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Scruffy
| Favorite team: | USA  |
| Location: | Kansas City |
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| Occupation: | Chemical Engineer |
| Number of Posts: | 77104 |
| Registered on: | 7/22/2011 |
| Online Status: | Online |
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quote:Yes.
Do you think a starter home should be below the average home value?
That is what a starter home is.
The average home price is $400k.
quote:Are you even reading your own posts?
Or do you think people should just magically own something nice the first time they buy.
You gotta start small and build equity for something nicer.
You said that $300k is unreasonable.
That is BELOW the average home price.
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quote:Dude, the AVERAGE home price is more than that.
When people on this thread think 300k is a starter home, that is delusion.
:lol:
$300k is BELOW average.
quote:Average home price is $400k.
You don't need a 300k starter home.
$300k is below average.
quote::lol:
Get your first one for 150k
quote:I would 100% trade the cost of homes now for the mortgage rates the boomers faced.
Have you factored in the mortgage interest rates?
A 13% interest rate on a home that increased at expected inflation would make everyone’s lives infinitely better.
That argument is retarded. :lol:
A 10-13% interest rate on a home that, based on expected inflation, would be 50% of what it costs now versus a 6.5-7% interest rate on a home that is double what the cost should be.
Sign me the frick up. :lol:
quote:What I want is for the older generations to recognize that they fricked up with their politics and economy, acknowledge it, and address it.
What I want them to do it to spend your time working to improve your situation and not blaming the world.
The older generations have, throughout history, sacrificed their well-being for the younger generations.
At least that was the mindset…up until about 50 years ago.
We need to address the economic climate that younger generations are facing before it bites us all in the arse.
“Pick yourself up by your bootstraps” does not fix the fricked up economy that has been created.
Hell, this doesn’t even address how badly the younger generations were fricked back to back by 2008 and then Covid.
quote:Because the only way to live in an area that has decent schools, isn’t a cesspool with criminals, and is an area where your children can safely play outside without fearing for their safety, is to pay more.
Why in the hell would you start with a $300K house??
This isn’t 50-60 years ago.
quote:We are majority from LA, we know what a sub-$200k home in Lafayette will be and the neighborhood it will be in.
A quick search of Lafayette shows 100's of houses below $200K. And Lafayette is a good a place as any in LA.
quote:Gen Z men with college degrees now how an unemployment rate equal to that of high school grads.
Build your career just like equity, a little at a time. Doors eventually open with experience, skills, and a good degree or trade.
quote:That sounds as if they paid the leadership of this group to set up, plan, and transport people to the event.
(1) was a member of the online leadership chat group that planned the event, (2) attended the event, (3) made racist postings under the supervision of the SPLC, and (4) helped coordinate transportation to the event for several attendees. Over nine years, the informant was paid $270,000.00+ or an average of $30,000+ per year.
What am I missing?
quote:We need to figure out how to address it now because, as the older generations die off, the younger generations, who feel slighted and shafted, are going to start voting for shite that will frick us all.
The point I'm making is to stop blaming the world for your problems.
That is where all of the older generations are screwing up. It is a deep seated retardation on their part.
They will start coming for 401ks.
Why would the younger voters care about maintaining the system when they believe the system is fricking them?
quote:Disregarding the current situation that younger generations face will frick all of us.
Complaining about the current state of things will get you nowhere, there are plenty of options to make the dream happen..
How this is lost on some of you is mind blowing.
re: Minimum wage in the 1970s would be the equivalent of making almost $56,000 a year now
Posted by Scruffy on 4/22/26 at 9:18 am to lsupride87
quote:That is fricking insane.
Cost is 400,000k for 1400 sq ft
And it is in River Ridge.
That house should be $150k tops.
quote:Life in prison without parole.
Not the person who purchased the gun and gave it to a felon, but the felon who possessed it before Elkin got it. They should both have federal firearms charges. I wonder when Elkin came into possession of it.
re: Shreveport police investigating mass shooting in Cedar Grove with multiple fatalities
Posted by Scruffy on 4/20/26 at 10:26 am to Big Scrub TX
quote:Exactly.
It should be at or near the top of every story written: why wasn't he already in prison? We care SO MUCH about school shootings, but when we have one and the perp is black, he gets probation. I'm sure that was quite the deterrent.
Progressives go hard in the paint when guns are used to commit an atrocity, but the true way to stop gun crimes would be to have harsh penalties for any crime committed with a firearm.
This man shot a gun illegally near a school.
He should have gone to prison for 25 years.
re: Shreveport police investigating mass shooting in Cedar Grove with multiple fatalities
Posted by Scruffy on 4/20/26 at 9:40 am to choupiquesushi
quote:100%
again for those that whine we have too many incarcerated - we obviously don 't have anywhere near enough incarcerated and the impact and cost on society is ENORMOUS.
And the frequent argument we hear is “think of their family” and “we can’t take them out of their kid’s lives”.
If we incarcerated violent offenders for prolonged periods of time and got them off the streets and out of these homes, the black community would likely improve substantially.
A certain political ideology cannot have that though.
I’m in for the story. Seems to be pretty enjoyable.
The dancing clip of Diana (only thing I’ve seen) makes me think of my daughter.
The dancing clip of Diana (only thing I’ve seen) makes me think of my daughter.
I restarted Cyberpunk, but I think I’ll get this since it’s a pretty quick playthrough.
re: Shreveport police investigating mass shooting in Cedar Grove with multiple fatalities
Posted by Scruffy on 4/19/26 at 2:44 pm to KemoSabe65
quote:If a felon is in possession, they get life in prison.
Add, felon in possession, stolen gun & obliterated serial # to your list.
If you steal a firearm, you get 15 years.
re: Shreveport police investigating mass shooting in Cedar Grove with multiple fatalities
Posted by Scruffy on 4/19/26 at 2:18 pm to clarencegreenthumb
quote:This kills me.
I read two prior gun arrests.
If you perform a crime involving a firearm, you should receive a minimum of 25 years for the first arrest and life for the second, both without parole.
quote:Again, I know it would not deter all crime.
Agree to disagree. Criminals do not think of consequences. Especially in the moment.
I am aware of that.
Are you implying that it wouldn’t deter any criminal actions?
quote:No, my argument is that harsh punishment would deter SOME crime.
If you are pro death penalty and your best argument is that punishment deters crime, then you are an idiot.
If I told you that harsh punishment resulted in a 10% reduction in overall crime, would you flatout oppose that?
And, yes, 10% is made up, but pick any number you want.
It sure wouldn’t be zero though.
And I’m not just talking about the death penalty. I am talking about all crimes and all punishment.
Everything should be substantially more harsh.
quote:Would aggressive punishment of actions prevent ALL evil acts?
You think justice deters evil decision-making.
Of course not.
Would it deter some?
Absolutely.
This pervasive idea of “harsh punishment doesn’t deter crime and we will still have crime, therefore we should be softer on crime and criminals” is such a fallacious argument.
Criminal actions should result in harsh penalties and situations.
Despite how people try to sell prison as this horrible place, it isn’t and it should be substantially worse.
There should be heavily enforced rules, labor, restrictions on interactions between prisoners, etc.
We have swung so far in the opposite direction with punishment that we have people on the street with rap sheets a mile long.
There is that too. :lol:
re: Disney tacitly admits it made a multi-billion dollar mistake with 'Star Wars' land
Posted by Scruffy on 4/19/26 at 7:50 am to boxcarbarney
They had such an opportunity with the hotel that it amazes me how they fumbled it.
A generic space ship design always seemed soulless to me.
They should have designed each floor around a different planet from the series.
Would have kept people going back to stay in different rooms.
A generic space ship design always seemed soulless to me.
They should have designed each floor around a different planet from the series.
Would have kept people going back to stay in different rooms.
re: We're #2! (10 worst states to call home in 2026)
Posted by Scruffy on 4/18/26 at 7:43 pm to RIPMachoMan
quote:Would love to live in either one of those.
Granted, the stats are true but I’m sure folks are dying to move to flyover states like Oklahoma and Iowa
The idea of “they are too boring” makes little sense to Scruffy.
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