Over 29 years of fanhood Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) Simple quest to gauge the community Edited August 9, 2022 by Over 29 years of fanhood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdmoreRyno Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 I'm about the same since Covid, but since Biden took office... def. not as well. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demongyz Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Covid did nothing to me, Since Biden took over times have gotten more difficult even while making more money. Let's Go Brandon! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdmoreRyno Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 1 minute ago, Demongyz said: Covid did nothing to me, Since Biden took over times have gotten more difficult even while making more money. Let's Go Brandon! SAME here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiGoose Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Got a new job this year with a significant pay bump and better work-life balance. Definitely doing way better than I was when I was working 60-80 hours per week for peanuts. Has nothing to do with who was president though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedboy7 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Pretty sure the cult is mentally unstable since Biden took over. 8 minutes ago, Demongyz said: Covid did nothing to me, Since Biden took over times have gotten more difficult even while making more money. Let's Go Brandon! So you are doing better. Good for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demongyz Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Just now, nedboy7 said: Pretty sure the cult is mentally unstable since Biden took over. So you are doing better. Good for you. If my money being worth a lot less and my 401k tanking, sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedboy7 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Just now, Demongyz said: If my money being worth a lot less and my 401k tanking, sure! The stock market goes up and down. Don't panic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demongyz Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Just now, nedboy7 said: The stock market goes up and down. Don't panic. I won't, I listen to the Oracle of Omaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 34 minutes ago, nedboy7 said: The stock market goes up and down. Don't panic. Brilliant! Wasn’t the question though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted August 9, 2022 Author Share Posted August 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Demongyz said: If my money being worth a lot less and my 401k tanking, sure! Yep, those equal worse off for sure imo. T and those are the two meaningful topics beyond all this other non-sense; your life savings and what it costs to live. I’m even personally in a situation that despite moving in the right direction in career, what I’d afforded by the fruits of that labor is much less than just a few years ago. And the retirement plan has been obliterated between cost of living skyrocketing and invested savings plummeting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanNC Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) Worse. They stole a full year of in person schooling from my kids, that's first and foremost. I'll always despise these ghouls for doing that. Personally my business suffered in not being to get into many labs due to the unnecessary lockdowns. Not many institutions are willing to buy a $200k instrument based on a zoom call. Things are finally starting to get back to normal in that respect. Edited August 9, 2022 by DRsGhost 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillStime Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 12 minutes ago, DRsGhost said: Worse. They stole a full year of in person schooling from my kids, that's first and foremost. I'll always despise these ghouls for doing that. Personally my business suffered in not being to get into many labs due to the unnecessary lockdowns. Not many institutions are willing to buy a $200k instrument based on a zoom call. Things are finally starting to get back to normal in that respect. Ghouls lolz If only your man took the threat seriously in November 2019 instead of wishing it away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beach Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 my business is tourism based. worst year ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nedboy7 Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Demongyz said: I won't, I listen to the Oracle of Omaha. yeah. He is a liberal. Probably the most respected investor in America is a democrat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demongyz Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, nedboy7 said: yeah. He is a liberal. Probably the most respected investor in America is a democrat. Yeah, I'm a liberal too. Definitely conservative on some fronts. Like investment strategy. Very conservative, like Warren Buffet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 1 hour ago, BillStime said: Ghouls lolz If only your man took the threat seriously in November 2019 instead of wishing it away. You’re of course right. We lost so many school aged children to Covid 19. 😂😂😂😂. Oh wait….no we didn’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanNC Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 1 minute ago, SoCal Deek said: You’re of course right. We lost so many school aged children to Covid 19. 😂😂😂😂. Oh wait….no we didn’t. Less in a year than we lose to influenza. Ghouls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando Tim Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 1 hour ago, DRsGhost said: Worse. They stole a full year of in person schooling from my kids, that's first and foremost. I'll always despise these ghouls for doing that. Personally my business suffered in not being to get into many labs due to the unnecessary lockdowns. Not many institutions are willing to buy a $200k instrument based on a zoom call. Things are finally starting to get back to normal in that respect. You should consider Florida- I was back teaching in August of 2020 my students. We also were more normal in October 2020 than NYS was in October 2021, and all while having lower Covid numbers than NY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 8 hours ago, Demongyz said: If my money being worth a lot less and my 401k tanking, sure! The S&P 500 closed at 4122 today. I chose February 14, 2020 as a pretty good date for "just before the start of COVID." (that's the poll question). You know what it closed at on that date? Answer: 3380. In other words, even given the recent correction (Or is it a bear market? Call it what you like), the markets are UP about 22% since just before COVID became a thing in the United States. You feel poor because the S&P 500 hit 4800 on January 4 2022. So it's down about 14% since then. But still UP a ton since pre-COVID days. I say this not to be an ass, but just to point out that people's sense of happiness or satisfaction is always relative, not absolute. I think objectively most Americans are better off today than they were 2.5 years ago. But here's what I think may be going on: deep down a lot of us have a sense that this is a bubble economy. Low interest rates, quantitative easing, huge money handouts to lots and lots of people ... there's a sense that it's gonna end, and the end will be ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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