@saveusculture He wanted to make sure nobody is getting in his way while he carves out a little hole to squat in.
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SoundingRodOfDoom
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Inexplicable phenomenon that I think led to my being laid off recently: made it clear to new chief engineer that I aspired to a high level of involvement in building the new technology he envisioned for the company. This was received badly and repudiated several times. Baffling.
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@OddEyeSea @Timcast GEO isn't good for the Internet, you basically have to be right on top of the atmosphere to get decent ping and transmission rates without lazers
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@Timcast Weather balloons.
The science answer is even more interesting, geosynchronous orbit. You have to be able to point the dish at the satellite so the satellite has to be stationary relative to the dish. Why does Starlink instead blanket the earth with non-geosynchronous satellites?
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@peterp2690 @MatrixMysteries So the state can subsidize retarded brown kids who's parents are piles of shit but can't let a single mom who works 50 hours a week in?
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@MatrixMysteries Oh no kids get to see some sea life. The scandal. Punch hire you coward.
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The Monterey Bay Aquarium charges $295 for a family membership or $125 for a single adult.
With an EBT card, entry is free — and up to four guests get in free every visit.
There is a ZERO incentive for these people to ever get off Food Stamps.
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@minithoughtsz @jeremyct Lmao the retarded boomer is really about to pretend 10 year old Kias arnt being solde for over 15k
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@SoundingRod67 @jeremyct You're finding $15,000 cars that break in a year and a half? Where that's insane.
Toyotas are consistently reliable and are known to easily break 500,000 miles without issues.
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@minithoughtsz @jeremyct Sure thing, go and spend 15 grand on a shit box that's guaranteed to blow up in 18 months and then spend a few more grand you don't have fixing it. You'll save so much money
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@jeremyct Buy a much cheaper used car. Live where rent costs way less than that.
My wife's 30k car only has a $500 payment.
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@MrCrowley692386 @2MisDAD @jeremyct Lmao found the boomer.
"I know you spent 6 bucks on coffee 4 years ago, and now you need gas money? You're reckless with money and this is your fault"
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@rougarou1776 @Txp_RBI_Xctuxl @TishToshTesh Yes. Democrats will literally skin you alive if it meant they could live their fantasies for 1 more day
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@Txp_RBI_Xctuxl @TishToshTesh I can’t fathom why people would do this. Is it because they wanted them for votes? Do they just hate their fellow Americans that they’d hand it all away for free out of spite? I don’t get it. Wouldn’t they want to help their peers more?
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While we were tightening the belt and looking for ways to cut costs in order to save up the 20% down we needed to buy our first homes, H1B's were getting 3.5% down loans and they didn't even have to come up with that 3.5%...that was given to them as well.
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Robert Sterling@RobertMSterling
During the Biden administration, H-1B visa holders were buying houses with 97-100% financing. 97% would come from the FHA, with the rest coming from state first-time home buyer programs. Zero money down. Thanks to programs that were supposed to be helping low-income American families buy their own homes. FHA loans to non-permanent residents quickly grew to represent 6% of mortgage issuances. The percentage was undoubtedly higher in places like the DFW area, where H-1B visa holders are disproportionately concentrated. I don’t have anything against people in America on H-1B visas. I’ve said it before—and I’ll say it again—that I’ve found many of them to be great people on an individual level, and I wish them all nothing but the best. Individual immigrants—especially those here legally—are not at fault for flawed US immigration policy. But this might be the most radicalizing thing I’ve ever seen. Not only are American workers forced to compete for jobs, they’re also forced to compete in the housing market against people bringing 0-3% of a house’s cost to the closing table, versus the 10-20% most people have to pay. First, companies import mass numbers of H-1B visa holders, largely in "back office" white-collar fields like IT and accounting. This essentially imposes a lower ceiling on domestic wages in these job categories. Next, these workers—who are generally concentrated in certain geographic areas—create more demand for housing (especially in good school districts), driving up home prices and the cost of living. Then, to top it off, they don’t even have to save up money for a down payment. They can close on a $500k house with $0-15k plus a 97% FHA loan. Meanwhile, ordinary American families are forced to come to with $50-100k for the same down payment. I don’t care how you feel about Trump or what your preferred immigration policies are; there’s no defending this. It screws over hard-working American citizens several different ways over, and it’s yet another reason why I will always be glad Trump won and Kamala Harris lost in 2024.
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@MizuH7679 @freedomring589 @jeremyct "Erm, they just need to do it themselves. I ruined the economy, raided the cofferes and am lighting it on fire in front of you, because you're ungrateful I hoarded it all to this very day"
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@freedomring589 @SoundingRod67 @jeremyct But nobody else is going to let you pretend you aren't the weird ones in human history for putting yourself and fleeting pleasure above your children and grand children.
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a friend’s parents bought their house in 1993 for $67,000
same house is worth $1,200,000 today
he’s their only son
spent years quietly knowing that house was coming to him someday
they sold it last week
to fund their retirement
he found out over dinner
just sat there
nodded
said “that’s great mom”
went home and did the math
$1,200,000
gone before he ever touched it
boomers didn’t just win the housing market once
they won it twice
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@Julia_CaSsian "I bought this game that is self admitted to be unpolished. I'm upset it's unpolished."
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I really fucking hope you idiots don't carry
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@planefag If someone punches you, youre legally allowed to stand your ground.
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@SoundingRod67 @freedomring589 @jeremyct I can do with it whatever I want!! I can give it to someone else that is more grateful and isn’t lazy like you!! I can even have the house taken down!!
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@SoundingRod67 @freedomring589 @jeremyct Nah I would want my mom to have it all. Also my parents were boomers and literally got nothing from my grandparents on both sides. Keep telling more lies though.
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@SoundingRod67 @freedomring589 @jeremyct No, just extremely lazy, entitled and stupid people think they are entitled to something that isn’t theirs!!!
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@civilian_actual @shmuwu_ I heard if you cut a USB cable and twist the ends together that it will clean out and speed up your USB ports
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@SoundingRod67 @shmuwu_ someone told me i should install something called arch
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@CryxtonNoMore @SplitAlienSFW That's usually how it happens. They're in proximity to someone. The small town shit is wild and bold
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@SplitAlienSFW i have no idea but god if thats the case im gonna be mad
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@civilian_actual @shmuwu_ Absolutely nothing. Normies shouldn't open their computers.
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@freedomring589 @jeremyct Normal people, the same way the boomers did to their parents yet refuse to do for their kids.
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@jeremyct It’s not his money. If this is real, I can see why his parents sold the house. Who the heck tells a friend that he believes he is entitled to his parents belongings while they are alive.
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@missus_wormy The opioid epidemic was wild. They were giving boomers oxy for a sprained finger at one point lmao
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