Iran

[ButchPlz]

Every society, by definition, is unsustainable. They all fail. Ours will too, eventually.

But congratulations on figuring out that we’re on an unsustainable course. Call mom, she’s gonna be so proud.

If you think the Millennials are about to fall off a cliff, and Z’s are gonna follow right after them, you’re an idiot. Not sorry.

So again, the point you're making is to throw up our hands and watch it fail.

Lord have mercy. And I mean that literally. You're the problem.

 

[LouderVol]

where do you live?

Atlanta. the same house sold for 100k less than 20 years before I bought it. and I know that at least the roof was the same as when I bought it.

 

[hog88]

my 1200 squarefoot house built in 1959 cost me north of 300k. please tell me how my house got bigger or nicer somehow to justify the cost increase.

don't worry, I am sure you can explain to an architect how the same building got sooo much better.

some important caveats. I had to put in about 30k in improvements before I could even move in. Got asbestos removed, repaired damaged foundation, replaced the driveway, and replaced the wiring in about half of the house.

I have sense spent about another 30k in upgrading appliances, buying a new roof, and a number of other updates to get with the time.

Increase from what starting point? 1959?

 

[McDad]

Every society, by definition, is unsustainable. They all fail. Ours will too, eventually.

But congratulations on figuring out that we’re on an unsustainable course. Call mom, she’s gonna be so proud.

If you think the Millennials are about to fall off a cliff, and Z’s are gonna follow right after them, you’re an idiot. Not sorry.

Yall are really pissy with each other.

Glad I'm not part of whatever that is y'all got going on.

 

[Carl Pickens]

Lindsey Graham is a self serving moron.....see? That's two things we agreed on this week lol

I’ve always found him to be one creepy ass individual. I’m not sure what it it, but the guy is a creep

 

[ButchPlz]

Yall are really pissy with each other.

Glad I'm not part of whatever that is y'all got going on.

Hell if I know what it is, either.

 

[McDad]

Hell if I know what it is, either.

LOL. But you're a part of it.

Yall crazy.

 

[ButchPlz]

LOL. But you're a part of it.

Yall crazy.

I know I am. Still don't know what it is.

 

[LouderVol]

When did you buy the house? After 2019?

yeah. 2022, right before interest rates were peaking, but still high. I had waited long enough to save money for the down payment where I didn't want to wait longer on interest rates.

 

[Ttucke11]

Every society, by definition, is unsustainable. They all fail. Ours will too, eventually.

But congratulations on figuring out that we’re on an unsustainable course. Call mom, she’s gonna be so proud.

If you think the Millennials are about to fall off a cliff, and Z’s are gonna follow right after them, you’re an idiot. Not sorry.

Ever heard of the boiling frog? I think they made that theory about you.

 

[Carl Pickens]

I think the regime change talk is all a bunch of posturing BS.

 

[ButchPlz]

Ever heard of the boiling frog? I think they made that theory about you.

Homedog managed to get boiled so much he's deep fried.

 

[EasternVol]

Why wouldn’t supply matter when discussing wages?

The point is what QOL one can get with a degree. Let's not forget the change in cost of a degree in those 35 years.

 

[hog88]

The big thing isn’t even comparing today to the 90’s or even 00’s. Young people that were getting close to the age of buying houses literally saw house prices double basically over night after Covid

Bingo! The reaction to covid is to blame for a lot of this.

 

[rikberry31]

Should Russia be allowed to keep their nuclear weapons considering their propensity to invade their neighbors?

India is moving towards Hindutva fascism, should they be disarmed?

Religious extremest groups in Pakistan have significant influence in their government, should they be disarmed as well?



How many countries should the US genocided for you to feel like Israel is sufficiently "safe"?

Super lame. There are a lot of bad and untrustworthy people who own guns. Does that mean we should just say f' it and let all the rest get them?
As far as Israel's safety, I will give you three guesses as to who else would be a target of Iranian nukes and the first two don't count. Israel is only the little Satan.

 

[85SugarVol]

Is anyone saying otherwise?

I'm glad you think everything is going just fine. You're one of a very special few.

I’m “tail end” of Gen X, a stones throw from the early Millennials, and am doing great. Thanks.

So are all of the young Millennials moving into our East Germantown neighborhood. They’re popping out kids and gobbling up 4k sq ft homes like it’s their job (or their future, dunno).

 

[hog88]

Unless you're a mind-reader, you don't know what I believe. So I'll tell you...

I'm a realist. And realistically, we've entered a *war* - Trump's words not mine. As far as I can tell, Trump has not provided a clear rational for us entering this new war, nor has he provided a plan for the conditions upon which it is a "success" nor has he enlightened us with an exit strategy. This is a problem.

This isn't about Trump bashing. This isn't about wanting Iran to win the war. It's about being prudent when potentially entering a war (fail) and about owing the people that Trump works for (us) an explanation and a plan if he expects our children and grandchildren to die for such a war.

Trump has failed in this regard.

You are absolutely welcome to your own opinion that we're "winning" this war. There's plenty of evidence that we've blown up a bunch of Iran's weapons systems, ships, etc. But just like the "body count" yardstick in Vietnam, these things do not actually tell us if we will disengage this war on terms that best serve our country.

As I see things currently, we're stuck with a tar baby of our own creation. Iran has gummed up the oil production and shipment, and Trump has publicly offered no plan on how he'll fix it. Iran *owns* the Strait of Hormuz while our military is outside looking in... for now at least.

If Trump walks away from this war right now and declares "victory", tell me... what have we achieved?

(1) No regime change;
(2) Nuclear weapons program still intact;
(3) Oil shipments through Hormuz stuck until Iran chooses otherwise; and
(4) Iran can rebuild once the war is "over".

How is this a "success"?

Look at that. You didn't even need AI

 

[Ttucke11]

The point is what QOL one can get with a degree. Let's not forget the change in cost of a degree in those 35 years.

He's so obtuse he didn't see I could literally run every single demographic, cost analysis, and wage analysis and it all comes back to housing costing 2x the amount of spending power it used to.

But he worked hard and young people are lazy and should save their money while paying $2100 in rent for a 500 sqft apartment.

 

[BeardedVol]

We destroyed their capacity to enrich uranium last year. We did not touch their stockpile of already enriched uranium or their missile program. They told us straight up that they had enough to make over 10 devices.

Are you calling Pete Hegseth a liar?

 

[NorthDallas40]

I hope everyone posting propaganda that this was an Iranian missile will see your links and accept the disgusting truth.

Will never happen. Trump has declared it was an Iranian Tomahawk, which is absurd in and of itself, thus that is the message that will be carried.

It’s a horrible tragedy and I’m sure we didn’t hit it on purpose. But I’ve no doubt there is a person somewhere that entered the targeting coordinates into the missile and a simple examination of those coordinates would likely show they correspond to the school building.

 

[Carl Pickens]

Super lame. There are a lot of bad and untrustworthy people who own guns. Does that mean we should just say f' it and let all the rest get them?
As far as Israel's safety, I will give you three guesses as to who else would be a target of Iranian nukes and the first two don't count. Israel is only the little Satan.

BV thinks the Islamist regime of Iran are just normal Muslim folks…. Nothing extreme about them

 

[ButchPlz]

He's so obtuse he didn't see I could literally run every single demographic, cost analysis, and wage analysis and it all comes back to housing costing 2x the amount of spending power it used to.

But he worked hard and young people are lazy and should save their money while paying $2100 in rent for a 500 sqft apartment.

Don't forget, one neighborhood has young people moving into it (take that guy's word for it, that's all that's moving in).

 

[LouderVol]

It’s not up to me to justify your purchases. If you don’t feel your home is worth what you paid, you shouldn’t have purchased it

compared to the market it was worth it. I am not angry about what I bought. just pointing out prices haven't gone thru the roof because everything is bigger/newer/nicer. there were far more outside factors playing into cost increases than the fiber optics being ran by the utility company you think added 200k in value.

 

[MontyPython]

Look at that. You didn't even need AI

Everyone needs a little Al.

 

[ButchPlz]

Will never happen. Trump has declared it was an Iranian Tomahawk, which is absurd in and of itself, thus that is the message that will be carried.

It’s a horrible tragedy and I’m sure we didn’t hit it on purpose. But I’ve no doubt there is a person somewhere that entered the targeting coordinates into the missile and a simple examination of those coordinates would likely show they correspond to the school building.

But those kids have been waging war against us for 47 years so it's OK.