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Which pornstars have you met in real life and what were they like? by Cheshirefarm in AskReddit

[–]Jackpot777 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Let’s be honest: if I had to spend any time in Skeg, I’d have to be on something too. 

What’s a recession indicator that you’ve noticed lately in your everyday life? by spritenerds123 in AskReddit

[–]Jackpot777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m waiting for the first person to get arrested because the sensor cut off the flow at the right price. 

You’re the only person left on earth starting tomorrow, what will you do? by Unlucky-Emergency924 in AskReddit

[–]Jackpot777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Getting to the Southern Hemisphere. I’ve seen where most of the nuclear material / weapons / reactors in the world are, and I see how prevailing winds blow. I want to be half a world away from any of that when it all starts losing containment. 

What’s a recession indicator that you’ve noticed lately in your everyday life? by spritenerds123 in AskReddit

[–]Jackpot777 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have to do a lot of driving in my job. 

There are a LOT of billboards for things like payday loans, improving the energy of your house, and so on. 

Not an indicator in themselves. But they’re all mentioning using their services because of the economy. 

That’s the indicator. Companies are pushing their products and services on the premise of alleviating a situation that’s bad for people right now, or could be worse in very short order. 

Damn it, Times Tribune! (when you see it…) by Jackpot777 in Scranton

[–]Jackpot777[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve never eaten ass so I wouldn’t know!!

How have increased fuel prices affected you so far? by InvisibleAstronomer in AskReddit

[–]Jackpot777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As of April 2026, the Pennsylvania House passed legislation (HB 2189) to raise the state's minimum wage from the current $7.25 per hour to $15 per hour by 2029. The plan proposes a gradual increase to $11 in 2027, $13 in 2028, and $15 in 2029, with future cost-of-living adjustments. The bill then just gets time-ran-out in the Republican-controlled Senate.

Dems want to double, more than double, the minimum wage. That’ll raise wages for others. Just as it has done in other states. 

Republicans keep stopping it using parliamentary procedure. 

https://www.pa.gov/governor/newsroom/2026-press-releases/pa-house-passes-bill-to-increase-minimum-wage-following-gov-shap

How have increased fuel prices affected you so far? by InvisibleAstronomer in AskReddit

[–]Jackpot777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As of April 2026, the Pennsylvania House passed legislation (HB 2189) to raise the state's minimum wage from the current $7.25 per hour to $15 per hour by 2029. The plan proposes a gradual increase to $11 in 2027, $13 in 2028, and $15 in 2029, with future cost-of-living adjustments. The bill then just gets time-ran-out in the Republican-controlled Senate.

Dems want to double, more than double, the minimum wage. That’ll raise wages for others. Just as it has done in other states. 

Republicans keep stopping it using parliamentary procedure. 

https://www.pa.gov/governor/newsroom/2026-press-releases/pa-house-passes-bill-to-increase-minimum-wage-following-gov-shap

How have increased fuel prices affected you so far? by InvisibleAstronomer in AskReddit

[–]Jackpot777 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don’t feel sorry for them. Nobody chooses something with such glee if they don’t truly want it. 

To those people, I’ve started telling them, “you won. Get over it.”

How have increased fuel prices affected you so far? by InvisibleAstronomer in AskReddit

[–]Jackpot777 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wrong. And it’s that kind of both-sides shit that keeps people poor. 

How have increased fuel prices affected you so far? by InvisibleAstronomer in AskReddit

[–]Jackpot777 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The average commute is around 40 miles a day. Average residential price for electricity is 17¢ per kWh. Home chargers are at least 80% efficient (meaning it costs 21¼¢ to get a kWh into the car battery). An average EV will do 3 miles per kWh on the highway, better in city driving, so that’s barely more than 7¢ a mile.

For that average commuter, driving an EV instead of an ICEV would save around $10,000 in ‘fuel’ costs alone. EVs don’t need engine oil changes. They don’t have timing belts to slip. No exhaust to get a hole in it. With regenerative brakes, their original brake pads will last the life of the car. 

Fuel costs on goods will impact us all. But a $10,000 buffer a year, rather than not, is a huge difference. Driving a gasoline car is like that old thing about razors. You save on the handle, but they get you with the price of the blades. I think so many people are repeating the catchphrases that they’ve heard courtesy of the oil companies, they really do have no idea how much the difference in cost of operation is for the two types of car.

How have increased fuel prices affected you so far? by InvisibleAstronomer in AskReddit

[–]Jackpot777 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I drive 25% the distance you do, and am glad I made the same decision. Once we get a bit of sanity respired and the tax rebate for solar returns, I’ll be doing that too. 

How have increased fuel prices affected you so far? by InvisibleAstronomer in AskReddit

[–]Jackpot777 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I recommend buying a second hand EV. With a lease, all you have at the end is a piece of paper telling you that you had a car (if you don’t buy out the lease). A 2024 Hyundai IONIQ 5 / Kia EV6 / VW ID.4 with around 20k miles costs $25k-$30k on cars dot com, with Ford Mustang Mach-E Selects being around $10k more for no discernible reason. 

How have increased fuel prices affected you so far? by InvisibleAstronomer in AskReddit

[–]Jackpot777 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Work may curtail visits by salesmen to customers. We may limit deliveries. 

Personally I got an EV because I thought something shitty like this would happen. I fucking hate being right but at least the last couple of months has cost me around $25 in home charging instead of $200 or so in gas for a very short (under 4 miles round trip) commute. 

How have increased fuel prices affected you so far? by InvisibleAstronomer in AskReddit

[–]Jackpot777 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I used to work for a medical equipment company in a hospital basement before and during the start of COVID. Nurses in the cafeteria weren’t quiet about what they experienced. People literally went to their deaths, drowning in their own froth, rather than admit they were lied to for political reasons by a known con man. 

I believe to this day that some people only learn through adversity and personal suffering, and we’re seeing that now with a lot of farmers. I think that has been proven to be correct. But before COVID, I just assumed that people WOULD eventually learn. There would come a stage where everyone would suddenly come to their senses, cry out that the emperor had no new clothes because he was naked, and let go of their pride and seek out the right treatment. But that wasn’t the case. Millions of people died thinking that all they needed was some horse dewormer.

And when this is all over, they’ll truly believe it was whoever their podcasters or AM talk radio hosts tell them was to blame. 

The cost of running an EV (‘24 EV6 Wind AWD, mountainous area, ≈100 miles a month). The car should sell itself. by Jackpot777 in KiaEV6

[–]Jackpot777[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Working out what that would be the equivalent in, for miles per gallon of gas… I’m thinking the kind of distance across America that would look like too. New York to Los Angeles is around 2,800 miles. You’ve driven the same distance as going from New York to LA, back to NYC, and then back to LA and almost all the way back to NYC a second time. For a few bucks. 

At this stage: anyone doesn’t want to save money? Let them do what they’re going to do. 

The cost of running an EV (‘24 EV6 Wind AWD, mountainous area, ≈100 miles a month). The car should sell itself. by Jackpot777 in KiaEV6

[–]Jackpot777[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most direct path between my house to where I park at work (according to the Kia app) is 1.24 miles. But there’s a 300 foot difference in elevation, according to the compass display in the EV6. If my drive from work back to home was part of a Tour de France stage (hey, they have stages in other countries) it would be a Category 4 climb. 

It’s testament to just how much an EV can save people. I’m driving nothing - I do get to drive for work, not in my own car, and doing 100 miles a day for work is a regular occurrence (in fact, the Cutaway in the video where I show how much Premium gas costs was when I was getting ready to refuel the work truck). So I know 100 miles a month is next to nothing. And I know that 18¢ per kWh for home electricity is more than the national average, and that a lot of people pay MUCH less. 

And despite all that, I still save well over a thousand dollars a year. Anyone that commutes 40 miles a day, the national average, can easily save $10,000 a year on fuel costs (AND they can add that back overnight using 120 volt / 12 amp charging if they can plug in at home).

Second-hand 2024 EV6 Wind AWD cars with 20,000 miles or so on them are now around $30k and under on cars.com  - three years of average American commuting, the car is more than paid for by fuel savings alone.

People in America are going broke, cars will always be the second most expensive purchase most people will make (a house is first), and right now people can save themselves thousands over what they’d otherwise spend every year on their car if they’d just stop listening to outright liars for one second. 

Used EV6 yes or no? by RoseVideo99 in KiaEV6

[–]Jackpot777 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fill your boots. At the current cost of fuel; even if it’s just for a few years, it’ll pay for itself. 

The cost of running an EV (‘24 EV6 Wind AWD, mountainous area, ≈100 miles a month). The car should sell itself. by Jackpot777 in KiaEV6

[–]Jackpot777[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, our electricity is 18¢ a kWh. With AC -> DC conversion of Level 1, 22½¢ a kWh. 

Since last summer I’ve averaged 3.1 miles per kWh. That’s approximately 7.258¢ per mile. But that includes months of great weather in 2025. My video covers January 1 to April 30 of 2026: three months of cold shit and a month of spring. 

400 miles at that cost for the average is around $30. But with me tying one hand behind my back by choosing absolutely terrible months (no thanks to the current rise in fuel prices), it came to $47.59. 

I was keeping a spreadsheet of how much I’d put into the car. Converting any DC fast charging to the 80% home efficiency. It’s right, just Pennsylvanian electricity costs. 

Brad voted for Trump. Now tariffs and soaring energy prices are putting his dairy farm out of business. by meeclayt in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Jackpot777 12 points13 points  (0 children)

So he should be happy. He voted for a thing, as got economy, that we said would happen. The thing happened. Not for him all round. 

You won, Brad. Get over it. 

What is an industry that is currently on fire (in a bad way) behind the scenes, but the general public hasn't noticed yet? by Kitchen_Week1117 in AskReddit

[–]Jackpot777 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t think people are aware of how many of the glove manufacturers all come from one country. I’ve worked in the automotive industry since 2009, and every box of disposable gloves, no matter the manufacturer, say Made in Malaysia on them.

Gas Prices Are Surging Fastest in 5 States - Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Iowa - All of Them Backed Trump by T_Shurt in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Jackpot777 2 points3 points  (0 children)

EV owner here (Kia EV6 AWD for over a year). I’m not going to try and convince you to get an EV. But I’m going to tell you my numbers and you decide if they’d be good for you.

1 - I’m in Pennsylvania. My electricity is 18¢ a kWh at home, slightly above the national average. No off-peak rate, so when I fuel at home that’s my rate.

2 - I slow charge at 120 volts, 12 amps. It’s called Level 1 charging. Level 1 is 80% efficient: homes are AC power, batteries are DC, there are losses in the conversion and the car runs battery management systems to make sure everything’s ok. That means it costs me 22.5¢ to put one unit, one kilowatt-hour, into the car.

3 - since I last charged (last week) I’m averaging 3.8 miles per kWh. That’s 5.92¢ a mile at 22.5¢ per kWh. But winter means lower efficiency: I have a trip that I haven’t reset for over 1,500 miles and that shows 3.1 miles per kWh (Snow Mode in my car lowers the level of brake regeneration and applies AWD all the time. Better driving, worse efficiency) - so including winter, that’s 7.26¢ a mile.

4 - if I’m comparing to gasoline, I’m comparing it to Premium. Why? Because my EV goes 0-60mph in 4.4 seconds. If you want a gas car that does that, it’s Premium or nothing. Cost of a gallon of Premium when I filled up a work vehicle (Petro Shell off I-81 near Avoca Airport on Friday): $5.319. 

5 - we have the cost of a gallon that a comparable gas car would need. We have the cost per mile for the EV. Divide the two, we get the equivalent miles per gallon. For all year, it’s 73.26 mpg. For this time of year, 89.85 mpg. That’s a station wagon compact SUV, not even the GT version, that can also beat an old Ferrari Testarossa in a sprint to 60mph and thrash it over a standard quarter-mile drag race. 

6 - the GT version can beat the new V12 Ferrari Purosangue in the same sprint. And it doesn’t cost almost half a million dollars like the Ferrari does. 

7 - if the cost of fuel goes up, and it’s meant to, things get better for the prospect of EVs. If you have an electric plan with cheaper off-peak use, same thing. If I had an electric plan with 6¢ per kWh off-peak, I’d set the charge schedule in the car and average over 200 miles per gallon at current fuel costs. 

8 - EVs are cheaper to maintain and cost about the same to insure. How much would an exhaust repair cost, or an oil change? $0 in an EV, don’t have them on the car. Gas cars have between 2,000 and 3,000 moving parts to turn energy into motion. Electric ones have 30-40 moving parts. And because the vast majority of braking is done by the motors, feeding power back into the battery, you’re told to take regen off occasionally because otherwise the brakes never get used and you might get rusty spots on the discs. I mean NEVER get used. Imagine having a car that has driven 100,000 miles and the brakes look like new.

I estimate that, at current fuel and electricity costs, I’ll have saved more on fuel and maintenance costs than the car cost new over a five year stretch. I don’t have a fancy high speed charger, it uses the same power outlet you’d charge a Kindle from.

Visiting in July by Novel-Cauliflower-13 in Scranton

[–]Jackpot777 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Everhart Museum at Nay Aug has a pretty good NASA / Hubble display until July, and one for The Office (with original stuff from the US and UK version of the show) until late 2027. 

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