NukemVol
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I get my yearly bonuses deposited into the company 401k - that alone has netted me $42,500 over the last 10 years. Going to be a hard dose of reality for my generation when some of us start retiring and others have nothing in their bank accounts.
Wait until that democracy hits and the sheep vote to take that money.
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I don’t care about inflation if it’s because tariffs or domestic labor or product.
The shift from only caring about free trade, inflation, and stock markets in the 70s/80s is why this country can’t do anything that matters anymore. And it was all to make some people very rich, and enough crumbs to distract you from the inevitable collapse of your home.
The shift from only caring about free trade, inflation, and stock markets in the 70s/80s is why this country can’t do anything that matters anymore. And it was all to make some people very rich, and enough crumbs to distract you from the inevitable collapse of your home.
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Seriously, last vehicle I’ve purchased is a 2023 GMC Yukon w/6.2L V8…
That’s a massive recall issue from a part defect. The oil fix is because GM is trying to wait out, which is pretty shitty in comparison to Toyota and will hurt them in the long term.
But not reflective of your average vehicle.
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Pretty much all GM trucks(5.3V8, 6.2V8, 3.0I6), Ford V6, RamI6, Toyota V6 truck engines are failing, recalls abound, fixes are failing. YouTube is full of people having issues with their vehicles
Only half of those are actually having problems, and maybe only 2 (Tundra turbo and GM 6.2, with the 3.0 emerging). The rest are just fine. And that’s been the case always. There’s always been a couple of lemon issues floating around from manufacturing defects.
re: Getting a new car after 10 years
Posted by NukemVol on 1/31/26 at 4:37 pm to RobertFootball
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promise you there ain’t a damn thing they make today that’ll last 10 years.
The average lifespan on a car is 13 years and has done nothing but go up over time. The internet become a bitch fest is the only thing that’s changed.
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I hear what you are saying. I feel those AI and tech centers should foot the bill for growth and subsidize.
I hear you. That’s where we are at. But the public saying the grid and generators are actually ours to decide who gets access, is socialism. Which is fine. But the drawback to socialism is you throw off the supply demand feedback. If you fix the price, you get zero investment.
And also, politicians who ultimately control socialist policy are bought and paid for. So eventually the tech company wins. But your stocks go up! And stocks are the economy (or so I’m told).
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My rate is high enough, thank you. Summer bills are brutal bc of air conditioner (which I keep turned up when done to work) and most of my appliances are gas.
If you aren’t willing to pay the same as the data center then you can be the first to roll off during load shedding.
I’m not actually an advocate of this. I’d much rather raise rates now to build out our energy infrastructure. But I also don’t understand why the public thinks they can dictate the use of a commodity. And the tech companies will eventually buy the right congressmen to give them the grid access they need, and frankly it’s capitalism and will ultimately result in the public realizing they can’t just stop investing in infrastructure.
re: Zero Hedge piece: America’s Power Bill Shock Is Just Getting Started
Posted by NukemVol on 1/30/26 at 5:17 am to Hateradedrink
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“People are complaining that rates are high because rates aren’t high enough” Bro what?
People are getting a discounted rate. They are used to nobody needing electricity due to de-industrialization and energy efficiency. Now somebody needs it. But the regulators are telling them no.
If the utilities could bid out the electricity it would raise rates, force demand reduction, and spur investment. Like any other product.
re: Zero Hedge piece: America’s Power Bill Shock Is Just Getting Started
Posted by NukemVol on 1/29/26 at 6:37 pm to ragincajun03
Why is power treated like a limited natural resource. If the data centers were able to bid for power against residential, prices would rise appropriately allowing new generation. Just like any other commodity. The reason our grid is so behind is because the public won’t accept a rate increase to match the demand for the product.
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Are you incapable of having a conversation within the context that it's framed?
Buddy said ultimate source for the world. Going to need a capacity factor batter than 10% to pull that off.
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We talkin bout space, bro
They said ultimate. He said naw. He said expound.
This makes sense for a data center using it in space. It doesn’t make sense for the other 99% of electricity usage. Can’t be ultimate only serving one function.
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Better to remain silent and thought a fool, brother
You don’t have clouds?
re: Have we discussed Alabama high school public / private split?
Posted by NukemVol on 1/26/26 at 5:55 am to morganwadefan
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It’s been quite a few years, but we beat MBA in a bowl game 7-0. We weren’t impressed seeing them arrive on private coach, getting off the bus in their suit coats. I asked our best linebacker what he thought as we watched them exit the bus and he said I think private school boys in suits can get their asses kicked by public school country boys.
McCallie and Baylor recruit half their team from Canada. Including the #2 RB in the country next year who looks like Derek Henry out there. And Peyton’s kid is there now, who may not be special, but just shows that these aren’t competing with public schools.
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Been this way a long time in Tennessee.
Yep. I’m more surprised there are states that don’t split them up. The privates in Tennessee are closer to college than high school. It would be an absolute blood bath with the public’s.
re: There are no Toyota Grand Highlanders available in South Louisiana.
Posted by NukemVol on 1/22/26 at 8:59 am to Wayne Campbell
We’ve got an Odyssey. I love it. But it has no clearance, no AWD, needs to stay on pavement, gets not great gas mileage and would probably lose in a wreck with an SUV. Do I want an SUV? No, because I have all that in my truck. If I drove an EV instead, an SUV would start making sense.
What cars people get have a ton of reasons, and it’s best if you just don’t care. The automakers are making what people buy.
What cars people get have a ton of reasons, and it’s best if you just don’t care. The automakers are making what people buy.
re: There are no Toyota Grand Highlanders available in South Louisiana.
Posted by NukemVol on 1/21/26 at 8:22 pm to EastWestConnection
They may have kids and with every car on the road being an SUV or truck, maybe they want the safety of a larger vehicle. The amount of judgement people pass on other people’s cars while probably driving an equally absurd car gets me. People buy what they want, and it doesn’t matter why.
re: 2026 Tundra Limited
Posted by NukemVol on 1/18/26 at 7:19 pm to saintsfan1977
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BS. I have a 22 gmc sierra. The engine went out at 54k. That was unheard of 20 years ago.
Google it. Theres nothing but plots of the average lifespan going up, pretty much linearly. Due to better materials and more precise manufacturing. Lemons have always existed, sorry if you got one.
Edit: and that definitely wasn’t unheard of.
re: People that drive with their brights on…
Posted by NukemVol on 1/17/26 at 9:08 pm to jasonbr1975
Half of cars on the road are large trucks and almost all now have LEDs. Old people, these aren’t brights. Are they too bright? Ya, but they are everywhere and the aren’t the brights.
I agree that the older Tundras are reliable and great. But the failure rates within warranty on the Fords, GMs, and Rams are probably less than 5%, maybe 2%. The access to internet has just really amplified the noise when folks do have a lemon. It might cost $40k+ to get one of those low mile, 2nd gen Tundras. For $50k you can get a new Ford, GM, or Ram, then add an extended warranty to it for a few grand. And even without that, you’ve got ok odds to drive it 10 years, 150k miles no problem. I think the internet has overrated, overstated reliability. The average lifespan for cars has done nothing but go up over time. Seems like covid disrupted that, and the emissions regs, but it’s not to the extent the internet makes it out to be.
re: White liberal women are apparently good at calling ducks
Posted by NukemVol on 1/16/26 at 7:59 am to RobertFootball
Hilarious.
But I’d have a hard time explaining to Aliens that if you throw rocks at ducks, you get the cuffs. But if you blow them away, no problem because you paid the government.
But I’d have a hard time explaining to Aliens that if you throw rocks at ducks, you get the cuffs. But if you blow them away, no problem because you paid the government.
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