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by staringback 3y ago
5% is still in the realm of cashback rewards, I use my Citi Custom Cash card to purchase gas and receive 5% back (it is cheaper this way even though the credit price is usually 10c higher per gallon)
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by staringback 3y ago
My Citi Custom Cash card gives me 5% back on gas station purchases (my highest category), even paying the higher price at the pump for credit cards I still come out ahead. I'm fairly certain Citi is not making 5% on interchange fees
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by staringback 3y ago
Given how generous credit card rewards are in the US, combined with the interest rates that get charged to people who buy things they can't afford, I don't see it replacing credit cards.
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by staringback 3y ago
The solution to every problem: adding another tax
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by staringback 3y ago
> Google tells me that the average TCO of car ownership in the US was $10,728 in 2022 Every time I hear this insane number I have a good laugh. I own 3 cars myself and my total cost of ownership is nowhere near that high combined.
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by staringback 3y ago
There can only be so many cars, after all. You make a good point, why don't we build a 100k lane highway?
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by staringback 3y ago
Reminds me of "Solving Pokemon Blue With a Single, Huge Regular Expression (2018)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2g9d29UIzk
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by staringback 3y ago
> Yet when it comes to it, barely anywhere is building enough of that kind of building. Pretty much every single building I see being constructed around the Seattle area is a 5-over-2
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by staringback 3y ago
This highway is very congested. What if there were 20 more lanes?
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by staringback 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_contract I think you have a Hollywood-system mindset, not a US-system mindset. Just because it doesn't have a signature on it doesn't mean it isn't a contract
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by staringback 3y ago
This is offset by wages being 2-3x (or even more) higher in professional fields. Lower income tax generally as well, so US professionals take home much greater pay in lieu of more holidays.
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by staringback 3y ago
Years ago I had a blood test taken at a local pathology place, the form they were submitting had a CAPTCHA and pictures they were given weren't easy by any means. I'm talking the kind of stuff you get trying to go to google.com on
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by staringback 3y ago
> Well, until Congress decides to not kneecap every department in the government Checks and balances is called kneecapping these days? There is a reason the president doesn't have unlimited power over the executive branch.
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by staringback 3y ago
> They have given very clear guidance for years: basically all cryptocurrencies are securities. Please point out a single time where Gensler makes a claim even remotely similar to this. The SEC does literally everything else except for g
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by staringback 3y ago
Change banks then. Free market at work
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by staringback 3y ago
The fact that you think this is something you should be concerned about when sending your kid to school shows that you lack critical thinking and base your idea of the US on agenda pushing media instead of rationality.
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by staringback 3y ago
It is most definitely optional
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by staringback 3y ago
That punk pulled a Glock 7 on me. You know what that is? It's a porcelain gun made in Germany. It doesn't show up on you airport X-ray machines, and it costs more than you make here in a month.
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by staringback 3y ago
https://ustaxes.org
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by staringback 3y ago
> much faster than boiling on a gas stove. There is no way an electric stove is quicker than a gas stove. I did a quick google search and a standard gas stove on high is 12,000-18,000 BTU, which is 3.5-5.4kw.
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by staringback 3y ago
I have wondered if this phenomenon had a name, thanks!
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by staringback 3y ago
Guinness world records is a publicity/marketing company, not a record keeping company.
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by staringback 3y ago
Next headline: 1 bedroom apartments increase by $490/mo
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by staringback 3y ago
One of the reasons I am on a carnivore diet (animal products only) is to cancel out the work of at least 1 vegan in the world
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by staringback 3y ago
> After it's all done, Outlook will show ya your new profile, and you're good to go! Ain't that easy? Now ya can start sendin' and receivin' emails like a pro. Just remember, don't drink and email, buddy, &#
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by staringback 4y ago
I'm not expert on casinos, but placing a bet after the ball starts spinning just sounds wrong? Why would casinos ever allow that?
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by staringback 4y ago
Lisa, I want to buy your rock
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by staringback 4y ago
70 billion of US taxpayer money isn't even lifting a finger?
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by staringback 4y ago
What about Yugoslavia in 1999?
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by staringback 4y ago
What about Yugoslavia in 1999?

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