Why “married” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
china's TFR comes from the one-child policy. now abolished, the effects still linger. and it also comes from many people not getting married at all mostly because of financial c…
by em-bee · Oct 1, 2026
because it is statuary rape even if both voluntarily participate. to punish a married couple for voluntarily having sex would be absurd.
by em-bee · Oct 1, 2026
The divorce rate in those who married young is double the divorce rate for those who married after 30.
by bryanlarsen · Oct 1, 2026
I think the source of our disagreement is in our answers to this question: is the USA many subcultures under a common umbrella (“American culture”), or is it many independent cu…
by mirror_neuron · Oct 1, 2026
This is easily refuted. [In 1950, food, transport, and housing consumed 70.3% of median working household expenditure. Today is it 63.3%.]( https://www.bls.gov/op…
by Gareth321 · Oct 1, 2026
Married filing separately (MFS) tax brackets are just MFS divided by 2, which is worse than Individual tax brackets. Also various things get cut in half e.g. SALT cap phase-out…
by ctchocula · Oct 1, 2026
Interest
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