***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[ninjahood]

except I already drive something decent to hold me over till I secure my Cuban, I'm droppin 14 stacks minimum on my Cuban...I wish I could feel that embarrassed all da time [emoji]128579[/emoji][emoji]128579[/emoji]

Honestly don't mean this in an offensive way, you are free to do as you please, but do people around never step up to you and ask how long you're gonna keep living with your mom in your 30s despite having what sounds like a good job/income?
Here in Europe it's common for people to stay with their parents for an extended time. 21-25 years is fairly common, so they can get their degree, get a job in their field and then save some money to live in our their own. But 30+ is where people start to assume that person might be socially handicapped, ill or otherwise unable to live on their own because their parents require special care etc.
America has always given me the impression that society leans more towards living on your own as soon as possible. You are far from the norm in both America and Europe it seems. I'm curious how people around you respond to that, especially since you seem to brag about having plenty of resources to move out.

marriage? kids? I don't have siblings.. God forbid something happens to my mom and I'm not around, I would never live that down...that one of da reasons I never go over da road for CDL jobs, went away too far for college, joined da military, etc. I live her & she lives for me.

btw..you should check da "current trends" of millennials that live with their parents...it's da highest in US history.

 

[ninjahood]

This is after dropping 12k on a different piece that he says he doesn't even use


Like damn, son


Idk if he's trolling us or what lol


That's potentially 26k spent on jewelry. That's wild.

$26k that could have easily been invested. For all the time he spends trying to get da liberals to like him, he could read up on some safe investments.

u mean when da economy nosed dived and interest rates were at ziltch? yeah.....

 

[ninjahood]

Now fam tryns use his Mom as an excuse. We all know you don't care about your Mother, we've all seen that poor lady doing high jumps over shoe boxes out of your own selfishness smh

I don't care about my mom's? dumbest thing I ever read on NT.

 

[rillo561]

so da logic some of ya would have is get my own place in NYC, and live dolo?..i don't have a family, and im my mom's only son...she'd die of loneliness. IDK where ya from, but we don't leave mothers alone in Latin culture.

All you're doing is justifing it, I'm also latino and my mother's only child. She'll slap fire out me if I dropped 14k on a chain, while living in her house @ the age of 30+. Again to each his own, but it has nothing to do with "leaving your mother alone" that's a cop out.

 

[ninjahood]

so da logic some of ya would have is get my own place in NYC, and live dolo?..i don't have a family, and im my mom's only son...she'd die of loneliness. IDK where ya from, but we don't leave mothers alone in Latin culture.

All you're doing is justifing it, I'm also latino and my mother's only child. She'll slap fire out me if I dropped 14k on a chain, while living in her house @ the age of 30+. Again to each his own, but it has nothing to do with "leaving your mother alone" that's a cop out.

umm my mom encouraged me to buy it.

we're not exactly hurting, she came with me when I bought my Jesus piece cuz she had to see why it was worth that much.

 

[boris]

u mean when da economy nosed dived and interest rates were at ziltch? yeah.....

So, obviously you don't understand how to invest. Let me say it again...

 
$26k that could have easily been invested. For all the time he spends trying to get da liberals to like him, he could read up on some safe investments.

 

[Mark Antony]

My son doesn't want his mom to go out like Padme with a broken heart. Admirable I guess?

 

[biggie62]

He doesn't understand that the 12k for the Jesus piece could be worth around 30k if he just invested in a S&P mutual fund in 2009. But hey keep trying to school us on the economy and investing.

 

[dacomeup]

 Da hemi and cuban revolution will not be televised. 

 

[ninjahood]

u mean when da economy nosed dived and interest rates were at ziltch? yeah.....

So, obviously you don't understand how to invest. Let me say it again...

 


$26k that could have easily been invested. For all the time he spends trying to get da liberals to like him, he could read up on some safe investments.

i already do 401k contributions with a diverse suite of stuff my company runs.

that with da property that rented out Its enough for me.

Cubano time, that's what I'm spear heading. then a car of my liking.

I've already maxed out every thing I ever wanted.

 

[rillo561]

umm my mom encouraged me to buy it.

I'm sure, single moms are usually enablers for their sons. I'm not knocking your lifestyle choices, just didn't see the logic in it.

 

[ninjahood]

umm my mom encouraged me to buy it.

I'm sure, single moms are usually enablers for their sons. I'm not knocking your lifestyle choices, just didn't see the logic in it.

solid gold isn't exactly something money disappears into, combined with no extra maintenance costs post purchase that's da main reason.

 

[staffsgtdignam]

He doesn't understand that the 12k for the Jesus piece could be worth around 30k if he just invested in a S&P mutual fund in 2009. But hey keep trying to school us on the economy and investing.

To be fair, people who don't know how to invest shouldn't be trying their luck at the markets. People like that tend to make brash decisions and double down on bad ones when they start seeing their accounts making money (I.e. taking out leverage they can't sustain).

 

[staffsgtdignam]

i already do 401k contributions with a diverse suite of stuff my company runs.

that with da property that rented out Its enough for me.

Cubano time, that's what I'm spear heading. then a car of my liking.

I've already maxed out every thing I ever wanted.

Dude 401k contributions are the bare minimum you can do. Roth IRA, diversified funds and other investments like these are investments where people are not taking advantage where they should.

 

[ninjahood]

He doesn't understand that the 12k for the Jesus piece could be worth around 30k if he just invested in a S&P mutual fund in 2009. But hey keep trying to school us on the economy and investing.

To be fair, people who don't know how to invest shouldn't be trying their luck at the markets.

and you ain't never seen me ever post in da stock market thread here.

other than politically driven things that I know will affect certain industries, you gotta know WAAAAY more than to predict a good return on your investment.

I'm good on that.

 

[SneakerProSr.]

u mean when da economy nosed dived and interest rates were at ziltch? yeah.....

So, obviously you don't understand how to invest. Let me say it again...

 


$26k that could have easily been invested. For all the time he spends trying to get da liberals to like him, he could read up on some safe investments.

i already do 401k contributions with a diverse suite of stuff my company runs.

that with da property that rented out Its enough for me.

Cubano time, that's what I'm spear heading. then a car of my liking.

I've already maxed out every thing I ever wanted.

Wait you got property and a healthy 401k?!?!!?

Man I'm stop slandering your lifestyle choices then

 

[staffsgtdignam]

Wait you got property and a healthy 401k?!?!!?

Man I'm stop slandering your lifestyle choices then

Lol you know you're ballin when you own one property and have a 401k [emoji]128514[/emoji]

 

[seandon23]

marriage? kids? I don't have siblings.. God forbid something happens to my mom and I'm not around, I would never live that down...that one of da reasons I never go over da road for CDL jobs, went away too far for college, joined da military, etc. I live her & she lives for me.

btw..you should check da "current trends" of millennials that live with their parents...it's da highest in US history.

The reason for the current trends with millennial is due to economic reasons more than anything else. Trying to get into the job market as well as pay off student loans and debt accumulated from years in college are the main reasons with "limited" job market being open for lack of a better term

 

[ninjahood]

i already do 401k contributions with a diverse suite of stuff my company runs.

that with da property that rented out Its enough for me.

Cubano time, that's what I'm spear heading. then a car of my liking.

I've already maxed out every thing I ever wanted.

Dude 401k contributions are the bare minimum you can do. Roth IRA, diversified funds and other investments like these are investments where people are not taking advantage where they should.

my company also has a IRA set up for me, which I contribute & they match 1:1, after a certain # of years it goes up to match 2:1.

all that **** on autopilot,I don't even worry about it because I don't micromanage any of it.

 

[ninjahood]

marriage? kids? I don't have siblings.. God forbid something happens to my mom and I'm not around, I would never live that down...that one of da reasons I never go over da road for CDL jobs, went away too far for college, joined da military, etc. I live her & she lives for me.

btw..you should check da "current trends" of millennials that live with their parents...it's da highest in US history.

The reason for the current trends with millennial is due to economic reasons more than anything else. Trying to get into the job market as well as pay off student loans and debt accumulated from years in college are the main reasons with "limited" job market being open for lack of a better term

guess I'm way ahead on that aspect, I don't owe any school loans, and I'm bout 2 years away from my bachelor's...plus I peeled from early on I wanted to know how to turn a wrench so I can always eat around here.

 

[staffsgtdignam]

and you ain't never seen me ever post in da stock market thread here.

other than politically driven things that I know will affect certain industries, you gotta know WAAAAY more than to predict a good return on your investment.

I'm good on that.

I've traded commodities for almost 10 years and my background is in economics (I'm an economist by profession and a real estate investor as a hobby). That said, you could teach a 10 year old how to beat the market (even if it is simple diversification) without ever getting into complex technical or fundamental analysis.

 

[boris]

i already do 401k contributions with a diverse suite of stuff my company runs.

that with da property that rented out Its enough for me.

Cubano time, that's what I'm spear heading. then a car of my liking.

I've already maxed out every thing I ever wanted.

401k is for your retirement. You can't touch that money for a long time. I'm talking about investments that benefit you now. It's ok, like everything else, you already think you have the answers despite your responses proving otherwise.

 

[seandon23]

guess I'm way ahead on that aspect, I don't owe any school loans, and I'm bout 2 years away from my bachelor's...plus I peeled from early on I wanted to know how to turn a wrench so I can always eat around here.

yeah it also depends on your degree, school tuition, loans you take out, and if you are going to go to grad school. there are a lot of things going into it. luckily for me i won't have to worry about those things once I'm out of college since I'm going to a state school and living at home 

 

[staffsgtdignam]

yeah it also depends on your degree, school tuition, loans you take out, and if you are going to go to grad school. there are a lot of things going into it. luckily for me i won't have to worry about those things once I'm out of college since I'm going to a state school and living at home 

Yeah it's crazy to me how much people go into debt for undergrad and graduate degrees. I came debt free with my degrees but the only way I'd put myself 6 figures into debt if I were attending a top tier grad school (i.e. HBS, Wharton, etc. etc.).

 

[seandon23]

Yeah it's crazy to me how much people go into debt for undergrad and graduate degrees. I came debt free with my degrees but the only way I'd put myself 6 figures into debt if I were attending a top tier grad school (i.e. HBS, Wharton, etc. etc.).

had a friend from HS who's going to NYU as an undergrad and going to do the law school program. when he told me the tuition