Damn.

Absolutely! 19 in 4 years is crazy. I've gotten 2 in 23 years, running a yellow light and not realizing the speed limit changes at night in Texas. Both of those fines were way more than $50. New York is dumb.

This guy pays about $200 a year to drive like an asshole.

It's trying to say it's impossible to complain about two things at once. I can be mad about a no bid contract to an unqualified pool man AND genocide in Palestine.

Yep! They gave one guy a €100,000 ticket for speeding, lol.

Alright there might be a little bit of capitalism at play. Fines so low they encourage people to just pay them.

Too steep and people will either avoid the infraction or dodge paying altogether.

So this is literally a rich people get to be assholes fee.

Oh, they're chopping wood alright.

Well the bots got the lion's share, for sure. They'll get the machines and frames too.

I didn't think to reserve it before the 12th. So mine says 2027. I just thought they'd meet demand.

Don't they straight up neutralize one another?

Censoring causes engagement.

I only see 64 up and none down.

I think the main point is that it amplifies stupid people's inability to recognize their own stupidity. Not that the rest of your points are invalid though.

Oh sorry, it's an index fund that mirrors the S&P 500. It's the tech fund package. In Vanguard it's VOO.

They are not. Sold out in 30 minutes. Lol.

Happy Cake Day!

I wasn't broke but my bank offered me a stupid personal loan at about 3% interest. I took the maximum allowed at $25,000 and invested it in SPY a little over a year ago. I have two more years to pay it back. I've just been paying the minimum.

Now this is meta.

Also zero expectation to tidy up. Not an excuse to be an animal, but a reasonably behaved adult won't have to worry about sneak attack fees.

Turns out it was really good at reading people. It would notice the subtle changes in facial expressions as it tapped the correct number of times. When the horse and participant were blocked by a partition, it couldn't math anymore.