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It's always amazing to me that people can't raise 400$ in an emergency as I'm in my mid 20s and make 70k a year and I have 100x that in the bank. It reminds me

It's always amazing to me that people can't raise 400$ in an emergency as I'm in my mid 20s and make 70k a year and I have 100x that in the bank. It reminds me that I make a decent amount more than the median household income in the US and how lucky I've been overall.

mikestew 9y ago
It reminds me that I make a decent amount more than the median household income in the US and how lucky I've been overall. We would all do well to remember, as it's easy to forget when you see your fourth Tesla on the way to work, amid a sea of BMWs (hi, Redmond!). Then I go visit my parents in Florida. Oh, yeaaaaah, I forgot that I'm fucking rolling it and I'm lucky as can be. And I did not grow up rich, so you'd think it would stick better. <shrug> But I do wonder if some of the political decisions made are a result of an extreme version of that. Take our sitting president, as one example. The man has never known want, never once has the price of a pair of shoes ever factored into his decision making. Is he a complete dick, or just clueless and tone-deaf as a result of his environment? Kind of like how George W. Bush famously didn't know the price of a gallon of milk. You know who has two thumbs and also doesn't know the price of a gallon of milk +/- $1? This guy. I'm not ridiculously rich, and even I don't know. But I remember a time when I needed to know. But I can't remember the last president we've had that might have ever needed to know the price of a gallon of milk at any point in their life. Maybe Clinton, if one believes the story of his upbringing to be completely true.
- dragonwriter 9y ago
  > Kind of like how George W. Bush famously didn't know the price of a gallon of milk. Well, not famously enough for people to remember which President Bush this story is usually told about, apparently (George H. W. Bush, in his 1992 re-election campaign.) Also, AFAIK, it didn't actually happen, but is a myth that has grown up by mixing a common description of out-of-touch politicians with the actual story of George H. W. Bush seeming surprised by (at that point, common for many years) grocery scanners.
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King-Aaron 9y ago
> It's always amazing to me that people can't raise 400$ in an emergency as I'm in my mid 20s and make 70k a year That's called being disconnected.

mikestew 9y ago

It reminds me that I make a decent amount more than the median household income in the US and how lucky I've been overall. We would all do well to remember, as it's easy to forget when you see your fourth Tesla on the way to work, amid a sea of BMWs (hi, Redmond!). Then I go visit my parents in Florida. Oh, yeaaaaah, I forgot that I'm fucking rolling it and I'm lucky as can be. And I did not grow up rich, so you'd think it would stick better. <shrug> But I do wonder if some of the political decisions made are a result of an extreme version of that. Take our sitting president, as one example. The man has never known want, never once has the price of a pair of shoes ever factored into his decision making. Is he a complete dick, or just clueless and tone-deaf as a result of his environment? Kind of like how George W. Bush famously didn't know the price of a gallon of milk. You know who has two thumbs and also doesn't know the price of a gallon of milk +/- $1? This guy. I'm not ridiculously rich, and even I don't know. But I remember a time when I needed to know. But I can't remember the last president we've had that might have ever needed to know the price of a gallon of milk at any point in their life. Maybe Clinton, if one believes the story of his upbringing to be completely true.

dragonwriter 9y ago
> Kind of like how George W. Bush famously didn't know the price of a gallon of milk. Well, not famously enough for people to remember which President Bush this story is usually told about, apparently (George H. W. Bush, in his 1992 re-election campaign.) Also, AFAIK, it didn't actually happen, but is a myth that has grown up by mixing a common description of out-of-touch politicians with the actual story of George H. W. Bush seeming surprised by (at that point, common for many years) grocery scanners.

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King-Aaron 9y ago

> It's always amazing to me that people can't raise 400$ in an emergency as I'm in my mid 20s and make 70k a year That's called being disconnected.