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@LogicAndFacts2 @Nighttimediplo @CSPerrone27 @ninaturner okay, i'll be a moron and work for the US federal minimum wage. magically, i pay nothing for housing and my food cost is zero. every dollar i earn, i invest. i also magically gain 10% annually. after ten of these magic years, i have...still less than today's median home price.

@Lexus your search tool's mileage filter is broken

@Alacritic_Super @Weddiseb @djvlad What

@Weddiseb @djvlad Stocks are never great

Here's a way better way to buy a house than getting a bank mortgage. Instead of putting a big down payment, take that money and invest it in great stocks for 10 years. During that time, rent a place to stay. For anyone who thinks you're throwing money away by renting, keep in mind that almost the entire mortgage payment you pay during that time is going to the bank's interest, not the principal. Your rent will probably be less than your mortgage payment + property tax + repairs. So use that extra money to buy more stocks. After 10 years, take a loan out against your stock portfolio and buy your house in cash. You will now own the house outright and have the deed - unlike getting a mortgage, where the bank holds the deed. Your loan rate will be WAY lower than a mortgage rate because it's secured by your stock portfolio. Also, you don't have to pay back the loan on a monthly schedule. You can pay it back at your own pace, or don't pay it back and let the interest accrue on the loan. You never have to worry about the bank taking your house if you miss a few mortgage payments like a bank loan. After it's all done, you own a house outright with a loan to yourself, and you never sold your stock portfolio, which keeps appreciating. BTW, that's exactly what I did.

@BMWUSA i appreciate the suggestion, but the convenience package is irrelevant on the vehicle i'm looking at. i'm looking for multi-contour as a standalone option (ZCM) or as part of the Luxury Seating package (ZLS).

@UserExperienceY We suggest that using the Convenience Package filter, which includes lumbar support seats if applicable.

@bmwusa I want to search for Certified Pre-Owned cars with the multi-contour seat option. How can I do that on your site?

@LindseyGrahamSC @POTUS are the WMDs in the room with us right now

Just spoke to @POTUS about our European allies’ unwillingness to provide assets to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning, which benefits Europe far more than America. I have never heard him so angry in my life. I share that anger given what’s at stake. The arrogance of our allies to suggest that Iran with a nuclear weapon is of little concern and that military action to stop the ayatollah from acquiring a nuclear bomb is our problem not theirs is beyond offensive. The European approach to containing the ayatollah’s nuclear ambitions have proven to be a miserable failure. The repercussions of providing little assistance to keep the Strait of Hormuz functioning are going to be wide and deep for Europe and America. I consider myself very forward-leaning on supporting alliances, however at a time of real testing like this, it makes me second guess the value of these alliances. I am certain I am not the only senator who feels this way.

@QuantumMagick @ankkala @AldoSterone111 terrible place for a car to decide to lock itself

Getting locked out with zero cell service in the Santa Cruz Mountains (Pescadero/La Honda area) is straight-up hostile terrain, even if it's "only" ~40 miles from SF. Dense redwoods + steep valleys create massive dead zones; signal drops completely in those pockets along Hwy 84 or Pescadero Creek Rd. No app unlock, no calls, satellite messaging is your only lifeline (and spotty under canopy) — as you found out. You hiked miles in fading light on winding roads with sparse traffic. Temps were ~68°F day but dropped to mid-40s at night—fog rolls in fast, sweat + cold = hypothermia risk quick if stranded longer. Terrain's steep/uneven; easy to twist an ankle or get disoriented off-road. No water sources, no guaranteed passersby, wildlife present. What felt like "not far from civilization" turned into a real wilderness scenario because of cascading failures: low fob battery, no phone key pairing, zero reception. SAR classifies spots like this as remote/rugged with limited access. People die yearly in Bay Area "backyard" parks from similar underestimations—exposure, dehydration, bad decisions in fatigue. Glad you made it to that house and got the tow. But yeah, it's way easier to die out there than folks realize. Always carry backups: physical key if possible, water, emergency blankets, fire starting kit, tell someone your route. Nature doesn't care about proximity to tech hubs. Safe travels the rest of your trip! 💙

Our rental Tesla left us stranded on the side of the road for 3+ hours. We stopped to admire the scenery and once we came back to the car, we found out it was auto locked. We had no cellular reception. Tesla app said "Unlock failed. Check internet connection".

@AldoSterone111 @ankkala what engine would you like to have running on a 2016 tesla model s

@ankkala In a hostile environment always keep a door open and the engine running.

@JazzDeeApple @ankkala @garykoepnick do you do that for rental cars

@ankkala @garykoepnick Interesting. Didnt know those existed Ive got my Apple Watch and phone set up as keys.

@lexus are there any new 2025 ES350s in the USA right now?

@davidpattersonx @michelle_huna oh boy

@michelle_huna Evil grows in darkness. Soon there will be a great light.

Has anyone else noticed that people have become more evil? Canada used to be a good country, and is now openly evil in many things. It's not the government, it's the people. Most of my family and friends have become more evil over time. We seem to have reached a sort of peak evil. Anything more and society would completely collapse. And it might. I don't even bother to struggle against it anymore. It seems hopeless. My only hope is that AI will fix it.

@PowerStepUSA can you DM so i can find out more

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@PowerStepUSA @Superfeet alllllllllll right

@PowerStepUSA the high arch pinnacle is great in my walking shoes. @superfeet orange is great in my weightlifting shoes. but superfeet squeak in ALL new shoes. which powerstep should i use to (quietly) support my high arches and prevent plantar fasciitis when weightlifting?

@IesuMessias @shahh yes, deceitful hideouts

@shahh Yeah try to pull it back. Can you add “disingenuous lairs” to your generation’s list of attributes?

Serious question for the older generation How are you not rich yet? You had: Gold at $30 Bitcoin at $100 The chance to buy domain names for pennies The entire internet boom before saturation Cheap college with little or no debt Apple before it took over the world NVIDIA before AI exploded Amazon before it killed traditional shopping Netflix, before streaming took over Meanwhile, our generation gets: $70k Bitcoin Real estate inflated 10–20x from what you paid $1T tech companies already priced to perfection Student debt, before we can start investing Retirement accounts that require 60 years to accumulate But we’re the generation that’s 'lazy' and 'bad with money.'

@truecar why is your offer the same as the list price on the dealer's website? how are you taking a cut of a price that's both public and standard? isn't your whole thing to get me a better deal that reflects the actual sale price as opposed to the list price?

@darren_dover @bostonpolkadot @SlimJimShady0 @AngieEarley01 @BarbellFi you'd be surprised at how much you love government assistance. for example, imposing heavy-motorcycle tariffs in 1983 specifically so that harleys could maintain their domestic sales advantage despite failing to compete against japanese imports

The life of a boomer: - Graduated when a degree guaranteed a job - College tuition cost 6 blueberries - Worked at one company for 30 years - Bought a house at 22 on one income - Wife could stay home & raise the kids - Monthly mortgage cost less than Netflix today - Networking happened at the strip club - “Work hard & you’ll get ahead” was actually true - Promotions meant life changing money & not just a pizza party - Passed on their generational trauma to their kids - Rode a historic bull market into retirement with a fat pension - Sold their house for 30x what they paid - Enjoy their social security checks while the fund runs out of money - Tell their kids to stop buying lattes

@Hertz if i DM you, are you just going to say that your records only go back six months?

@Hertz double-charged me in 2021. your Support says you only have records going back six months. but people have spent that long in jail for "stealing" your cars...after they've returned them. how do i get the double-charge fixed with "no" records? npr.org/2022/12/06/114…

@BMWUSA this has been going on for YEARS

@bmwusa your website is so bad at properly displaying car shopping search results

@adamobrien ...but aren't you saying that houses actually were a good investment, precisely because dollars kept losing value and houses kept absorbing that inflation?

Real estate is a terrible investment. It's just a big liability: - You pay property tax every year just to keep owning it - You pay to maintain it - You can't move it, you can't split it, and if you need to sell fast you're at the market's mercy. The only reason an entire generation believed houses were wealth is because dollars kept losing value and houses kept absorbing that inflation. But if you take the inflation away, you're left with a building that costs money just to exist.