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Typo: "and the the overall average desired wage".

As a counter-practicality, a 30+ year old is more likely to be legally attached to someone with health insurance.

I know gender discussions make everyone blind with emotion but come on. How do you go from a few hundred casual drinking buddies over the years to blind-drunk nightly excursions? And from "not once do I remember anyone joking about men not being too smart" to "no women ever make any negative comments about men whatsoever"?

Of course "no women, never" argument is just as stupid as, "all women, always" argument. If I made the argument. You took my rather short counterpoint/anecdote and ran away with it. Far, far away.

I didn't say anything about your friends or family that you didn't say first. You told us that they constantly make fun of you for not being too smart, or did I misinterpret? I don't think it's bad to suggest that you don't need to subject yourself to verbal abuse from people around you, or, in the case of family, choose to take the abuse with at least a big grain of salt.

"Us" men vs. "them" women? Is HN officially a boys' club? I hope not.

Ah, the story was asking for it. Slut.

Are these your friends or your family? If it's the former, time to find new friends. If it's the latter, a dysfunctional family doesn't need to warp your sense of what the rest of the world is like.

Over the years, I've had about a dozen close girlfriends and hundreds of casual girls-night-out buddies. Not once do I remember anyone joking about men not being too smart. Where do you get your "all women, always" from?

If you don't want to "quibble" about it the why do you keep posting? If you think this thread is immaterial, you are free to leave.

The line break disappeared when I posted. With the line break, it was:

Average US salary in today's dollars:

1930 - $ 250,000

2010 - $ 50,000

So, no, it's not good. When adjusted for inflation, the average American has about 5 times less purchasing power.

As overdue as it was, women and blacks being able to vote is not "6 times better".

60 years to 80 years life expectancy is not "6 times better".

26 to 7 infant mortality is not "6 times better".

8% to 30% college graduation rate is not "6 times better".

Estimated hourly wages have actually fallen drastically, when estimated apples to apples (i.e. adjusted for inflation).

Labor productivity is mostly based on advances in technology, and in any event, working harder is hardly the same as being "6 times better" off.

In other words, let's stay within the context of what is actually being argued. Plus, it's rude to open your argument with, You honestly have to ask this question? If you have something to say, you can say it without implying that @samtp is too dumb to see the obvious.

Average US salary in today's dollars:

1930 - $ 250,000 2010 - $ 50,000

Add to that the declining purchasing power of the dollar, the growing income disparity and the thinning out of the middle and upper-middle class, etc, etc.

Average life expectancy in the US:

1930 - 60 yrs 2010 - 78 yrs

Clearly, Mr. Buffet's statement is PR rather than fact.

What say thee?