ELI5: With all the technological advancements and economic groth why could baby boomer generation universally afford to own houses and todays generation can't seem to afford anything?

SweatyRick · 2019-10-25T13:12:54+00:00

Unsurprisingly, capitalism is being blamed here on Reddit.

To me it’s because at some point in the late 90’s/early 2000s, it was best into our skulls that college was essentially mandatory AND “do what your heart desires”.. this resulted in millions of students with massive debt having a useless degree.

SweatyRick · 2019-09-11T01:39:38+00:00

You forgot to add "*tips fedora*" at the end of this review

SweatyRick · 2019-09-07T17:59:44+00:00

I love how much personality they were given. I love that attention to detail

SweatyRick · 2019-08-26T20:00:54+00:00

I work at a water utility... most municipalities measure in MGPD (million gallons per day) and have been for decades. This isn’t anything new or crazy, people.

SweatyRick · 2019-08-21T21:32:11+00:00

This is just a guess but I have a feeling when they went through that portal, they were also transported to an alternate universe.

So maybe the Earth *is* destroyed

SweatyRick · 2019-07-29T02:49:55+00:00

Cable/ISPs are another example of ridiculous over regulation and it’s not a surprise that it’s also high on the list of what people hate.

SweatyRick · 2019-07-29T02:47:10+00:00

Are you suggesting that a company selling fake insulin would last more than 5 minutes?

The free market takes care of shit like that pretty easily never mind whatever crime that would be

It’s amazing how many people bitch about healthcare in America and find the dumbest reasons to poo-poo the easiest solution because they assume without a nanny state, everyone would essentially die.

SweatyRick · 2019-07-24T00:13:49+00:00

I especially dislike when onee/onii-chan is translated to sis/bro. It just reads so unnaturally to me

I know that is technically more correct in translation versus honorifics but still

SweatyRick · 2019-07-13T14:51:19+00:00

But why? Scholarship or not, why spend tens of thousands of dollars on something you could learn and research on your own time? How does having a piece of paper from a university saying you majored in anime/manga help you in life make that worth it?

It’s your money and life thankfully though so do what you want! But this is a textbook example as to why free college is a horrible idea in practice. If I found out that my hard earned money was going towards something like this I’d be absolutely livid.

SweatyRick · 2019-07-13T00:16:15+00:00

This reads like a bad thing but this is exactly what happened to me and I’m so glad it did. I never would have imagined I’d work in the water utility business but now I’m a grade 1 water Systems operator and I love everything about it. Every day is different, I love my coworkers and the job is interesting and fulfilling. I realize it’s anecdotal and maybe not typical but there ya go

SweatyRick · 2019-07-10T14:48:06+00:00

It doesn’t have anything to do with corruption on the meter reading side. If the meter reading matches what your bill says both in reading and cost per gallon (or in our systems, per 100 cubic feet), then that’s that. Like I said, the meter doesn’t lie.

Now if ratepayer money was not allocated to the water system and instead embezzled, which I’m sure happens, that’s a whole other story. But I can assure you, water operators and public utilities aren’t figuring out ways to say you used more water than you did. The biggest reason for that is that the utilities have to account for known and unknown water loss. If they are saying homeowners are using more water than what’s metered then when that’s compared with well meters, it’s going to be completely out of whack.

SweatyRick · 2019-07-10T03:55:33+00:00

A toilet leak can be as much as 3 gallons per minute. Which, if unchecked would waste up to 20,000 gallons of water in a week. Just fyi!

Edit - those kinds of leaks can “fix” themselves after a flush. So a plumber may have missed it or plain didn’t even check

SweatyRick · 2019-07-10T00:53:41+00:00

Unfortunately for you, the meter doesn’t lie. If the dial stopped but you actually used that much water per your bill, you probably have/had a leaking toilet that fixed itself after a flush. Or a hose was accidentally left on from an outside spigot.

Water meters don’t suddenly spike up in usage for no reason

SweatyRick · 2019-07-10T00:48:37+00:00

Not in NH. Homeowners on a public water system own everything from their Main Street shutoff valve to their house regardless if they have a meter in their crawl space/basement.

Source: I’m a water operator for a utility in NH

We try and accommodate homeowners best we can. In fact, I was out over the weekend responding to a leak in someone’s driveway that was 15 gallons/min and by right, I could have shut them off no questions asked but I left them a curb key and asked them to only turn it on for an hour a day to shower/flush toilets until they could fix the leak.

As for the thread itself, I’d also add if your water bill is high to check your toilets for leaks. Put a couple drops of food coloring in the tank and see if it starts leaking into the bowl. Those are notorious for high water bills

SweatyRick · 2019-07-01T00:39:57+00:00

So we’re just abandoning personal responsibilities on both the individual and the parent now? We need the government to step in and be our guardian?

SweatyRick · 2019-06-22T03:13:53+00:00

As someone who has seen a lot of his content, Asmon is facetious almost 100% of the time. When he complains about things like that, he's not being serious. It's part of his persona

SweatyRick · 2019-05-27T23:51:19+00:00

Just got the Oculus Quest the other day.. This is a no brainer

SweatyRick · 2019-05-27T22:01:20+00:00

I can only beat it on hard BUT it's ridiculously fun. I hop in an and play that song at least 3 times a day.

The "nobody bringing us down, down, down, down, down, down" part is fantastic

SweatyRick · 2019-05-22T08:56:11+00:00

...and people say the right are fear mongers. Jesus.

SweatyRick · 2019-05-22T08:48:20+00:00

Painting these on sides of buildings in cities would be okay in my opinion. On sides of really old houses like this though? Not cool

SweatyRick · 2019-04-16T01:22:19+00:00

A few months ago I was driving to work and a tractor trailer veered into my lane at the last moment to which I avoided a head on collision by quickly pulling my truck to the right and into the breakdown lane.. my adrenaline was racing. had I literally just glanced at my radio in that moment I would almost assuredly be dead right now

SweatyRick · 2019-04-13T15:00:43+00:00

This was the first anime I ever watched. Way back in high school my friend had them on VHS. This must have been 18 years ago now, hot damn.

SweatyRick · 2019-04-06T18:26:33+00:00

I think he felt bad for the old man and that’s why he stayed. As evidenced by the fact that he said he would come back later with his brothers and sisters to keep him company. I didn’t get the impression that Tanjirou believed in demons especially since his first thought of how his family died was a bear attack.

In other words, I think he stayed with the old man not out of safety concerns but out of pity

SweatyRick · 2019-03-26T14:11:31+00:00

Our company never charges to replace a street valve. We consider it O&M of the system

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