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“In-home services. My mom is wealthy, and she has her manicurist come to her house once a week to do her nails and pedicures. Her personal trainer comes three times a week and trains her in her in-home gym.”
“She has a cleaning person [who] cleans her house, and yard people to take care of her yard. She loves to cook, so she doesn’t have a chef come prepare her meals…
Trading Economics says that the number is even lower than Emily suggested, putting the percentage of China’s imports that come from the US at around 7% in 2023.
According to the USDA, the US exported $1.58 billion worth of beef to China in 2024. Reuters also notes that…
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“I was on my way to visit a friend in Missouri when my car broke down just west of Tulsa. This was back when mobile phones were just a nerdy pipe dream, so I walked to a nearby convenience store to find a payphone to call another friend to ask for assistance.
“Finally, it was discovered he had somehow gotten his hands on a copy of the elevator service key, and he was running the elevator up partway, stopping it, opening the doors, and climbing into the space below the elevator car. Elevators have a crawl space below them…
Another felt that “villanizing” the client’s children for not being around wasn’t fair:
“You’re not an asshole for keeping the house (if you actually end up with it which that remains to be seen), but you are an asshole for passing…
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“Buy now, pay later for anything that isn’t an appreciating asset or generating cash flow. Like a burrito, refrigerator, phone, wedding, etc. I interned at a BNPL firm, and I’m telling you all from firsthand experience, it’s a…
