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@BuckSexton It's gotta be LOST, right?

What is the best pilot/first episode of any tv series of all time? I'll go first: Game of Thrones, Season 1 Ep 1 "Winter is Coming"

@BergakkerLee @anymanfitness Tell that the people that forced companies to pay liveable wages in the early 20th century. Who unionized. Who forced govt to pass laws that mandated min. Wages etc. does that not help you?

@_roos17 @anymanfitness One will actually help you. One won't.

Now that I’m done shitposting, real talk. Yeah inflation is a b!tch. The cost of goods is insane. House prices are ridiculous. As are interest rates. I have 2 zoomer daughters. I worry about them all the time. I don’t know how they’ll afford a home, groceries, or anything else. Even in Michigan, a decent COL area, starter homes are $400k+. But the whole point of my Boomer-ish takes on this app are because of one fact: This isn’t going to change any time soon. You are wasting your time rage posting and getting bent out of shape on social media. Instead, do something about it. Find ways to save money. Increase your skills. Job hop to increase income. Grind, hustle, and do what you gotta do. When I first started teaching the old head union dudes would pressure me to go to protests in Lansing (capital building). They’d say “we are going to yell and scream until we get what we deserve!” I never went. It rubbed me the wrong way. I’m not about to whine, cry, beg, and complain about “the system” or “the man”. Because it’s damn near impossible to change that. But it’s not overly difficult to change yourself and your situation if you have some perseverance, grit, and a baseline of intelligence.

@anymanfitness So protesting unfavorable working conditions while also working to improve yourself are mutually exclusive? That we can't do both? The squeaky wheel can get the grease while still 'working.'

@_roos17 Because there’s only so much time, allocate it to the biggest ROI (your situation)

@BasedMikeLee What the literal fuck are you talking about? How the fuck are you a senator?

If someone walked into your home without your permission and gave birth in your living room, that wouldn’t obligate you to make that baby part of your family. You’d be crazy to agree to such an arrangement. The Fourteenth Amendment wasn’t written by crazy people.

@robdel12 @Camp4 I know! It's so fucking weird. They just get their marching orders and terminology and follow them blindly.

@Camp4 Who told yall to repeat this same shit almost word for word? This “skin in the game” shit is such garbage. ANYONE that’s had “skin in the game” at a startup knows exactly that. Or anything. Any grown up understands this.

The second order effects of this would be disastrous. Bezos knows this—he’s just trying to deflect criticism. It’s not about the 3% of tax revenue. Every voter needs skin in the game and needs to feel the sting of government spending. Otherwise, they’ll only vote for more.

@ScottPaterno Almost like you all got your marching orders from your conservative think tank to bash the idea with the saaaaaame phrase.

@ScottPaterno How interesting that nearly nobody uses the phrase 'skin the game' anymore. Yet, when Bezos spoke about not taxing the bottom 50%, suddenly there are HUNDREDS of tweets saying almost the same thing. 'Everyone should pay at least $1 so that they have some skin in the game.' Weird.

This is a mistake. Go the other way - everyone should pay a minimum of $1 in taxes so that we all have skin in the game. If the bottom 50% do not pay taxes, their view on what we should spend those tax dollars on will atrophy.

@IzaBooboo Who tf is raising wages? Last I checked, minimum wage is $7.25 nationally. Buying power of the dollar has decreased year after year after year. Yet the wages have been stagnant. epi.org/publication/ch… But I'm sure you're just spouting talking points, not stating ACTUAL facts.

Raising wages makes things more expensive, but I guess we'll just pretend like that doesn't happen so we can blame others for our bad choices.

@RobProvince So you can afford to work there, rent there, buy food there, etc., but not be liquid enough to put down a $100k downpayment. So because of that, we have to get a new job because lord knows you fucking people hate the idea of someone working remote.

See… this is what I’m saying. $400,000?!? Really? You know we can get on Zillow and look up housing prices for starter homes in our area? Right? Like we can see houses at $250,000. Are they in LA? No. Are they starter homes like we grew up in? And our parents. And our grandparents? Yeah. $400,000 is going to be the starting price for houses in my neighborhood and that’s not a “starter” neighborhood my man.

@DaroDarai @KariHoffman2020 Start around 2:40 mark. An area I already showed pictures of her husband at. Rushing Capitol Police. Again, suuuuuuper peaceful. They are just praying! youtube.com/watch?v=SNI9ay…

@_roos17 @KariHoffman2020 would need to see the vid for context. find it

On January 6, 2021, my husband and I traveled to Washington, D.C. to peacefully stand with thousands of other Americans who believed their voices mattered. I was pregnant at the time. We never imagined we would leave that day physically attacked and emotionally scarred. While we stood among crowds of people singing, praying, and chanting “USA,” a barrage of tear gas, pepper spray, and flash bangs suddenly began raining down upon us. We were not violent. We were not attacking anyone. We were simply there — and we were treated like enemies. What followed changed our lives forever. In 2023, our home was raided by the FBI at gunpoint. Our children were dragged from their beds and forced into a hot garage in the middle of summer in only their pajamas. Agents threatened to shoot our dogs for trying to protect our family. Our home was torn apart while our children watched in terror. My husband was pulled from bed, arrested, and never properly told why. We spent tens of thousands of dollars on legal defense trying to survive a system that already seemed determined to convict anyone connected to January 6. We were told he was facing up to 53 years in prison if he went to trial. After watching case after case end in convictions, we truly believed the system was corrupt and that he would never receive a fair chance in court. We were told he could not fully present his own evidence, and we were told self-defense arguments would not be allowed. Several-second video clips were used in court as “evidence,” but they did not show the full picture or everything that actually happened that day. Then came the impossible choice: take a plea deal or risk losing the rest of his life. My husband was the sole provider for our family business and our household — a home that included me, my husband, my father-in-law, and our six children, including a newborn baby. The thought of losing him for decades was something our family simply could not survive. Faced with the threat of spending most of his life in prison and leaving his family behind, my husband accepted a plea deal out of fear and desperation — not because justice had been served. Today, we are incredibly thankful that President Trump granted him a pardon and brought him home to his family. But the damage done to our lives did not end there. During the time Luke was out on bond, Police were called to my home because my husband accidentally entered the wrong door at our daughter’s school after being directed there by our child. Even ordinary moments of life became filled with fear, scrutiny, and humiliation. We felt like we were constantly being watched and treated as dangerous simply because of January 6. This ordeal also stole something deeply personal from our family — the joy surrounding the birth of our youngest son. What should have been one of the happiest and most peaceful times of our lives was overshadowed by fear, stress, court cases, public judgment, and uncertainty about our future. Since then, our family has suffered devastating financial and emotional damage. Our reputation was destroyed. Our business suffered. We accumulated crushing debt trying to survive legal fees, lost income, and years of uncertainty. The emotional toll on our children cannot be measured. People see headlines. They see edited clips. They see labels. What they do not see are the wives left holding families together. The children traumatized by armed raids. The marriages tested by fear, isolation, and public shame. The years of our lives consumed by stress, court dates, and survival There must be accountability for what was done to so many American families. Until justice is truly served, we will never fully be home again — and our nation will never fully heal. The damage done did not end with prison sentences or media headlines. Families like ours are still living with the consequences every single day. #PayTheJ6ers

@DaroDarai @KariHoffman2020 Same type of dude that probably gets upset people wear masks to BLM protests. Get fucked you racist loser.

@_roos17 @KariHoffman2020 because you can do that in this country

@4nt1p4tt3rn @politicswarblog Please elaborate how you work a full time job (35-40hrs/week) while going to high school (30-40hrs/week) WHILE getting an associates degree (60-65 semester credits total (typically 2 years). And paid for her bachelors she's doing now 'in cash.' Math ain't mathing.

Ooh! ooh! Anecdotes! I can do these! Our daughter, over the past five years, worked full time jobs AND got an associates degree the same year she graduated high school, and is now completing her bachelors. At 21. She has $40k in cash saved towards a property she wants to buy. Apparently someone wants it more than you.

Another reason why younger folks are so up in arms about house prices: Many (most? all?) of them cannot possibly comprehend delayed gratification. Tell them they need to save for 5-10 years and they'll look at you like you just sprouted three additional heads. All while ignoring that this is traditionally how people have bought houses. They want to walk into a bank tomorrow, get a 0% down mortgage, and be in their new house by the end of the week.

@4nt1p4tt3rn Avg age of first time homebuyers in 1980 was 28. 1995 was 31. It's 40 now. Just keeeeeeeep delaying gratification huh? Gen-Z won't be able to buy homes until 50. But it's because they order Starbucks coffee I bet.

@KariHoffman2020 Your husband again looking mighty peaceful.

@KariHoffman2020 'We were not attacking anyone' 'Standing around.' This your husband. AGAIN?

@MinnesotaFan92 @mo_oakville @HeatherLemire1 And living with roommates? The average 1st time home buyer is about 40yrs old today. In 1995 it was around 31. So we live with roommates til we're 40? And they have the gall to ask why we aren't having kids? Because we can't buy a fucking house and live with roommates.

Perhaps not, but today there are so many more things that people choose to pay for - TV used to be free, now we pay for multiple streaming platforms for content. Phones were landlines and if we wanted to make a call on the go, it was ten cents at a phone booth - now we pay almost $1,000 for a cell phone and $45-100 a month for service. We use laptops, & ipads & replace them every few years as they wear out and technology becomes obsolete. Today, everyone has a car, and along with it comes insurance, which is soaring. Rents are high and fewer people live with roommates. The ability to order food and have it delivered is convenient, popular and expensive. Lifestyles have changed, and with the change comes additional expenses.

Kevin O’Leary’s comments about young people making sandwiches instead of ordering out are going viral, and honestly, a lot of what I’m seeing on social media about it annoys the hell out of me First off, it is hard to be a young adult right now. Inflation is brutal. Housing is expensive and in short supply. Groceries, gas, insurance, and energy costs are hitting everyone hard. Starting out today is not easy, and pretending otherwise is disconnected from reality. But what I completely reject is this growing narrative that boomers somehow “stole” prosperity from younger generations or should now give up what they worked for. My parents are boomers. They started their marriage with almost nothing. They lived in a depressing basement apartment in downtown Lexington before moving into a tiny rental house. My dad worked his way up at Pepsi-Cola over a 30-year career, starting in the warehouse and eventually becoming controller of the company. My parents didn’t buy their first home until I was in fifth grade, and even then it was a very modest ranch house. We ate at home almost every night. Going out to eat was rare. There were no Amazon packages showing up daily, no DoorDash, no expensive vacations, no constant lifestyle spending. A lot of people today act like previous generations all bought mansions at 23 while working part-time jobs, and that simply isn’t reality for most families. That doesn’t mean young people should just “stop complaining.” There are real economic problems we need to address. I help my own kids financially because I know how difficult things are. But I also expect them to spend responsibly, avoid wasting money, and work toward independence. No one is owed an easy life. Most people struggle at some point. I’ve worked three jobs at once as a single mom just to survive. It wasn’t fun, and I don’t wish that on my kids, but struggle is sometimes part of building a better future. Blaming “boomers” for everything won’t fix housing shortages or lower grocery prices. Spending all day online complaining won’t either. If people want change, get involved. Push for housing reform. Support policies that increase supply, competition, energy affordability, and economic opportunity. Build something. Contribute to your community. Fight for solutions instead of resentment. Quit whining. No one “owes” you anything.

@MinnesotaFan92 @mo_oakville @HeatherLemire1 Laptops being obsolete and/or wearing out. Why are companies building products designed to break aka planned obsolescence. Apple paid $500M for being caught doing that. $25-$50/per phone. Nothing compared to the amount of phones sold because batteries went bad AS PLANNED.