"Short, thin Asian dude with vaguely L.A. fashion and short, thin very cute blonde girl" is a type of couple I keep seeing more of, and yet I feel that their story is not being told in popular media...
The guy wears skinny dark jeans and tends to hold his hands halfway in his pockets and slightly hunch his shoulders like a private detective on a case, while the girl looks a bit like a Lord of the Rings elf and smiles a lot...
Don't tell me you haven't seen this couple!!
The first couple of this type I can remember meeting was sitting next to me at a Medieval Times event in NYC in 2015. They were very into swordfighting, and told me many details about how swordfighting would work in the real world.
Just idly googling to find the perfect archetypical representation of this couple, because I'm procrastinating
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Inflation-adjusted median family income in the United States.
Basically:
1955-1972: Growth
1973-1983: Stagnation/decline
1984-1989: Growth
1990-1993: Decline
1994-2000: Growth
2001-2012: Stagnation/decline
2013-2019: Growth
Note that real median PERSONAL income, which doesn't depend on family size or the number of incomes per household etc., tracks real median family income almost exactly.
So yes, the above graph does give an accurate picture of income trends.
Republicans: We should run government like a business.
Me: GREAT, let's borrow a bunch of money to do capital expenditures, just like businesses do!
Republicans: No.
Me: Ahh, you mean let's run the government like a shitty dying sunset business that fires a bunch of workers and pays the money out to shareholders even as it gets competed into oblivion, because it doesn't know how to invest in new technology and grow again.
Republicans: Yes.
Me: ...And while we're at it, you want us to hire a corrupt CEO who embezzles money, bellows at employees, and gropes women...right?
2/First, let's talk about the pandemic -- obviously still the most important problem.
Our vaccination effort started out world-beating. Our rollout was massive and rapid, conquering supply chain issues. And our vaccines work really, really well.