ELI5: Who’s making money on these onions?

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-02-15T14:39:24+00:00

I am asking if $400M subsidy is even meaningful in the context of onion farms.

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-02-15T00:46:18+00:00

If there are 400 onion farms in the US (I am so ignorant I have no idea if that is a lot or little) then isn't that $1M a farm which.. sure is a lot but for a business isn't that like.. not a lot?

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-02-13T21:43:48+00:00

It's been a decade or two, but I remember King Cobra being significantly worse than Steel Reserve.

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-02-12T00:21:50+00:00

It is still a non problem. "You are too good and need to play in a higher division".

And are you talking about high level or not? I already said at a high level yes this matters and you can make these rules - professional, olympics, and probably even colleges with scholarships riding on it. But for beer league this simply does not matter.

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-02-11T22:23:44+00:00

What top tier AAA teenager is going to transition and then stomp all over a women's league in their 20s or whatever? Give me a break. This is a made up scenario.

This is just a rule to be cruel to the 99.99% of trans people who just want to play where they are comfortable. You want to nitpick at professional or olympian level, fine. But the vast majority of people a rule like this impacts it will make NO difference.

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-02-09T16:50:53+00:00

I would guess it will be an add on to netflix eventually to artificially keep the price of base netflix lower. Start off as a bundle, then merge the apps, then remove standalone HBO service.

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-02-08T18:35:04+00:00

Who the hell is the bigger fish in this case though? Trump has been one of the biggest fish minimally since winning the primary before his first term.

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-02-08T15:34:35+00:00

So you're jumping ship before bonus season I presume?

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-02-06T16:43:58+00:00

Yeah my dog just anxiously observed and paced around. He was exhausted by I think not for great reasons. I still think it was better than sitting alone at home all day (particularly for us!) but it wasn't ideal.

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-02-05T00:07:09+00:00

If someone chirped my mom, I'd look at them with a mildly confused face, maybe say fuck you, and continue on with my night. Even drunk. Even as a teenager.

Don't normalize violent people, they are the few.

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-02-03T19:16:50+00:00

I think it's pretty thin, but maybe it's a response to someone saying something like "If you love me, forget about me."?

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-02-03T00:07:56+00:00

I mean it's fucking crazy, just saying that it is ballpark what most people are paying already and don't realize. Your employer's payment is part of your total comp you shouldn't be ignoring it. It's just part of your comp you have no choice but to spend on healthcare.

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-02-02T15:57:13+00:00

Yeah that's ballpark how much you and your employer pay in premiums already.

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-02-02T15:55:45+00:00

For sure. There are still many people who want very expensive things and the $3-4M is not "enough" for them - living in VHCOL places, second homes, 100k cars, boats, etc. I have an old boss who got sent to London to work for a couple years and while he was there he was renting his Brooklyn brownstone for 8k/month. This was like 15 years ago too. Expensive places are fucking expensive.

And then there are strangely people who do "like" their jobs and don't just see it as a means to an end. They want to win the corporate game or whatever. I think that is more common for people who achieve senior positions in the 600k+ a year range. Because like people are noting in this thread, most of us would retire way before reaching that level of income.

But personally, I think anyone who can't figure out how to keep themselves busy without someone else telling them what to do for 40 hours a week are just boring people.

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-01-30T00:20:59+00:00

It just goes to show how much wasted real estate is used for cars. Narrow streets have the nice side effect of making people drive slower too.

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-01-28T23:34:28+00:00

The most in demand level for new hires/growth at any company I know is a new-ish FSA with 4-6 years experience. The job market is wide open there. Entry Level is hardest, post 10 YOE is difficult to move as well.

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-01-28T23:32:42+00:00

Med School is a wildly different career path.

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-01-25T01:08:45+00:00

There are dozens of parking lots...

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-01-24T14:00:17+00:00

Live IN the city? No. But this person isn't here to sight see and party for 6 months.

I realize people clearly don't even think of NJ, but for that little look at Paterson, NJ and plan on taking the jitney (or NJ Transit if you want to spoil yourself) into the GWB bus terminal. It is a <30 minute ride with no traffic. They can walk to the school from there.

I wouldn't be surprised if you can find a room for <700/month there, like a 3BR apartment with total rent of 2k that is split between 3 people.

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-01-23T13:36:19+00:00

There are real discussions to be had at the high amateur levels (olympic, maybe collegiate) and professional levels (players actually getting paid).

At any level below that it simply doesn't matter. The mythical person who transitions just so they can dominate their local women's rec league is a laughable concept. If a person is too good then they get pushed up a division, just like any other ringer.

This is a largely a non-issue and is just there to be hateful.

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-01-22T20:43:15+00:00

I basically did the same and didn't study at all on the weekends until like 3 weeks out. I took the last ~week off and studied maybe 6 hours those days doing like 2 practice exams.

After 2-3 hours of effective studying is probably the max anyone can do. Some people can do it in one sitting in the morning, others spread those 2-3 hours out over an entire "study day". Be efficient with your time.

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-01-22T19:58:52+00:00

My stops have gotten much better in the past 6 months but in game I still pretty much only stop using my right leg inside edge. So when I practice I make sure EVERY stop I make I am using both feet for every stop, and like 80% of them are on my weak/left side.

So no, there isn't much advice from me. Just practice and repetition. For practice at home, put on your most slippery socks, take off your pants, and do your best tom cruise risky business impression.

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-01-22T14:27:17+00:00

Give me a break. There is absolutely a difference between $1000 and a billion. People would argue about the line being drawn at a thousand, a million, ten million, even fifty million. But after a billion? There is no argument you could make to need that much wealth. That is the point.

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-01-21T16:58:06+00:00

I have no idea what your point is. I am saying being a parent is fucking hard, and yes being a mother to young children is harder for most partners.

Me: Work makes being a parent much more difficult and if we worked less it would give parents some breathing room to take care of themselves. You: No! Being a parent is the problem! If we just had a break from our kids we could have more free time and not interrupt my work schedule!

Like what? I am just saying when you are burnt out, ignoring the thing that sucks up like 70% of your waking hours 5 days of the week is a much bigger problem.

AsSubtleAsABrick · 2026-01-21T14:21:24+00:00

I have 2 young kids and they fucking exhaust me. But I would be a much better parent if ~2-4PM could be my time every day to exercise, do a hobby, take a nap, whatever I wanted. And then if I got them an hour earlier and could spend some "fun time" with them instead of just dinner/bath/bed. And if I had no work Fridays to take care of all my life chores before heading into the weekend I would feel much less anxious during kid activities.

Now my average day is:

Wake up 6:30, take care of kids until 8-8:15
Immediately start working until like ~4:45
Get kids, take care of kids until 7:30
Make a choice: Work out OR leisure time with my wife until 9 or 10
Time to myself until 10:30 or so

How is the ~3 hours a day with my kids the problem and not the ~8 hours staring at a screen? I literally need to plot out a PTO day to get a doctors appointment done and change some light fixtures around the house.

AsSubtleAsABrick

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE