Money and cash are two distinct things. Money just means something accepted for exchange and has many forms. If some accepted a debt as payment, they “created” money. Our whole financial system works this way, as banks loan out more ‘money’ than they have in cash.

“The entire world got rich” Income inequality is at record levels, my guy

There’s also the matter of the time it takes to cook a meal for guests. American households are often two-income or single parent, meaning it is a major time cost to take a day cooking to prepare, serve and clean up after 4-8 people. All of these point to this decline as a symptom, not the issue

and those houses are affordable. That is not the case in the US: everyone drives everywhere, HOAs often forbid this behavior, and houses are NOT affordable to anyone but the well to do. Also, a person living in an apartment building in a city isn’t in a position to do this.

Also, re: passer-by bbq, culturally, izakayas are a thing in Japan, which makes eating at a random person’s in a neighborhood less odd. Also, you actually need to have a house and yard to do this. Japan has plenty of houses that fit this description in neighborhoods where people walk,

Yeah, you can pre-make some things (salad), but some things you can’t (scallops). Also, you need enough people to keep themselves entertained while you do finishing, which probably means at least 4.

The context sounds like he said what he said

It’s more wild to me that his “earliest” reference is the bible

The SC Democrat in the senate race is now campaigning on being anti-trans…

Your regular reminder that my daughter Alice’s death wasn’t counted in Appleby’s report, despite her meeting all the criteria. And when I emailed the Tavistock adult GIC to inform them they could take Alice off the waitlist, because she’d died by suicide, they never replied. It’s a disgrace.

The second obstacle is cost. In the current economy, cooking a nicer meal for extra people adds a significant percentage to the monthly budget if you don’t have it scheduled in already. Also cooking in costs pretty similar to going out: you can’t buy ingredients at wholesale like restaurants

I have people over for dinner (I like to cook), and I find the single biggest issue is scheduling. To not make it awkward you need more than one person, generally speaking, but getting two people’s calendars to line up takes asking six weeks out. I will ask spontaneously but people rarely show.

Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth