What is this I don't even...

So, just to get this straight, the answer to "A 20 minute, 40 mile commute to work costs you $125.000 and 1.3 years of work, over 10 years" is "I take the train and I listen to podcasts" ?

I see how he's trying to show a most positive side, but what he's doing is both moving the goal posts and a strawman argument.

Plus, shameless self-promotion.