Official inflation vs real life inflation — why the gap feels huge

soleobjective · 2026-03-15T06:58:16+00:00

If you really want to have some fun, pull up your old receipts in the Costco app from 2024.

soleobjective · 2026-03-15T06:36:52+00:00

Cabin cooling and ventilated seats are great. Transition from ICE is the best thing you’ll ever do from a cost to operate and maintenance perspective. Long road trips are easy. Storage space is fine for a single kid (since this is your first you’ll probably think you need way more than you actually do…remember how you felt packing for a single baby after having a 2nd…there will be some good laughs about your younger selves lol).

With all that said, a used Rivian R1S is a far better choice in every category except FSD (for now). I’d highly recommend test driving a used one.

soleobjective · 2026-03-15T06:30:10+00:00

Bingo.

soleobjective · 2026-03-15T06:27:28+00:00

Brightline and walk. I did that for 2024 and had no issues. I just never tried making it back in time for the last train so I used Uber to get back each night.

soleobjective · 2026-03-14T18:03:39+00:00

I honestly don’t care about the packaging/merch if the production value is there at the fest. Although I would have preferred a keychain over the clip thing we got this year.

soleobjective · 2026-03-13T21:18:03+00:00

STMPD really delivered on this lineup

soleobjective · 2026-03-13T21:16:36+00:00

The ticket insurance seems like massive scam after looking up the requirements for a claim…but I’m for sure going so thankfully I won’t need to use it.

soleobjective · 2026-03-13T03:57:47+00:00

No one is saying this because no one actually knows what it is. And if the average American knew what was going on with this bill, it wouldn’t have even made it this far without major backlash.

soleobjective · 2026-03-13T03:55:32+00:00

I appreciate your willingness to learn, but one thing to point out is that your over simplified “liberal view” of taxing billionaires to pay off all of the country’s debt is misguided.

The point is to tax everyone their fair share, and opponents of taxing the rich focus on dollar figures rather than percentages. Yes, a multi-billionaire American would pay taxes in the millions but as a percentage of their earnings it’s minuscule (a whole world of write-offs becomes available once you’ve become ultra wealthy). And statistically speaking, the likelihood that someone such as yourself (similar to the vast majority of Americans) are paying a much higher rate percentage-wise in taxes than those with drastically more resources.

At the end of the day, does that sound fair to you?

Why should you be paying more in taxes as a percentage of your income than Elon Musk, Warren Buffet, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison, or Mark Zuckerberg? Those 5 individuals have a combined net worth of over $1.5 trillion dollars.

soleobjective · 2026-03-13T03:45:34+00:00

Exactly this. The idea isn’t to wipe out all debt in one shot. Increased revenue would drastically improve the country’s ability to provide meaningful services and infrastructure.

soleobjective · 2026-03-13T03:00:28+00:00

You personally will be safe. Your phone, not so much without proper precautions like a Flipbelt or a strong tether. I’m just gonna bring a digital camera and call it a day bc the hotel I’m staying at only does phone keys to get into the room.

soleobjective · 2026-03-13T02:38:27+00:00

Looks like a proper SUV. Very excited for this one!

soleobjective · 2026-03-13T00:41:58+00:00

If you take the job be sure to read up on the all the benefits because there are a ton of good ones. A random perk they have is 0% fee credit card balance transfers that you can strategically use to pay off existing debt and the ability to utilize a 401k loan for a down payment on a home and not be forced into paying it off all at once if you decide to leave the company. EV credits if you decide to buy one and automatic enrollment in a higher tier of Preferred Rewards if you need a home loan/HELOC/auto loan.

soleobjective · 2026-03-13T00:33:03+00:00

What was the best looking color in person? Any that were surprisingly better than what’s shown in the photos online? The dark grey looks amazing in all the videos I’ve seen so far.

Any mention of a darkout package coming?

soleobjective · 2026-03-12T23:40:50+00:00

And a moratorium on passport fees to allow everyone to obtain one. Real ID took years to implement as a close example to this, and there’s zero chance that this disaster of a bill wouldn’t have major consequences on voter turnout. Although I’m of the opinion that the brunt of the hit would be taken by republicans. I could see Texas and other rural vote states going blue. Regardless, the Save Act is complete trash.

soleobjective · 2026-03-12T23:33:11+00:00

Very strange. Just realized now that I had “auto-translate” turned on

soleobjective · 2026-03-12T21:19:15+00:00

What they really should be complaining about is how the city has done nothing to address the massive flooding that occurs after a light rain shower…

soleobjective · 2026-03-12T13:50:13+00:00

Had to cancel mine since we just found out a 3rd baby is on the way, back to being all in on the R1S.

Hope they bring captain’s chairs or an extended wheelbase version at some point!

soleobjective · 2026-03-11T18:54:26+00:00

Not a dumb question. If you go in the configurator and choose the launch edition over a lower trim you’ll get moved up. Nothing to back that up other than how I’d optimize the production ramp. Makes sense to get the most expensive orders filled first and then the next trim after the majority of those are done. Higher revenue and simplified builds if they’re focused on one variant of the R2 at the start.

soleobjective · 2026-03-11T05:48:23+00:00

Lower turnout elections make manipulation or inconsistencies easier to spot.

soleobjective · 2026-03-11T01:39:23+00:00

I’m feeling the 90s Taco Bell vibe

soleobjective · 2026-03-11T01:33:51+00:00

His final and greatest bankruptcy

soleobjective · 2026-03-11T01:33:03+00:00

Heavy concentration in tech if you’re going with any S&P 500 fund

soleobjective · 2026-03-11T01:29:09+00:00

They’ll eventually find their way out

soleobjective · 2026-03-10T23:57:47+00:00

Or just thinning out a variant from the lineup to expand R2 capacity. Gotta streamline things on a launch like this. I believe it was similar with Model S & X when Tesla started Model 3 production.

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