“If the market were rational” - that’s your problem, right there.

Sometimes people act like stereotypes of themselves. The very wealthy are typically easier to deal with; they don’t need to prove themselves by abusing little people (Musk excluded).

First of all, no one is born a cop (as much as TV shows would have you believe otherwise).

I think he is only 1/9th of the Supreme Court (unless you are talking mass rather than votes); other than that you are spot on.

This was also 20-30 years ago; things may have changed since.

Those guys typically have no liquid funds (I can only speak from NY perspective, maybe the Tech Bros are wiser); most have money invested but that’s not always easy to access and it’s also volatile. Most of them are trying desperately to look richer than they are and spend as quickly as they earn.

My parents were probably lucky - our first three main cars in America were all used rentals (from Enterprise, not sure if that makes a difference). A Dodge Spirit, a Chevrolet Corsica, and a Dodge Grand Caravan. Incredibly boring, but aside from the front right wheel once falling off the Corsica (probably due to the…

I hate SUVs but a two-door Tahoe is very tasty, in that nostalgic sort of way. I think an Eclipse GS-R (pre-facelift with the flip-up headlights) would be a lot more fun than a 3000 GT, though.

If we are day dreaming, I would have a collection of about sixty kei cars and one Ferrari F40. And an E34 540i Touring for transport.

Bay Area is probably $200K baseline, $300K for a couple

If you want to know how someone you’re dating will treat you in the future, watch how they treat the restaurant staff.

Everyone I know who earns good money is living check-to-check...

I never would, but I found myself in a quandary the other day - I was looking at a BMW iX because it was so hideous; the owner saw me and I somehow wanted to make him understand that I was not admiring his car but the opposite, but I didn’t want to be rude or make him feel bad. In the end I diplomatically did the…

I got to see one of these (unliveried, never raced, from a Japanese collection IIRC) at Lime Rock a few years ago. It took a moment to realize what I was looking at (Porsches are like trees in the forest at car meets), I walked right past it but luckily did a double take.

Wow. I fail to see the potential benefit for your parents in duping you, but perhaps that wasn’t the point.

Flair is personal, though. While we agree on kei trucks, I am not certain I would be comfortable living in your interior design. Plus, the walls are just a backdrop for art anyhow.

It’s spot on for that market; we would, however, like the market to be friendlier towards humans.

We just renovated; kept the moldings but everything is white - because I will hang paintings all over the place. Too much color will make it look too cluttered; the walls are (imho) like a canvas for the art. We did paint two accent walls. A friend redid their apartment two years ago with lots of color, but it ended…

The HQ move is only being proposed so that Elon can give himself the pay package. It’s like telling someone to stop killing innocents while sending them billions of dollars worth of weapons.

I bought a year sooner than planned, because the rent, price, and interest increases meant that I was constantly being further from being able to afford to buy. Even if my savings went from, say, 62 to 70 K, the required cash on hand went from 95 to 105. Had to borrow money from a friend; nice to have that as an option…