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Growing your wealth may require a bit of struggle and sacrifice at times. It might even be a grind!
You know what's even more of a grind?
Being poor forever.
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Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus
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Justin RootofGood, Worker Emeritus
@RootofGoodBlog
retired at 33; former engineer and attorney; FIRE blogger; professional dilettante
North Carolina Katılım Eylül 2013
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@jjeffrose So for a family of 5, going to the movies is about the same price as buying a brand new gigantic 4K TV and a month of Netflix?
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Tell me again how Netflix ruined movie theaters…
Because I’m pretty sure it was the $24 ticket and the $27 popcorn combo.
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@vsyo @MilesTalk @JackCulpan @SmartWithPoints Yes it did feel high already. The main value for me was some discounted fees tickets, like LHR to BWI that only has a $100 departure fee from London on econ tix. And some AA domestic bookings when you can find them.
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@RootofGoodBlog @MilesTalk @JackCulpan @SmartWithPoints "This will only affect the cash element of your booking"🤣
Even before this increase, British Airways’ surcharges were already so high that the “award ticket” felt more like a regular ticket.
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Bad news... British Airways are increasing the cash element of reward flight bookings.
You have 5 days before the changes come into effect.
This devaluation comes only 5 months after the last.
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@JackCulpan @SmartWithPoints Where is this posted? Wondering if this doesn't affect US accounts as I can't find the message anywhere. (not that it necessarily means anything!)
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@SteveOnSpeed @TheAlphaThought $25k spending on $1.3M invested plus a paid off house = 1.9% withdrawal rate. I'd say he's legit FIRE status!
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@TheAlphaThought Sounds like a great case for Coast FIRE.
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35 years old and $1.9 million net worth.
No wife. No kids. No debt.
Spends $25k/year.
Wants to sit at home a play video games all day.
Do you think this person should walk away from their salary forever?
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@Noahpinion @CoreyLeander Society needs artisanal math!
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@CoreyLeander OK, let's try again, Corey. DO you think you deserve to be paid more than a cashier or a waiter?
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Zero downside that I can see. That would be great. The economy does not exist in order to be a jobs program for economists.
Corey@CoreyLeander
What a fucking asshole lmao “What’s the downside of AI discovering all possible economic models, all their mathematical results, & completely analyzing all existing economic data against every such possible economic model over every possible time horizon?”
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They say “groceries are cheap.”
Where?
Show me the $1.99 milk.
Show me the $2 eggs.
Because in America, cheap groceries are a myth.
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@ContrarianSaver There is now an entire generation of adults that have never seen actual economic downturns of any significant magnitude/duration during their adulthood.
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The S & P 500 dropped 57%, unemployment rate was 10% and home values in many cities dropped 50-75%.
Anyone who thinks today is worse is a raving lunatic
S.🎧@1ssve
Was the 08 recession worse than now ? I was a kid then so I’m asking adults
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There is no hypothetical economic situation where no one thinks they're in a recession.
Finance Philosopher 🖌@FinPhilosopher
People saying we’re in a recession right now has to be rage bait.
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Tyson is winning the American Freedom 250th celebration arms race. 'Merica!!!
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@jasonc_nc @RogerRogerATX Careful. If your yacht captain touches the yacht controls and the firetruck controls on the same day he's entitled to a full extra day overtime pay!!
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I'll take all of 13 and 15, half of 11, and probably need to get 6 going too but keep getting distracted.
Murray Hill Guy@MurrayHillGuy1
If you're a millennial it's time to pick your midlife crisis: 1. Quitting alcohol 2. Running 10 miles before work 3. Divorce 4. Panic baby at 35 with wife you hate 5. Pickleball 6. ADHD diagnosis 7. Dressing like you did in 2004 8. Blacking out every weekend like you’re 21 9. Weekly hinge dates 10. Ice baths and saunas 11. Board games and craft beer in the suburbs 12. Getting into tattoos 13. Quitting your job to explore your “passions” 14. Plants and the environment 15. Traveling
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173 kb/s download speeds in Germany? Yeah pretty sure I stayed at that Airbnb once...
Clash Report@clashreport
A German teenager posted a frustrated tweet cursing out Olaf Scholz while his 37.9 GB Fortnite update crawled along at 173 KB/s, a download that would have taken over 60 hours to complete. The tweet had just 503 views. German police later opened criminal proceedings against him for insulting a politician. The case was dropped after he deleted the post. A year later he posted the official letter.
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@jasonc_nc but then you have to live in/near the big city
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These are fake numbers, right?
CR Sanchez@crsanchezx
Carreras mejor pagadas en España: 🥉 Normal · Ing. Civil (30.370€) · Farmacia (31.391€) · Ing. Materiales (31.450€) · Ing. Industrial (31.474€) 🥈 Bien · Ing. Mecánica (31.643€) · Ing. Eléctrica (33.207€) · Matemáticas (33.304€) · Enfermería (34.199€) 🥇 Top ↓↓
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Here is a list of things that each add <$1/day in living expenses but might significantly improve your life (unless you dine at Chipotle daily, in which case, no judgment, no judgment!)
Barbell Financial 💪🏻💰@BarbellFi
My buddy wants to retire by 40 But his wife is getting in the way Told me she: Adds guac at Chipotle Takes long hot showers Drinks bottled water only Pays for Netflix without ads Leaves lights on in the house She gets mad when he brings it up And they fight a lot about it 😬
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@jasonc_nc @LinkofSunshine Imagine being poor in NYC metro area and you cannot get to your $50k/yr job bc the rich fat cat LIRR employees making $200k/yr decided they want MORE MORE MORE (at your expense, of course).
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@LinkofSunshine I would in fact argue stories like LIRR make more unions less likely rather than more
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I’m in genuine 100% full complete support of private unions but im kinda starting to think this battle is dead. We lost decades ago
If they come back it will be from complete structural changes of union law, not a few feel good stories
Shashank (சசாங்க்)@SRKinQueens
Don't get sucked into weird granular BS about LIRR. You support strikes because unions winning means more people make unions. It is entirely that simple. You'll never get me to care that the guy whose job is dealing w/ commuters (derogatory) for 30hrs makes a little bit too much
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@steveonomics @DrewVento You forgot to include Miami in that list of foreign countries
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@DrewVento We’ve had a similar experience. Went to 30 countries and now I basically just go back to my favorite (Portugal, Mexico, Spain, Japan, Korea, Argentina).
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After like 20 countries it’s all the same. Each new city is the same experience as the last new city.
The newness of slightly different food, people, entertainment, are all slightly different in a way that’s familiar, in a way that that the difference is the same.
The experience of being somewhere new is no longer new.
There is no point in going to 40+ counties. You won’t remeber 25 of them and all you get out of it is a line for your dating app profile.
INTERIOR PORN@INTERIORPORN1
OMG, do you know how much of a flex this is?? 😭
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@chasesfish @PriteshSMB Time to go full Mr Pickles except with pennies instead of dollar coins.
Oh it's 3% for credit card eh? Here's 327 rolls of pennies tyvm!
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@PriteshSMB I find it insane that food retailers put a CC fee, encouraging more cash.
- Cash costs money to deposit
- Cash dissapears when an abundance of it is around low wage employees
Mostly a bet customers will be numb to it and not switch to cash?
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Another one of our vendors is starting to charge cc fees.
Also my fav local coffee shop, mexican restaurant, etc.
What's the move for hotels?
There isn't appetite to move back to checks/cash.
And don't know of any leading PMS that supports native ACH.
Are cc fees coming to hotels soon?
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Wait I thought everyone had a Sbux coffee at the end of their street? Just me?
YIMBYLAND@YIMBYLAND
Unironically, adding a walkable coffee shop and a pub to a suburban neighborhood would make them 10x more enjoyable and dynamic. Imagine the run-ins you’d have every morning on your walk for coffee, or spontaneous games you watch with the dads at the pub. Sounds kinda awesome.
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