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donkiez said:
The free advice being offered is kind of condescending. No wonder you guys dont understand why Bernie is a thing.
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"You guys?" What does that mean?
 
Young people have it MUCH more difficult today. I think education is the key, but college is ridiculously expensive today. I was lucky when I went to school it was about $300 per term if I remember correctly. Then I got work to pay for my advanced degree. I don't know how kids can do it today.
 
yankeesince59 said:
Oh, but you're wrong...Bernie is most definitely "a thing".
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I think the chances of Bernie winning to nomination are up in the air, in other words, who knows.
I think Bernie supports a lot of policies that stand little chance in Congress but those policies stand in stark contrast to Trump and for that reason alone I'd love to see Bernie beat the shit out of Trump. Payback's a bitch.
 
donkiez said:
If you think salaries have increased anywhere near what the cost of health care, education and rent have increased by then you are more out of touch than I thought.
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LOL...why are you so full of venom?...again, you have absolutely no idea what hourly wage was when I got my first job or how much rent or housing costs were. I'm quite sure relatively speaking, in proportion, there's not much difference.
 
tlongII said:
Young people have it MUCH more difficult today. I think education is the key, but college is ridiculously expensive today. I was lucky when I went to school it was about $300 per term if I remember correctly. Then I got work to pay for my advanced degree. I don't know how kids can do it today.
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I went to college when the GI bill paid $110/month for tuition, fees, books, room, board and incidental expenses for the term. I rented a small duplex with a roommate as well as owned a car and needed a loan of an additional $300/month along with a summer job to pay for my extravagant lifestyle. My job? A whopping $1.75/hr.
 
yankeesince59 said:
LOL...why are you so full of venom?...again, you have absolutely no idea what hourly wage was when I got my first job or how much rent or housing costs were. I'm quite sure relatively speaking, there's not much difference.
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Your right I have no idea. That is secret information not available anywhere.
 
yankeesince59 said:
LOL...why are you so full of venom?...again, you have absolutely no idea what hourly wage was when I got my first job or how much rent or housing costs were. I'm quite sure relatively speaking, there's not much difference.
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There's a huge difference. It's been well-chronicled that wages have not kept up with the increases in the cost of insurance, education and, especially, housing.
 
Lanny said:
I think the chances of Bernie winning to nomination are up in the air, in other words, who knows.
I think Bernie supports a lot of policies that stand little chance in Congress but those policies stand in stark contrast to Trump and for that reason alone I'd love to see Bernie beat the shit out of Trump. Payback's a bitch.
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Hell Lanny, if I thought Donald Duck could beat Trump, I'd vote for him.
 
donkiez said:
The free advice being offered is kind of condescending. No wonder you guys dont understand why Bernie is a thing.
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why are you being so obtuse as there is nothing condescending in what any of us said unless you just take offense to any advice especially from your elders that have experienced much more than you have. We have been very open and honest, but you continually want to pigeon hole us all into a category based on our age.
 
CupWizier said:
why are you being so obtuse as there is nothing condescending in what any of us said unless you just take offense to any advice especially from your elders that have experienced much more than you have. We have been very open and honest, but you continually want to pigeon hole us all into a category based on our age.
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I kind of took your original comment as condescending. "That is ridiculous. Would you invest 13k in a project that promised you only your money back in 12 months? That's essentially what you are doing." Now, that could definitely just be me reading in tone that was not meant to be there. I wasn't really offended by it because it doesn't really bother me if people think I'm being an idiot (a.) I am sometimes an idiot, b.) it's easy to shrug that stuff off). It didn't really come across as, "Oh I'm offering you advice". -Again tone on the internet is often something that's hard to communicate.
 
donkiez said:
I was assuming you were using grammar properly. Sorry if I was mistaken.

Quotation marks around single words can occasionally be used for emphasis, but only when quoting a word or term someone else used. Usually, this implies that the author doesn’t agree with the use of the term.

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/quotation-marks-around-a-single-word/
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It wasn't a "single word".

And of course, Bernie is "a thing"...he's leading and getting stronger and if he continues on his current pace he may very well lock things up after Super Tuesday.
 
CupWizier said:
Maybe a better choice would have been to ask him to clarify rather than assume what he meant.
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Thank you.

When I first started posting here I was notified that sarcasm should be accompanied with a green font, isn't that correct?
 
donkiez said:
I was assuming you were using grammar properly. Sorry if I was mistaken.

Quotation marks around single words can occasionally be used for emphasis, but only when quoting a word or term someone else used. Usually, this implies that the author doesn’t agree with the use of the term.

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/quotation-marks-around-a-single-word/
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Your language is very sarcastic and seems to be counterproductive to what you are trying to have understood. If you could revise it to a more acceptable way that someone could receive it then I think you would achieve greater positive results.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
I kind of took your original comment as condescending. "That is ridiculous. Would you invest 13k in a project that promised you only your money back in 12 months? That's essentially what you are doing." Now, that could definitely just be me reading in tone that was not meant to be there. I wasn't really offended by it because it doesn't really bother me if people think I'm being an idiot (a.) I am sometimes an idiot, b.) it's easy to shrug that stuff off). It didn't really come across as, "Oh I'm offering you advice". -Again tone on the internet is often something that's hard to communicate.
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Aw c'mon TBF...I don't think anyone thinks you're an idiot...anything but.

Regardless, I think it's time to let this thread "cool" for a bit...I'm out.
 
yankeesince59 said:
It wasn't a "single word".

And of course, Bernie is "a thing"...he's leading and getting stronger and if he continues on his current pace he may very well lock things up after Super Tuesday.
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Right' or wrong, I always encase single words copied from other sources or as used in emphasis in single quotation marks. I enclose multiple word expressions used in that way in double quotation marks.
e.g. 'it' was vs. "it was". Maybe not exactly grammatically correct but why split hairs?
 
yankeesince59 said:
Aw c'mon TBF...I don't think anyone thinks you're an idiot...anything but.

Regardless, I think it's time to let this thread "cool" for a bit...I'm out.
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We all have our moments of being more idiot than not. I'm ok with myself - though always trying to learn.

I should not have brought up my tax return, I just brought it up because others were, I wasn't even really trying to make a big point about it. Oh well. So about the wealth tax.
 
Lanny said:
Your language is very sarcastic and seems to be counterproductive to what you are trying to have understood. If you could revise it to a more acceptable way that someone could receive it then I think you would achieve greater positive results.
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Ive been matching sarcasm with sarcasm. It clearly has not been one sided.
 
donkiez said:
Ive been matching sarcasm with sarcasm. It clearly has not been one sided.
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I'm trying to help you and I'm sorry if I came across as heavy handed because that was not my intent. If you perceive me as heavy handed than I am being counterproductive. Nothing new there except that I'm trying to change.
 
TorturedBlazerFan said:
I kind of took your original comment as condescending. "That is ridiculous. Would you invest 13k in a project that promised you only your money back in 12 months? That's essentially what you are doing." Now, that could definitely just be me reading in tone that was not meant to be there. I wasn't really offended by it because it doesn't really bother me if people think I'm being an idiot (a.) I am sometimes an idiot, b.) it's easy to shrug that stuff off). It didn't really come across as, "Oh I'm offering you advice". -Again tone on the internet is often something that's hard to communicate.
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There was nothing condescending ntended.
 
yankeesince59 said:
Well, that would make you wrong, now wouldn't it'?

http://www.sportstwo.com/threads/well-its-about-damn-time.350693/#post-4849074

Don't you just hate it when your own words ("learn the green font") come back and bite you in the ass?...you are dismissed.
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I've always enjoyed do as I I say, not as I do. I've also enjoyed the frivolity and banter on this board. I also enjoy being a supporter of Trump. Some in here don't like that so much, but I don't mind. I also smile being dismissed by you. Put me on ignore.
 
yankeesince59 said:
Seriously?...and that's all you took from his post?...again, seriously?...and you wonder why some give you such a hard time.
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He can't read my posts. It's the only reason I commented on it.
 
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