I think you all make very good points. Thank you. I really mean that.

I was reading Super Brain by Deepak Chopra and this other M.D. and I guess I was just so enthusiastic about their point how we can make changes to our brain and therefore our lives at any age that I got caught up in that and was trying to make my parents see that.

I will just live with everything as it is now. If guests want to come over and they are friends of mine, they will understand my parents have quirks and that in order to flush our toilet, you have to use a plunger. Whatever. I guess it's better than having an outhouse :P If I have enough money saved up, I might just hire a plumber. I can't afford it right now because what if my parents had an emergency that they needed money for? Yeah, this is not really cool to have right now, but I guess until the toilet literally stops working... it doesn't qualify as an emergency.

I'll learn to live with it.

*sigh* The twenties are hard. Awesome-ish but hard.