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The amount of ways companies “short” consumers these days is under-talked about - a thread

@MikemanCommeth @WickJester @MAGA_X_Times @BelannF Not everyone can afford that lol

@WickJester @MAGA_X_Times @BelannF If you're dumb enough not to have them on battery backup, I guess.

Homeowners in this township we’re notified that they had to install a disconnect for their] electric meter base at a cost of $2500 so in the event of a fire the firefighters could simply throw the disconnect and cut power to the dwelling. These folks had an actual fire and a firefighter who no doubt was acting on his training, pulled the meter out of the meter base threw it on the ground and left the internals of the meter base exposed to the elements. I’m sure the letterhead that went out notifying the good people of this Township of this “necessary addition”kindly provided a contractor that would do it for them…sounds like a scam to me. You would think they would use an actual disconnect and not a breaker, that firefighter doesn’t have time to look at our wiring schematic🙄 Has anyone else heard of this ?

@mathelirium Front of the wing breaks up fast moving air. If shaped right, the top side get the slower “low pressure air” Bottom side gets the streamlined, quicker high pressure air. Pressure is force, high pressure, high force, pushes upward against the low pressure low force side.

It is often said that the lift on a wing is generated because the flow moving over the top surface has a longer distance to travel and therefore needs to go faster. This common explanation is actually wrong.

@mathelirium It’s more about the pressure part

@JoshuaUtin @dom_lucre You could not have kids, but work with, or study kid, and have plenty of valid knowledge on kids.

@dom_lucre No kids = no seat at the parenting table.👌

🔥🚨DEVELOPING: Former NFL star Cam Newton instantly went off on Kendra G after for trying to tell him how to raise his kids whiteout having any children of her own. Kendra: “You can’t control your children. The human is a child, they have the right to be themselves” Newton: “Who can’t?… You’re telling me how a children is supposed to be raised and you don’t have children… This is where I check out”

@BOSSportsGordo Easier with a truck, sharper turn radius

Serious question for people who back into parking spaces - what’s the point?

@BoomerDivvies Correlation isn’t causation. Those with a higher net worth OBVIOUSLY are more likely to own a home, but that doesn’t mean owning the home gave them that net worth.

Median net worth for homeowners vs renters in USA Home owning is still the best way to get ahead. 35-44 Homeowners: ~$250K – $350K Renters: ~$10K – $20K ⸻ 45–54 Homeowners: ~$400K – $600K Renters: ~$20K – $40K ⸻ 55–64 Homeowners: ~$600K – $900K Renters: ~$40K – $80K

@TheFoxesSay @MMBeckerman @financedystop So you can say that not all contractors are alike but then turn and say all clients are alike? Get some perspective dude.

@MMBeckerman @financedystop As a contractor that’s not the case for everyone. I have a client that owes me a year worth of work. $15k and thousands out of pocket. I make barely $60k a year. So no, it’s not everyone. But everyone wants to screw us.

If everyone treated restaurants like they treat their contractors…

@historyinmemes Probably not

Bradley Cooper spent six years training to perform this single scene, which lasts over six minutes.

@snowanaya1 @DreamDividend @CollinGrossWx But for that to be true, they’d have to be both smart and accurate. What’re the odds Iran is both? Slim.

@firesideflicker @DreamDividend @CollinGrossWx Aahh yeah you’re right 😬

BREAKING: Reports are coming in of a possible meteor that exploded over the west side of Houston, Texas this evening ☄️ Lightning detection on satellite picked up the flash!

@WallStreetMav But definitely shouldn’t be a specific destination or expected to be an unforgettable experience.

@WallStreetMav They’re great when going there is convenient. I’d never go out of my way for one.

I have been to a Buc-ee’s before. It is an overrated experience.

@snowanaya1 @DreamDividend @CollinGrossWx They’d hit choke points..

@DreamDividend @CollinGrossWx If they wanted to fuck with big oil they would have hit the Permian Basin not Houston. Since Midland/Odessa are the biggest oil producers in Texas.

It’s a negotiating tactic. They start with a high percentage which causes a high monthly rate. Then tell you they got your rate down, and simultaneous they throw in their warranty package that makes your rate stay similar to what it was. Had this happen to me both of the last two times I purchased, it’s a method to try to get you to pay for the warranties.

We order a new Ford Maverick. Dealer calls and said they got financing approved but it’s a high rate so they recommend we put more down and in the future get approved for the Ford credit line to make things easier. I ask the rate. 12.99% I say let’s pause on the deal and let me make a few calls. 5 mins later the phone rings. They magically got it down to 8.49%. Don’t let these guys try to screw you over.

@Brick_Pitino Mrs Renfro has entered the chat.

This is simply the best salsa in the world until proven otherwise

@alt_w_v_g If you’re only getting ~3-5% off sticker, you’re the one getting played

Went to the car dealership Saturday Wife wants a new SUV Salesman walked over and said "what are we looking for today?" I said "what's your margin on the Tahoe?" He laughed I said "I'm not joking. What's the invoice price versus the sticker and what holdback does the dealer get from GM?" He stopped laughing My wife said "we're just browsing" We were not just browsing I brought a spreadsheet Printed Color coded Blue for inputs Black for calculations I showed him the comparable transaction analysis I ran on every Tahoe sold within 50 miles in the last 90 days He said "sir this is a car dealership" I said "and these are the comps" He went to get his manager The manager came out Looked at my spreadsheet Looked at me Said "where do you work?" I said "private equity" He said "that explains it" My wife was already in the lobby pretending she didn't know me We got the Tahoe $4,200 below sticker She didn't thank me But the savings speak for themselves You are welcome Sent from my iPhone

@realfrugalmogul They love to negotiate in terms of monthly payment..

Friend: Bro, my car dealership just told me they can take my car, give me a 2026 model, and my payment will be $10 cheaper per month! Me: Isn’t your car only two years old? Friend: Yeah, now I can have a brand new model. Me: Why do you need a new model, is something wrong with the current car? Friend: Oh no, this car is great! I just want the 2026. It will be cheaper! Me: It’s unlikely to be cheaper, having a lower monthly payment doesn’t mean the 2026 is “cheaper” Friend: What do you mean? How is less money not cheaper? Me: How many years is your current loan for? Friend: I think 48 months at $350 Me: How many months will the new loan be for? Friend: It’s 60 months for $340! Me: That’s not cheaper… you just have a longer term to pay, which is bringing the monthly payments down Friend: BUT if I sign up this weekend they said they’d lower the monthly payment by another $5… now’s that’s $15 per month cheaper for a NEW car Me: 🤦

@historyinmemes “Cancelled”

Imagine what Lockheed Martin has now if they had this is in 2008.. In 2008, Lockheed Martin discreetly tested a forward-looking missile-defense concept known as the Multiple Kill Vehicle (MKV). Instead of a single interceptor, MKV proposed releasing several small, autonomous kill vehicles in space, each able to track and destroy individual warheads or decoys. Relying on advanced sensors, onboard guidance, and extreme precision, MKV was designed to defeat saturation attacks far more efficiently than existing systems. Early tests reportedly proved the idea workable, but shifting budgets and strategy led to its cancellation—leaving only a fleeting glimpse of a modular, space-based defense future.

@OkieLandman580 @oilmutt No. Can’t sell what you don’t own.

LANDMAN 101 QUIZ: Company A leases a tract, all rights from the mineral owner. Company A assigns lease to B all right above 4000 feet. B assigns to C all right title and interest. No mention of the depth restriction. Does C now own all RTI at all depths?

@JesseKellyDC It’s less about what the people can handle or are used to and more about what the grid and homes are designed/built to handle

Having grown up in Montana and now living in Texas, it will never stop being funny watching Southerners prepare for two days of freezing temperatures as if it’s the ten plagues of Moses.

@DavidRamsdenWoo @Andrewwolson @zacurate I don’t know that recent ones being 50% of the original is accurate. Lots of parent wells are 10-15+ years old and understimulated.

@Andrewwolson @zacurate First well in the spacing unit has no competion. Second competes with the first. Third competes with the first 2. Guys are drilling 8-12 … the recent wells Are 50% of the original … if that….

Part 2: Bakken - The Conclusion - using 4cast Reposting since my TikTak-style video didn't seem to resonate. Final Answer (the good part): EURs: ~ 370,000 bbls for Oil and 1 bcf for Gas (30-year) IRR: ~ 34% for the life of the asset ROI: ~ 72% Break-even: ~ 22 months Assumptions are restated below for reference. Costs and Decimals: - 100% Working Interest (source - Zac) - 75% NRI (source - Zac) - Drilling: $275/ft - (Source - Chord 3Q25 Earnings Presentation, Conoco 2025 guidance est. - Completion: $475/ft - same sources above, excluding Zac. - Avg LOE: Oil $6/bbl, Gas $0.40/mcf (Chord Q3 2025 at ~$9.62/boe aggregate, industry analyses) Commodity Prices: - Avg realized prices (flat): Oil $59.73/bbl, Gas $0.85/mcf (Vitesse Q3 2025 report for Bakken) Type Well (Engin's Nightmare): - 2023 forward Horizontal wells for all formations blended together and normalized to a 10,000 ft lateral length ~ 2,500 (source - 4cast via Rextag) Willing to show your work and compare notes? No one ever does this... Questions and comments are welcome!