Hard to overstate the role shale gas has played in lowering inflation and spurring American industry. Were we a net importer today as forecast in the 2000s, domestic nat gas & power would be at multiples of current pricing, serving as a huge tax on individuals and companies.
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Hot shower every night. Warm bed. Food in the fridge. Truck in the garage with heated seats.
We live better than kings did 100 years ago and still complain.
American problems pale in comparison.
Reminder: Life’s pretty damn good.
airport lounges arent the travel hack anymore. just get drunk
getting shitfaced reverses the power dynamic of the humiliation ritual. no longer are you an impotent seething fool. you are drunk retard, a burden to airport staff, and getting where youre going is now THEIR problem
A trader thinks that the prices of eggs are going to increase, and so he contacts his broker and asks him to buy 1,000,000 egg futures at $1.70
Sure enough, a week later, the price of egg futures is $2.50, and the trader, happy to ride his winners, places an order for 3,000,000 more egg futures
Next month, at $4.30 a piece, he pats himself on the back and restructures his liquid investments to buy another 10,000,000 egg futures
At the end of the quarter, egg futures are trading at $7, and the trader finally calls up his broker and tells him to sell them all
The broker replies: “To who? You’re the egg man!”
As an American, the first time you visit Tokyo is amazing, then after about 2 days you get physically angry, because you realize cities don't actually need to be a total shit-holes, and it costs like 1/0th what you pay.