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  1. I wonder how much of that (the staying in your big house once empty nest) is a cultural shift. Used to be, once my kids are 18+, in college or college educated, they go out and get a job and have an apt or house with roommates, go live a life. It's not much different than the spartan life you lived as a broke colelge student, but it's a little better and it's a life. Earn some money, gain some skills, go out, go on dates, etc. but be 100% independent. The only time your kids moved back in with you was if something really bad happened and it was kinda shameful. That or there are some fundamental issues like with disabilities or handicaps that precluded the ease of a normal life. Now it seems like a cultural norm to have your kids stay with you longer, the coddling mother saying "just live here and save some money", while you go to school or work your first couple of entry jobs to pay your dues. It's not uncommon for able-bodied adults to live at home until their 30's these days, which kinda blows my mind, but I get that it's harder than ever for kids to live without roommates in desirable cities and locations so it's not longer the burn outs and losers who live at home, but good kids who need more time and help. And I wonder how many parents don't sell their big house because they are taking a "wait and see" approach to see if their kid will be able to muster it or if they need the extra rooms for the boomerang in case they need some more time and help.
  2. How is what you are saying ANY different than any other time in history when we've been confronted with a monumental shift via a technological disruption (or revolution, as they are typically called e.g. Industrial, PC, Mobile, and now AI)? Seriously you are just playing the same hits that the doomers of those times played but with a modern backing track and click timer in your ear to keep the beat a little better. I'm actually astonished at how so many folks who claim to be progressive are full of fear with the progession of technology. As Dr. Malcolm once said, er, um, erhm, uhhh.....[after massive societal disruptions and advancements and growing pains, American Society and] life will find a way." It's like with physics and math, it's hard to breakthrough because you have to think about the problems and frameworks and what could be so differently than what currently is, and I think it's hard for most of us to visualize until hindsight is 20/20 when it comes to these truly disruptive times as aforementioned. But hey, Maybe, just maybe, this time is the different and this is REALLY the one-- the one time where we will extinct ourselves and truly be the downfall of human beings and ruin ourselves. Also, maybe the next time someone gives an exact date and time the world is going to end they would be the first to be right as well.
  3. A lot of you AI doomers are giving "Electricity is a deadly and scary new technology" in the 1900's. Won't someone think of the candlemakers and the wax engineers! eta: real anti-electricity cartoon of the 1900s by great-great-great grandpa Brisket DeLedgio
  4. I'm still catching up on the details of the nba scandal that broke this AM (and it's probably being updated and commented on heavy in the bball forum) but the use of the quotes with fraud here, as in "fraud", are you suggesting there wasn't some illegal gambling ring / money, points fixing / insider trading and dishonesty that affects the integrity of the game going on and it's some sort of distraction or witchhunt?
  5. It clearly states in the documents, however, the correct name. I think this is clearly one of those cases, like if you've seen three jeopardy nerds try to answer sports questions which are obvious to most of us on a sports website, where these dorks just got tongue-tied.
  6. @Satchel was this a Joan Didion reference or a W.B. Yeats reference? Either way, bravo dude.
  7. @Gatorubet looks like we were reading the same article-- should have read your post first!
  8. I agree. Been thinking of that. I read earlier this week that the number or percentage of folks late on their car payments has doubled and is higher than during the 2008 crisis (and the economists interviewed were talking about how it's a very big deal because the car payment is one that most people prioritize first, after shelter because it's so important in US). ETA: Also a big driver obviously is car payments are like literally twice what they were in 2008 with the average car price being so high and the dearth of cheap/budget/economy vehicles anymore, etc. Might be able to get some sweet rides on the cheap soon?
  9. Um. WHAT? are you a literal insane person? I was saying that @immamacis like Atlas with the world (tailgate) on his singular shoulder and he has decided it's not worth carrying the weight of it all alone.
  10. Atlas Shrugged
  11. Dang I just cancelled Netflix too, this is the ONE thing I would want to watch on that platform.
  12. 100% agree with that explanation. I think the pod save interview solidified that for me.
  13. Not only is it a very iffy source, if you watched the pod save america podcast, he mentioned getting threats from the party and leaders that if he didn't pull back from his ambitions and running, they would ruin his life and harrass him. So one could reasonably assume, if you believe him to be a truthteller, that this could be an attempt at some political skullduggery.
  14. I mean truly, it's pretty obvious to me that this guy isn't a sleeper cell or secret nazi, but an ignorant former marine who is trying his hand as a B-team populist. If the fine people of beautiful Maine think he's compelling and interesting and have faith that he can be an operator, then God bless them and good luck.
  15. Which is the biggest "overton window has shifted" evidence and all you really need because in the 00's to liberals Ronald Reagan was the most right-wing, conservative devil to have ever governed.
  16. Had to google, is this right? If so, big congrats to you, that is a big milestone!
  17. Agree 100%
  18. Saw Overshown at Baylor (The Star) yesterday. He's hilarious and quite the personality. Everyone loves him there, obviously he's a known commodity.
  19. Wait, the cease fire is over?
  20. I'm not insinuating that a job interviewee being honest and open is a bad thing, I'm saying that trying to bend a narrative to fit what you think the other side of the desk wants to hear, is cringy when it's a miss which is what is happening in that PSA. I would argue that it's actually NOT being honest and open when you are trying to fit a square hole in a round peg and you can hear it. It's like when a musician makes music and an album that you think would best sell and will make you popular versus playing good music intrinsic to you. Either way, that's why it's always good to have a couple of different people in the room, for like when you are interviewing, some people hear things or perceive things differently than others and that diversity is good. How is the job search going btw?
  21. The way Mayor Pete communicates is the gold standard for me, personally. I also appreciated Mitt Romney's communication style and Bill Clinton and Obama. I even appreciated some of Dubya's "folksy" communication style. So I can appreciate a spectrum. Fair enough, we are just hearing different things I guess. It happens.
  22. It actually sounds like he is trying to tell you what you want to hear and isn't doing a great job of it. The tone feels like an afectation, like one of trying to sound agrieved and attacked, as his defense. Have you listened to the PSA podcast interview? I listened to about 20 mins of it.
  23. Man, this guy is not media trained at all. He sounds like when you interview a guy for a job who isn't a great fit but they really want the job and it's just very hard to sit through (Pod Save America interview).
  24. Listening to the Pod Save America video, I think it's kinda funny that he is owning, if not doubling down, on the problematic reddit stuff, especially about "HeY GuYs WhY dOnT bLaCk pEoPle TiP, iS iT CuLtUrAl?" His defense of, "hey, I was just asking questions because I didn't grow up around black people and was genuinely curious" feels like a miss.
  25. Thought this was funny:
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