Great news, I finally figured out how to block the autoplay videos on mobile!

Why the fuck am I seeing autoplay video in the middle of an article?

Came to say the same thing.

For a sec I thought hamno had been hacked or gone pizza gate on us.

Yes, don't admit truth, just dismiss what you don't want to see.

Who actually believes the reporter “just happened” to see this happening?

My guess would be his backup strategy was absolutely shit, or something like that.

Decision making depends on the economic situation. In a high inflation economy buying something now is better than saving. We don’t have that scenario in the US right now. Devaluing the currency isn't the worst thing Russians have done to hoarders.

Consumer driven does not require debt on our current level. I spends lots of money, I just do it after saving it.

You still don’t get it. You keep talking about income, I am talking about expenses. I also haven’t said a thing about my bootstraps. Finally, a salary number wouldn’t help you because it is half the story, living expenses are localized. You also seem to think I am old, I am an older millennial.

Yes, the duration of illegal migration patterns and poor enforcement combined with birthright citizenship has made demographic shift a certainty. Not sure if compromise is a good plan for the left, it’s just a matter of time before the children of illegal migrants tip the voting balance to let in more folks. On the…

Because grown ass men can’t kill women without a gun........

I am in mobile now and unable to confirm your numbers. I intend to look into it in the future.

No, I was referencing survey data which uses $500 as a question. I consider that a good reference point for ‘living check to check’

Victim blaming, a generic complaint about pointing out how a person’s decisions led clearly and directly to their outcomes. Fuck that noise, your actions have consequences, I blame the decider, even if the one they harm is themselves.

What help would they have gotten if they hadn't been caught by border patrol while walking into the US?

Systematic rot from enabling poor decisions?

The bottom 10% have an excuse, they can’t afford to save. Everyone else is living at the edge of their income on purpose. You know those people, middle and working class people with decent earnings who buy the biggest house they can afford, then a the most car they can get (“I have $xxx a month in payments available”),…

Contractors are always better paid anyway to compensate for the lack of security.

Yes, iirc from a recent survey 60% of people at all income levels are unable to find $500 for an emergency without borrowing from family or selling something.