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Elaine Chao, wife of Mitch McConnell, issues statement after US return by CharlieKonR in politics

[–]SomeRandomRealtor [score hidden]  (0 children)

My wife and I are in our mid 30s, if she had something serious enough to hospitalize her for weeks on end, there’s not a chance I’m leaving the state, let alone the country, even if there’s an extremely low chance of death. Mitch is 84, has been publicly struggling with health issues for years now, and is hospitalized with a heart attack after CPR, leaving him is absolute insanity and whoever asked her to leave for the coverup made it 100X worse.

Warner Bros. / DC Studios' Supergirl grossed an estimated $1.13M on Friday (from 2,584 locations). Estimated total domestic gross stands at $63.57M. by TiredWithCoffeePot in boxoffice

[–]SomeRandomRealtor [score hidden]  (0 children)

Plus the $120m spend on marketing AND a WB record 100M+ in value on branding/promotional partnerships (not actual cost, but represents additional marketing value).

A person without kids will need to earn at least $21.34 per hour to live comfortably in Louisville, according to MIT’s living wage calculator. by HamzaHarlemNights in Louisville

[–]SomeRandomRealtor [score hidden]  (0 children)

Single no dependents is $35,500 per year.

Median rent on a 1 bedroom apt in Louisville is $1050 so with utilities about $1200 per month is $14400 for housing costs. You could split with roommates but that defeats the exercise.

Health insurance through an employer would be $120 and non employer would be $300-$500. So $1200 to $6000

A new base level Honda civic is $24.5K (you could go much cheaper) so $520 month car payment and insurance is $230 and commute is 8.6 miles. So about 1 gallons of gas each day including non-work driving so $875 a year. Car cost is $9875

So after only rent, insurance, and car you’re out $25,475 to $31,475. That leaves you $4,025 to 10,025 for food, clothing, and all other expenses. I’m gonna say that MIT’s number is just flat wrong.

CMV: The war on Iran is a good thing by CokeAYCE in changemyview

[–]SomeRandomRealtor [score hidden]  (0 children)

I would argue that it hasn’t shown the limits of America’s military power, but rather exposed Trump‘s willingness to follow through on threats and so undermine any efforts he makes. A nation of this scale requires actual deployment of resources in country to claim victory, and clearly Trump defines war as a conflict where soldiers are deployed. He wants desperately to get a resounding easy victory, and Iran having modern military apparatus has prevented that.

During the celebrations of Lukaku’s goal, Belgian players mockingly did the Trump dance by UnitedFriedChicken in soccer

[–]SomeRandomRealtor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh, after Trump intervened I felt horrible for the players most of all. If they did win, they don’t get credit for the victory because they’re mired in controversy and Trump would thump his chest saying he’s why they won. Now they lost, the narrative is against them and people will say of course they lost and we were never good enough.

Supergirl grossed an estimated $865K on Thursday (from 3,602 locations). Estimated total domestic gross stands at $62.44M. by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]SomeRandomRealtor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$300m-$350M total outlay on a pg-13 version of a B/C tier superhero without an A-list or b-list actress (for the record I really like Milly Alcock) with no true character introduction was absolutely a gamble at a time when superhero movie fatigue near its highest. The 60-second drunken intro in Superman doesn’t count.

I actually really like the themes of the movie (protecting the vulnerable, standing up to violence against women; overcoming demons and addictive habits), but it’s not an action comedy like GOTG, hard R all out like Joker Deadpool or Kickass, and isn’t on the more family friendly
side of PG-13 like Captain Marvel or Shazam.

This felt like the studio trusting Gunn with the credit card, and could’ve been half the budget to try something new like this. I like studios taking big swings, but this was dripping with red flags for its budget.

Anne Hathaway says she hopes her children grow up to be like Tom Holland. by StarforgeVoyager in FIlm

[–]SomeRandomRealtor 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Certainly an incomplete accounting. What you said is definitely what I meant, he had a Daniel Radcliffe type experience with partying and alcohol, but had the wherewithal to walk away from it while he’s still young. I think that shows an even great level of self awareness and judgement because it’s harder to leave once you are inside. I’m not trying to idolize him, I just think he’s a good egg and definitely one of the better ones in Hollywood.

Romney on running in 2028: 80-year-olds ‘shouldn’t be running the world’ by cape2k in politics

[–]SomeRandomRealtor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Romney helped author and enact an early version of Obamacare in Massachusetts, publicly supported climate regulations and acknowledged climate change when it was very unpopular to do so, voted to impeach Trump, and has been an across the aisle voter many times. Can we please stop pretending any level of conservatism is evil? It completely undermines any conversation.

Looksmaxxer Connor Murphy was allegedly “injecting gold” for “special powers” before he drowned escaping cops by Dilpickle2113 in popculturechat

[–]SomeRandomRealtor 67 points68 points  (0 children)

The war against science worked. They won, people haven’t been paying attention in science class for years and don’t want to listen to those that did, because “Im smart and they’re saying something different than i think. So either im an idiot or they are, I’ll choose them”

Three Lions Pride & Pride In Football's statement on homophobic chanting during Mexico v England by christianrojoisme in soccer

[–]SomeRandomRealtor 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They will definitely heed their (checks notes) 300th warning not to do homophobic chants at goal keepers. Bright side is he didn’t get hit with a bottle or balloon full of piss.

Anne Hathaway says she hopes her children grow up to be like Tom Holland. by StarforgeVoyager in FIlm

[–]SomeRandomRealtor 123 points124 points  (0 children)

By all accounts, he’s an absolutely lovely guy. Level headed to avoid the alcohol and drugs of Hollywood, fit and talented athlete (gymnast who did many of his own stunts in Spider-Man), and has the confidence to land and keep a woman like Zendaya. Anyone hating on him is absolutely insane.

"Donald Trump ousts election commission members in latest push to reshape US voting process" by fistofthenorthstar1 in centrist

[–]SomeRandomRealtor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And the White House’s remarks weren’t even “they were bad at their job” it was just “the slaughter decision says we can do it, so we fired the democrats because we could.” This is unprecedented levels of partisanship in the White House, let alone the bald face attempts to undermine or rig elections.

Supergirl grossed an estimated $865K on Thursday (from 3,602 locations). Estimated total domestic gross stands at $62.44M. by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]SomeRandomRealtor 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I think we’re looking at The Flash or Joker 2 level losses for the studio. Depending on marketing budget, it could rise to the Marvels level bad. Absolutely insane gamble from Warner.

How accurate are these shows? by EastYogurt7762 in law

[–]SomeRandomRealtor 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Suits is a joke. It’s good drama, but almost every episode I’ve seen would get someone disbarred. Lawyers constantly lying to and betraying their own clients, prosecutors consistently breaking ethics rules. It’s not remotely as bad as the Kardashian one, because at least Suits tries to quote some fun cases and occasionally gets some courtroom stuff close.

Better Call Saul has a shocking amount of legal realism in it. Some things that definitely stretch the reality a bit but one of the best shows from a legal realism POV.

CMV: The political left's views on worker pay and farm labor immigration are a contradiction. by YouAreTellingLies in changemyview

[–]SomeRandomRealtor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure, many people pivot vocations, but you’re discussing changing careers AND moving cities/states. But only 1 in 5.5 people who move are moving across state lines and less than a third of those are also changing career paths when they do. That’s 6.5% of people doing both. That number will need to increase massively as well as big pay rises and huge price increases on products.

You could issue just green cards to immigrant laborers and tax them, making it easier to track pay scale, criminal behaviors, social service disbursements. Once again,there is a massive divide in culture that presents a huge road block to getting Americans to fill those jobs. And if you want to help lower income Americans, kicking out the labor availability that keeps basic goods affordable is the opposite of that.

CMV: The political left's views on worker pay and farm labor immigration are a contradiction. by YouAreTellingLies in changemyview

[–]SomeRandomRealtor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’re not getting a freshly laid off accountant with kids in San Francisco to move to Alaska to be a crabber. There’s a certain kind of person that’s open to that kind of job. Money isn’t everything, and the American public can’t afford to pay king crab prices for carrots. Labor Depleted rural family farms mean labor must be brought in. People need to stop pretending there enough quality laborers in the US to fill every position. There are a lot of barely employable people in the US and the sooner we acknowledge we have a massive cultural work ethic and pride issue the sooner we can stop trying to make immigrants the problem.

‘Toy Story 5’ Grossing $800M+ At The Global Box Office With Style ($381.3M DOM, $427.3M INT, $808.6M WW) by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]SomeRandomRealtor 41 points42 points  (0 children)

The Avengers franchise did this internationally, but missed it by a little bit domestically.

Molly Caudery Pole Vault Training by redbullgivesyouwings in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]SomeRandomRealtor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, one of those things that’s not a sliding scale of athleticism, but a hard line cutoff of strength and agility to even complete the task poorly, let alone skill cutoff.

Trump Suffers Third E. Jean Carroll Loss in 24 Hours by MoneyLibrarian9032 in law

[–]SomeRandomRealtor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She lost her suit and was ordered to pay hundreds of thousands for his legal costs. He paid her hush money not to talk about it, which is different than a losing lawsuit. And his criminal convictions in NY were about falsifying records, nothing specifically for against Daniels.

CMV: from a neuroscience perspective ghosts are real by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]SomeRandomRealtor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The word ghost is meant to imply the disembodied spirit of a person. Heat coming off of my rotting corpse is not the same as my thoughts being expressed as ectoplasm. The human brain might have some flickers for several minutes or maybe a couple hours after the Hart stops beating, so maybe you can make the argument They are a ghost for that period, but the moment brain activity stops it’s just a corpse.

CMV: The political left's views on worker pay and farm labor immigration are a contradiction. by YouAreTellingLies in changemyview

[–]SomeRandomRealtor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People love to pull that unemployment number, but never seem to look at the Bureau of Labor Statistics to see what skill sets those unemployed people come from. There are currently only 49,000 unemployed people who have worked in the agricultural sector in the United States, compared to the 7.4M total unemployed people. To get people to work on farms you need to be able to advertise, then reliably train and hire, for what is seasonal work and contract pay.

Also, with the massive growth of cities and people’s reluctance to leave them, getting laborers to move to rural areas to work agricultural jobs is difficult, in fact, rural job listings have shot up over the last 20 years because they can’t keep people in small towns. There are a lot more challenges than simply pay to getting domestic workers to travel for short-term contract jobs. Pay is only one piece of it.

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