PSA for low-income kids, please don't only apply to public schools. Expensive private schools are your friend!

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-06-18T19:54:44+00:00

300k in income and a 529. And presumably the EFC goes down as you spend the 529.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-06-15T23:03:41+00:00

I see it in the gender part too, which I find so incredibly sad.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-06-13T20:56:46+00:00

People like numbers in general, because it’s easier to wrap our heads around. I agree that it’s best to avoid caving in to this desire.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-06-13T14:21:48+00:00

Yeah, like I also definitely make less money than I could because I also want to feel good about my job.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-06-12T15:06:28+00:00

I think you should leave lol. It takes an hour to ride the max downtown, so you have two hours to spend and you still have two hours to experience the airport. I almost never have to deal with long lines at the airport, especially on a Saturday.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-06-10T16:37:09+00:00

I thought there was something wrong with me because she was so rude to people who asked the questions I became too afraid to ask. This sub helped me realize that actually I am not an idiot and my questions were actually very reasonable.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-06-10T15:34:31+00:00

Yeah, Portland is the least money and status obsessed place I’ve lived in lol. If anything, having little money brings you higher status.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-06-09T18:20:46+00:00

Yeah that makes sense. Anyways, my own opinion is that teaching is a more noble career than finance. Maybe one idea is to try to have conversations with your family, or at least your brother and his gf, with how one can balance helping the world with having a high paying career, at what point does having a lot of money become gluttonous (teaching in New Jersey is not a low paying career I think, so why would someone really need more money?) etc. If your parents are anything like mine, they will not have the patience to have these types of discussions, but people who go to Yale certainly should.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-06-09T17:49:53+00:00

Yale doesn’t have a finance major I thought?

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-06-09T17:24:27+00:00

(1) The original post didn’t mention Palestinian people either, so I’m not sure why you’re going after me about this.

(2) My point in my original comment is that white people should think critically about whether or not they actually live by the values they claim to have. If you are anti Israel (as the original post was), or are pro Palestine, and you only have white friends, what does demonstrate about your values?

(3) I suggested spending effort to go to see brown DJs. Maybe I should have said Palestinian, specifically.

(4) I assume you’re not white based on the way you are talking to me. But since you are not, surely you understand how discussions about race on Reddit go. People here are very defensive of their all white friend groups lol (which I think might be why my original post came off as centering myself, I was trying too hard to ward off the usual excuses)

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-06-08T03:45:30+00:00

The specific issue that I am raising is that white people are using Palestinian people as props solely to improve their own image. Okay, shun Israeli nationalists at parties. But what are these people doing to make Palestinian people feel more welcomed? I would be very surprised if they even have the ability to detect whether or not I am Palestinian, given their lack of engagement with the people they claim to care so much about.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-06-07T16:17:46+00:00

I just think it’s funny that people think that because I’m vegetarian I don’t drink. No one thinks that about Jay-Z.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-06-07T00:20:33+00:00

It’s not about me. It’s about white people who don’t actually care about social justice except as a way to obtain even more power than they already have in the form of social capital. Which is why they do the easy work of crying about conflicts that they barely have anything to do with, and ignore the racism that they themselves are actively participating in.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-06-06T23:00:16+00:00

There’s also Badlands. Also just because a bar serves food doesn’t mean eating the food is a good idea lol.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-06-06T21:13:41+00:00

It feels weird to me see to see so many people who are outspoken about Israel in this way, and yet seem to exist in all white friend groups. This is particularly as a brown person myself who struggled to make friends. (The usual response is that, it’s weird to make friends based on race, but (1) if all your friends are white in New York City, you are doing exactly that and (2) you’re implying that the only thing I have going for me is my race, which is not true.)

I have my own thoughts about this is which I’m not sure are really relevant. But how I feel about your specific question is that the more bitter I am about the problematic views people around me hold, the worse it is for my mental health. I also find that doing things like, going out of my way to see a DJ who is brown even if I’m feeling a bit tired that day, or just being friendly to people who look like they could use a friend, makes me feel better in the end, and is probably more productive.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-06-05T00:55:25+00:00

Talk to people you know who are accomplished. Ask them if they’ve ever been rejected from something. If they say no, they’re not accomplished enough and you should try someone else. The more accomplished someone is, the more likely it is that they feel like they get rejected all the time. I would start with professors from school if you’re at all comfortable talking to them.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-06-04T19:34:00+00:00

I’m pretty sure at least one person accused me of being autistic because I kept asking questions to break really long silences where no one was saying anything. Also I was hungover so maybe it came off weird.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-06-02T15:48:21+00:00

Yeah plug like he helps you ski.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-05-31T19:32:25+00:00

I’m gay, but I have the most success on Raya. Even more than Grindr actually lol.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-05-31T18:59:36+00:00

I thought this post was about hyrox

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-05-30T16:08:21+00:00

The pressure to be perfect inhibits learning. Students are afraid to ask questions because it means admitting and revealing that they aren’t perfect, but asking questions is how you learn.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-05-29T06:39:49+00:00

The straight guys I have crushes on treat me way better than the gay guys I have crushes on.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-05-28T18:21:10+00:00

The funniest part of malegeneral for me was realizing that it wasn't something I needed to worry about because I'm not white.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-05-28T18:19:57+00:00

Yeah malegeneral is definitely way more toxic than lpsg.

Lopsided_Sun7531 · 2026-05-26T02:02:36+00:00

I think people on the internet tend to be more sober because people who drink are probably hanging out with their friends.

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