jennwiththesea

Um, woman with a ROG here. 😁 I do not bring it with me to defend high profile clients in court, though.

To put a finer point on it: The average car buyer who has $0 down is not buying a $43,000+ car.

Buying old will always be cheaper, I'm not trying to argue against that. But the numbers you listed are going to depend on where you live. Registration will happen every year, whether you buy new or old, but buying an older car will save some money on those registrations. I'm really just trying to say that the same point can be made, but with reasonable and accurate numbers that the average consumer can relate to.

I'm one of the suckers who always tips, but I also worry that those tips aren't actually getting to the workers. I would much prefer a system that just pays them a living wage!

Why is no one calling bullshit on these numbers? 10%/mo of 100k/yr = $833 a month. That is a HUGE monthly loan repayment. That's a $43,000 vehicle with nothing as a down payment. You can get a new car for less than half that. (And then on the next round you can trade in or sell your old one for more down payment.) Even if you figure that's 100k pre-tax, you should still be left with roughly 70-80% of that, which is more than plenty for a basic new car.

I'm not arguing that inflation has been ridiculous, because it absolutely has. The bottom 90% of folks are getting fucked. But let's use real numbers.

😳 That is awful. You deserve better.

Port is short. My BIL taught me that this summer!

I tried looking for any studies on this, and all I can find is info on kids. Nothing in adults, except one study that found cognitive benefits to older adults who used social media.

Finally.

Amazing title. 😂

Anyone who worked in a lab as an undergrad knew this. Some of us still chose to pursue it...

Yes, Angelfire!! My first website was there. It was ✨ sparkly✨ and quite lovely. 😂 I only ever see people talk about Live Journal nowadays, which I think was after my time.