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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Noah smith, liar or dumbass?

« on: Today at 02:00:03 PM »

i think it just shows that younger cohorts in the us have higher incomes at the same stage in life than did older cohorts, and that gen z does not diverge from that trend.  there could be some compositional effects that are distorting the data as presented, but it's not immediately clear to me that there would be.

it's true that the cost of housing has outpaced inflation more generally, but gen z is still spending less on housing than did older cohorts.  americans are still getting richer.

https://twitter.com/JeffreyKleintop/status/1780707675850064219

Another fun thing in that chart is Gen X just pulling the ripcord and not working anymore

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Noah smith, liar or dumbass?

« on: Today at 01:46:24 PM »

yeah, I think real wages are up over the last 40 years. people are doing good as crap. people just like to bitch about grocery costs and housing and whatever. also keep in mind stuff we see as required to live today was luxurious years ago. we're fast on our way to the Wall-E lifestyle but still being slim because of miraculous GLP-1 miracle drugs.

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Tech Support and Suggestion Board / Re: 'Sup with these new splash ads?

« on: April 18, 2024, 09:32:49 PM »

Both of you get ready to donate your asses off then!


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Wacky's World / Re: BONER ALERT! All time greatest crushes!

« on: April 18, 2024, 08:15:21 PM »

I can still fix her guys, not a doubt in my mind

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Tech Support and Suggestion Board / Re: 'Sup with these new splash ads?

« on: April 18, 2024, 05:00:31 PM »

now we have zero ads and are going to need to do a gofundme 

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: LOL TRUMP

« on: April 18, 2024, 04:59:27 PM »

lmao

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1781078123963879750

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Kids

« on: April 18, 2024, 04:54:01 PM »

Starting in the fall I will have at least one child in high school for the next 13 years if they all go according to plan.

3 years from now I will have a run of 7 years. so 10'ish years until retirement for me.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: MEGA MAGA

« on: April 18, 2024, 04:50:58 PM »

topical

https://twitter.com/carlquintanilla/status/1781077230543618435

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« on: April 18, 2024, 02:06:25 PM »

Portland, Maine is a bucket list place for me. Keep notes of the cool places so I can get it from you when I go!

portland kicks tons of ass. I stayed at The Press hotel which is a marriott property and was cool AF. eat at Central Provisions.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« on: April 18, 2024, 02:05:36 PM »

then after state baseball we are going to kauai again. 5 nights at an airbnb in Hanalei and then 6 nights in connecting rooms at the Grand Hyatt. Gonna be so chill guys, after the absolute monster stress and nonstop go of baseball. I mean, relative chill when you have an 8 and 11 year old. but you know, still sort of chill.

Have been thinking about a family Hawaii trip.  How many points will I need for connecting rooms at the Grand Hyatt?  Any Marriott properties on the north side worth a crap that I can blow some points on?

shitloads, nope

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« on: April 17, 2024, 10:18:39 PM »

then after state baseball we are going to kauai again. 5 nights at an airbnb in Hanalei and then 6 nights in connecting rooms at the Grand Hyatt. Gonna be so chill guys, after the absolute monster stress and nonstop go of baseball. I mean, relative chill when you have an 8 and 11 year old. but you know, still sort of chill.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: travel thread

« on: April 17, 2024, 10:15:17 PM »

staying at the st regis bahia in a couple weeks. wife has spa appointments three days in a row, lmao.

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Kansas State Football / Re: Ireland Pak 2025

« on: April 15, 2024, 12:34:56 PM »

The Irish have some similarities to us in that they drink excessively and fight constantly. But also some differences in that they fornicate with their own relatives. 2 similarities and 1 difference!

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Post Your IRL Crimes ITT So The Feds Can Come Bust You

« on: April 10, 2024, 06:44:46 AM »

going through any type of security

security guy: Anything in your pockets?

me: nope!

irl: yep!

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Post Your IRL Crimes ITT So The Feds Can Come Bust You

« on: April 10, 2024, 06:43:28 AM »

when I am in one of our offices I do not check into an office or conference room. I just sit wherever and if someone comes and kicks me out?

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People

« on: April 09, 2024, 09:31:41 PM »

Jesus Christ


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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports

« on: April 09, 2024, 07:51:19 PM »

lmao




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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Post Your IRL Crimes ITT So The Feds Can Come Bust You

« on: April 09, 2024, 06:51:53 PM »

sometimes I want bottles of water or more coffee pods or whatever and I'll just grab them off the maid carts in the hallway.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Post Your IRL Crimes ITT So The Feds Can Come Bust You

« on: April 09, 2024, 06:50:35 PM »

My hotel room didn't have a do not disturb hanger so I stole one from a door down the hall

good one

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Political Facebook Posts/Tweets From People

« on: April 09, 2024, 01:22:57 PM »

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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports

« on: April 09, 2024, 11:59:04 AM »

There are absolutely rec level teams for baseball, basketball, etc. The problem is that the kids that are GOOD don't want to play on those teams. all these "back in my day kids played outside!" glorification of the olden days posts don't really recognize how great kids actually have it today if they want to excel at sports. I did all that bullshit too, because there wasn't a better option. It kept the really good kids lumped in with everyone else. today those kids have options to play higher level against better competition and really it's not that unreasonably expensive for what you get out of it. it's a ton of practice, games, team building, parties, screwing around between games, etc. I can assure you my kids will grow to be old asses like us glorifying their childhood experiences too.

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Trump 2024

« on: April 09, 2024, 09:53:14 AM »

lmao, first time anyone has wasted their time engaging with a Dax superlative. bet you get a reasoned response kk, good job.


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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Coaching Carousel Master Thread (MAYBE FEATURING THE KSU CATS?)

« on: April 08, 2024, 06:10:41 PM »

Did Arkansas just get left at the alter even before the woo pig soooie?

https://twitter.com/chrisjollyhale/status/1777470293818147283?s=46&t=odWzhuZU7P443NcVwlC1iQ


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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports

« on: April 08, 2024, 06:01:56 PM »

Yeah, if you play travel ball and a kid shows up with a USA bat your first priority is explaining to his parents that he’s going to need a USSSA bat.


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Other Sports (Tiger's Back) / Re: competitive little kid sports

« on: April 08, 2024, 04:02:56 PM »

so this touches on an issue that i’ve been wondering about ever since I first picked up one of these bats.  it’s ridiculous how lightweight and “hot” they are.  i immediately wondered to myself how they were legal and accepted.  i’m not suggesting that they should be using wooden bats, although college probably should be. 

seems like the technology and materials advancement has outpaced the game.

I may be talking out my ass here, but I think they actually have less pop than they used to. I think the old college bats that you heard the "ping" were hotter so they added the new version with required specs. I may have made that whole thing up though.

No, the hottest bats are composite and sound like a snapping branch when you hit with them. The alloy bats have generally less pop and still give that ping. Composite bats don’t have a long life and can’t be hit in cold weather because they will break. Also you don’t want to use them in the cage because you’re shortening that lifespan. Most kids will have an alloy metal bat and composite bat in their bat pack. Like there are Marucci bats in the same line (ie CatX) that are alloy, composite handle/alloy barrel, and two piece composite. Lil sd carries the second and third ones.


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