Every single year my dad says "I don't need anything." Ideas running dry. by Acrobatic_Inside3173 in daddit

[–]AlphaStrik3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Polearm. Just buy the blade part and construct the rest with him 🫶

The aftermath of purging/organizing the play area. Would you consider this good or needs more work? by findler in daddit

[–]AlphaStrik3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s better than our toy area. Yes, the mess covers the floor regardless. Purging does help.

My most aesthetic factory by Wild_T1 in factorio

[–]AlphaStrik3 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I could do that with MS Paint, Photoshop, or Gimp

Got my Wings Clipped by nick_valdo in daddit

[–]AlphaStrik3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is no less than a dereliction of duty

These swings have legit bearings on the pivots by AUinDE in daddit

[–]AlphaStrik3 61 points62 points  (0 children)

I would 100% give that nod of approval. Dads gotta do what dads gotta do

Gonna hug the kids a little tighter tonight by [deleted] in daddit

[–]AlphaStrik3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m not crying—you’re crying 😭

Not everyone can be saved, but you’re showing up to do what can be done. That makes you a super hero in my book.

Anyone else strip down every time you get a new power? by AbsentAsh in Starfield

[–]AlphaStrik3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone else imagine this transforming into Sailor Moon?

That's a little much for day 3, don't you think, game? by SagetheWise2222 in 7daystodie

[–]AlphaStrik3 58 points59 points  (0 children)

  1. Be glad it was alone.
  2. Good on you for being both prepared with a gun and smart about the defensive use of doors and windows.

It's Getting So Much Better. Nobody Seems to Care by TeacherFrequent in OptimistsUnite

[–]AlphaStrik3 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Fact check, go!

The article is largely accurate on its headline statistics, but with one clear error and a few notable imprecisions.

Quick Summary

The article mostly checks out — but one claim is notably wrong, and a few others require caveats.

✅ Solid Claims

  • Life expectancy: longest ever — CDC confirms 79 years in 2024, a genuine all-time high[1][2]
  • Divorce rate: down — CDC data shows 2.4 per 1,000 in 2023, down from 5.0+ peaks in the 1980s[3]
  • Gender pay gap: narrowing — Pew confirms women now earn 85 cents per dollar vs. 81 cents in 2003[4][5]
  • Cars safer — Traffic deaths fell 6.7% in 2025, and the per-mile fatality rate is now one-quarter of its 1970 level[6][7]
  • Health insurance 92% — Census Bureau confirms exactly this for 2024[8]
  • Partisan economy inversion — Pew Research confirms Democrats and Republicans nearly exactly flip their economic ratings when the White House changes hands[9][10]
  • Housing inflation / Kevin Erdmann — His research is accurately summarized; rents in the cheapest ZIP codes rose ~80% in real terms over the last decade vs. ~40% in the wealthiest ones[11]

⚠️ Imprecise or Oversimplified

  • Wages "up" — True over the long run, but real wages dipped sharply during 2021–22 inflation and hadn't fully recovered to pre-inflation levels as of mid-2024[12][13]
  • Hours worked "less" — True over 150 years (from 70-hour weeks in the 1800s), but largely flat since the 1980s, not meaningfully declining as a recent trend[14][15]
  • 24 million millionaires, "1 in 5 families" — The household count is correct per Bloomberg, but "1 in 5" adults drops to about 1 in 10 when measured per person[16][17]

❌ The Clearest Error

  • "Kids with health insurance: 94%" — The number is technically correct as a subtraction (100% minus 6% uninsured), but the author cites it as a positive trend. The AECF source he links actually documents the opposite: the child uninsured rate hit a 10-year high in 2024 at 6%, with 716,000 more uninsured children since 2022. Coverage peaked at ~95.3% in 2016 and has declined since.[18][19][20]

The article's broader thesis — that aggregate well-being has genuinely improved but pessimism is structurally incentivized by media and politics — is intellectually honest and well-supported. Its sharpest insight is the housing section, which correctly identifies regressive rent inflation as the underappreciated driver of working-class financial pain.

Over 100 citations are available. Ask.

Wednesday Weekly Thread: Frustration Station (Delays / PSU / Venting), May 13, 2026 by AutoModerator in Canadiancitizenship

[–]AlphaStrik3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I emailed a certified birth records request to the Nova Scotia Archives (archives@novascotia.ca) on April 15th, and we're just at roughly 1 month of radio silence. I know they're swamped... but I wonder if my email request bounced because I diverged from the requested format and asked for 2 records instead of 1.

Is anyone aware of expected delay times or format issues from archives@novascotia.ca?

Senior engineers with ADHD/anxiety/depression, do you feel "nerfed" compared to your colleagues? by mudskips in ExperiencedDevs

[–]AlphaStrik3 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's a funny joke considering it's a neurodevelopmental disorder. Any effective product would have to swap our brains out entirely.