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TopicTop economist from Bank of England says people need to accept they are poorer
g980
04/28/23 9:28:33 PM
#11
ScazarMeltex posted...

So if people spend too much money there is a bunch of inflation.
If too little money is spent the economy collapses because companies profits go down.
In both cases poor and working class people get screwed over. Almost like capitalism geared to fuck over everyone but the rich.


Or we keep inflation in line with economic growth and everyone wins

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TopicTop economist from Bank of England says people need to accept they are poorer
g980
04/28/23 8:37:51 PM
#5
Questionmarktarius posted...
Abolish the monarchy, and that'll free up some money.


The point is there is already too much money

Specifically, too much money being spent

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TopicWhy are successful people more likely to cheat on their spouse?
g980
04/26/23 2:50:29 PM
#6
MICHALECOLE posted...
Where are you getting these statistics from?

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TopicMan, housing is so fucked up in this country
g980
04/26/23 1:03:00 PM
#6
Unsuprised_Pika posted...


There is nothing left but to brute force things.

The rich must be forcibly taken down several pegs. AirBnB must be shut down. Some space wasteful luxuries must be demolished and the land repurposed.

Rents have to be controled. Home flipping banned.


cringeposting 101

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TopicBed, Bath and Beyond files for bankruptcy
g980
04/26/23 9:31:30 AM
#49
"zero notice" lol as if any BBBY was blindsided by this

and since when do bankrupt companies give severance

After all the "if companies cant afford to pay their employees more then they shouldnt exist" this is what happens when companies stop existing - people lose their jobs

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TopicMortgages for homebuyers with good credit will cost more starting May 1st
g980
04/25/23 1:55:24 PM
#25
bigblu89 posted...
I guess the concept is they are taxing the people that can afford it.


im enjoying watching ce get mad about an objectively progressive policy

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TopicMortgages for homebuyers with good credit will cost more starting May 1st
g980
04/25/23 11:43:49 AM
#18
Questionmarktarius posted...

Who says they're going to be unsecured?


Ok why dont you just tell me about this mystery loan

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TopicMortgages for homebuyers with good credit will cost more starting May 1st
g980
04/25/23 11:41:25 AM
#14
Questionmarktarius posted...
All we'll get out of this is rich fucks taking out a lot of "cash" loans for some unknown reason, and buying a house outright. Then the concept will quickly leak down to the upper-middle-class.


you honestly think this will make mortgages more expensive than unsecured loans?

Seriously?

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TopicCorporations should focus on giving raises instead of infinite revenue growth
g980
04/24/23 4:09:02 PM
#10
Raises should be 5% at a minimum and revenue growth should be capped at 3%

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TopicCorporations should focus on giving raises instead of infinite revenue growth
g980
04/24/23 2:51:27 PM
#4
AI_TechGam3FAQS posted...
They have


name one company that gives raises

you cant

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TopicCorporations should focus on giving raises instead of infinite revenue growth
g980
04/24/23 2:50:09 PM
#1
misplaced priorities

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Topicmy fucking grocery store asks me if i want to donate $0.38 at self checkout
g980
04/24/23 1:47:21 PM
#8
littlebro07 posted...


That's exactly what happens

They want to make you feel good about donating to help the less fortunate when you just spent 5 minutes looking for the cheapest brand of rice all so they can get a tax write-off


lol no

that is not actually true

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Topicmy fucking grocery store asks me if i want to donate $0.38 at self checkout
g980
04/24/23 1:32:40 PM
#3
they just want to use it as a tax write off i bet

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Topicmy fucking grocery store asks me if i want to donate $0.38 at self checkout
g980
04/24/23 1:31:16 PM
#1
why should i have to donate $0.38 when they only donated $200million last year

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TopicAre you saving enough money for retirement?
g980
04/24/23 10:55:01 AM
#51
yea may try to retire a little early

Maxing out 401k + IRA, mortgage is paid off, decent non retirement savings too

sorry to go against the doomer circle jerk "millennials will never retire" lol

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TopicI injected 6 whole Marijuana's and now gravity is dead
g980
04/23/23 7:07:38 AM
#10
Trumble posted...
Pretty sure I'm on the moon, not sure how I got here I guess I rode a space dragon or something and I can fly cause gravity is dead oh holy fuck did I murder gravity? I can't go to physics jail I'm not a subatomic particle ffs


Congrats on your first toke

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TopicPlus sized model Ashley Graham named sexiest woman 2023
g980
04/22/23 9:21:53 PM
#31
Why are so many people pretending she isnt overweight

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TopicWould you take unpaid summers if you could?
g980
04/22/23 5:17:24 PM
#2
Woops forgot the poll

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TopicWould you take unpaid summers if you could?
g980
04/22/23 5:17:11 PM
#1
Non teachers only ofc. In this scenario your whole company shuts down for the summer if you opt in, so you dont miss anything.

I think i would
I can afford the pay cut and summers are nice

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TopicFuck having kids is expensive
g980
04/22/23 4:14:45 PM
#9
is this your second topic about not having kids

i am getting some "really wants kids" vibes from you tbh

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TopicHow many paid days off do you get per year?
g980
04/21/23 2:45:23 PM
#48
25 vacation, 5 sick, all major holidays

cant complain

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TopicI dont see how you could want kids if your life is poppin for real
g980
04/21/23 9:29:45 AM
#19
I think its great that people dont feel the same pressure to have kids that they dont really want

I think its pathetic when the same people feel the need to attack the concept of parenting

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TopicI'm glad we've finally stopped talking about blockchain
g980
04/21/23 7:10:28 AM
#45
lol the blockchain nerd is also a meme stock dupe

checks out

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TopicI'm glad we've finally stopped talking about blockchain
g980
04/20/23 2:49:15 PM
#1
idk who got the hype train going on blockchain but it was very obviously not a huge deal

all the bros i know who built careers around blockchain start-ups are mid level saas sales guys now

lol

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Topictipping needs to stop
g980
04/19/23 2:16:11 PM
#1
Waiters wouldnt be able to earn tips if restaurant owners didnt let them serve food in their restaurant

It's ridiculous to let serving staff basically steal tip money without giving the owners their cut

Stop tipping until the cost is baked into menu prices so the owners can get their fair share

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TopicIf you can work and have to pay taxes on that work, you should be able to vote
g980
04/19/23 2:12:17 PM
#6
Im ok with children voting if they work but not children with felony convictions.

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TopicIf you can work and have to pay taxes on that work, you should be able to vote
g980
04/18/23 5:02:27 PM
#4
is this an immigration thing or a felon thing

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TopicI can't tell if I like Fallen Order or not
g980
04/18/23 9:37:56 AM
#16
The intro was amazing, but the spaceship and almost everything after felt really empty. Map backtracking got old too.

Combat was fun tho, and the game was gorgeous. It definitely helps that i like ponchos

I'm willing to give Survivor a chance, those are solvable problems

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TopicWhat are the best vintage/classic sci-fi books?
g980
04/17/23 9:30:43 AM
#4
The Foundation series by Asimov

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TopicReplace a game title with "diarrhea"
g980
04/17/23 9:29:42 AM
#2
The entire title?

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TopicGot myself a dry herb vaporizer
g980
04/17/23 9:00:33 AM
#25
How big is it
How much work to clean it

I roll my oregano to smoke and while i enjoy the rolling ritual, sometimes i dont want to deal with the hassle of going outside and i always want to take a shower right away because i hate smelling like smoke

Been thinking about a dry herb vape but it feels like a big investment
If i can smoke inside next to an air purifier and have the smell go away quick that might be a game changer

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TopicMan have you started on your taxes yet?
g980
04/16/23 8:57:13 PM
#23
We use an accountant so dealt with it a while ago

Owed an extra $25k so that was fun

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TopicGot myself a dry herb vaporizer
g980
04/16/23 8:48:33 PM
#10
how's the smell compared to combustion

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TopicStill amazed at how gamers just gobbled up Cyberpunk 2077
g980
04/16/23 1:40:43 PM
#18
Played it at launch on PC and had a blast

Driving sucked but everything else was great and i didnt encounter any major bugs

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TopicPlus sized lady wants free extra seats on airplanes.
g980
04/16/23 7:28:56 AM
#7
sounds equitable to me

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TopicRenting property is a nightmare now
g980
04/15/23 4:35:57 PM
#25
Raikuro posted...

Idk if you're being intentionally silly but the monthly mortgage payments went from 2400 (which was already mortgage+taxes) to 3600 per month, which is a 50% overall increase. Doesn't seem that difficult to comprehend.


Trying to claim property taxes increased by $1200/month? On a house that was cheap enough to buy for a $2400/mo mortgage?

If true, there is more to the story.

Uhhhhh citation needed

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TopicWould you feel safe driving around your area in a ferrari or lambo?
g980
04/14/23 9:20:59 AM
#14
Not really worried about crime, there are plenty of lambos around already

But im not a car guy and i feel like i'd sneeze and go flying off the road

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TopicI've agreed in principle to an additional 4 years in the Active Army, for ~$9000
g980
04/14/23 9:17:34 AM
#14
I get the appeal

Stable employment and structure

Do you get moved around a lot?

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TopicDo you do the bare minimum at your job not to get fired, or not?
g980
04/09/23 1:28:07 PM
#26
I try to do extra, though admittedly not as much since i had a kid

I love all the people who try to do the absolute minimum, it's less competition for me to get more raises/promotion

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TopicI like going to police department posts and making fun of the guns.
g980
03/17/23 1:16:31 PM
#2
edgy and real

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TopicYellen: No federal bailout for collapsed Silicon Valley Bank
g980
03/12/23 12:44:30 PM
#6
Revnir posted...
People complain about socialism but then want the government to bail out banks

2008 was so hypocritical


what did the 2008 bailouts have to do with socialism

something tells me you dont understand both 2008 nor socialsm

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TopicNYT: Noam Chomsky: The False Promise of ChatGPT
g980
03/09/23 6:58:15 PM
#12
Squall28 posted...
My gripe with it is that AI is like that one guy who is good at parroting what they've been told but don't actually know or understand what it is that they are regurgitating.

It's good if you're just looking for information, but I'm not going to trust its judgment or conclusions.


The thing is the only people who claim it's more than a really good parrot are the ones who dont understand anything about it

All the ML phd nerds where i work have been doing a full scale "yes chatgpt is amazing and there is a place for it, in the meantime here are all the things we cant use it for"

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TopicIn retrospect, were the government bank bailouts necessary?
g980
03/09/23 1:04:09 PM
#5
AzNDarkSamurai posted...
Cannot the top management of Bank of America, Citibank, Wells Fargo, or others do things like cut their salary? Sell their houses and buy a cheaper house in the hood? Sell their yachts? Sell their cars?


Not even a drop in the bucket

AzNDarkSamurai posted...
Hell I think they couldve even closed more bank branches to save more money so that they dont have to depend on our hard earned tax dollars to bail them out


Why would they close revenue generating branches

Try researching even just a little bit before landing on an opinion

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TopicGM won't lay off employees, but is urging them to quit instead.
g980
03/09/23 12:37:50 PM
#16
emblem-man posted...


This isn't really that weird is it TC? I've worked in companies where they have a period for people to do voluntarily layoffs. If not enough do the voluntary, then a regular round of layoffs happen.

It essentially gets older workers to accelerate their retirement plans since they end up leaving with a better severance package from taking the voluntary offer.


This

It's an established thing and imo way better than direct layoffs

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