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[Becca Devens @BeccaDevens]

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[Becca Devens @BeccaDevens]

I cannot handle this anymore. RICK DEVENS YOU ARE KILLING ME. I AM NOT MADE FOR THIS LIFE I DONT EVEN LIKE SPORTS. 😭😭😭 #bb28

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

People say:

"I wish one middle-class income could support an entire family like it did in the 1950s."

Okay. Then take the entire 1950s package—not just the parts you romanticize.

• No Netflix, Disney+, Spotify, or endless subscriptions
• One small TV with 3 channels, if you're lucky
• One basic car for the whole family
• No yearly vacations or cheap flights across the country
• No smartphones, laptops, gaming consoles, or internet
• Every meal cooked at home from scratch
• Kids sharing bedrooms
• A house under 1,000 sq. ft. for a family of 4–6
• One bathroom for everyone
• Little to no air conditioning in many places
• Clothes repaired, reused, and handed down
• Eating at restaurants was an occasional luxury, not a weekly habit

The comparison isn't just income.

The average household today consumes far more space, technology, entertainment, travel, convenience, and services than the average household did 70 years ago.

That doesn't mean housing, healthcare, and education aren't more expensive today—they are.

But when people compare lifestyles across generations, they often compare a 1950s income to a 2020s standard of living.

Those aren't the same thing.

If you want the economics of the 1950s, you have to accept the lifestyle of the 1950s too.

[dri 🫧 @underwatersuds]

Omg Barrett telling Drew he’s gonna evict him #bb28

[Frankie James Grande @FrankieJGrande]

Not a fucking chance Kamu. You can eat my ass. #bb28

[0502318NS @0502318NS]

@maddiebb_ow2 @haleskarma I went to catholic school growing up and it was the symbol known for 'christian'. That's at least what we were all taught. If it has another meaning elsewhere, I am unaware of it

[0502318NS @0502318NS]

@herfsangel @TheTayHale Honestly, it was such disgusting behavior on his end that I am having issues feeling sorry for him now.

[0502318NS @0502318NS]

@ick_real Delphine

[nic carter @nic_carter]

it hasn't sunk in for most people. we already live in a post-scarcity society. UBI is already here.

basic package: disability, medicaid, food stamps etc

bonus package: literally getting paid for staying at home and hanging out with your relatives

extra bonus: if you are willing to commit fraud, pretend your kids are autistic and get paid for that. get paid for watching your neighbor's kid. pretend you are taking care of your grandma. fake hospice clinic. fake rehab clinic. fake therapy clinic.

giga bonus: during a time of crisis take advantage of PPP or CARES and open a fake business and get paid for existing

people are shocked when they learn that defense is the FIFTH largest line item in the budget. ahead of defense: social security ($1.6T), interest on debt ($1.1T) medicare ($1T), medicaid + ACA ($1T), AND THEN defense ($0.9T)

complain about defense all you like, but healthcare fraud is a way bigger factor. hundreds of billions per year.

this is only going to get worse, because the fraud is a structural part of the system – payouts to client groups in exchange for votes (normally D).

in the US, only 47% of the population actually works (fully 14% of the population is working age and does not work). retirees are 18% and children 22%.

the system I described above subsidizes 50m non-working people absolute minimum, but really it's far more because people that are paid to stay home and take care of their relatives are considered "workers"

of that 47% of "actual workers" maybe one third does real work, the rest are shuffling papers around or doing fake email jobs. so you have, rough math, 50 million actual workers supporting 300 million dependents. that's the nature of the economy today. it will only accelerate. eventually you will have 10 million using AI tools to do all the work and 340 million dependents.

the reason no one roots out the fraud is because it's the system that keeps our extremely fragile polity intact. the fraud is the UBI. the purpose of the system is what it does.

of course, it's a deeply unfair system, because you are allowed to commit fraud if you are a politically protected client group of the democrats. DOGE was killed faster than any government program ever, because it attempted to root out the fraud. if you are honest and unwilling to commit fraud, you are a huge loser in this system. your neighbor will have their mortgage subsidized by some government program. they will get favorable SBA loans due to DEI. they will open a fake hospice or autism clinic. they will get paid for taking care of their neighbor's kid and vice versa. the primary skill in the labor market is learning how to extract money from state and federal government programs, not gaining skills or making yourself employable. if you are just trying to work an ordinary wagie job you are a huge sucker. you are paying 40-50% effective all in taxes to everyone else who is a net taker.

the sad part is because AI is such a substantial productivity boost, it will actually keep this system going for a while longer, and maybe in perpetuity. AI boosts the 15% of the population that is actually productive so much that the remaining 85% can coast by. no one in charge will change this because they can't think of anything else. the political costs of a real UBI program are too great and we don't have the money for it anyway. so we will keep this covert fraud-based UBI program running indefinitely. unfortunately, if you are an honest wagie, you lose.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

For those unaware, SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon, as we can potentially achieve that in less than 10 years, whereas Mars would take 20+ years.

The mission of SpaceX remains the same: extend consciousness and life as we know it to the stars.

It is only possible to travel to Mars when the planets align every 26 months (six month trip time), whereas we can launch to the Moon every 10 days (2 day trip time). This means we can iterate much faster to complete a Moon city than a Mars city.

That said, SpaceX will also strive to build a Mars city and begin doing so in about 5 to 7 years, but the overriding priority is securing the future of civilization and the Moon is faster.

[ana @shivlestat]

rest in peace maggie smith you’ll always be loved

[0502318NS @0502318NS]

@JQA1996 Yes!! It was awkward! 😂 then he did it again and wrapped him arm around her

[Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer]

Pray for President Trump.

Oh my god.

Oh my god.

Pray so hard for President Trump.

Someone just tried to assassinate Trump at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania.

Gunshots fired. I am crying my eyes out. I hope he is ok.

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

As blood drips off his face after what appears to be an assassination attempt, President Trump pumps his fist defiantly in the air as Secret Service escorts him off stage.

[0502318NS @0502318NS]

Obviously this can only be settled on the golf course. Winner takes all!

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

You and your boy (both 25 handicaps) arguing about your golf game at the bar:

[Lebarn @Lebarn5]

Trump and Biden just debated their golf handicaps, and if Biden could hit the ball 50 yards. Elite level shit that’s being debated #Election2024

[0502318NS @0502318NS]

This is so embarrassing...

[Patrick Bet-David @patrickbetdavid]

The “Because you’d be in jail moment”. 👇🏾

[non aesthetic things @PicturesFoIder]

Australian teenager Sam Ballard was drinking with his friends when they saw a slug crawl across the floor.

Sam’s friends dared him to eat the slug and after some debate, he decided it would be funny, so he did.

A few days later Sam became weak and complained of severe pain in his legs.

After visiting the emergency room doctors told him that he had contracted a parasite known as ‘rat lungworm’ from the slug.

Soon after the diagnosis, Sam fell into a coma, where he remained for 420 days.

He woke up paralyzed, unable to eat without a tube or move without intense effort. He required 24-hour care, seven days a week.

He died 8 years later in 2018.

[Kansas City Chiefs @Chiefs]

Big Red keeps getting better with time! Happy Birthday, Coach 🌺🏆

[bri @brileighh11]

Sarah Ann calling someone else a pick me while she’s covered in early 2000s body glitter is a level of delulu I never aspire to be
#LoveIsBlind
#LoveIsBlindS6
#LOVEISBLINDreunion
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