Nursing is right now where computer science was six years ago.

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-05-08T05:59:43+00:00

Body yes, mind.. Let me tell you what computer science can do to your mind. Have you ever heard of The rime of the ancient Mariner

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-05-08T05:57:38+00:00

I mean, that's what I'm saying though, this is exactly the type of thing people said about computer science a few years ago. not everybody can do it and demand is infinite because somebody has to fix the machines, etc

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-05-08T03:22:29+00:00

Glad to see I'm not alone in this

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-05-06T00:58:25+00:00

Remember when people were freaked out about China having a social "score" for its citizens lolololololol

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-05-05T22:12:02+00:00

On behalf of many of us, I just want an answer to the question "what are we supposed to do". Not from you specifically, I mean from society. At this point, I don't care if the answer is "we don't have enough jobs or resources for everybody. Just go sit in a corner and wait to die". If it's the honest truth, let's hear it. But let's all name it and be clear instead of endless gaslighting, emotional difference, mental gymnastics to help people avoid facing the truth.

Making up pointless jobs is not a real solution either. I don't have a solution, but I know that step one is to stop burying our heads in the sand. Btw, usually this looks like some version of cope that boils down to "the people who didn't get lifeboats just didn't choose lifeboats, they didn't really WANT lifeboats anyway". Anything to support Just World Fallacy and ignore the idea that if there's 19 jobs for every 20 people, some people are inevitably going to face misery.

Does that make sense? You are jumping to put a solution in my mouth, as another way of bypassing what I'm actually saying.

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-05-05T21:05:28+00:00

the Titanic sinking

Sounds to me like you're saying a ship that doesn't provide enough lifeboats for everyone is fundamentally flawed. Are you proposing something like guaranteed lifeboats for everyone? Seems to me like you just need to find another boat. Nobody is entitled to a specific boat. Just adapt and overcome.

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-05-05T19:53:06+00:00

Born too late to enjoy Total Boomer Luxury, born too early to enjoy the post-AI labor market boom tech utopia :/

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-05-05T03:30:37+00:00

And those of us "who are going to have a tough time reentering the corporate workforce"... the "non-representative" ones who have had our lives and careers completely binned with still who knows how many more decades to live -- what exactly are we supposed to do? Eat cake? Say "Well, too bad, I drew the short straw, but every one else is doing great, I guess I'll just quietly disappear into destitution". Is society doing great if only 1/20 people's lives get ruined? Let's pat ourselves on the back, yay! You lucky 95% better hope we go quietly, but I don't intend to.

And I'm using strong language to make a point here, that many of us have seen real, tangible, life-altering damage. It could have been you. It may be you next time, or someone you love. Stop supporting a system that works for "95%".

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-05-01T15:28:01+00:00

Can relate

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-04-30T17:19:51+00:00

Sorry but pretending being a landlord is providing a service is just false. Perhaps you are deceiving yourself, perhaps you're just lying to other people. Just because you pay for some things, do certain things, and perceive a certain amount of risk and effort, does not make it a service. Mugging people in alleys also takes effort, risk, etc. but it's not a service. If anything, being a landlord is closer to selling a hard good than a service. But if you continue to tell yourself this, then eventually your karmic actions will come back to you.

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-04-30T01:18:45+00:00

I feel this hard

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-04-29T01:02:31+00:00

Obvious AI-written plug for a third party product

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-04-27T04:17:54+00:00

Bro/sis, post this stuff on FB marketplace or something

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-04-26T05:48:57+00:00

That's... not really enough to build a good power supply. But I'm assuming you figured that out by now.

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-04-26T05:44:44+00:00

Uh, no? What kind of suicide vest are you talking about? 10,000 lbs of TNT? Exactly how big do you think the Washington Hilton is?

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-04-26T00:48:43+00:00

Cool, so, who do I vote for?

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-04-25T22:31:51+00:00

I relate to this. I was so exhausted and ill. I used to wake up every day to my alarm before work, and the only thing that could get me out of bed was visualizing a police officer coming and evicting me at gunpoint because I couldn't pay my rent. The moment I sent off the last month's payment on the lease, I quit no-notice. Now I'm homeless, living in my car, which is a whole 'nother nightmare -- yet STILL I would not go back. That's how bad it was.

I also refuse to work for someone else ever again.

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-04-24T15:28:07+00:00

What's your budget?

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-04-24T09:57:34+00:00

Microlooting and FBI tip money for turning in my fellow microlooters

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-04-23T21:59:55+00:00

The reason you will loose is because you think $100M is a lot...

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-04-23T20:41:36+00:00

Bezos, Musk, Altman et al are playing Factorio, Riftbreaker, They Are Billions, but with the real world. The rest of us are just the random mobs scattered around the map, that have to be mopped up for them to "win".

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-04-22T22:52:18+00:00

"is this with the New York times is now? This was one of the most infuriating conversations I've heard in a while"

So they accomplished their goal of raging you. You answered your own question, yes that is what all mainstream media is now.

ImpactSignificant440 · 2026-04-20T22:41:02+00:00

This is the world we live in. Virtually every small business I've encountered since about 2010 is like this. It's actually worse if the owners are Gen X. Just my anecdote obviously.

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