I heard Gracie’s comments about this earlier today: she said something like “this is a difficult situation” (I forget her precise words). As I was listening I couldn’t help but think “it’s not really that difficult: pay the women the same as the men get paid.”

I hope this message catches on. The country would greatly benefit if the majority were to abandon this notion that an invisible man will make everything better if they just ask him enough times and in the right ways.

you can fuck off first, tho

The past 2-3 days have knocked the wind out of me.

Oh what a fucking shock he has a history of hatred of women. Until we talk about how the commonality not only is about guns but about our culture’s hatred of women and the seriousness of harassment and abuse of women, this won’t stop. Goddamn I hate this country so much. And if you’re a piece of shit that’s going to…

This is the natural conclusion to a society that tells you to look after yourself or suffer the consequences. We may worship “first responders” because they put others before themselves but it’s ultimately superficial.

As much as I love Downton Abbey, I do think it presents an overly rosy view of the British upper class—the “upstairs” family was always so well-intentioned and blah blah blah. I think it shows a lot about his biases that even The Crown’s mainly positive and sympathetic depiction of the royal family wasn’t positive…

In some cities, yes. Being “low-income” in some of these areas will qualify you for certain programs. If you earn under $250k in Palo Alto, you qualify for subsidized housing.

Marijuana money is messing up real estate all over Colorado.  Nationally chartered banks won’t accept deposits from dispensaries, so the owners are plowing it into in-state real estate, including the major ski areas, and driving the prices way up.

It is dumbfounding and damn near incomprehensible to think of a six-figure income not being enough to truly sustain life.

For me it was $660 if I went that route. But I went to a very expensive private school for $2,700/year (crazy, right?). It’s so sad the debt burden students are forced to take on today. 

So where the fuck do they live? How do they live? >>

My friends have been sharing a 3 bedroom/2 bath since 2002. They used to date, but broke up in 2005. How do they afford living in San Francisco? Rent control and awkward situations

Everything you said is the truth. Moved out of Denver to the Bay because the cost of living in Denver is skyrocketing thanks to all that legal marijuana money the state is getting but the rate of pay wasn’t increasing with it. I make more than double what I was making there in SF. It does suck having to commute over 2…

$2K a month is now considered a reasonable rent.

As someone who lived on the peninsula for 2 years before I got the fuck out, all I can say is that this is the natural outcome of unchecked gentrification meeting archaic housing policies. There are people actively fighting against adding additional housing because it’ll reduce the inflated prices that they can charge…

Not that this makes it much better, but low income is defined as those make 61 - 80% of area median income. $117k for a family of 4 would be the upper band of that range.  Also it's based on income not cost of living.

I live in SF, downtown, smack between between fancy and fucked. Living here is cheap as shit, it’s the moving into here right now that’s hard. My rent is about 2/3 what it would cost to move into my unit if I moved out. Things are a little more expensive overall, groceries and bar tabs and all, and taxes (which I’m…

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