Rowâżear retweeted
Iâve spent a few days thinking about the Tesla Roadster reveal and landed somewhere I havenât seen much discussion. Iâm neither a Tesla fanboy nor a Tesla hater. And I couldnât care less whether what we saw technically qualifies as a flying car. Three takeaways: (1) The risk of that live demonstration going horribly wrong was real. Almost no CEO would willingly expose their company to that kind of public humiliation for a product with so little financial upside. Elon did. (2) That willingness to attempt the seemingly impossible is what makes Tesla special. Itâs also arguably Elonâs greatest contribution to America. Heâs helped bring back something weâve lost. The American spirit of chasing big scary ideas that most people think are impossible. That mindset is spreading across a new generation of founders and its long term impact on Americaâs future could dwarf anything Tesla ever sells. I think this is deeply underappreciated. (3) Can we just acknowledge how insanely cool that moment was? Weâve reached a strange place culturally where even extraordinary feats of human ingenuity immediately become arguments about why they donât count. Not everything needs to be a debate. Sometimes we should just be able to stand back together and marvel at what humans are capable of. Iâve been both bullish and critical of Teslaâs ambitions over the years. But watching Elon and his team push the boundaries of whatâs possible reminds me why Iâm glad we have him. Whether the Roadster ever makes Tesla a dollar or impacts $TSLA stock price is almost beside the point. We need more people willing to risk failure in pursuit of things the rest of us think are impossible. Because when they succeed we all win.
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Rowâżear retweeted
I just talked to a guy who makes $16,000 a month renting out a space he doesn't own.
He works a full-time tech job in Georgia, and his business has been open less than a year.
He paid $2,200 to rent a small venue for his wife's baby shower and thought, we could do this better.
nd cleaned up the space himself on nights and weekends with YouTube tutorials.
His best month was $22,500.
He averages about $16,000 a month, with about $8,000 of that profit.
No employees, just him and his wife.
He spent less than $100 on Facebook ads and booked about $10,000 in parties in one day.
Three churches pay him $1,000 a month each to use the space every Sunday. That covers his rent before he books any other party.
He also put QR codes on the walls. Guests scan them, upload selfies, and the photos pop up on a giant LED wall during the party.
Then he markets to everyone who uploaded, and 8% of them have booked their own event.
The event business is live and well here in GA.
In this episode Justin:
- Breaks down a $1,000 bare bones rental versus a $4,000 full package
- Shows the birthday mailers he sends 3 months before milestone birthdays
- Gives me his Facebook Marketplace trick for $30 tables
- Tells me why parking matters more than the building
This one was really good.
He works a full-time tech job in Georgia, and his business has been open less than a year.
He paid $2,200 to rent a small venue for his wife's baby shower and thought, we could do this better.
nd cleaned up the space himself on nights and weekends with YouTube tutorials.
His best month was $22,500.
He averages about $16,000 a month, with about $8,000 of that profit.
No employees, just him and his wife.
He spent less than $100 on Facebook ads and booked about $10,000 in parties in one day.
Three churches pay him $1,000 a month each to use the space every Sunday. That covers his rent before he books any other party.
He also put QR codes on the walls. Guests scan them, upload selfies, and the photos pop up on a giant LED wall during the party.
Then he markets to everyone who uploaded, and 8% of them have booked their own event.
The event business is live and well here in GA.
In this episode Justin:
- Breaks down a $1,000 bare bones rental versus a $4,000 full package
- Shows the birthday mailers he sends 3 months before milestone birthdays
- Gives me his Facebook Marketplace trick for $30 tables
- Tells me why parking matters more than the building
This one was really good.
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Rowâżear retweeted
Wondering what you homeowners have to say about this:
"HYPOTHETICALLY⌠IF I BOUGHT MY HOUSE FOR $125,000 IN 2002 AND THE COUNTY NOW SAYS ITâS WORTH $487,000, WHERE DID I ACTUALLY MAKE $362,000?
Did I sell it? No.
Did I receive $362,000? No.
Did somebody hand me a check for the new assessed value? Obviously not.
But my property taxes still go up because, on paper, my house is suddenly worth hundreds of thousands more.
Thatâs the part that doesnât make sense to me.
This isnât income.
It isnât cash sitting in my bank account.
Itâs a number someone assigned to my property, and now Iâm being billed based on that number.
If my stock portfolio doubles but I donât sell, I havenât turned that gain into cash.
If my salary stays the same, I donât suddenly owe more income tax because someone thinks Iâm worth more.
So why does owning a home work differently?
WHY AM I PAYING TAX ON A GAIN I NEVER REALIZED?
A house isnât just an investment.
Itâs where people live.
You can pay off the mortgage, own the property outright, and still face a bigger bill every year because the value of the house went up on paper.
At some point, you have to ask what âowningâ something actually means if the cost of keeping it can keep rising because of money you never received.
THIS ISNâT ABOUT WHETHER THE HOUSE IS âWORTHâ MORE.
ITâS ABOUT BEING CHARGED FOR VALUE YOU NEVER TURNED INTO CASH.
This is theft."
"HYPOTHETICALLY⌠IF I BOUGHT MY HOUSE FOR $125,000 IN 2002 AND THE COUNTY NOW SAYS ITâS WORTH $487,000, WHERE DID I ACTUALLY MAKE $362,000?
Did I sell it? No.
Did I receive $362,000? No.
Did somebody hand me a check for the new assessed value? Obviously not.
But my property taxes still go up because, on paper, my house is suddenly worth hundreds of thousands more.
Thatâs the part that doesnât make sense to me.
This isnât income.
It isnât cash sitting in my bank account.
Itâs a number someone assigned to my property, and now Iâm being billed based on that number.
If my stock portfolio doubles but I donât sell, I havenât turned that gain into cash.
If my salary stays the same, I donât suddenly owe more income tax because someone thinks Iâm worth more.
So why does owning a home work differently?
WHY AM I PAYING TAX ON A GAIN I NEVER REALIZED?
A house isnât just an investment.
Itâs where people live.
You can pay off the mortgage, own the property outright, and still face a bigger bill every year because the value of the house went up on paper.
At some point, you have to ask what âowningâ something actually means if the cost of keeping it can keep rising because of money you never received.
THIS ISNâT ABOUT WHETHER THE HOUSE IS âWORTHâ MORE.
ITâS ABOUT BEING CHARGED FOR VALUE YOU NEVER TURNED INTO CASH.
This is theft."
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Rowâżear retweeted
Realizing that people spend 40 years and 80,000 hours of their life working for a money that the government can just print out of thin air.
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Rowâżear retweeted
Hope you own bitcoin, bc they are going to print like a mf.
BREAKING: President Trump says higher US inflation will "pay off" US debt "very rapidly" in response to total US debt rising above $40 trillion.
"I know I'm the best in the world... you can pay off the debt through other means. But the one thing that you can do is pay it off ve never had growth like this," Trump said.
US Treasury yields hit a new high of the day after the statement.
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Rowâżear retweeted
COINBASE: Senators voting NO on the Clarity Act today fail to protect consumers and help foreign rivals lead digital finance.
"History, and the crypto voter, won't forget." â Brian Armstrong, CEO
"History, and the crypto voter, won't forget." â Brian Armstrong, CEO
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This post kinda says it all. The ai even knows whatâs up
Hey @grok, you get to choose your salary:
Option A: $250,000 per year
Option B: 1 Bitcoin per year
Which do you choose and why?
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Rowâżear retweeted
Somewhere a therapist is trying to get people to "live in the moment" while this girl is already three levels deep into a made up game that only exists in her head and involves real trains.
The world needs more pointless whimsy.
The world needs more pointless whimsy.
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Rowâżear retweeted
The median salary today is $65,000.
In 1970 it was $8,500.
Looks like progress.
Until you measure it in gold.
1970: 236 ounces
2026: 15 ounces
Your grandparents earned 221 more ounces of real money every year for the same work.
Dollars lost.
Hard money didnât.
In 1970 it was $8,500.
Looks like progress.
Until you measure it in gold.
1970: 236 ounces
2026: 15 ounces
Your grandparents earned 221 more ounces of real money every year for the same work.
Dollars lost.
Hard money didnât.
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The world is a vampireâŚ
Here's the real reason the A.I. boom is going to run out of capital. It's the same reason why rates are rising. And it's exactly why there's suddenly a mad scramble for capital in A.I. Equity values will fall as the cost of capital increases 20%-30%. But that's only the beginningđ
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