On 10/17/24 9:51 AM, Skeeter wrote:
> In article <ver1fr$2ohqk$1@dont-email.me>,
> recscuba_google@huntzinger.com says...
>>
>> On 10/16/24 8:27 PM, Skeeter wrote:
>>> In article <veph2p$2ejus$1@dont-email.me>,
>>> recscuba_google@huntzinger.com says...
>>>>
>>>> On 10/16/24 6:10 PM, Skeeter wrote:
>>>>> In article <6710329b$1$2385545$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com>,
>>>>> brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com says...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 16, 2024 at 1:35:02 PM MST, "-hh" wrote <vep81m$28g54$1@dont-email.me>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 10/15/24 8:05 PM, pothead wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2024-10-15, -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 10/15/24 5:54 PM, pothead wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-10-15, citizen winston smith <sss@example.de> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/15/2024 1:36 PM, -hh wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> You're now trying to claim that the "what has changed?" is that there's
>>>>>>>>>>>> adults now seeking to have genetically normal kids undergo sex change
>>>>>>>>>>>> operations.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Were you "in the navy" Huntzy?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> https://youtu.be/nmGuy0jievs
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Cuz you are as gay as a swabbie with no shore leave.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'll bet hh volunteered to take other sailors "night in the barrel", if you
>>>>>>>>>> get my drift.
>>>>>>>>>> Pun intended.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Oh, we certainly do: you know that you're mad because you can't dispute
>>>>>>>>> facts on the topic, so you try to "Shoot the Messenger" instead. Lame.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -hh
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Mad?
>>>>>>>> Hardly.
>>>>>>>> I stopped getting mad when I was about 12 yo.
>>>>>>>> It's a waste of energy.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So if you're denying that it is due to anger, then what *was* your
>>>>>>> motivation to sling such a lame Ad Hominem? After all, you did choose
>>>>>>> to post, so there must have been a reason. So if its not you being
>>>>>>> upset & butthurt again, then just what was your motivation?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> He seems unaware of his own emotional states... unless you have a signifiant
>>>>>> issue pretty much all people experience anger from time to time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I prefer to look up from my spreadsheet and observe what the world is is
>>>>>>>> saying.
>>>>>>>> That's something you seem unable to do.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On the contrary: I find that worldviews are expanded by using objective
>>>>>>> data, and helps to reveal my own potential personal biases.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Where Pothead makes things up, such as his recent claims that I am somehow
>>>>>> responsible for Carroll's flood bot.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You can spin your numbers all day and night but the fact remains that
>>>>>>>> the number 1 issue with voters is the economy/inflation and the polls
>>>>>>>> show that people blame Biden/Harris for the mess.
>>>>>>>> And that is a fact.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And people are _never_ deceived? Or make a mountain out of a mole hill?
>>>>>>> Case in point:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Initially Biden was trying to convince the people that Bidenomics was working.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So then, just what is the definition of "working" here?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Because if it is real wage increasing to catch up with inflation, we
>>>>>>> know that it is already 98% of the way there by one metric, and is 102%
>>>>>>> of the way there by another metric.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We are still struggling based on Reagan and his absurd trickle down. Trump's
>>>>>> work to redistribute money to the very rich did not help. Nor did the
>>>>>> pandemic. Nor the war in Ukraine. Or Israel.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was better off when Trump was in office.
>>>>
>>>> By what measure?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> He and his handlers found out rather quickly that people were not buying
>>>>>>>> that message so he stopped promoting it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Or...that was Biden's message and since he's no longer running, Harris
>>>>>>> has emphasized different top messaging points.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Biden/Harris administration will go down in history as the worst
>>>>>>>> administration ever, even topping Jimmy Carter.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And why was Carter so bad in your eyes? Inflation again, but this time
>>>>>>> from Nixon/Ford? Are you old enough to remember the GOP's "WIN" (Whip
>>>>>>> Inflation Now) campaign and wage freezes? How did those real wages
>>>>>>> catch up?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wages have not come close to keeping close with productivity. Used to be a CEO
>>>>>> made 40x the average worker. Now it is several hundred times.
>>>>>
>>>>> So?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The CEO:worker pay ratio shows the increasing wealth concentration at
>>>> the top, which is decreasing the prosperity of the US middle class, for
>>>> higher CEO pay means less for the rank & file, which is why more middle
>>>> class households are failing instead of rising up. It is the inevitable
>>>> outcome of the GOP's "Trickle-Down" economics starting from Reagan.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -hh
>>>
>>> I couls afford to do stuff.
>>
>>
>> So what you're saying is that you lost your job due to CoVid?
>>
>> Or are you saying that you've not gotten raises, either because your
>> employer has not been kept up with the national average for wage
>> increases, or didn't think you were worth paying more?
>>
>> Or did you (or spouse) retire, so your income has dropped from that?
>>
>> Or are you just complaining that you're getting old and can't physically
>> go out boozing every weekend? /s
>>
>> YMMV, but my hourly rate has soared, such that I don't need to work long
>> hours anymore.
>>
>>
>>> Crime wasn't as bad.
>>
>> Interesting claim, because National crime statistics show that most
>> crime rates have continued to go down, despite the public's false
>> perception that things aren't getting better:
>>
>> "Using the FBI data, the violent crime rate fell 49% between 1993 and
>> 2022, with large decreases in the rates of robbery (-74%), aggravated
>> assault (-39%) and murder/nonnegligent manslaughter (-34%)."
>>
>> <https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/24/what-the-data-says-about-crime-in-the-us/>
>>
>> TL;DR: half as bad as it used to be.
>>
>> Thus said, there have been changes in opportunistic nonviolent property
>> theft, such as stealing FedEx deliveries, washing checks stolen from the
>> mail, etc, but property crime still been trending down over time:
>>
>> "The FBI data also shows a 59% reduction in the U.S. property crime rate
>> between 1993 and 2022, with big declines in the rates of burglary
>> (-75%), larceny/theft (-54%) and motor vehicle theft (-53%)."
>>
>> -Ibid
>>
>> So what evidence do you have of crime being "worse": is it merely your
>> personal perception? Or true for just your highly localized region?
>> Because on a National macro level, the claim does not ring true.
>>
>>
>> -hh
>
> Moron.

Translation: Nailed It.

So what was your career path before CoVid ruined it?

-hh