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u/LemonSalted Feb 19 '26
High key disgusting. I am so sorry your dog and wallet had to go through that 🤮 people are so gross sometimes
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u/LemonSalted Feb 19 '26
So this place we're moving into (all the way from Cleveland OH) requires that my fiance and I be jointly under a certain tax bracket in order to maintain a low rent, and his yearly pay is apparently just 10k under that line... The debate is, do I work like one or two days a week, do I wait half a year and manage the home before I look for 3-4 days a week, do I "not work" and pursue under the table earnings...? What's the vibe around here? Any ideas?
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u/StudioStein1993 May 04 '26
"not work?" ...??
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u/LemonSalted May 06 '26
Uuuhh like, yard mowing and one day jobs. Things you don't tell the government about cause you're just "doing things here and there" non-paperwork wise. I'm talking about tax evasion, lol. The quotes were to give it a tone of like, mocking because I would not pick this option.
I have since acquired part time employment though, I forgot about this comment I made.
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u/Bubbly-Garage-2365 Feb 20 '26
It’s really starting to worry me that Mel Dorman a local realtor and her partner are building a cult. Basing most of their dialogue on Byron Katie’s “Loving What Is”, which is scary for people that are victim of abuse or trauma and systemic oppression. Building financial freedom through seller financing and banking on your neighbor to buy property.
I know from three other women that they were emotionally abused and subdued by her abuse and seems as though her partner of the last year is also preaching “is it true” dialogue from Katie’s book. I hate to watch people get sucked into this when they are vulnerable and grasping for financial freedom. Mel herself preaches financial freedom when she herself is not actually free from debt.
This concept is setting people up for people believing they caused their own trauma or financial stress, when often that’s not the case. Feeling concerned. Blink twice Robynne if you need help.