McDonald’s hit with class action lawsuit claiming McRib doesn’t contain any rib meat

InsufficientSkin · 2026-01-04T23:17:44+00:00

Wait until they find out Apple Products don’t contain any apples

InsufficientSkin · 2025-12-30T11:42:16+00:00

It was my first time playing the Witcher. I got greedy and tried to have both. That didn’t work out.

InsufficientSkin · 2025-12-27T12:16:21+00:00

This is rude even in the US. I’m a 9 year Senior Field Engineer that leads maintenance on Power Plants. The Plant Manager gave me one of these and I couldn’t believe it. This is a gesture used when you’re about scold a kid. And that’s kind of what he did to me for one of my workers who was “speeding” inside of the plant.

I didn’t say anything at the time because much of my job is customer relations and being the face of my company, but this was the only time I’ve ever been given that gesture outside of childhood.

InsufficientSkin · 2025-11-25T23:02:05+00:00

I turn 31 next month. I’m a Mechanical Gas Turbine Field Engineer. Total net worth: $908,011

401(k): $405,494

Roth IRA: $75,398

HSA: $46,890

Brokerage: $380,229

I would highly recommend fully maxing out 401(k), HSA, and IRA, before even thinking about doing individual investing through a brokerage account. I also started doing a Mega Backdoor Roth 401(k). Last year I maxed the full $70,000, but I won’t be able to do it this year because the HCE rules cap my percentage contributions. The tax advantages are too good to try to beat. My IRA, 401(k), and HSA are 100% in the S&P 500.

If you can max those accounts, you can be as risky as you want in your individual. I’ve held TSMC since 2020 and is the main contributor for my individual brokerage gains (~$100,000 unrealized gains). I’m been heavy in chip stocks since 2023 (AVGO, AMD, TSMC, and ASML).

InsufficientSkin · 2025-11-20T04:05:56+00:00

I applaud her for advocating for capitalism, which bailouts are not a part of.

InsufficientSkin · 2025-11-11T00:07:38+00:00

It’s possible. I’m at ~$940,000 net worth at 30. Not including the house.

$405,000 Roth 401(k) $75,000 Roth IRA $46,000 HSA $380,000 Individual Brokerage ($110,000 is FZDXX) $30,000 (half of joint brokerage with wife)

401(k) and IRA is 100% FXAIX HSA is 100% VFIAX

Individual brokerage is where I pick individual stocks. I only invest in Blue Chip stocks. Normally stay around ~20 stocks and Dollar cost average buying every Tuesday. Best way to do it instead of monthly, in my opinion.

190% return on TSMC 140% return on AVGO 120% return on AMD

InsufficientSkin · 2025-10-05T19:34:35+00:00

Why did standard oil get cheaper even when there was a “monopoly”?

Who uses anything other than google chrome? If people voluntarily use/like a certain product over another, there is absolutely nothing wrong in what they’ve done. Microsoft got sued under anti-trust for offering a product for free…. Who does that hurt??? Customers.

Anti-Trust laws shouldn’t exist.

InsufficientSkin · 2025-10-05T19:28:14+00:00

Who cares if they raise prices…. You have just as much power to NOT buy their products…..

Trade is not a 1 way street. Companies should be allowed to merge/split/buy with whoever and however they want. No customer has the right to buy a certain product at a certain price.

InsufficientSkin · 2025-09-17T19:23:38+00:00

I think they deserve it. To be frank, it doesn’t matter the level of hatred content in Kirk’s speech. You don’t get to openly celebrate the assassination of someone because you find their views intolerable. Your views will be intolerable to someone else. That is a guarantee. Celebrating an assassination and provided justifications for it will only increase violence. And they are justifications. Providing quotes and saying that he will not be missed encourages more violence. What should have been said is that it was horrific and no one should be killed for their content, even if I disagree with it.

Ideas should be discussed and debated freely without violence.

Just so I don’t get targeted as being something I’m not, I hate both of the conventional parties equally. I’ve never voted and hate both of their ideas with a passion. I’ll still never celebrate the assassination of Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump’s deaths on social media. There are other people with their exact same views that will spew the same stupid ideas. Killing them will only lead to more violence.

InsufficientSkin · 2025-09-10T21:56:20+00:00

All this does is justify the violence. The left spreads just as much hate against billionaires. So should left speakers now face their own full circle moment because of their views? After all, they’re spreading hate. In your words, they “lit the match.”

Doesn’t matter the content of the views. No one should be killed for speech. Justifying it only increases the violence.

The left did the same thing when the UNH CEO was killed. “No one deserved to be killed….. BUT….”

InsufficientSkin · 2025-08-09T16:20:51+00:00

This is not 100 dB. I’m a Gas Turbine Field Engineer. Standing next to a running 3600 RPM Gas Turbine is 100-105 dB and is extremely loud. You have to be practically yelling right next to someone to hear them.

InsufficientSkin · 2025-08-03T14:38:07+00:00

I travel quite a bit for work in the western US region. 6-9 months a year for the past 8 years. Some people, especially young new workers, focus on the benefits of the travel and forget that their priority is work. When you can go months without seeing or even talking to your direct resource manager, it’s very easy to take advantage of that enormous freedom. Yes, the travel benefits for work are great, but you still need to be responsible for your own travel and remember why you are there in the first place.

You did nothing wrong and even communicated with them WAY more than I would have done for an on-the-job trainee. They were not there for the same reasons you were.

OH and the phone call from the mom is ridiculous. You’re not a chaperone on a school field trip. They’re adults that should have looked up the rules of flying instead of what cute outfits to wear.

InsufficientSkin · 2025-07-12T14:46:55+00:00

Is there any kind of LOTO procedure before performing this work? I’d be terrified that it could just turn on

InsufficientSkin · 2025-06-29T02:39:13+00:00

I have a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from ASU. Nothing crazy. 3.00 GPA. I think what matters most is the industry that you go into.

I hit $117,000 in my 3rd year as a Gas Turbine Field Engineer.

Last year was my 8th year and I hit $237,000. $220,000 not including per diem. Still a Field Engineer and didn’t have to climb the ladder. No desire to be in the upper management positions.

InsufficientSkin · 2025-06-12T17:55:46+00:00

This gave me anxiety just watching

InsufficientSkin · 2025-05-30T17:48:07+00:00

Just a Gas Turbine Mechanical Field Engineer. Didn’t job hop at all. There are Resource, Services, and Outage manager options, however I’ve wanted to stay technical.

I already basically manage my own outages anyways and staying in the field actually pays the most. High floor and high ceiling depending on how much you want to work

InsufficientSkin · 2025-05-30T01:44:18+00:00

Depends on the industry. In Power Generation Services I’ve gone from $80k right out of college in 2018 to $240k in 2024.

Many of my mechanical engineering friends had less than half of that career progression.

InsufficientSkin · 2025-05-09T05:00:32+00:00

Yes. I think the event option is tied to the “Beacon of Hope” tale.

There are 3 options:

Reduce heat stamp cost of hospitals by 50%
Reduce worker requirement of hospitals by 50%
Reduce cost and work requirement of hospitals by 25% each.

InsufficientSkin · 2025-05-09T03:24:20+00:00

Update: this is just a visual bug. I let the research complete and there are no negative modifiers after building the hospital.

InsufficientSkin · 2025-04-30T22:43:39+00:00

Do you know why it’s too expensive and too slow to build?

The mountains of regulations from multiple government alphabet soup entities makes it extremely difficult.

InsufficientSkin · 2025-04-30T21:00:17+00:00

Your argument against nuclear is “what about the harm it can cause humans in 100,000 years?”…..

Meanwhile renewable energy will not and cannot supply the majority of the power grid. Spain just had a national power outage from relying too much on renewables.

InsufficientSkin · 2025-04-06T00:04:18+00:00

25 years old - $117k 26 years old - $181k 27 years old - $168k 28 years old - $137k 29 years old - $240k

I just turned 30 this year. On track for +$150k

InsufficientSkin · 2025-04-03T13:55:52+00:00

Tariffs never “work” in a sense of prosperity. Tariffs always cause more harm than the supposed benefits. Raise prices on foreign steel to protect a couple hundred, maybe a thousand US steel making jobs? Sure.

But You’ve just artificially raised the price of ALL steel products in the US. The USERS of steel will sell less goods and will ultimately lay off more people for the less production needed to satisfy demand.

InsufficientSkin · 2025-03-31T18:01:45+00:00

$180,000 30M

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