[llm_trw]

This is what gets me.

Homer Simpson was meant to be a fat idiot barely hanging on.

In the 40 years since the first episode he's gone to being average weight and fitness.

Economically he's now wildly successful for being able to own a house on a single income with three kids. There are people making over $800,000 today who can't afford that.

[dragonwriter]

> There are people making over $800,000 today who can't afford that.

Only because they are spending lavishly on other priorities.

[llm_trw]

I suggest you look up how much raising children costs today vs the 1980s in both money and time.

Two kids today are a much bigger status symbol than a 5 million dollar house.

[dragonwriter]

> I suggest you look up how much raising children costs today vs the 1980s in both money and time.

I’m married, living in suburban California raising two of them on a single income much lower than $800,000 (much lower than 2/3 of that, too, since the hypotherical was 3 kids and I don't want that go be a distraction), I don't need to look up anything about a 1980s comparison to know that that $800k claim is sheer insanity.

> Two kids today are a much bigger status symbol than a 5 million dollar house.

No, they aren't. I mean, don't get me wrong I’d rather have my kids than the $5M house, but they definitely are not more of a status symbol than the $5M house would be.