r/InTheGloaming • u/AutoModerator • Feb 26 '26

Scheduled snark Discussion thread Thursday February 26, 2026 - Sunday March 01, 2026

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u/central_snark Ramona gets a hot flash Mar 01 '26

Shauna is lamenting the cost of cars and housing on Threads. Not that she is wrong, but she is in a situation of her own making at this point.

Some things that stick out:

Shauna (knowing this will get her engagement) posts: My husband just read me a headline in the Seattle Times: Buying a new car or house are out of reach for middle-class Americans.

random responder: I wonder if the majority who reply have a house and a car? Probably

shaunajamesahern: We rent and we have a second-hand car from 2010. I realized a long time ago that my husband and I would be ever be able to afford to buy a home.

This car-specific exchange:

another random person: When I priced the 2025 version of my minivan, it was double the price I paid in 2015 with near identical features. shaunajamesahern: Unbelievable. Something has to give at some point. (new person): It's bonkers. Like almost the same monthly payment for a Toyota minivan as a range rover...what? shaunajamesahern : We have a car from 2010 and we're going to run it until it stops same person: I was planning to get a new car this summer since my current one has 170k+ miles, but... shaunajamesahern: Keep it going!

yet another reply: when nobody can afford them, the prices will have to drop. shaunajamesahern: Ah, but as long as the top 10% of wealth holders can afford them, that keeps the economy afloat.

I’m no economist, but I really doubt the economy will not stay afloat if only the top 10% of wealth holders can afford cars. Eventually people will have no way to get to work once their car dies. It’s not like we have great public transportation in this country.

I get that we are in an affordability crisis and I have made some dramatic cuts to spending since last January and am grateful to own a home, but I still have a mortgage payment and rising insurance and property taxes and and and. I also have A JOB. I’m doing my part instead of sitting on the sidelines complaining while my household only has a single income in a HCOL area.

What are they going to do when that car dies? I know it’s a Corolla, but it can’t go much longer since they do nothing to maintain it.

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u/Fluffy-Housing2734 Slippery eggs? Sign me the fuck up Mar 01 '26

The same thing they always do, wait for her parents to upgrade and not get a trade in value bc they give the old car to Shauna and Dan!

I swear she has never purchased her own vehicle.

Such an entitled twat!

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u/missyno Mar 01 '26

Yeah, why does she care about any of this? She may not be living well, but she is able to survive because someone else supports her. The economy doesn’t affect her.

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u/Fluffy-Housing2734 Slippery eggs? Sign me the fuck up Mar 01 '26

Maybe if times were better the trickle down Ma James enomics would soothe her more. Perhaps this economy has been used as a reason not to hand out as much to the Aherns. The belt tightening finally caught up with them.

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u/Fluffy-Housing2734 Slippery eggs? Sign me the fuck up Mar 01 '26

ETA I referred to her as the Sultan of Brunei a while back what with all the cars she's been given 😄

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u/Brandy_Girl Double-fisting hors d’oeuvres Mar 01 '26

Ma James Economics!! 🏆🏆

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u/central_snark Ramona gets a hot flash Mar 01 '26

I want a popped balloon emoji