An important distinction, but the 7% returns are inflation adjusted. That is, investing $282/month now, and adjusting it for inflation as you go would get you $1 million in today’s dollars.

Outside of a few areas, a million dollars is an extravagant house. The median US house is about a quarter of that. The fourth most expensive state would get you a home about 3x the median for a million bucks.

The 7% is a link which explains where the number comes from.

Some people aren’t content just being dumb, they want everyone to know how dumb they are.

Save more and retire earlier or reduce expenses and retire with less money. The 10% of median salary listed would be total savings. Most people have 401k matches. The average I’m seeing is 4.3%, but I know a lot of companies do 3% because of how IRS rules work. That would mean saving 10% of your salary is really just…

Studies show a lower immunity from reinfection than from the vaccine. They also suggest a lower immunity to variants than from the vaccine. It also makes sense in how the vaccines work to target the infection. And there are asymptomatic and presymptomatic infections in which you can spread it, so that’s why you wear a…

If your debt exceeds the ratio, you CAN still get some loans, but you really need to think about whether you should. Renting is okay and even preferable sometimes.  You’ll really start to think about that the first time your house floods, your AC goes out, your roof starts leaking, etc.  I know people with multiple…

Batteries.

If they don’t quote it, you come in and at that point you’re halfway to buying a car at a sucker’s price. Someone who has patience or is knowledgeable won’t, but they’re not trying to convince them.

Denver seemed better. The coverage at the time said they were better. But I don’t think they were better.

I’m gonna have to disagree on Iverson. The Nuggets had a better win percentage before the trade that year, and the same win percentage as before the trade the following year. Philly improved after trading him, and were better the next two seasons too. Then Denver traded him away and improved. Detroit got worse when he…

No action movie stars? There’s The Rock, the biggest and highest earning one. You’ve got others like Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg, Ryan Reynolds, Vin Diesel, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Will Smith, Idris Elba, and a half dozen Marvel people all bigger than Statham.

He only was in 9 episodes of 1 season. He was originally supposed to be the big bad of S4 but he was too friendly for it. Whether his role expanded or not isn't clear. The big bad replacement’s main actor was in 8 episodes but he also possessed two other characters so he was in roughly the same amount of show.

Time Trapper was referenced by Diggle in his episode, so it’s the second reference.  I wasn’t sure if there was anything else I was forgetting, so I checked out the Fandom wiki.  Time Trapper also appeared in a novel based on the CW-verse that came out earlier this year.

1% is a lot of money. If you make 50k that’s a PS5. If you make $30k it’s a Switch. Even .5% is a lot of your salary. I wouldn’t buy a Switch on impulse at double that salary.

It does say “of the best” instead of just “the best”, but this list is sorely missing TMNT. Also The Mask was pretty good.

I have the opposite problem. I need to keep PTO available in case my kids or I get sick, so I don’t use much PTO until close to the end of the year.  Unlimited PTO would be nice to avoid that.

Not only is it a slideshow, it's a top 10 with 9 items on it.

Everyone under 12 can’t be vaccinated yet. There are people for whom the vaccination isn’t as effective as well. The people who are eligible but haven’t taken it and don’t care if they live or die? Yeah, I can’t muster too much concern for them when they don’t care. But I know a lot of kids and a few immunocompromised…

You're right.  I think I gave him more credit back then and wanted to believe it was a legit debilitating thing because I loved him as a player.