Rocket surgeon poster

Has to be any one on that Political forum. Wow.

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Anonymous wrote:the Colleges that Change Lives boosters in the college and university discussion board are pretty annoying

(But to be fair that corner of DCUM is infested with obnoxious and mean spirited people in general)

The Which Elite College Is the Worst poster badly, badly needs a life. Who the hell cares?

+1

Relentless. Like a three year old.

Poster who criticizes Talbot as frumpy

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Anonymous wrote:the Colleges that Change Lives boosters in the college and university discussion board are pretty annoying

(But to be fair that corner of DCUM is infested with obnoxious and mean spirited people in general)

The Which Elite College Is the Worst poster badly, badly needs a life. Who the hell cares?

that too lol

The person who comments on every page of any K-Pop related thread that everyone looks like girls.

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Anonymous wrote:The "$400k HHI is middle class!" DCUM-er

it's not?

For people who grew up MC, $400k in the DC area sure doesn’t feel that much different. Still just a cog in the machine.

We are all cogs in the machine on some level … maybe it is easier to accept that at lower income levels … but I can see how this might be insulting to some hard working families scraping by in DC area/DMV on much lower income than that. They still have to pay high rents/ mortgages and utility bills.

We all have agency whatever our income levels.

It's totally insulting, and I think it leads to poor political outcomes. If you make that much money and you think that your struggles are the same as somebody who is making 50K, you're going to have a really skewed picture of reality and you'll be a clueless voter.

Depending on how you define “middle class”, 50k isn’t really middle class for a family of four in the DC area.

From a few years ago (would be shifted higher today):
Based on the current median family income of $95,995, the range of middle-class family incomes in Washington is from $63,997 (two-thirds of the median) to $191,990 (double the median). Five years ago, those respective figures were $52,662 and $157,986.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wealthier-middle-class-emerging-washington-220318083.html

Totally, but I'm thinking more about national politics.

Ok. I was talking about DC (bolded) but ok. $50k is still very bottom of “middle class” for the US.

When you add in LMC and UMC the range of “middle class” gets even wider. Top of UMC for US is ~$370k; would be greater for the DC area.
https://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/family-finance/articles/where-do-i-fall-in-the-american-economic-class-system

UMC feels more like MC than it feels like “wealthy”. Not just from an income perspective. Still working a job to pay the bills.

$400k is UMC for the DC area.

$400K is not even close to UMC for the DC area. Median HHI in MD, DC and VA is about $90-95K. Median. The UMC makes about $100-150K, possibly as much as $175K. $400K is about the top 1-1.5% of HHI in every part of the metropolitan area (top 1% varies between about $375K-500K depending on the area). You cannot really think that the top 1-2% of a region with a population close to 6.25M is UMC.

There is a reason you are one of the annoying DCUM posters this thread is talking about.

Because I know how to read? So annoying, right?

Repeated from above:
https://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/family-finance/articles/where-do-i-fall-in-the-american-economic-class-system
“ Top of UMC for US is ~$370k; would be greater for the DC area. ”

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Anonymous wrote:The "$400k HHI is middle class!" DCUM-er

it's not?

For people who grew up MC, $400k in the DC area sure doesn’t feel that much different. Still just a cog in the machine.

We are all cogs in the machine on some level … maybe it is easier to accept that at lower income levels … but I can see how this might be insulting to some hard working families scraping by in DC area/DMV on much lower income than that. They still have to pay high rents/ mortgages and utility bills.

We all have agency whatever our income levels.

It's totally insulting, and I think it leads to poor political outcomes. If you make that much money and you think that your struggles are the same as somebody who is making 50K, you're going to have a really skewed picture of reality and you'll be a clueless voter.

Depending on how you define “middle class”, 50k isn’t really middle class for a family of four in the DC area.

From a few years ago (would be shifted higher today):
Based on the current median family income of $95,995, the range of middle-class family incomes in Washington is from $63,997 (two-thirds of the median) to $191,990 (double the median). Five years ago, those respective figures were $52,662 and $157,986.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wealthier-middle-class-emerging-washington-220318083.html

Totally, but I'm thinking more about national politics.

Ok. I was talking about DC (bolded) but ok. $50k is still very bottom of “middle class” for the US.

When you add in LMC and UMC the range of “middle class” gets even wider. Top of UMC for US is ~$370k; would be greater for the DC area.
https://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/family-finance/articles/where-do-i-fall-in-the-american-economic-class-system

UMC feels more like MC than it feels like “wealthy”. Not just from an income perspective. Still working a job to pay the bills.

$400k is UMC for the DC area.

$400K is not even close to UMC for the DC area. Median HHI in MD, DC and VA is about $90-95K. Median. The UMC makes about $100-150K, possibly as much as $175K. $400K is about the top 1-1.5% of HHI in every part of the metropolitan area (top 1% varies between about $375K-500K depending on the area). You cannot really think that the top 1-2% of a region with a population close to 6.25M is UMC.

There is a reason you are one of the annoying DCUM posters this thread is talking about.

The dude who interjects into every divorced parents discussion to blame "Mom" for cutting "Dad" out of the children's lives and only wanting money.

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Anonymous wrote:The "$400k HHI is middle class!" DCUM-er

it's not?

For people who grew up MC, $400k in the DC area sure doesn’t feel that much different. Still just a cog in the machine.

We are all cogs in the machine on some level … maybe it is easier to accept that at lower income levels … but I can see how this might be insulting to some hard working families scraping by in DC area/DMV on much lower income than that. They still have to pay high rents/ mortgages and utility bills.

We all have agency whatever our income levels.

It's totally insulting, and I think it leads to poor political outcomes. If you make that much money and you think that your struggles are the same as somebody who is making 50K, you're going to have a really skewed picture of reality and you'll be a clueless voter.

Depending on how you define “middle class”, 50k isn’t really middle class for a family of four in the DC area.

From a few years ago (would be shifted higher today):
Based on the current median family income of $95,995, the range of middle-class family incomes in Washington is from $63,997 (two-thirds of the median) to $191,990 (double the median). Five years ago, those respective figures were $52,662 and $157,986.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wealthier-middle-class-emerging-washington-220318083.html

Totally, but I'm thinking more about national politics.

Ok. I was talking about DC (bolded) but ok. $50k is still very bottom of “middle class” for the US.

When you add in LMC and UMC the range of “middle class” gets even wider. Top of UMC for US is ~$370k; would be greater for the DC area.
https://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/family-finance/articles/where-do-i-fall-in-the-american-economic-class-system

UMC feels more like MC than it feels like “wealthy”. Not just from an income perspective. Still working a job to pay the bills.

$400k is UMC for the DC area.

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Anonymous wrote:The "$400k HHI is middle class!" DCUM-er

it's not?

For people who grew up MC, $400k in the DC area sure doesn’t feel that much different. Still just a cog in the machine.

Just because you spend the majority of your wages on luxury items including living in high priced areas, and your remaining disposable income is the same as actual middle class families does not make you middle class.

If you own in NWDC, Bethesda, CC, Mclean, N Arlington, you are not middle class just because you've spent four times as much on your house as actual middle class people.

To live a “middle class” lifestyle in an expensive area takes more money. It’s cheaper to live somewhere else but the income won’t necessarily follow (at least precovid).

You can live in this area and buy in Silver Spring, College Park, most of PG County, Burtonsville and have the same jobs as you have living in NWDC, Bethesda, CC, Mclean, N Arlington and have a lot more disposable income left. Just because you CHOOSE to live in an area where the median house price is in the top 10% of the metropolitan region, and have less remaining disposable income STILL does not make you middle class. You are upper class who chooses to spend your wealth on real estate in more desirable locations.

This is like the person who claims that they own a condo on the upper east side of Manhattan and are middle class because they don't have that much disposable income left after they pay their huge mortgage. It's ignorant and tone-deaf.

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Anonymous wrote:The "$400k HHI is middle class!" DCUM-er

it's not?

For people who grew up MC, $400k in the DC area sure doesn’t feel that much different. Still just a cog in the machine.

We are all cogs in the machine on some level … maybe it is easier to accept that at lower income levels … but I can see how this might be insulting to some hard working families scraping by in DC area/DMV on much lower income than that. They still have to pay high rents/ mortgages and utility bills.

We all have agency whatever our income levels.

It's totally insulting, and I think it leads to poor political outcomes. If you make that much money and you think that your struggles are the same as somebody who is making 50K, you're going to have a really skewed picture of reality and you'll be a clueless voter.

Depending on how you define “middle class”, 50k isn’t really middle class for a family of four in the DC area.

From a few years ago (would be shifted higher today):
Based on the current median family income of $95,995, the range of middle-class family incomes in Washington is from $63,997 (two-thirds of the median) to $191,990 (double the median). Five years ago, those respective figures were $52,662 and $157,986.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wealthier-middle-class-emerging-washington-220318083.html

Note that this is nowhere near $400K. No, $400K is not “middle class,” even though you chose to live in an expensive area and be house poor.

Anonymous wrote:the Colleges that Change Lives boosters in the college and university discussion board are pretty annoying

(But to be fair that corner of DCUM is infested with obnoxious and mean spirited people in general)

The Which Elite College Is the Worst poster badly, badly needs a life. Who the hell cares?

Anonymous wrote:I’d say the people whom correct grammar in a post that’s easily understood. Its an anonymous board. Only correct to clarify meaning. And now I wait.

I only correct grammar when the poster is an obnoxious jerk. As you don’t seem to be one (that I know), I won’t correct the obvious error you probably inserted deliberately.

Anonymous wrote:Political posts using the word "massive." Can't think of one where the claim actually deserves the word, but it seems popular with a small group.

It’s in common use in Britain. Those posters think they’re Euro-cool.