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scrooge really was all about that grindset

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tfw you slip into the hot tub and the water is just right.

mildnormal · Nov 30, 2023 · 1:47 PM UTC

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I'm getting back into writing by reviewing some movies I've seen. I have bad taste you can trust. letterboxd.com/dallaschristm…

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mildnormal · Nov 29, 2023 · 3:33 PM UTC

mildnormal@mildnormal29 Nov 2023

a huge problem in econ/fin journalism, is treating it like a science, and treating percentages as absolute measures. all this "earnings catching up to inflation" implies that the cost of living was affordable before, with only an unpleasant interim. people weren't happy before!

Benjy Sarlin

@BenjySarlin28 Nov 2023

Couple possible ways to look at this.... 1) The TikTok thesis is real, it's just not true 18-29 y.o.'s lost all this ground relative to older even with inflation. 2) The winner/loser split between older pre-pandemic homeowners sitting on a pile of gold and younger aspiring ones

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mildnormal · Nov 29, 2023 · 3:40 PM UTC

mildnormal@mildnormal29 Nov 2023

wage increases in percentage terms is highest for those who weren't earning enough anyway. median wage earners are still rent burdened in every city in the country. Implying a reversion back to pre-pandemic levels means everyone is still upset about the economy. it was bad then!

mildnormal · Nov 28, 2023 · 6:33 PM UTC

mildnormal@mildnormal28 Nov 2023

confidently, proudly, and smugly announcing I do not understand what percentages measure

Will Stancil@whstancil28 Nov 2023

For all the talk about housing prices driving negative economic sentiment, the rapid spike in rents was a one-time thing that basically ended in fall of last year. Since then, we have slid towards actual rent DEFLATION. Meanwhile, wages keep rising, catching people up to rents.