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  • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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    Doctor Phibes
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    #2678

    Don't you use the term water butt over here for a barrel?

    I was only joking

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    • jon-nycJ Offline
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      #2679

      No. We’re civilized.

      If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

        No. We’re civilized.

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        #2680

        @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

        No. We’re civilized.

        We have water butts, you have...

        4a066c85-de31-4544-a4c0-4a3373a35e85-image.png

        I was only joking

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        • jon-nycJ Offline
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          jon-nyc
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          #2681

          Cretin Barrel.

          If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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          • jon-nycJ Offline
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            #2682

            IMG_7817.jpeg

            If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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            • jon-nycJ Offline
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              jon-nyc
              wrote last edited by
              #2683

              If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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              • HoraceH Offline
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                Horace
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                #2684

                That guy and his hot takes. It can't just be an interesting stat, it's gotta be all the tension in the whole society boiled down into one graphic.

                Education is extremely important.

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                • jon-nycJ Offline
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                  #2685

                  It would be interesting to see when GenX took the lead over silent generation and compare that to where millennials are with respect to boomers.

                  If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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                  • HoraceH Horace

                    That guy and his hot takes. It can't just be an interesting stat, it's gotta be all the tension in the whole society boiled down into one graphic.

                    MikM Offline
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                    wrote last edited by Mik
                    #2686

                    @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

                    That guy and his hot takes. It can't just be an interesting stat, it's gotta be all the tension in the whole society boiled down into one graphic.

                    How much tension can there be in a society so rich? Are there proportionately more in poverty now than then? Of course, then you get into defining poverty which is its own can of worms and depends on the result one desires.

                    "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                    • jon-nycJ Offline
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                      Considering millennials can be as old as 45 there can be a lot of tension. We have made it illegal to build houses in much of the country and that policy has winners and losers.

                      If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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                        "Taxi" is one of the few (maybe only?) words that means the same and sounds the same in (almost) every language in the world.

                        English – Taxi (pronounced: /ˈtæksi/)
                        Chinese (Mandarin) – 計程車 (okay - this is not quite taxi. Actually means "car that calculates by distance". LOL. But if you say "taxi", everybody will understand you.)
                        Spanish – Taxi (pronounced: /ˈtak.si/)
                        French – Taxi (pronounced: /takˈsi/)
                        German – Taxi (pronounced: /ˈtaksi/)
                        Russian – Такси (tak-si)
                        Arabic – تاكسي (tak-see)
                        Japanese – タクシー (takushii)
                        Hindi – टैक्सी (taiksee)
                        Indonesian - taksi
                        Thai - แท็กซี่ (tháek sîi)
                        Japanese - タクシ (takushi)
                        ーetc.

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                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

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                          LuFins DadL Offline
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                          @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                          IMG_7817.jpeg

                          I don’t know that’s a very useful stat. The percentage of income is going to drop as the car is paid off.

                          The Brad

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                            One imagines that at a population level it’s pretty stable and depends on both economic factors and social factors.

                            How much of those large numbers in the south east are due to young men really wanting a big ass truck?

                            Also there’s a large population for whom ‘paying off a car’ isn’t a thing. One leases in perpetuity because it’s the “cheapest” (sic) way to own a car.

                            If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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                            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                              One imagines that at a population level it’s pretty stable and depends on both economic factors and social factors.

                              How much of those large numbers in the south east are due to young men really wanting a big ass truck?

                              Also there’s a large population for whom ‘paying off a car’ isn’t a thing. One leases in perpetuity because it’s the “cheapest” (sic) way to own a car.

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                              @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                              One imagines that at a population level it’s pretty stable and depends on both economic factors and social factors.

                              How much of those large numbers in the south east are due to young men really wanting a big ass truck?

                              Also there’s a large population for whom ‘paying off a car’ isn’t a thing. One leases in perpetuity because it’s the “cheapest” (sic) way to own a car.

                              Are leases auto debt calculated at the total cost of the vehicle or the total lease commitment for this purpose?

                              The Brad

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                                @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                When over the last 100 years hasn’t the majority of the wealth been in the generation’s whose children are now adults and self reliant. As life expectancies have increased, it’s natural for that to shift even more. The issue isn’t where the wealth is concentrated, the issue is the costs of first time home ownership as a percentage of income as well as the costs of education. And it’s a cascading effect as parents are less able to contribute as much to the education and initial savings.

                                The Brad

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                                • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                  @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                  One imagines that at a population level it’s pretty stable and depends on both economic factors and social factors.

                                  How much of those large numbers in the south east are due to young men really wanting a big ass truck?

                                  Also there’s a large population for whom ‘paying off a car’ isn’t a thing. One leases in perpetuity because it’s the “cheapest” (sic) way to own a car.

                                  Are leases auto debt calculated at the total cost of the vehicle or the total lease commitment for this purpose?

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                                  @LuFins-Dad said in Mildly interesting:

                                  @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                  One imagines that at a population level it’s pretty stable and depends on both economic factors and social factors.

                                  How much of those large numbers in the south east are due to young men really wanting a big ass truck?

                                  Also there’s a large population for whom ‘paying off a car’ isn’t a thing. One leases in perpetuity because it’s the “cheapest” (sic) way to own a car.

                                  Are leases auto debt calculated at the total cost of the vehicle or the total lease commitment for this purpose?

                                  My bad. I was thinking of that as payment as a percentage of income. Leases wouldn’t show up in this data at all.

                                  If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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                                  • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                    @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                    When over the last 100 years hasn’t the majority of the wealth been in the generation’s whose children are now adults and self reliant. As life expectancies have increased, it’s natural for that to shift even more. The issue isn’t where the wealth is concentrated, the issue is the costs of first time home ownership as a percentage of income as well as the costs of education. And it’s a cascading effect as parents are less able to contribute as much to the education and initial savings.

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                                    @LuFins-Dad

                                    I think the general shape of intergenerational wealth shift is unchanged in the modern era but the timing has probably shifted considerably for the reasons you state - homeownership is a big chunk of middle class wealth as they age and younger generations are starting that much later.

                                    If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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                                      Renting and investing has probably been a better wealth accumulator for the past 25 or so years.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                        Some literally Olympic-caliber break dancing at a town hall:

                                        Link to video

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

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                                          @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

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                                          It says "adjusted for cost of living."
                                          Why would they need to adjust for cost of living when it's already in percentage of household Income?

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