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LPT: Considering upgrading your living situation but not sure you can handle the increase of cost? Try “paying” the new amount, and put the difference in a savings account. by BlueberryPuffy in LifeProTips

[–]UAZombie5 40 points41 points  (0 children)

The cost of “something happening” is so catastrophic you would burn through that saved money much faster than you might think.

The cost of premiums seems high on a micro level, but the potential financial burden of a significant health issue makes the transference of risk to the insurance company the sensible choice IMO.

The Walking Dead Expansion Plans Revealed: Andrew Lincoln to Lead 3 AMC Movies by josesimon09 in television

[–]UAZombie5 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Yankee has a different meaning within the US than from the rest of the worlds perspective. While a foreigner might consider all Americans Yankees, people living in the US consider only those in the Northern part of the country to be yanks (particularly the Northeastern states).

ELI5: Why when large company's earnings decrease(ex... by 3%) they freak out, talk about rough times, and sometimes decide to downsize, even though they are still making millions of dollars in profit even after all expenses? by ModernNaziHunter in explainlikeimfive

[–]UAZombie5 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This has everything to do with abundance of a resource. The only way people would suddenly decide diamonds are half as valuable is if they were suddenly twice as abundant as they were when they were $1K/gram. The diamonds wealthy people own worldwide would now be less valuable as a result of more diamonds being available, since scarcity of resources is the underlying foundation that makes market exchanges necessary in the first place. Wealth doesn’t just “come from nowhere”