COASTER1921

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[–] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 20 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

FT asking $75/mo for digital access is insane. I'm happy to pay for quality journalism but that's simply out of reach for most Americans. I'd love to know how their management determined this was an appropriate price.

[–] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 week ago

Back when the COVID vaccine was new it was reasonably common to hear my body my choice in this context

[–] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

The fun part is that this the foundation "Idiocracy" built its world on.

[–] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago

With a laptop and phone which both can use it my backpack while travelling is so much lighter and less bulky. For me it absolutely was a game changer, I just don't like that I need to carry a USB a to C adapter for all the legacy USB A ports.

[–] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

Not sure who would buy it full price but in most of the apps if you're not picky there's always some amount of deals to get a meal under $5. I only go occasionally as the deals aren't as good as they used to be across the board and the quality is universally terrible. Taco Bell is also its own unique thing which no other Mexican restaurant will get you so occasionally it just sounds good.

That being said in my area you can go to nearly any proper restaurant and get carry-out under $15 with Texas sized portions. As someone with an unhealthy work/life balance particularly in the evenings, this or bulk curry is how I usually eat dinner.

[–] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At least he won the popular vote, so it's well and truly want the majority (who cared to vote) wanted this time. It would be much more frustrating if he lost the popular vote like in 2016, where the minority in votes had control of house, senate and executive branches. This time it's what people wanted, and people somehow voted for fascism instead of the status quo.

[–] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago

Yep, and thankfully the EU has seen the way the US is going and started to react appropriately.

[–] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Putin also was able to only serve for two terms, so he replaced himself with a crony until he could change the law to remove term limits...

[–] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 week ago (12 children)

NYT forecast is 90% Trump now. It's crazy that anyone would vote for him, really shows that policy plays no part in politics. It'll be interesting to see how he tears down the judicial system to remove the many charges against him.

[–] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Millionare in assets is vastly different than $1 million per year in income. It's pretty much a requirement to have $1 million in assets to be able to retire lately and assuming years of compounding growth in the market this is pretty easily attainable by retirement for most (I know this is a big assumption but our whole economy is built on it).

[–] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I thought the top 0.1% was more like $3 million. Either way it's still an incredibly large amount of money for 1 in 1000 people to be making. With 131 million households that's 131000 households making more than $14 million per year which is WILD. One in a thousand isn't that uncommon, yet I'd never guess who were making that kind of money. They must just be living in completely separate spaces.

[–] COASTER1921@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago

I don't know what's up with the algorithm pushing these lately. If it's a video with 4 views from a channel with no subscribers I'm probably not interested in it. Sometimes they have a good thumbnail/title so I give them a chance but 9/10 times it's terrible. Also often extremely right wing for whatever reason.

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