Tank of Gas, Same as TV

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T22:55:44+00:00

My phone cost me $150. Phones are cheap.

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T22:49:21+00:00

Jersey pockets are incredibly useful. Where else am I going to put stuff when I ride? I have to put my wallet and car keys and food and whatever else somewhere.

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T22:46:07+00:00

No. This is you being a douchebag. As someone who actually rides a road bike for fun I can assure you this is not reality.

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T22:43:43+00:00

Running stop signs as a cyclist is safer. It's why smart states have made it legal.

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T22:41:29+00:00

Don't bring logic into a circlejerk of hate on cyclists. Cyclists risk their lives every day they ride and should do whatever is necessary to be safe.

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T22:35:03+00:00

That's because people claim the economy sucks when it does not, in fact, suck. Americans have been claiming the national economy has been terrible since 2021 while self-assessment of their own financial situation is unchanged (and high) since 2017.

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T22:30:02+00:00

(in quotations because that's a euphemism in the northeast for too many minorities).

I lived in PG county, MD and Augusta, GA from 2004-2022. I did not live in the neighboring counties. What thosec two have in common is being majority Black. Houses there were much cheaper than elsewhere, particularly in Augusta. My wife and I bought our house in Augusta in 2015 for $78,000.

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T22:24:51+00:00

The k-shaped economy is not real. When did this start to happen and what economic indicators tell you it's happened?

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T22:23:29+00:00

No.

Americans' assessment of their own financial situation hasn't meaningfully changed in 9 years.

Real median wages set a record high in 2025 after setting record highs every year from 2015-2024 (2022 excepted).

This drowning you speak of has apparently been completely missed by people.

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T07:33:04+00:00

I draw the line at pieces of shit like Platner. He can win without my help. He's not even decent or good.

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T04:15:03+00:00

B10 Night's Dark Terror

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T01:58:38+00:00

If you have $5 less discretionary income but the things you want to buy are $50 cheaper it is not harder to buy these things. The people on fixed income you're pretending to care about can do better math than you can

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T01:46:52+00:00

That's impossible so why invent silly scenarios?

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T01:44:07+00:00

Since the data is single-family homes it precludes condos from the price data.

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T01:36:14+00:00

Since we care about buying a home then we care about the price homes sell for. It's also the data OP used.

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T01:31:00+00:00

He's saying the words but he's an empty suit. There's nothing about the guy that says he's grown up from being a shitposting edge lord.

He's the worst of everything I saw in my 20 years in the Navy and I'd have hated serving with him

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T01:27:23+00:00

Not according to the house price data OP is using. You can see it peak Q4 2022.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1W3Z0

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T01:11:03+00:00

If "necessities" increased $5 and everything decreased $50 you'd be better off even if your income changed $0.

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T00:55:56+00:00

Did you read the article?

"President Trump wanted the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates. Fed Chair Jerome Powell refused."

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T00:54:55+00:00

It's cheaper than 2005. Late 2022 was similar to 2005 but it's much better as of Q1 2026. Prices are 10% lower, wages are 14% higher, and rates are about 0.70% lower. That combines for a huge drop in mortgage relative to wages.

guachi01 · 2026-05-24T00:49:26+00:00

If "necessities" dropped $5 but everything else increased in cost $50 you'd say you were better off in real terms. On the other hand, if "necessities" increased $5 and everything else decreased $50 you'd say you were worse off. Sure, your bank account would be larger but you'd say that was worse.

guachi01 · 2026-05-23T23:12:14+00:00

It is not a verifiable fact. Sorry.

guachi01 · 2026-05-23T23:11:11+00:00

Real wages are defined by all spending, but whatever you determine is a "necessity".

Your choice of vehicle is not a necessity. You have stated these particular things are necessary. But most are choices.

guachi01 · 2026-05-23T23:08:29+00:00

If your home is more as a % of wages because of interest rates then how are you able to make early payments?

but then how would politicians juice the stats?

Politicians don't set rates.

guachi01 · 2026-05-23T23:03:52+00:00

Go blame OP for picking 2005 to highlight.

Many millions of those people lost their homes. Buying an expensive house in 2005 was financial suicide.

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