[–] 17 points 11 months ago

"I was eating some pizza and I burnt the roof of my mouth. Then I thought, wait a minute, that's not the roof of my mouth. That's the ceiling of my mouth. The roof of my mouth is way up here. Whoever named this was not using the attic of their mouth at all." - Demetri Martin

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    You've just invented a story based on your singular experience. The numbers are there.

    Honestly, this entire thread is just a prime example of people refusing to look at data and just sticking to your experience in spite of the data as well as wealth disparity.

    20% of families in the US clear 250k. You can easily own a nice home and have a nice truck while saving for retirement.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    You're the ones screeching at 300k vs 250k by definition. As of it makes any significant difference on my original comment.

    All I have said to set y'all off is that a good chunk of the country has this and isn't underwater and y'all start screeching about 250k vs 300k.

    Crazy high levels of missing the forest for the trees and overly augmentative over a minor difference.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I grew up with and around these types of people. It doesn't matter how much money they have, they're image obsessed and go beyond their means whatever that limit is to look like they're outdoing their peers. These gated communities and country club types are very much "keeping up with the Joneses".

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Never said it was. As usual folks are reading into my comment pointing out the reality and they, in their heads, have immediately created an entire persona in their heads thinking that I'm pointing out anything else but the dumb assumption that everyone in a nice house and car is swimming in debt.

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