Here's a big list of diversity hires. https://www.whitehouse.gov/adm...

Most are grossly unqualified.

You sound American.

Gas prices are up globally because orange jesus made the middle east situation that much worse. It's also laughable how suddenly they care very much about the plight of the Iranian people while simultaneously cheering at masked men snatching people from the streets and transporting them to concentration camps.

I double checked your figures and you are correct. You know what's also funny? $5.25 trilion was collected in 2025.

In 2024 $4.92 trillion was collected.

How do you feel about you tax increase courtesy of Trump?

Whenever you see someone posting about novel theories about causes of depressions, alarm bells go off. Usually, they're selling something, maybe just clicks.

The consensus on causes of the Great Depression include: https://www.history.com/articl...
- Nations reluctance to trade with each other after WWI.
- Unrestrained speculation.
- Fed blunders
- The Gold Standard
- Tariffs (Smoot Hawley)

The author you cited, thinks he has found some new correlations that economists had missed. That's pretty bold. And as we hear around here a lot, correlation is not causation.

It runs MacOS and it's pretty fast, unlike any netbook ever.

Yeah it's got gimped specs but they will be fine for most users, unlike netbooks.

My other son makes *less* money, and has $12K in the bank.

[learn to internet]

Everyone who cares about this already knows this

You don't actually care

So fuck off

Sounds like you don't have children. They tend to have a mind of their own.

Have Linux usage numbers gone up dramatically since Win 10 went off-support?

Yes. Linux desktop useage has gion up around 400% since the start of the 2020s

You're right, in California and New York, it takes a lot more than $135K to be upper middle class.

In about 45 states, you're doing just fine on that income.

I have a son who's in this category, unable to pay a $500 emergency expense. It is *NOT* because he doesn't make enough money. It's because if there's money in his account, he thinks he has money to spend. Therefore, his account is always below $500. He and his wife have $400 smartwatches, streaming subscriptions galore, two cars, and gadgets everywhere.

I suspect many Americans who can't pay for a $500 emergency expense are in this category. They haven't learned how to budget, or the importance of setting aside money for a rainy day.

Grandma's advice about money is still good. People have just forgotten to pay attention to her.

*Device manufacturer* apps are all like this.

Dell and HP (and all the other PC brands) think they can put a face on Windows better than Microsoft. ALL of their little add-on apps suck.

Every phone brand wants you to see the world through their little front end, and they all suck.

I use Motorola phones because they give you the closest thing to plain-old Android that you can find anywhere.

OSes (and basic apps) are hard. Leave it to the OS companies.

Well, to be fair, Apple users had problems sending and receiving RCS until Google made a huge stink. But of course that was not a standards issue, it was a marketing issue.

Right, that's why my karma is maxed and you have to post anonymously because it actually makes your posts more visible.

Yes, Windows 1 sucked. Windows 2 sucked. And Windows 3 sucked, and 98, and Me, and quite a few others. What does that have to do with this subject?

You didn't actually address any of the points I made. I guess you accept them then.

Yes, I'm very, very embarrassed.