You’re probably better off using it effectively to maximize your income and then donating as much as your conscience/budget allows to mutual aid or nonprofit org of choice.
There’s no point putting yourself behind the curve intentionally and ending up like that boomer in the office that keeps all their emails in the inbox and prints everything out.
Hell yeah, nothing wrong with labor but everything wrong with labor being exploited. Humans weren’t meant to slave away all day, it’s literally not in our evolutionary biology. We’re supposed to be spending time in communities, relaxing and in recreation.
But I hope eventually your efforts pay off and you get the chance to breathe for a moment. If nothing else, enjoy the brief moments before falling asleep, even if that sleep will be brief itself.
I’ve been there and in some ways, still am. I don’t know what the answer is but we got a decent little forum going here and that’s not all bad.
Nah that’s 100% valid fam. That is the headspace and condition that modern, and particularly Western, society drives people to.
Everyone has their own coping mechanisms. Books, video games, meditation. We just need to keep fighting. Keep trying to eke out an existence in a dying world.
Come on down and start another post in chat every now and then. Not everything has to be theory or death or struggle sessions. Talk about life.
I think it’s okay to work a lot when necessary. Try to forgive yourself for it.
The average person will probably take a loss.
Anyone with a 401k should care literally 0% about this, but most people grossly mismanage their investments and gamble rather than invest in the traditional sense.
If one is in a position to realize losses from this, they 1) have somehow missed the boat on the 5000% market gains in the last few years, and 2) are all-in on stocks immediately before retirement which is just lol
There is an edge case of people who will be forced to liquidate early due to medical issues, house burned down, etc. which will definitely suck.
I’ve been ruminating on the general degradation of society and the social contract, particularly in the US.
It seems like the blue wave may have inadvertently popped the AI bubble.
I guess I’m just thankful to have a decent job, albeit a stressful, soul sucking, and life consuming 65+hr/week one. It pays the bills and then some.
I wish the worst upon America, and the best upon all leftists. It’s about to get real bad I think.
Or Dems delay the end by a few years and we do it all again except slightly worse in 2028. Red tide!
Read up on emotional regulation strategies and try to adopt a healthier mindset.
I’ve been there and done that and lost a great job for it. It’s really not worth the 2 seconds of satisfaction.
Also have you seen the current job market? 40% of people are not meaningfully employed. Sure that includes children and retirees. But it also includes landlords and everyone who is “employed” to lounge around and collect interest.
If they kept the unemployment figure qualifications the same, today’s data would be worse than the Great Depression. The only thing holding it up is consumer debt and the K shaped economy.
Just put the fries in the bag dawg. And I mean that in a caring way. It’s what I tell myself at work.
It’s really not bullshit, engineering finance is a common sight in ABET accredited engineering programs and it’s good to know to be a well rounded professional especially early in a career.
Frankly it sounds like OP is more inclined as a math or physics major rather than something like engineering. I’ve also done that exact gauntlet of foundational courses and had a much, much rougher time than OP, but when it all flips around and came time to apply the concepts, everything started to click.
Anyway just keep at it, OP. College is the best worst time of your life. It gets worse and harder from there but you get better at managing the misery and not being broke is nice.
Well first you apply for unemployment benefits. Then, enjoy a day or two of freedom. Let loose, fuck it all.
Then you make a plan. Did you get any severance payout? Do you have an emergency savings fund? How long will it last you? Form a budget and a timeline. What is your backup plan if that time runs out? Can gig work fill the gap or extend that line?
Then you apply for jobs like your life depends on it. Leverage your professional connections you’ve made along the way.
These are all rhetorical questions for yourself to figure out the next steps. But eventually it will end, and you’ll be an employed drone again.
Layoffs happen. Don’t take it personally, because it will be no help now anyway. What’s important is the future and getting a new job.
ITT: people who unironically and uncritically genuinely think A Modest Proposal was a call to eat babies
TL note: this is considered a grave social faux pas in Japanese culture
Lots of great advice in here. I find that many people aim for very old vehicles because the cost is attractive.
A 2013 model year car is over 14 years old. You’re just inviting serious issues at that point and shop labor is not cheap. Not to mention the safety improvements that are made year after year.
The sweet spot for value is quite young, around 2-5 years so you have plenty of lifespan left but the depreciation hit is done.
Try to keep in mind cost of ownership. A/C compressor goes, $2.5k down the drain. Brake rebuild, there goes $800. Tire condition, another $1k for a full set. Power train issues, you’re fucked lol. Electrical, good luck.
The used car market is kind of garbage right now. Just remember, those Hyundais are cheap for a reason. Stick to Japanese.
Spent the whole workday on Hexbear, Reddit, and YouTube. Did what few tasks I could on our other systems.
Really not looking forward to making up 12 hours of work tomorrow but it is what it is I guess.
This is really quite an impressive disaster and I look forward to seeing what the brave new vibe-coded world can come up with next.
This is probably just below the CrowdStrike issue in terms of impact…