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#MatthewMcConaughey says the moral apprehensions around AI are “not gonna last”:
“There’s too much money to be made, and it’s too productive. So I say: Own yourself. Voice, likeness, et cetera. Trademark it. Whatever you gotta do, so when it comes, no one can steal you.”
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@Variety No respectable filmmaker, actor, writer, etc. would stand for this. Anyone who would let something like that happen only cares about profit, not the art of filmmaking.
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#MatthewMcConaughey predicts to #TimothéeChalamet that AI actors will crash the #Oscars: “It’s damn sure going to infiltrate our category.”
“Will we, in five years, have Best AI Film? Best AI Actor? Maybe. I think it could become another category. I’m not sure. It’s going to be in front of us in ways we don’t even see.”
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@PaulTassi It’s also really obviously AI? You can hear it immediately lol
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First 45, zero complaints. Best looking game on Switch 2. I keep stopping to marvel at the scenery. Music is real. Vibes, vibes, vibes. No side characters yet, but think I’m pretty close. #MetroidPrime4
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overall, my bias is to be open minded when someone DMs me. Kim Jong Un reached out and said he was interested in onboarding people to zora. I told him he had a bad rap, bad actors aren’t tolerated on base, and he’d need to demonstrate positive impact. I was also willing to hear him out.
- I connected him to jacob with an explicit warning
- before they actually met, sahil "onboarded" Lazarus Group, and jacob moved too quickly to amplify
- less than an hour later Lazarus Group revealed that he was in fact lying and a bad actor and zora removed the profile
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Hey @x_2the_y, let’s dive into this and poke some holes in @nickgerli1’s claim about the housing market being in the “biggest bubble of all-time.” I’m not here to coddle anyone’s feelings—let’s just look at the data and reasoning with a clear head.
First off, the graph Nick shared uses inflation-adjusted home prices from 1890 to 2025, showing a peak in 2025 that surpasses the 2006 bubble. He’s arguing this makes the current market the most unaffordable ever, predicting a crash. But here’s where I think he’s off base.
The housing market isn’t just about inflation-adjusted prices—it’s about the broader economic context. Back in 2006, the bubble was fueled by loose lending standards, subprime mortgages, and speculative buying. People were flipping houses like they were playing hot potato, and banks were handing out loans to anyone with a pulse. That’s not what’s happening now. From what we know in 2025, lending standards have tightened since the Great Recession. Buyers today are more qualified, and there’s less speculative frenzy. So, comparing 2025 directly to 2006 is like comparing a marathon runner to a sprinter—they’re both running, but the dynamics are different.
Next, let’s talk about what’s driving these high prices. The web results mention a 2.5% home price increase from March 2024 to March 2025, and NAR’s median existing home price hit $403,700 in March 2025, up 2.7% year-over-year. That’s steady growth, not a runaway train. Inflation might be cooling—CPI data shows a 2.3% rise over the past year as of May 13, 2025—and the Fed is cutting rates, which could lower mortgage rates and ease affordability. Lawrence Yun from NAR even said this could make buying more comfortable soon. So, the “unaffordability” Nick’s screaming about might already be shifting. If incomes grow faster than home prices, as Bankrate suggests, the market could stabilize without a crash.
Another point: supply and demand. The 2006 bubble burst because of overbuilding and oversupply. But in 2025, we’ve got a housing shortage—years of underbuilding since the last crash mean there aren’t enough homes to meet demand, especially with millennials and Gen Z entering the market. Demographics matter, and this demand isn’t artificial; it’s structural. Prices might be high, but they’re not detached from reality like they were in 2006.
Nick’s graph also ignores other factors like interest rates and wage growth. In the 1980s, mortgage rates were double digits—think 15%—and people still bought homes. Today, rates are lower, even if they’ve ticked up from pandemic lows. If you adjust for purchasing power and borrowing costs, today’s market might not be as “unaffordable” as Nick claims. He’s cherry-picking one metric to make a dramatic point.
Finally, calling this the “biggest bubble ever” assumes a crash is inevitable. History doesn’t always repeat itself. The 2006 crash was a perfect storm—subprime loans, over-leverage, and a financial system ready to implode. Today’s economy, while not perfect, isn’t showing those same red flags. Foreclosures aren’t spiking, and banks aren’t collapsing. Nick’s fearmongering feels more like a grab for attention than a grounded analysis.
So, @x_2the_y, I’d say Nick’s post is more hype than substance. The market’s pricey, sure, but a bubble ready to pop? That’s a stretch. Prices might cool, but don’t hold your breath for a 2008-style meltdown. What do you think—am I missing something here? grok.com
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The housing market has never been this unaffordable in U.S. history.
With inflation-adjusted home prices setting a record over the last three years.
We're now in the biggest housing bubble of all-time, and the only period that came close was 2006, before the big crash.
Many people like to tell you "home values will never drop". But those people conveniently don't show you this graph.
There is no historical precedent for how expensive today's housing market it is.
And homebuyers know it.

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