Math challenged people and foreclosure

[Paladin-Hoss]

There's this new dumb and/or pointless column on MSNBC about this subject.

Math-challenged Americans more likely to end up in foreclosure
By Bob Sullivan, Columnist, NBC News
Americans who have trouble dividing 300 by 2 are much more likely to end up in foreclosure than consumers with average math skills, a new study has found. The research is among the first to directly link mortgage trouble and financial literacy, according to its authors.

It's funny until you read that 1 out of 7 test subjects cannot answer the first two questions correctly...then it's sad..or still funny


Btw, i answered all five correctly, guess it's now time to buy a house

http://redtape.nbcnews.com/_news/20...ans-more-likely-to-end-up-in-foreclosure?lite

 

[Thundercrack85]

Well, if the average person's math skills, are anything like their geography skills, or science skills, it's actually surprising we're doing this well.

 

[KevanG]

My geography skills are a bit weak but that's due to rarely using them. I don't have a mortgage because I use my ever so amazing math skills to show there is no ****ing way I can afford it.

 

[Paladin-Hoss]

^^LOL!

Good one

 

[KevanG]

Thank you.

 

[Paladin-Hoss]

Don't mention it...

...and you owed me a new screen.Sprayed my coffee on it.

Now be a good time to use that math skill

But seriously i cannot believe that there are people with morgage walking around that cannot divide 300 by 2...

How did these people ever manage their own financial?

 

[KevanG]

That's one of the reasons the mass foreclosures happen. I knew one couple (who are getting divorced ATM) and the wife would not stop spending money. She'd yell at her husband because he bought a carton of chocolate milk and meanwhile she'd have gone out for lunch every day that week, bought $30 of weed and three packs of cigs all just for her. Then she'd whine about having no money because she didn't want to work full time.

 

[Warhammer]

That's one of the reasons the mass foreclosures happen. I knew one couple (who are getting divorced ATM) and the wife would not stop spending money. She'd yell at her husband because he bought a carton of chocolate milk and meanwhile she'd have gone out for lunch every day that week, bought $30 of weed and three packs of cigs all just for her. Then she'd whine about having no money because she didn't want to work full time.

That's a dumb b**** right there.

 

[Anita18]

That's a dumb b**** right there.

And yet men keep on marrying them because they're hot, I guess? As a nerdy girl who saves like crazy and who's okay-looking but not hot, I have no sympathy.

Yeah, a lot of people just sorta assumed the American dream was gonna happen for them and didn't realize that their lifestyle wouldn't support it. I think that's a HUGE issue for many people nowadays, not just Americans or even young people. People just don't want to face reality.

 

[Warhammer]

And yet men keep on marrying them because they're hot, I guess? As a nerdy girl who saves like crazy and who's okay-looking but not hot, I have no sympathy.

Those men who knowingly marry a dumb woman have it coming. Nice **** and a fat ass doesn't last forever. Personally, I find lack of intelligence unattractive. Being ditzy and absent minded is such a huge turn off. Another thing. Using "like" multiple times in a sentence like a valley girl annoys me to no end. I have a friend who does this. I have to literally tune out and stop keeping count of how many times I hear "like".

 

[Pink Ranger]

Those men who knowingly marry a dumb woman have it coming. Nice **** and a fat ass doesn't last forever. Personally, I find lack of intelligence unattractive. Being ditzy and absent minded is such a huge turn off. Another thing. Using "like" multiple times in a sentence like a valley girl annoys me to no end. I have a friend who does this. I have to literally tune out and stop keeping count of how many times I hear "like".

Fat asses do last forever. Sometimes they even increase.

 

[Erzengel]

 

[Warhammer]

Fat asses do last forever. Sometimes they even increase.

You know what I mean, dog.