It’s definitely not the same, but we don’t really have a solid comparison. Technically, for a trailer, the tow vehicle is fighting the sum of various sources of friction, but let’s just figure most of it is in the Wheel Bearing. With the towing situation, you’re adding in the friction of the tires and once those tires…

This is a good “Friday Story”

I thought “hacked” meant someone got wasted and drunkenly posted on the internet, blaming everything on this alleged hacker the next morning.

Inflation might not be the bogeyman everyone believes it is – especially in light of rising student loan debt. While wages do lag behind, inflation effectively offsets lending interest rates, making it easier for consumers with fixed rate loans to payoff their debt. 

For 1), I’m staying the course. Odds are if I switch to cash I’ll get out too early and also get back in too late. My retirement timeline is still 20+ years away (even looking optimistically) so as long as an upcoming downturn isn’t a generation-long collapse of our economic system I’ll just keep methodically…

There are 327 million Americans. Up to 10 million Americans per year are subject to domestic violence. (3%) . It’s not surprising that several football players commit this type of crime every year. Its disheartening that people only talk about it when someone famous or “scary” like a big bad athlete does it.  Wake up…

And like that, the laughs of a million Steelers fans were suddenly silenced.

That’s why he said “default to” which IS sound advice. If you’re not an educated investor, or working with a financial advisor, then yes - paying off debt is almost always the correct default.

From the article:

shouldn’t cash on hand be in your emergency kit already?

Pro tip: Discover cardholders can get free cash back at any Walmart for no extra fee, and it’s not a cash advance. I believe Dollar General does this, as well, and they have like 3,000 locations just about everywhere. Go buy a flat of water and walk out with $80+ cash (depending on store max).

Suzy Ormond got famous just for standing on a stage and saying “pay off your credit cards!” over and over again and people still don’t get it.

Sure, but as a practical matter, those fees are going to be there no matter how you pay - Best Buy or Macy’s or whatever has already assumed they’re paying X% to the credit card company and have worked that into their price.

This. My credit card companies are paying me to use their services.

Men often find this line hard to locate, I think, because they don’t feel the effects of the gender dynamics. It’s invisible to them because they walk around in a world where men’s experience is the default. But mansplaining isn’t that hard to discern if you’re a woman. It usually has something to do with overstepping…

I see your perspective. Allow me to bring my own.

Honestly? In this society where you can receive serious financial advice to either divorce or never marry to preserve your assets, this is unsurprising.

“No one is talking seizing assets or taking money from white people”

“She took that shot to the face, she’s going to be ok, we just have to run some more tests and see what happens from there”

I grew up in Denver and I personally knew (slightly) a 19 year old young woman who died of T.S.S., right around 1979-80. I will never forget it. I don’t use a tampon unless I have no other choice or want to go swimming.