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Speaking for myself. Some of the team watched too many good pitches with runners in scoring positions. Missing out on timely hitting. But did see some improvement for sure.

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Yeah but you sound level headed. Most of the front page sound like they’re getting ready to mail JJ angry letters.

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Until something happens, why bother? The odds are McMahon will be back next year.

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In magnitudes of “why bother”, you’ve one-upped anyone dreamcasting coaches by making a topic to tell them that you don’t like it when they do that.

At least they’re talking about sports.

I like McMahon. I think at this point perception matters & there’s no way for him to turn this around at LSU. The program needs a shot in the arm. He’s most likely a lame duck even if coaching next year.

People are just entertaining themselves, why are you bothered?

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I'd just like an answer. Has he been fired yet?

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That’s not the question you asked, but it is one that google can answer

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WHATDOIKNO

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You win the thread lol

Can someone fill me in on why the board is melting & angry at half the roster?

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Majority of people are building houses much more elaborate than what the average homeowner had in the past.

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Majority of people are not moving into newly built houses. My house was built in the 70s. It’s a shitfrickton more expensive now than it was in the 70s, 80s, 90s, or even the 2000s.

If that trend continues, and every indication is that it will, that’s great for me.

Notsomuch for any kids who don’t yet own homes.

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Goes hand in hand with the $80,000 vehicles

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This is definitely not most people either.

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People today are making decisions that make homeownership tougher (student debt is 100% voluntary. Smart kids pay $0 for school, but move out of the house and have to finance what every 18 year old who moves out of the house for trades pays out of pocket.... housing and food).

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Whether you wear a suit or work a trade, housing is more expensive. People should be able to make an honest living however they like if they work hard for it. That said, paying flagship U prices for just any degree without a plan is no longer good advice.

It’s still too expensive & I’m not going to blame people who want to go to school for that.

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Im not sure i 100% understand what you keep referencing with consolidation.

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Consolidation, acquisition, merger, the largest company’s becoming larger, competition becoming less etc.

Economies of scale actually show there are efficiency benefits to monopolies (I’m using the term as an extreme example of consolidation)... so the global GDP arms race favors national politics friendly to consolidation. The flip side of that is excess consolidation eventually has very negative consequences domestically.

In this way, the whole first world economy is walking a sort of tight rope… but that turn of phrase may be generous because the numbers consistently only trend in one direction.

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Blame that on student debt. "The average total student loan debt per borrower in the U.S. is approximately $43,333." Beginning adulthood in the hole sucks.

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The cost has gone up & the value has gone down (because more people have degrees). I’m still glad I got mine, but I don’t think anyone can argue with that... It shouldn’t be as expensive as it is.

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Nominally median income nearly doubled, but inflation has been such an issue the past 20 years that real median only went up around 15% per US census.

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Which part? I was explaining how Tammany came up with 15% when you came up with 100%.

There was mixing of nominal, real, individual, and household data. Got to compare apples to apples.

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I'd like to see a comparative chart of education and marriage.

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I don’t think I need a chart for this. Going out on a limb & gonna guess people are more educated and less married :lol:

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This is the difference between comfortable people and poorer people. And why poorer people aren't comfortable.

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I don’t think this is true of all poor people. But yes, many people are incredibly fiscally irresponsible.