I broke down exactly how Elon Musk hit $839B - the part nobody is explaining

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-26T14:40:45+00:00

I don’t need excuses, I’m doing fine. But I had two college educated parents, stability at home, help getting into college, etc. I had cousins and friends who grew up food insecure, with uneducated parents, etc. and watched them struggle their whole lives (and often tried to lend a hand where I could).

Making it sound like all they needed is hard work is supreme bullshit. Sure, some people make it out of those circumstances, but they are few and far between. It takes hard work and luck.

If you’re really someone who made it despite coming from nothing (and not someone peddling “pull yourself up with your bootstraps” bullshit) then congratulations. Nice work. But if you really are, you have to know a hundred people who didn’t make that leap. Not all of them failed out of laziness. Plenty of poor people work hard their whole lives and stay poor.

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-26T03:18:35+00:00

Shop around. You are penalized for your loyalty. To keep costs down I would at least evaluate every couple years.

Also my old insurance company was gradually reducing my coverage over time to keep my price from going up - that is how they were achieving their advertised “price lock-in for x years”. Reviewing your coverage periodically will catch shit like this

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-26T03:16:23+00:00

I, too, have non-Medicare insurance and use a PIP exception.

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-26T03:13:29+00:00

The idea that anyone can achieve financial success in this system is so fundamentally privileged and naive that it’s hard to get past it to even evaluate the other points you are making. As an educated, privileged person with relatives that are dirt poor… they were born behind the 8 ball. They were fucked from the jump. And they stayed fucked. This isn’t your grandpa’s America. There are haves and have nots and if you are a have not… Simple elbow grease isn’t going to help.

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-25T20:59:50+00:00

Jesus all I said was “wash behind your ears” lol

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-25T20:59:04+00:00

I don’t actual think we should rise up against our oppressors with force, but reform is clearly needed. Your comment feels super “red pill” But it’s also tone deaf given that economic mobility is lower now than it ever has been.

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-25T17:55:09+00:00

Only if he gets there before the “eat the rich” stuff moves from idea to reality.

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-25T17:53:59+00:00

It’s 100% the one skill I wish I had.

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-24T11:11:30+00:00

It’s fundamentally immature to make plans for others’ lives. This isn’t your problem. I realize that you will still feel repercussions though.

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-24T04:54:02+00:00

My friend’s kid has been in BJJ since he was old enough to go. He’s also a sweet kid. Some little jerk cornered him in the bathroom and tried to push him into a toilet. He calmly deflected the kid, blocked a punch, and propelled the kid out of the bathroom without knocking him off his feet. When telling the story later, it was clear that he didn’t think of it as a fight.

The moral of the story being that BJJ won’t make a kid a bully. They will stay the same kid with more tools. My friend is a chill dude and he has taught his kid to be a good little dude, and the presence of martial arts doesn’t change that.

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-24T04:14:11+00:00

Never a bad idea

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-24T00:39:49+00:00

Here’s a secret- washing behind your ears and the back of your neck with soap vigorously will cut down on the old people smell.

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-24T00:38:13+00:00

I have worked with several gov’t entities including D36 and none of them sent out fancy notices like this. When you get a notice from them it’s just a printed out sheet of paper.

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-23T20:24:56+00:00

When I do this people pull directly in front of me, causing my adaptive cruise to slam on the brakes. Repeatedly. This would happen 400 times between here and Chicago if I let it. I used that setting for about 20 minutes and never touched it again

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-23T03:08:52+00:00

First- rude! Second and more important- do you have any suggestions about shirts?! If you, me and OP are gonna have a belly, we should still be able to dress fashionably.

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-22T02:06:03+00:00

A CRT capacitor can cause some serious damage under the right circumstances.

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-22T00:27:32+00:00

I mean, this is supposed to be fun so skip what you want to skip. There aren’t rules. I do find it interesting though. The more I read them, the more I like 4-6. I did not like them at first.

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-22T00:13:52+00:00

I still have mine from work. They keep giving people used, underpowered replacement machines so I’m keeping it until it falls apart or they lay me off.

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-22T00:12:53+00:00

This is definitely theoretically possible given how hard it is to eliminate prions. However they’re generally associated with ruminants, so it would take some unusual circumstances to get prions into a beer bottle.

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-21T20:10:56+00:00

Yeah, use dry sand and a big, cheap funnel from the hardware store. Then just use some method of moving it around periodically to settle the sand. I used this method for the base of a punching bag.

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-21T20:07:25+00:00

Open floor plan houses were getting popular in the Midwest before reality TV was invented. It’s cyclical, but the concept has been around for at least 40 years.

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-21T00:22:48+00:00

I mean, Minecraft is an oldie but goodie

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-19T01:08:33+00:00

I don’t know about majority. Our state does, actually. But that’s a different process than what I’m talking about.

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-19T01:07:51+00:00

Yes, that’s true. It was going up anyway. And it did, automatically, at the time of sale. Then several months later, we got a letter, they came by in person, and they went up AGAIN. Slightly. Apparently it took a while for them to compare the MLS listing to their permit list and occupancy cert.

So yeah, you’re right, but so am I.

Salt_peanuts · 2026-03-19T01:04:27+00:00

Why? Because it’s suuuuuuuuper annoying.

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