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  • “Can you pass me the bag of plastic blocks?”

    Not

    “Can you pass me the bag of Legos”

    If you wanted a box of adhesive bandages. You’d say “Can you pass me the box of band-aids?” or a tissue, “Can you pass me a kleenex?”

    Companies do not want their brand to become generic trademarks.

    It’s not because Lego is already pural

    “I have many Lego blocks”

    Not

    “I have many Lego”




  • Let’s say an 18 year old moves out and starts renting

    The average rent in US is 1.5k

    30 years of payment is 540k

    When that person is 48, they would have paid 540k in rent expenses

    This is assuming that rent doesn’t increase

    Throwing 600k out the window before you’re even 50 is not a recipe for success

    76 is US average life expectancy. That’s ~25 more years of rent.

    If they retire at 63. 13 years of 1.5k a month rent is 234k. They need a quarter million in retirement funds just for rent to live up until 76.

    45 years of working for that 18 year old would need to make ~750k.

    That’s 16.5k a year just to pay for rent

    Again this is assuming rent never goes up.

    That’s 8 dollars an hour 40 hours a week every week.

    10% more than minimum wage, just for rent.

    It’s crazy

    And this assumes you die and don’t have to rent after the age of 76