Economy

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Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke gave a commencement speech to the outgoing kids at the University of South Carolina over the weekend and his speech was an uplifting one. The gist? You’re going to be poor but consider yourselves lucky because it’ll make you a much better person. Gee, thanks for that. Read more

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The recession continues to permeate through our lives, especially in media coverage. So how about the opinions of the oh-so-important people in the slacker generation, Generation X? Shocker: They’re extremely whiny. Read more

Well, at least they're reasonably priced

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Perhaps when people come up with a name for their product or a label when trying to sell it, they should have a second person who makes a lot of dick jokes proof it. Read more

Quote of the Day

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Some dude in Utah decided almost 10 years ago that he is no longer going to use money. There’s a really interesting feature in Details about it (highly recommended). His quote below is a helpful reminder: Just because you do something unique and interesting does not necessarily make YOU any more poetic or interesting. DANIEL ... Read more

California is fixed

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This girl has all the brilliant ideas needed to save California’s economic problems. I could listen to her talk for…well, a couple minutes. I didn’t know that the East Coast believes in slaves and I’m not sure why no one ever told me until this video. You mean I could have been owning people all ... Read more

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The economy is hitting a lot of businesses very hard. But probably not so hard that a train ticket would cost $23 quadrillion. One would hope. A New York teenager accidentally billed $23 quadrillion seized the moment to update her Facebook status. It read: “Very much in debt.” Lydia Alcock of North Salem, N.Y., wasn’t ... Read more

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Some kid is inspiring the world (according to CNN) by opting to sell his toys to help his family make ends meet. Upon reading his last quote, I can’t help but believe he never owned the Play Doh McDonald’s Restaurant. An 11-year-old Ohio boy is helping ease his family’s financial burdens, one toy at a ... Read more

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Due to the recession, people are turning to the one natural resource they have…sperm/egg donation. Unfortunately, people are retards. Before the recession, Carol Miller-Woods, donor coordinator at North Hudson IVF in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., got about eight calls a week from potential egg donors. Now she gets that many daily. She also has gotten calls ... Read more

Quote of the Day

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This quote isn’t so great, but I want you guys to read this Slate piece on how as a result of the economy taking a crap, more and more women are getting into the sex trade. Also: There’s a market for 55 year-old women working as prostitutes? I don’t know what’s more depressing…that she has ... Read more

Man lives life in closet

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Even with the economy in the crapter, apartments are expensive. I’m depositing on one today, supposedly, and I’m pretty sure somebody’s going to require a handjob. At least, that’s typically how I assume you close a deal. Anyway, this dude lives in a closet. Read more

Woman throws away mattress with $1 million inside

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In a story that disproves the myth that Jews are good with money, a woman in Jerusalem threw away her mother’s bed and replaced it with a new one. Unfortunately, the old one had about $1 million stored in it. Read more