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Yes. If it's OK with paper books, it's OK with e-books. 30 54.55%
It's only OK under specific circumstances (please specify). 20 36.36%
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Old 06-01-2023, 11:53 AM   #61
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I take it you are talking about The Silent Majority?
Really the average American doesn't exist. Likely invented by marketing people. See also the pointless grouping of people by decade born (which is an abusive label), such as Boomer, Millennial, Gen X, GenY etc. Even more meaningless than abusive stereotypes like "She's a Karen", Gingers are fiery tempered etc (or whatever, England is very anti-redhead, maybe because historically they were Irish or Scottish in England), White, Black, Latino, Asian etc.
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Old 06-01-2023, 11:56 AM   #62
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Well, if you are asking me: driving an SUV to a warehouse store to pick up three months worth of groceries to haul back to your McMansion.

I asked the Bing version of ChatGPT and it said: the “average American” is a white female, between 30 and 34 years old, with German ancestors. She has a net worth of $30,500 and a life expectancy of 79.3 years. She speaks English at home, has a high school diploma or higher, and is in the civilian labor force. She lives in a household with 2.60 persons and spends about 27 minutes commuting to work.
I don't know where this German ancestors come from and how do you get a .6 person?
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Old 06-01-2023, 11:56 AM   #63
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I do lend my van to my son 5-6 times per year around the end of a month. He has a group of friends who seem to have someone moving so he uses the van to help move the items that you don't want to trust to a mover. OTOH, he lends me his car when he has the van. I just wish that one day I would get into his car and the fuel gauge would not be flirting with empty.
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Old 06-01-2023, 01:28 PM   #64
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...a net worth of $30,500...
That's like half of a car. I predict big problems ahead for our country if a 30 year old doesn't have any more net worth than that.
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Old 06-01-2023, 01:34 PM   #65
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That's like half of a car. I predict big problems ahead for our country if a 30 year old doesn't have any more net worth than that.
I hope you aren't implying ChatGPT got it wrong. Don't you know it's the future?
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Old 06-01-2023, 01:35 PM   #66
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I don't know where this German ancestors come from and how do you get a .6 person?
Hey, I have German ancestors, and I have a .6 person (she's twelve). Maybe ChatGPT was talking about me all along...
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Old 06-01-2023, 01:43 PM   #67
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According to the theory, people who watch F&F do not read. I just proved that wrong.
You did not read his post correctly. Nowhere in it was it said that "people who watch F&F do not read."

Try it one more time, a little more slowly.
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Old 06-01-2023, 03:54 PM   #68
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You did not read his post correctly. Nowhere in it was it said that "people who watch F&F do not read."

Try it one more time, a little more slowly.
Well, I am a big reader. So still, it's not correct.
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Hey, I have German ancestors, and I have a .6 person (she's twelve). Maybe ChatGPT was talking about me all along...
If she really is a .6 person, what parts are missing?
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Old 06-01-2023, 04:01 PM   #70
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If she really is a .6 person, what parts are missing?
I calculate out that she is actually 0.57 a person.
In the US the drinking age is 21.
In many other lands she would almost be a person already.
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Old 06-01-2023, 04:04 PM   #71
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Mama taught me better!
The Tank would always be FULL when I returned a relatives car. (I would pay that, if they made the run for me.)
I used to fill his car up before returning it but now I just put in half a tank or so. I tend to be paranoid about letting the tank drop below the half full mark on my vehicles. You never know when you are going to get stuck in a snow drift was one of my dad's favourite phrases.
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Well, I am a big reader. So still, it's not correct.
You may be a big reader, but your comprehension skills are a bit to be desired. You keep practicing, though.
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...but your comprehension skills are a bit to be desired.
Oh, the irony. I think you just complimented him when you meant to insult him.
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Nope. Definitely an insult. No irony involved.
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