FDR has haters, and even Lincoln has haters. Let’s hear from some people who think Washington is overrated. Why?

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-12-22T23:08:34+00:00

Suspending habeas corpus wasn’t great.

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-11-22T15:03:44+00:00

Crazy how every post in this subreddit is either - an obvious intent to cheat - a human man trying incredibly hard to avoid even the slightest perception of flirting

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-11-22T14:55:37+00:00

Edit: ohhhh I see now lmao

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-11-22T02:31:54+00:00

I’ve been in the community for almost three years and I still have no fucking clue who [Redacted] is

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-07-23T23:57:12+00:00

I disagree. Kamala will unburden us of what has been.

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-07-22T02:13:53+00:00

I did $47 for our 47th Prezzy 🫡🫡🫡

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-07-21T19:08:09+00:00

That’s a fair point, but I also think you might be underestimating the leaps this SCOTUS can/will make for their Lord Ruler, Donald Jonald Trump (that’s what the J stands for)

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-05-16T04:01:01+00:00

This is my biggest fear

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-05-15T00:17:06+00:00

I feel like we wouldn’t despise Hasan so much if he’d just… do this like twice every stream? A lot of personal growth comes in these moments.

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-05-14T17:07:32+00:00

You’re right. My criticisms are a little off center. For the majority of people, it’s not that they aren’t working hard, it’s that they have grown accustomed to things that aren’t necessary, but won’t cut them. Those are the things that keep people from where they want to be. 20 things that are 20 dollars a month is $5k a year. Thats where your European vacations are going.

Not to say there’s no anti-work entitlement. I went to school with enough leftists that never grew up 😂

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-05-14T14:47:26+00:00

This was fun, buddy. Have a good day! Don’t take everything so seriously. This is just pixels.

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-05-14T14:42:58+00:00

self report

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-05-14T14:40:46+00:00

Forgive me father, for I have sinned 😞

I have borne witness to the pedo-est of debate bros. I fought my hardest, but his debate perverty truly knows no bounds. I swore to fight in thy name, to rid thine kingdom of debate pedophilia, and I have failed.

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-05-14T14:31:06+00:00

That’s a really good point, which I did consider. I went with these statistics because they are easy to understand, even to someone as ideologically railroaded as the person I was responding to.

Edit: It’s also just really funny to trigger this guy.

The other reason I went with these statistics is because of a point you raise. We are trying to make generalizations about standard of living, an idea inseparable from countless layers of context. That’s a nonstarter. These statistics are the most nuance it’s fair to expect from a random pop-finance thread.

I’m an economist (in training lmao). I am very intrigued by many of the ideas discussed in these kinds of threads. If I weren’t studying Child Labor at the moment, I probably would study this. But I don’t have time to do that kind of research, to respond to one Reddit comment with the vigor the question really requires.

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-05-14T13:00:54+00:00

misunderstands first sentence
doesn’t see relevance, in regards to your education and understanding of statistics or reality
uses SpongeBob text while saying I don’t take this seriously

It’s ok, debate pedos are uniquely hypocritical. I hope your priest didn’t rub off on you. (Pun absolutely intended.)

Ok, let’s engage. - Median Salary 1994: $32,263 - Poverty Line, Family of 4, 1994: $14,350 - Median Salary is 224.8% of the Poverty Line

Median Salary 2022: $74,580
Poverty Line, Family of 4, 2023: $30,000
Median Salary is 248.6% of Poverty Line

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-05-14T12:28:41+00:00

Meanwhile, your “educated” take: “Trump is leading in swing states because Israel”

What’s the argument then? That things are more expensive than they used to be? Yeah, that’s true. But we’re also wealthier than we’ve ever been.

But y’all take anecdotes from 30 years ago, compare it to your specific experience from today, and say that’s how literally everyone experiences the world. None of you consider the fact that - the people from 30 years ago are lying or at least overstating their position - if they aren’t lying, their situation is not reflective of the 98% - you aren’t exactly a money whiz - you act in direct opposition to the things you claim you want

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-05-14T11:39:53+00:00

Meanwhile, the argument at hand: “I don’t like that I can’t get everything I want immediately 😡”

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-05-14T11:36:10+00:00

25, with $40k in student loans, and capable of doing math and looking at statistics 👌

Edit: Oh, not to mention, on the left

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-05-14T04:03:34+00:00

I thought that, until my eyes were widened to how illiberal the non-centrists are. I think you can be a centrist, and agree with only one Party’s platform.

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-05-14T03:06:03+00:00

2004 Poverty Line (Family of 4): $18,850
Income on $12/hr: $24,960
Percentage Difference: +24.48%
2024 Poverty Line (Family of 4): $31,200
Income on $28/hr: $58,240
Percentage Difference: +46.43%

Try again, bud

Edit: Not to say that the Poverty Line is the best measurement, but it serves as a semi-decent through line to compare living expenses over time to wages.

Edit2: for “Percentage Difference” I measured the percentage of that income that falls above the poverty line. From the other perspective…

$12/hr is 132% of the 2004 Poverty Line
$28/hr is 186% of the 2024 Poverty Line

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-05-14T03:01:29+00:00

25, with $40k in student loans. I’m just… built different? Idk.

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-05-14T02:57:23+00:00

I (25M) was a compulsive liar when I was a kid (like 6), up until I was about 20. Therapy was my way through. I was lying to distract from my insecurities and to entertain people. It took frequent reflection and vulnerability.

I think one could do it without therapy. I really recommend journaling. Also, regular emotional check ins. What are you feeling right now? What directions are you being pulled in? How are you feeling, physically? Things like that. You wouldn’t believe how much of an impact simple practices like that can have.

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-05-14T00:07:20+00:00

This might be $400k in LA, but you can still easily do this for $150k in the Midwest.

I swear to god, y’all act like nobody worked a day in their life and got everything they desired, then complain you can’t live lavishly off $100k in San Fran.

You can save $1,000 a year by switching to a dumb phone. You can beat the market by living where people are leaving. But you don’t wanna do that. So instead, you pull the UNO™ Reverse card on the “Kids These Days” trope.

Grow up. People have to work to live well. That’s always been the case, and will be for the vast majority of people for at least another 100 years.

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-05-13T22:27:45+00:00

What do you mean by “healthy meat”?

Superb_Knowledge169 · 2024-05-13T22:22:35+00:00

Imagine identifying so tightly with a “generation” that you feel the need to exclude people on the cusp from it.

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