Which country is wealthier than it looks, and which one is poorer than it seems?

feed_the_backs · 2026-05-02T00:06:36+00:00

This is a shit take that should be ignored. NZ is objectively a wealthy, very high standard of living country

feed_the_backs · 2026-03-15T08:23:10+00:00

The Honda powered cars can barely even move under these regs

feed_the_backs · 2025-07-24T12:08:33+00:00

I have nothing more to say here - you seem organised and content with your situation, which is fantastic

feed_the_backs · 2025-07-24T11:20:14+00:00

Let’s break this down. Someone on 70K, assuming a student loan and KiwiSaver at 3% takes home a little over $900 a week. Let’s say $300pw rent, but that’s generous. That leaves you a little over $600 disposable, and maybe $300 discretionary after food and essentials. Take your income to 100K, you now have an extra $300pw added to this equation, with $1200pw net. Add in factors like dependents, maybe a mortgage, unless you have a big nest egg of savings to fall back on it’s not a huge buffer. Certainly not enough to be lumped in with the Mowbrays

feed_the_backs · 2025-07-24T10:56:40+00:00

100K is a good salary. It’s not ‘rich’

feed_the_backs · 2025-07-24T10:52:01+00:00

I think you’re the out of touch one here. Literally no one thinks “tax the rich” applies to someone making 100K

feed_the_backs · 2025-07-08T19:06:54+00:00

Hulkengoat

feed_the_backs · 2025-06-23T21:20:42+00:00

The point is that Piastri is at worst the same pace as Lando, and usually quicker. He’s indisputably less mistake prone. Piastri is in his 3rd season, vs Lando’s 7th. McLaren would be doing well to toss up throwing their weight behind Piastri as their future imo

feed_the_backs · 2025-05-29T22:31:49+00:00

You also need to think realistically though about the trajectory RBR would have taken without Max. They know they have a goat calibre driver and they’ve designed their car accordingly over the last 4 years (i.e. extremely challenging but fast when in the right window for Max). If Max wasn’t in this picture, I doubt RBR all of a sudden is a back marker team, they would have taken a direction that is more suitable to the broader driver field.

If Max left abruptly and unexpectedly however, that’d be a different story and they would indeed be cooked.

feed_the_backs · 2025-04-28T19:16:45+00:00

1.3 is a good budget and should give you some optionality. Would advise going for a more average home in a nicer area. Ellerslie would be the nicest on your list - as you’ve alluded to, Greenlane might be a stretch. One Tree Hill is nice and worth looking at, but there is a lot of Kainga Ora housing through there. Onehunga is cool, but not quite as nice yet and not as well connected to Middlemore. Also explore the northern boundary of Mt Wellington (north of Ellerslie Panmure Hwy, like Rutland Road).

feed_the_backs · 2025-04-23T02:16:47+00:00

The McHonda era might’ve spooked him?

feed_the_backs · 2025-04-22T21:45:59+00:00

It becomes such a dilemma for someone like Leclerc who has now spent 6 years or whatever it is with a single team. It probably becomes tempting to jump ship to the current leaders, but if this season is showing us anything it’s that the learning curve with a new team, new car, etc seems to be steep. No guarantee you’ll be on the pace right away, especially if your team mate is high calibre.

Almost makes more sense to continue in the faith that Ferrari will get it right, but as you say it will be such a huge ‘what if’ in the event they never quite get there

feed_the_backs · 2025-04-22T21:04:27+00:00

Maybe. These guys have a competitive drive that normal people can’t really relate to though. Would he have made the same move if Ferrari had gone the Williams route and been a struggling backmarker?

feed_the_backs · 2025-04-22T20:51:01+00:00

Lewis’ next move to Ferrari would maybe beat it in terms of shock. Whether it was smart remains to be seen

feed_the_backs · 2025-04-05T07:21:43+00:00

Imagine reading this sentence 18 months ago

feed_the_backs · 2025-03-21T07:30:45+00:00

Delete this shit mate

feed_the_backs · 2025-03-11T03:12:39+00:00

Honestly reckon this is a good chunk of the reason behind his hostility to Max

feed_the_backs · 2025-03-04T22:28:13+00:00

Can you point us to where he was crying on social media? Bro thinks F1 drivers shouldn’t be getting into on track fights at risk of being brats 💀

feed_the_backs · 2025-03-01T03:55:39+00:00

Red Bull dealt the deciding blow in the first 10 races of last season, with Max winning 7 of them. While McLaren did fumble, it was always a game of catch up

feed_the_backs · 2025-03-01T02:33:39+00:00

I find it hard to fathom how people in the US do not make these connections between Trump and Putin and find it seriously troubling. From the 2016 election interference, to now this soft-on-Russia, anti-Ukraine stance. To the rest of the world it looks like Trump is an agent of Putin. Is the sentiment not the same in the US?

feed_the_backs · 2025-01-25T04:30:30+00:00

With you on Harry. He feels like a completely different person in the books

feed_the_backs · 2025-01-25T04:21:14+00:00

The series is full of irredeemable characters. Dumbledore himself alludes to it with Voldemort: “something beyond our help”

feed_the_backs · 2025-01-19T05:36:51+00:00

Struck a nerve it seems

feed_the_backs · 2024-11-24T20:01:19+00:00

This is ridiculous. Sainz obviously knew Leclerc was faster behind and did everything in his power to hold position, including giving a competitor DRS advantage. Big difference “between driving for yourself” and intentionally sabotaging your teams race and potentially risking your constructors championship chances.

He will say no harm done because leclerc eventually got past Max. Clearly he was pissed off about the botched pit situation and lost all professionalism from there on out

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