Hank noted a ~10% drop in self reported happiness, Katelyn’s explanation for that was basically “people don’t have money anymore”, which (if true) should also be reflected in 2008-2012 or so, but they aren’t

(I think a better explanation is the advent of [gestures wildly] a decade ago was coupled with a backsliding on rights, increases in authoritarianism, that kind of thing, but that’s just me)

I think in this specific instance it’s an indicator that the proposed explanation (~10% drop in self reporting of happiness is due to people not having any money) is probably not a good explanation (no corresponding drop during the Great Recession, for example)

“If you won’t do what I want, I’ll do what you want”
Masterful gambit sir

Trump just wants everything to go back to the way they were in the good old days before he had power and sucked it all up

I sincerely do not believe boomers and GenXers will ever truly grasp just how much damage they’ve done

The whole point of these measures is to eliminate anonymity from the internet in order to crack down on disfavored political speech and further oppress marginalized people

we would see a pretty massive dive in reported happiness around 2008-2010 but that isn’t there. Katelyn isn’t saying she’s struggling, she’s saying people generally are. George isn’t saying “you aren’t struggling”, he’s saying that the median American is doing better, not worse.

That’s not what happened, though. Hank posted a graph of a ~10% drop in self reporting of happiness over the last 15-ish years and Katelyn said “it’s because people don’t have any money” and George pointed out that real median income is as high as it’s ever been. If Katelyn’s theory were correct,

That’s literally what “real” means

Haven’t seen lowdown but the other 3 are great

I’m really enjoying Rooster

Now seriously, go fuck yourself

I’m not sure what’s wrong with you as a person that you feel the need to find random people and demand they defend a position they don’t hold and have never espoused, but you’d be happier if you stopped doing it

Sure

“You can’t possibly make the Cybertruck any uglier.”

“Wanna bet?”

Gramps got hold of the phone again, eh?

You gotta keep the plate under the nachos at all times or else you risk spilling those tasty toppings on your nice clean sheets!

Get the fuck out of my mentions you lying piece of shit

1920s: crashing economy, bathtub gin

2020s: crashing economy, bathtub gin

Oh good we’re doing this again

It’s just such an insane hill to die on

“My definition of evidence means proof” yeah that’s how you know it’s a bad definition

That you’re just pretending the word evidence doesn’t mean evidence but instead proof when that isn’t true and we have different words for those things because they mean different things?

Hate to break it to you but your definition of evidence is not the definition of evidence, it’s the definition of proof, which is different than evidence

Get a fucking amoeba to play the intro to Johnny B Goode and I’ll be impressed

Every day a fresh humiliation

Yet again, you lie through your teeth. Fuck you

Hard to overstate just how optimistic the early part of the Obama presidency was, and how much it sucked watching all the potential drained out by all the bullshit We now take for granted

“If there’s really nothing wrong with the economy” buddy shut the entire fuck up. You do not have a single ounce of good faith in your entire body. Show me a single place I said there was nothing wrong with the economy or shut your lying ass up forever.