Higgenbotham's Dark Age Hovel

[Higgenbotham]

Last Thursday’s 2466 NASDAQ net declines, the highest since February 13, 2024, indicated extreme market selling pressure. However, this metric occurred when markets celebrated a record quarter for Nvidia and announced a ten-for-one stock split—especially telling behavior in a “great news environment.”

[aedens]

We anticipate into august for our view. The sentiment trade will be explained trade the chart in front of you.
We are slowly moving into equity risk premium facts. As you indicate also they are oblivious we already warned.

[Guest]

We anticipate into august for our view. The sentiment trade will be explained trade the chart in front of you.
We are slowly moving into equity risk premium facts. As you indicate also they are oblivious we already warned.

So a collapse in August followed by world war?

[Higgenbotham]

Dark Age Chronicles

This post will describe my 2 days after Christmas in the new dark age.

Late yesterday evening, my wife told me that one of her friends had texted her saying she needs a favor, a big favor. (Before we started moving, I said there will be people wanting to move in with us. I said the answer needs to be no, and the reason is that your mother is moving in with us next month. I said let's agree to that now before it happens, because it's going to happen. We agreed.) So I said the big favor she needs is that she wants to move into our house. That turned out to be correct. I said I was surprised they were the first, but they won't be the last. We got more details this morning. He lost his IT job, her contract job ends in a few days, and they were scammed out of all their savings. They thought they were investing in a business. More bad news this morning. Their rent is $2,300 per month, December was not paid, and they are facing eviction. My wife gave her the canned response: her mother is moving into the house next month. But she added that we have this apartment vacated and they (and their kids) can live here until the lease runs out. She rejected that offer, saying she needs to keep the kids in the same school. After she got off the phone, my wife and I noted that she hasn't yet come to terms with how much trouble she is in.

Dark Age Chronicles

This post will describe my 2 days after Christmas in the new dark age.

After she got off the phone, my wife and I noted that she hasn't yet come to terms with how much trouble she is in.

These types never see it coming...

Please keep us posted on her.

As you know, I've been doing some updates about how she found another apartment based on income that doesn't exist and I wondered why anyone would be stupid enough to rent to her.

She came back yesterday with her 3 kids. Before she texted last time, she had come to visit twice. Her behavior yesterday was similar to the previous 2 visits and it's pretty obvious she is once again facing eviction. I heard my wife talking to her about how her Mom is moving in next month and it's all set.

But the aspect that seems more notable this time around was the amount of waste she generated in the short time she was here. Actually, it was way too long but it was short in the context of this discussion.

First, she used the toilet. When I went past the bathroom maybe an hour later, I heard the toilet running full bore. The flapper valve was wide open and I closed it. An open flapper valve is going to use roughly 200 gallons in an hour. This entire family of 3 used 1200 gallons of water last month and my 4 year old can flush the toilet by herself with no adult supervision and no issues.

Second was the amount of garbage she generated. Below is what the trash can looked like after I took the garbage out that she threw in it as she left. This entire family of 3 generated this much garbage in 6 days.



This is what the can looked like after she left:



As can be seen, she is wasting money at McDonald's. There were other issues too numerous to mention.

[Higgenbotham]

This entire family of 3 used 1200 gallons of water last month and my 4 year old can flush the toilet by herself with no adult supervision and no issues.

[aeden]

47 minutes ago

The stupidity of these people makes me concerned that we are on the cusp of entering a new dark age.

Good luck H these people are years and years beyond recovery.

[Higgenbotham]

47 minutes ago

The stupidity of these people makes me concerned that we are on the cusp of entering a new dark age.

Good luck H these people are years and years beyond recovery.

We generate one bag of garbage every 2 weeks. The can usually goes out every 2 weeks. Most weeks I see several cans filled to overflowing. It would take at least 6 bags of the type we use to fill the can to overflowing. As you know, we compost all our kitchen waste, but that's only part of the story, as you would also know.

I read where the average American family uses 12,000 gallons of water per month. I could say I wonder how they do it but there was somebody else over here last month who wanted to fill a kid's toy that uses about 2 ounces of water. I watched him go over to the kitchen sink, turn the water on full blast, then take about a minute unscrewing the toy before he filled it. Same guy who complained about water company executives living in million dollar houses because his water bills are too high.

You can't make this stuff up.

[Guest]

As you know, I've been doing some updates about how she found another apartment based on income that doesn't exist and I wondered why anyone would be stupid enough to rent to her.

She came back yesterday with her 3 kids. Before she texted last time, she had come to visit twice. Her behavior yesterday was similar to the previous 2 visits and it's pretty obvious she is once again facing eviction. I heard my wife talking to her about how her Mom is moving in next month and it's all set.

But the aspect that seems more notable this time around was the amount of waste she generated in the short time she was here. Actually, it was way too long but it was short in the context of this discussion.

First, she used the toilet. When I went past the bathroom maybe an hour later, I heard the toilet running full bore. The flapper valve was wide open and I closed it. An open flapper valve is going to use roughly 200 gallons in an hour. This entire family of 3 used 1200 gallons of water last month and my 4 year old can flush the toilet by herself with no adult supervision and no issues.

Second was the amount of garbage she generated. Below is what the trash can looked like after I took the garbage out that she threw in it as she left. This entire family of 3 generated this much garbage in 6 days.

As can be seen, she is wasting money at McDonald's. There were other issues too numerous to mention.

This woman and her family are already dead, they just don't know it.

I think a general cull is needed anyway.

[Higgenbotham]

Re the Trump verdict:

These are my top 3 general characteristics of a civilization that is on the cusp of entering a dark age/has just entered a dark age (in other words, where I think we are right now):

1. Decline in societal standards
2. Functional failure of government
3. Lack of accountability

With regard to the rule of law, in the recent past, the rule of law was generally fairly and uniformly enforced. As of now, by my reckoning, we have a "functional failure of government" (general item number 2 above) to enforce the rule of law fairly and uniformly in many instances. This is the specific type of thing that is leading from the cusp of the dark age into the dark age proper.

They can't stop themselves. It's all they know and understand.

My experience is even in wheelchairs, they are still arrogant.
It is inherent in the species.
H was and is correct in - It's all they know and understand.

[Higgenbotham]

Why Americans are getting shorter
Wealth inequality handed the country's citizens the short end of the stick

American height saw a decline beginning in the 1980s

Devika Rao, The Week US
PUBLISHED 7 JANUARY 2024

Americans are shrinking! Over the past 100 years, Americans went from being some of the tallest people in the world to ranking somewhere smack in the middle. Though bias from self-reporting has long been considered a factor in this height assessment, experts have confirmed that the population is indeed becoming shorter. That change is due to health factors and nutrition, with the decline overwhelmingly linked to growing wealth inequality in the United States beginning in particular around the 1980s.

There was a particular decrease in average height in those born after the 1980s, also known as millennials, although the decrease was only an average of a few quarters of inches. This coincided with a shift in American politics that changed the country's health and economic landscape.

A decline in Americans' health is likely a major factor in Americans shrinking. "Height is strongly influenced by the mother's nourishment during pregnancy and the child's during infancy," explained The New York Times. "Height is also linked to overall health and well-being." During the 1980s, new economic policies increased the country's wealth inequality, reducing lower-income families' access to nutritious food.

https://theweek.com/health/height-in-am ... lic-health