also using average instead of median is gonna skew the results massively

That is the point I am making in the body about income inequality, yes. But I’m glad we are on the same page.

These are the March 2025 figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. There are also the petit bourgeois to consider, who simply pay themselves a high wage by consuming the surplus value of their workers labor. Or in a less traditional definition, simply those who collect high salaries without actually contributing labor or generating value.

Of course, highly compensated workers such as skilled tradespeople, the classic doctors and engineers, etc would also affect it. Also for the bourgeois, they have to realize their capital gains at some point to spend the money, which gets filed as income.

However, you are absolutely correct. There is an entire world of high net worth individuals that collect stock compensation, funnel money into offshore accounts, create LLCs and nonprofits to vanish the taxes away, etc. If that were somehow accurately assessed and taken into account, I have no doubt these figures would be an order of magnitude higher.

I’ve been at bourgeois events. Seen their open disgust for the working class, minorities, and the marginalized. The unimaginable wealth they parade around in designer clothing, blood diamonds, and Audemar Piguets. The 6 car garages and winery estates. The callous disregard for the value of money, throwing away thousands without a single thought.

All of it, makes me rage with such depth that I am sure if I was in a like minded crowd with these ghouls in front of me, I would not hesitate to [redacted].

Are you in tech? I hear that whole sector is basically flooded (with job seekers) right now, and the white collar job market as a whole is insanely competitive as well. Even niche positions are getting dozens of qualified applicants.

It sucks, but it sounds like you are a professional and know what you’re doing. And if so, the only real answer is to keep searching and sending tailored applications, until you run out of leads in your area every single day.

I’m speaking from experience, laid off recently and it took 6 months before getting an offer with 20% less pay and reduced responsibility.

I know talented aerospace engineers that didn’t get an offer out of school for a full year in a hot market. It’s just shit now, but you just gotta keep going. It always seems hopeless until you finally get that job offer.

Worst case scenario, I know warehouse/forklift work pays decently and are always hiring. Anything to pay the bills and let you keep searching while the market heats back up.

Your university might also have career services resources for alumni if you want 2nd opinions on resume. Just keep the long march going, comrade.

Unregistered guns using 3D printed parts are very, very popular amongst CHUDs.

I like Denver for layovers! It’s never my home base or final stop so can’t speak much about location but I agree, it’s built well for chillin.

inb4 this post is removed for a reason not in the rules because one faction has a clear logical and ethical point while the other endlessly Marvel-quips in response

Azov 9/11 where they shoot down Trump Force One with American supplied Stingers because Trump insisted on using his new toy without sending it to the shop for countermeasure installation

The American species of locust was effectively driven to extinction about 100 years ago due to a combination of aggressive campaigns to exterminate them and their breeding grounds and changes in farming practices and types of crop cultivation.

It’s extinctions all the way down, baby!

All Biden had to do was forgive the $20k of loans and Dems would have won every election for another 20 years, with or without genocide. Not to mention the incredible jump start that would have given the economy, delaying the collapse by another generation.

The only logical conclusion is that liberals care more about capital than winning elections, which we’ve known for decades. Or really since 1776. Probably further if you wanted to check too!

The sick beach house is key here, OP. You have a once in a lifetime chance to become this old crazy man’s best friend and surrogate son so he leaves you all his shit in his will.

Seems like a decent enough person once you overlook the literal insanity. Reminds me of an old dirty minded trucker I worked with on a site cleanup that tried to get me to marry his daughter lmao.

“The expansion of Israel and its proxies are a fundamental necessity for the United States”

• Tim Walz during the VP debate

It’s disheartening to see fellow leftists react that way. It’s frankly reactionary.

It’s possible to dress with intention and style without conforming to traditional Western formalwear, as Mao Zedong famously did. There’s a difference between that and appearing in public events like you just got back from walking the dog.

Style is an expression of the self, having an outfit just makes you feel good y’know? Lenin and Stalin also dressed well in public. Trying to express these ideas and being written off as some decorum obsessed liberal is just ridiculous and a denial of the art and creativity humans are capable of, which seems pretty anti-leftist to me. We gonna shit on Claudia De la Cruz next for doing the same thing?

Honorable mention: Hawai’i refused to even enact a fluoride requirement in 1966 and it’s failed in the legislature ever since.

In 2015, the state’s 3rd graders had the highest rates of tooth decay in the entire US.

This is one of the bluest states in the entire nation. Would you like to know more?

What a reductive and thought-terminating argument that also simultaneously devalues the very phrase and idea you are invoking.

I think some self-crit could come in handy here. People, comrades, are engaging with you in good faith and you are sending poop and middle finger emojis, and making ad hominem attacks because surely you must be right on everything all the time and we are all just jealous you have a girlfriend.

Nobody is saying the cyclist wasn’t an asshole to escalate like that. However, you still haven’t stated if you crossed at a designated crossing. By your own admission it sounds like you didn’t look before crossing and forced the cyclist to make an emergency stop. Cycle paths are designed for cyclists to cycle fast. Courtesy goes both ways.

I don’t want this to come off as harassment and therefore will disengage. I just hope this can be an opportunity for reflection rather than conflict.

It’s clear they’ve made their choice on where they stand. The time and need for a multipolar Lemmy has long since arrived.

Some general suggestions from recent experience:

• Get documents in order. File change-of-address with your old state’s DMV.
• If you own a vehicle, let your insurance company know, and register it with new state’s DMV as soon as possible. This avoids harassment from locals and paperwork pain+fees later on.
• Change-of-address everything. Banks, credit cards, insurance agency, Vanguard/401k, mobile phone telcoms, brainstorm everything. Remember this will change your billing address on the credit card, so update any online payments/subscriptions too.
• Sign up for USPS mail forwarding so it catches any shit you forget, it’s like $2 for a year and a little more to extend multiple years but it’s worth it.
• Before it expires, transfer your driver’s license to the new state. It is much easier and cheaper when still valid.
• Same thing for any benefits - look up for your specific state what you need to do to re-apply for any low income benefits you may qualify for. Make sure you end any claims from the old state when you’re supposed to. Not because I believe in that bootlicker shit, but because fraud accusations will make your life annoying.
• Voter registration, if that’s your thing. Keep opsec in mind as voter rolls are public.

Just a brainstorm list, hopefully at least one of them saves you some trouble! If you’re able and looking for work, I like the LinkedIn jobs section more than craigslist/indeed/etc as employers there are generally more legit (as legit as it can be under capitalsim…). This may not apply to very rural areas though.

It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered.

Ahh those are great. Lockdown was really an interesting time for the car buyer.

I only had an '04 Corolla way back when! Currently on an '18 Hyundai sedan but let’s just say: I’m sure my next one will be a Toyota once this thing starts breaking down too much. No idea what will be out by then, but those CHRs, Corolla Crosses and Prius Primes look incredible.

One pro is that was before they started stuffing the cars with tech so any mechanic can fix it, and the small third party shops that barely speak English can keep these things going forever.

“I would have endured the Long March”

• me, shortly before dying in the middle of a city from climate collapse, clean water shortages, and famine

Seems like it depends heavily on the dealer and how far you’re willing to drive to make the buy - it’s not some secret technique I’m gatekeeping or anything, it would just legit dox my city to share hahah. Big Toyota fan as well, but I’m definitely running my current car into the ground first.