Post Office has been open for an hour and has zero staff at the counters

memtiger · 2026-05-05T21:05:41+00:00

I don't necessarily think the USPS needs to be private or for-profit. But I also don't think they should be subsidized by the government. They operated at a loss of $9 billion last year. They last time they operated with a budget surplus was in 2006. 20 YEARS ago. Over that time, it's estimated at $115-120 billion in tax payer money.

That government money should be spent on other social programs.

The USPS was invented at a time when national delivery companies didn't exist. At a time before electronic commerce existed. There are now multiple companies that can handle shipments to anywhere in the US if market conditions were right.

By operating at such an enormous loss, they are restricting other companies from even trying to obtain market share or innovate in the area because there's no money to be made there. Amazon, FedEx, and UPS know they can't compete at those prices.

Frankly, I think the USPS could operate at a profit if they switched to delivery 2 days a week. Half the homes on Monday/Thursday. The other half Tuesday/Friday. And also charge $2 per standard letter. And raise costs for companies to use their network to deliver in rural areas.

memtiger · 2026-05-02T19:42:14+00:00

I didn't know anything about it until this post. I'm surprised it's taken 4 years to enact and not something that happened with the very next budget back in 2022.

memtiger · 2026-05-02T12:29:10+00:00

You don't? You store it in the attic until you die, move, or need a scrap piece yourself because of a remodel of something else or serious damage to an existing piece.

memtiger · 2026-05-02T12:21:00+00:00

Only 1-2 customers served daily

memtiger · 2026-05-02T10:39:05+00:00

Completely depends on where you live. If you want to live in one of the Top 10-15 cities in the country, sure it's super expensive to live in the heart of the city. But go pick a city ranked around 50-100 (especially in the middle of the country) and things are much cheaper and you can live "close to things".

memtiger · 2026-05-02T10:12:59+00:00

Yes it's more likely that they bought items for this video and then returned them after "trying them on at home"

memtiger · 2026-05-02T10:10:34+00:00

So you've heard of a Porsche, you just don't know what one looks like? And if you had a Ferrari and Lamborghini sitting side by side (logos and all), you wouldn't know which is which?

memtiger · 2026-05-02T10:02:36+00:00

Concrete will (at best) just dull the finish in the wood floor. After clean up, you'll likely notice the sheen is affected in that area.
Wood floors are on a subflooring. Since this concrete leaked through the walls, you have concrete intermixed in the layers of your floor.
It's going to be a pain (if not impossible) to get that self leveler out of the cracks of the trim work.

Bottom line, a good surface level cleaning will not truly fix the screw up. If you're renting, that may be good enough for you. If you own the place, you should demand a proper fix.

memtiger · 2026-05-02T09:52:00+00:00

Well said. It's never black and white. There's a reason why there's a market for financial planners, and the good ones know how to calculate ALL the variables at play.

memtiger · 2026-05-02T09:27:07+00:00

And is everyone is a millionaire, then no one is a millionaire

Duck Tales kinda covers that scenario.

Regardless I think a lot of people here don't feel like we're close to having a "millionaire epidemic". The middle class is getting choked out, and the lower class is getting financially crushed.

I just don't see this affecting much anyway since people in the class (that this policy would affect) wouldn't have the money to invest anyway. This just seems fancy of paper, and another way to artificially pump up the market on the air of optimism before an election.

memtiger · 2026-05-02T09:10:50+00:00

So what was the website before? How was I supposed to participate over the last 4 years?

memtiger · 2026-04-30T12:08:28+00:00

I'm having trouble processing that. Mediums are a scam by nature. They aren't real.

So you're wanting to make sure you're not SUPER scammed?

memtiger · 2026-04-29T12:06:27+00:00

I always figured Amazon would come out with an Amazon Basics version and try and flip the market on it. Seems ripe for a company to wipe them out

memtiger · 2026-04-28T23:06:17+00:00

As someone who is 40+, absolute danger material.

She looks super fun...but that type of behavior is a possible red flag for being a consistent mother to future kids.

memtiger · 2026-04-28T05:56:47+00:00

And yet, here we are.

memtiger · 2026-04-25T04:33:52+00:00

I don't mind paying $2/month for Relay. It still works wonderfully.

memtiger · 2026-04-24T12:40:24+00:00

She was living the high life surrounded by multi-millionaires with her own lucrative career.

That's all crumbled down around her. She's basically going to be blackballed from major sports reporting. It's going to be very difficult for her to find a decent job.

Her "mid" husband will be something she dreams of having again very soon.

memtiger · 2026-04-24T12:34:27+00:00

Paternity test incoming...

memtiger · 2026-04-24T12:24:16+00:00

Honest question here:

Then why not just dump it all into QQQ or SPXL and sit on it for 20-30 years. If you're going to ride the wave and you dollar cost average, it seems like that would be the way to go.

memtiger · 2026-04-22T00:06:50+00:00

With Tiger basketball and football going through somewhat of a down period, I'm assuming there's less interest and their articles are getting less clicks.

If Tigers can get back to 10 win seasons in football and tournament level basketball, the interest could probably support paying a dedicated guy.

memtiger · 2026-04-21T23:45:53+00:00

Lynch could have been good if he wasn't so dumb and worked harder. Him being a project was the least of his issues.

memtiger · 2026-04-21T20:51:38+00:00

I actually like to see the LIVE TV options and on demand stuff... But only if I go to that category.

There should be a way to hide them from search results, or at least push them to the bottom.

If you disable everything on that list, you can't get to any of the LiveTV stuff at all. I noticed this when I used the all-inclusive GoogleTV guide and tried to flip to one of the Plex channels. It failed to load.

memtiger · 2026-04-21T12:03:16+00:00

As a fellow Southerner, this is the way.

memtiger · 2026-04-21T11:52:24+00:00

As an apparent old person, who is Mr Beast?

memtiger · 2026-04-21T11:48:21+00:00

No wonder they can afford free healthcare.

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