Rents will probably go up […] and what’s left won’t be enough to save for any kind of down deposit.

It’s the same capitalism we have now.

Whatever it does to home and rent prices, as well as inflation generally, would be temporary until the markets adjusts. That can be softened by slowly phasing it in, maybe $100/m each year. The standard supply, demand, price balancing act at play. This time with the income floor not being at $0.

It’s the same capitalism we have now; Accept the bottom income level, isn’t zero anymore.

Who would be in what Cast?
Where do you draw the lines?

Several reasons.

1. The US is largely responsible for defining what 1st, 2nd, and 3rd World countries are.
2. It has the largest economy in the world.
   (I think? That may have gone to China by now. Not sure. But it was true recently.)
3. Even with everything you said being true. It’s still the wealthiest country in the world, by a large margin. Epically when you compare incomes, lifestyles, and infrastructure to actual 3rd world countries. It’s not even close.

I’ve heard people say a UBI is easy to exploit before.
But I don’t see how.

If everyone gets the same payment, with the only qualifiers being citizenship and age; How can it be exploited?

I’m not sure what you’re talking about.

None of the major Fediverse projects have real monetization.
Why single out PeerTube?

Why would you expect monetization at this point?

Do you think it should be monetized, or are you just surprised it hasn’t been?

What form of monetization are you imagining?

The simple answer is: Because they aren’t the same people.
It’s unlikely you’ll to find a single individual complaining about both of those things. Some individuals will complain about one, and other individuals will complain about the other. You’ll then even have 3rd subgroup who will complain about any minority actor in a lead roll at all; But that’s a different complaint than the two you’re talking about.

65million was the number I learned as a kid born in 1980.

That is me. Numerous people have called me “The most literal person I know”.

I wrote only exactly what I meant.

I would TALK to her about looking for someplace to live she does feel safe.

And literally… Advocating Talking about something, is not advocating Doing that thing.

“She not gaslighting” was the first paragraph.

Looking back I don’t see anything I wrote, that says they should move, or anything about abuse at all.

My second paragraph recommended a conversation. One which I’m sure would illuminate more of her thoughts; Possibly exposing inconsistencies in her logic, if she is genuinely being manipulative and abusive.

Or possibly we’re both wrong, and reading things that aren’t actually written. You’ve certainly proven a tendency for that with what I’ve written.

Sure all of that is true. But also outside the scope of the direct question.

Because he’s so much more elderly than trump.

To answer your specific question, in this example, no she’s not gaslighting you. Gaslighting is a special form of lying intent on having you doubting your own reason, judgement, and even memory, in favor of someone else’s.

In this case, it sounds like she’s afraid of her own neighborhood, and is depending on you to make her feel safe. Were I in your position, I would talk to her about looking for someplace to live she does feel safe.

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

-Robert Frost

You’re not alone.

On a good large screen, 1080p is a noticeable upgrade from 720p.
But the distance you’d have to sit at, to get much out of 2160p over 1080p, is just way too close.
However the High Dynamic Range that comes with 4K formats and releases IS a big difference.

On the other hand, storage is pretty cheep. A couple cents per GB really.
But you’re talking more about bandwidth, which can be expensive.

But yeah. You’re not alone.

I’m stupid. That’s obvious in retrospect. Thank you

What’s TTC?

I tried to look it up and found:
Trying to Concieve with a bunch of Christian advice.
Thinking Theologically Conference which looks like an apologetics workshop.

Neither makes a lot of sense for him to bring back

That was the original idea behind Hulu.
But Netflix had a much better UX and ate their lunch.

That’s what I mean by using different definitions.
I don’t use the terms gamble or investment exclusively as an evaluation or indication of risk; More as a term of intent.

While I might not call a four week t-bill a gamble, I certainly wouldn’t call it an investment at all.
I’d be more inclined to call a savings account an investment; as a savings account can be used for more long term financial planing of one’s future.

Yes. I’d call that an investment in crypto. A risky investment is still an investment.

Maybe we just define the terms invest and gamble differently.

I would say investment is giving your money / time / energy into something with the expectation / belief / hope that eventually in the long run, that thing will become what you want.

Gambling on the other hand, is putting money / time / energy into something with the expectation / belief / hope that it will eminently get you something you want.

Either could be high or low risk. They may not pay money out at all.
You make an investment in teaching your kids to drive, so they will be more independent and capable in the future.
You make a gamble on teaching your kids to drive, that they won’t get them selves into a wreck tomorrow.

Gamble = Short term
Investment = Long term

My challenge didn’t include inflation. Though I did mention it prior to that, so it’s an easy assumption to make.

That’s also just the S&P500, which isn’t even all US stocks, let alone international. But I did previously mention it as the minimum of “broad”. I’ll accept that as well.

So with some asterics, I congratulate you.