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MikeDeTiger

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« Reply #9254 on: October 28, 2021, 06:03:48 PM »

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I assume most of us here are the semi-rich 9.9%

Mine and Mrs. DeTiger's net worth is nowhere near $1.2 mil

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« Reply #9255 on: October 28, 2021, 06:23:31 PM »
aside from money, that someone is in the 9.9%?

The cultural things
"Courage; Generosity; Fairness; Honor; In these are the true awards of manly sport."

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« Reply #9256 on: October 28, 2021, 06:36:07 PM »
Roughly speaking, we may have fit the monetary category had my health not gone to shite and I lost all my earning power throughout my 30's.  I can also no longer do the job I did in my 20's.  Job I have now amounts to not much, but I am meandering towards something better, hopefully, if my re-entry to the world of education goes well.  

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« Reply #9257 on: October 28, 2021, 06:48:04 PM »
good luck

best wishes

hopefully the worst is behind you
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« Reply #9258 on: October 28, 2021, 06:48:31 PM »
I've found that social media in general is a poor platform for any meaningful discussion.  Even if people were more civil. 

If yall think I'm TLDR on a sports forum, you should try having a conversation with me.  I take like 20 minutes to lay out points, anticipate counterpoints and try to answer them. 

Ain't nobody got time for that. 
Hell. We'd have fun with a case of beer 'tween us.

betarhoalphadelta

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« Reply #9259 on: October 28, 2021, 06:49:57 PM »
aside from money, that someone is in the 9.9%?

The cultural things
I'm in that 9.9 for income, but not net wealth. 

If I had been able to keep the house in the divorce, I still wouldn't be there, but I'd be a hell of a lot closer. 

But I'm 43. I'm shooting to be well within the 9.9% when I retire. 

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« Reply #9260 on: October 28, 2021, 07:19:14 PM »
well, you know, this is just like one author's opinion
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« Reply #9261 on: October 28, 2021, 07:30:47 PM »
well, you know, this is just like one author's opinion
You mean the guy that wrote this book?

The 9.9 Percent: The New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culture

Seems fair...

MikeDeTiger

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« Reply #9262 on: October 28, 2021, 07:52:00 PM »
I can see an argument for "entrenching inequality," but he would have an uphill climb to convince me about "warping our culture."  

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« Reply #9263 on: October 28, 2021, 08:13:51 PM »
You mean the guy that wrote this book?

The 9.9 Percent: The New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culture

Seems fair...
yes, that guy
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« Reply #9264 on: October 28, 2021, 08:36:52 PM »
They won't let me give blood anymore. The burnt orange color scares the hell out of the doctors.

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« Reply #9265 on: October 29, 2021, 12:05:29 AM »

This.

I believe politics are not far off a the standard bell curve.  Some large % not far from the center, and some much smaller % near both left and right edges. 

Unfortunately, it gets exacerbated because the voices most heard are from both social media and ALL main stream media, and they are out near the edges.

So the folks near the middle get angry because, although can happily exist in a conversation not far off center- they are deluged with the message from the far edge opposite them.

It leads to this polarization and this “ pick one side or the other and fight” mentality.


So, I kinda agree with this, and kinda don't.

On the one hand, yeah, the loud bonkers stuff gets the attention. But I also think there's something wired in us that gravitates toward the carnage. In arguments, in media, all over. 

Like, most media is dry, or at least nothing special. But it's that spicy stuff that gets focused on and slung around. Granted, then capitalism takes over, and folks produce more spice to counter place that produce nothing but it. 

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« Reply #9266 on: October 29, 2021, 06:57:26 AM »
1919, 20, 21, 28, 29, 31, 34, 35, 36, 37, 42, 44
WWH: 1952, 54, 55, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 67, 68, 70, 72, 74, 75
1979, 81, 82, 84, 87, 94, 98
2001, 02, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

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« Reply #9267 on: October 29, 2021, 07:11:14 AM »
I must’ve skipped some posts. What’s the 9,9%?  

 

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