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Cake day: June 30th, 2023

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  • Despite Black families experiencing the largest growth in median net wealth — a 60% bump from 2019 — their 2022 levels remained the lowest among all other racial or ethnic groups, and they also saw incomes falter.

    The 37% rise in net worth, which was more than double the next-largest upswing on record, was largely fueled by asset growth — specifically home values and stock market gains that far exceeded consumer price inflation, Fed researchers said.

    Figured_ I would add a bit more context to your argument. You can’t gain in net wealth if you have nothing to gain with. Emphasis in above quote is mine.



























  • It can’t be any worse than what I did. TMI alert.

    I was in a psychiatric ward in my teens. Around that time, I also had major issues with pooping in strange places. I didn’t poop for 11 days! Don’t ask me how I wasn’t in pain, but somehow I just shut off my rectum. Mom finally came to visit me, and we went to a restaurant for lunch. I guess I felt safe enough with mom near by (no, not in the bathroom with me), because I finally couldn’t hold it. I crapped so much it was literally piled over the top of the water. Plus add toilet paper, of course it clogged. And it was the only toilet in the place. And when I came out there was a HUGE line of people waiting (no clue how long I was in there). I told the person in front of the line to wait because the toilet was clogged, then went to ask for a plunger. The counter person said they would take care of it, so I went back to the table. I don’t have the slightest clue what happened after, but I thank God this was before everyone had cell phones. You know that shit would have been all over the internet!