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  • I dont know how things are in new zealand these days but in a medium city in canada a house or condo costs at least 10 times the average annual income and closer to 20-25 times a minimum wage income. So things may not have been as easy for you as the post makes it seem but they’re a hell of a lot harder for a lot of people now.








  • emeralddawn45toScience Memes@mander.xyzMarshmallow Test
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    5 days ago

    This study is actually kind of sad, because upon further reflection on the data, it was found that the kids with “poor impulse control” were actually less likely to trust authority figures because they had experienced so many letdowns or broken promises from adult role models in their lives. Kids with happy home lives who were used to getting treats were way more likely to wait for the second marshmallow, whereas kids who had been consistently lied to or had never been given spontaneous treats by their caretakers were more likely to just take what was right in front of them.





  • emeralddawn45toCanada@lemmy.caNice Job Guys
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    10 days ago

    Do candidates usually retrieve their lawn signs? Ive never owned a house and never really thought about what happens to all those signs but i guess j assumed people just threw them out afterward. Or left them on their lawns for months.


  • emeralddawn45toFunny: Home of the Haha@lemmy.worldThe "economy"
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    Yeah and if wages were already significantly worse than inflation, and continued to stay below it, then peoples buying power decreased even more. It didn’t decrease faster than it was, but it still decreased from what it had been, making them worse off. Looking at 5 year trends foesnt really matter if theres never a true upward swing and its just a consistent downslide. You can say ‘yeah but here in this spot you slowed down slightly’, but the person is still closer to the bottom than they’ve ever been.