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fixed it for ya

No longer feasible for the majority of Americans. A house in 1983 was 3x annual income, now its 5+

you're just jealous you didn't think of it first

WTF? I have no idea who Sam Lin is. Stick to digging up dollar menu deals, you weird fuck

He's got some great tips on how to save a few bucks in the Wendy's drive thru. Maybe we should take him seriously?

You’ve got me all figured out!

they'll still be true?

I'm sure the SF leadership will be along shortly blaming him for not walking around with his pockets turned out

As someone who was a fat kid, lost a lot of weight in college and slowly gained it all back to being 3 bills, I see both sides here. Can I blame society/government for allowing there to be so many hidden calories and downright poison in our food? Sure. Can I blame my parents for ingraining that I HAVE to eat everything on my plate when I was a kid? Maybe. Can I lament that I used to walk and have time to play sports so much more than I do now with my wfh job? Yes. But ultimately, as a grown man the buck stops with me. If I want to get back down to a good weight (I probably won't ever be sub 200 but I'd be over the moon with 225) I am going to have to stop eating so much and start moving around a lot more. I've already cleaned up my diet considerably with the help of my wife (she is 120 lbs and very health conscious) but I just eat too much. I'm sure my brain has been wired to not feel satiated, but I can just get used to it. I have before. Ultimately my weight is my responsibility. But I also would never belittle anyone for getting surgery or using medications (though the latter seems like way too much of a gray area to do willy nilly), and I don't think anybody has really done that in this thread. I will deride people who don't even give an effort and say they can't do anything about it, which is the majority of fat people in the US.

Sometimes I feel like there are only about 5-10 topics discussed on this forum

if you're noticing a 1.5% increase in black people you might be somebody who 'notices' a lot of things

Austin1) San Francisco Bay Area2) Los Angeles3) New York City

That is true in my experience too. There are emerging roles via tech that Liberal Arts backgrounds have a fair amount of utility in.

this shows that 8% are social sciences and history, 6% is psychology, visual and performing arts is 5% and communications is 5%. That's nearly a quarter that are varying levels of bullshit. Of course many of those folks go on to have successful careers, like myself, a history and geography major. But I found my way into tech and learned a lot on the job. I can't honestly attribute all that much of my degree to doing this. The ability to communicate clearly and effectively, I suppose. But that is a pretty nebulous ROI for 50k in debt.

Where does the 5% come from? That seems pretty low… Also I think the point is that much of the anecdotes here about getting a good job with non-STEM/specialized degrees/whatever are becoming increasingly less relevant. A 45 year olds experience is not relevant to a 21 year olds in todays competitive landscape, where every kid their age has a degree. Not to mention taking that bet saddled with 50k+ of debt.

Go swing a stick downtown and you'll hit a "head of a digital agency"

she almost struck oil

add zoom to the tech layoffs (including a good friend of mine) https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/07/zoom-layoffs-impact-15-of-staff/

Yeah was about to post layoffs.fyi is a pretty good source for tech layoffs. Tech recruiters were definitely making bank, even though it is a job that almost anybody could do. It is such a boom time job, 2020-2022 everybody was hiring so much that every person "breaking into tech" was either in recruiting or sales, with the former making over 6 figures to DM people on LinkedIn.

anecdotally, it seems like 50% of them are recruiters

my first vehicle (2006) was a 1984 Chevy C10, not unlike the below but not nearly as nice I loved that thing, feels about as wide as it is long. We sold it for around $500 when it started having rust in the fuel tank, which my dad and I both regret to this day. These things are selling for 30k plus now.

pretty good edit, but could use more saturation imo

Can those of you who drove into work today name your employers? Would like to avoid ever working for them.

maybe when he was a rookie: https://nba.nbcsports.com/2021/05/13/shaquille-oneal-says-he-weighed-395-pounds-when-winning-third-lakers-title/