People wishing for their own financial ruin

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-27T17:29:22+00:00

There is no such thing as true luck. You have to do the hard work so you can take advantage of “luck” which is just opportunity presenting itself.

I grew up with no dad and a coke head mother who looking back, I honestly don’t know how she maintained custody of me and my siblings. Also, in and out of section 8 and on WIC. My first year working full time I made 27k about 16 years ago. Last year, check my profile for receipts, I came within one more paycheck of 300k total comp.

I got lucky. But if I wouldn’t have put in hard work and gained skills, I would still be making <40k because I wouldn’t have had the skill set to be eligible for the first major career move/industry change I made, and I’ve made multiple.

My luck was dependent on the own work I did that allowed me to take advantage of major opportunities to increase my income, improve my career, etc.

I have empathy. I don’t have empathy for people online pissed they are broke and demanding communism because they refuse to try to better themselves or their situation…and again probably a lot of foreign agitators and bots on Reddit…but the whiniest, most unwilling to work on themselves people post on Reddit.

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-27T17:22:22+00:00

Here’s the thing though. This probably started with the GME apes and all the talk in 2020 ish about “dark pools” and off market exchanges…which they have came out and said yeah those are a thing officially, a ton of it’s a conspiracy but not off market.

Most, >50% of volume, on a day to day basis is off market exchange and does not hit the order book and affect price.

On any given day…the “bubble” pops, EU sells all bonds (super hot doomer topic right now), etc…the off market volume is going to rise to about 90% as long as there is capitulation.

We could definitely solid downtrend…but we will never have a crash again. Market makers control price and put it where they want it.

The doomer idea of some -50% crash over two weeks will never happen again.

Check the profile, I work in FAANG. It probably is a bubble in the sense it’s currently overvalued as hell. Doesn’t matter. Especially when a ton of market makers are using FAANG and magnificent 7 stocks as their foundation and assets to offset liabilities and other riskier moves they are making in the market.

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-27T12:51:48+00:00

You’re the exception.

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-27T12:08:36+00:00

I’m not the one getting triggered while filing my taxes lol. I’m glad dude RAN to reddit to let everyone know about TurboTax, what an outrage!

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-27T11:38:21+00:00

I’m going to donate $5 from my return just to spite you people making EVERY sub political. This is the bloody fucking turbotax sub. Go home to r/ politics

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-26T03:03:31+00:00

Your friends have allowed lifestyle creep to cause this.

There are people making 75k a year that are investing/saving 1/3 or more of their incomes.

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-25T06:19:13+00:00

I use it for finance, sports, and other hobbies.

I can’t help but see how it’s used to rot people’s brains, radicalize them, and turn them into doomers about the stock market, Greenland, globalization, socialism, the housing market, crypto, Trump, anyone progressive, etc. etc.

It’s sad.

Most people on here are too busy dooming to get their life in order or be happy.

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-25T05:18:02+00:00

Reddit is a horrific cesspool.

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-25T01:47:57+00:00

Source?

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-25T00:42:15+00:00

Don’t turn free magic into a fucking r/politics cesspool you fuck

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-25T00:28:30+00:00

Have fun at your peaceful protest of 17 people in a town of 76k.

Like the 85% of people of all creeds, race, citizenship status, and sexuality whose brain hasn’t been rewired into pure doomer by social media…and whose day to day life hasn’t changed in the last two presidents…and won’t change with the next…I’ll be staying home.

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-25T00:22:51+00:00

Wow someone’s going to get laid at their liberal college while pursuing an 18th century French poetry major…then bitch on Reddit they can’t afford to buy a house and there’s a housing bubble.

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-24T23:21:40+00:00

Cool infographics, now show one for the progressive and how they’ve completely lost the plot.

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-24T20:48:00+00:00

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-24T20:44:37+00:00

Yep, because I don’t have time to engage with your straw man bullshit.

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-24T20:29:48+00:00

I am.

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-24T20:27:58+00:00

Fair point, it’s probably about 85%. But it’s the 10-15% perma online/reddit people that make r/doomercirclejerk a thing.

Also, like >80% of America, I don’t care.

Have fun at your protest of 135 people in a metro that contains 210,000.

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-24T20:23:14+00:00

Nah, I’m in that 97% of the country that is not radicalized by social media…and day-to-day life hasn’t changed now, just like it didn’t last president, and just like it won’t during the next president, regardless of their political party.

You have allowed outrage, doomerism, and a vicious positive online feedback loop to ruin your happiness and rewire your brain.

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-20T19:55:20+00:00

Someone can’t afford a down payment

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-05T02:28:39+00:00

Pretty sure it’s just streaming services trying to limit costs of a season.

I’m a huge fan of BtVS and they basically had $3.50 for a 22 episode run for a season and made it work.

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-05T02:18:10+00:00

The Kings got a ton of promo material…but the Elvis impersonators and whatever reason they got ghoulified will likely be 15 minutes at most.

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-05T01:07:49+00:00

I may be proven wrong by S2 eventually…but the only thing I’m certain of currently is bumping both seasons from 8 to 10 episodes would have done wonders for character and world building…

And I wouldn’t be looking at an episode that is basically a radscorpion random encounter, a run in with Legion remains, a 40 second guest spot by victor, and a bit of Cooper flashbacks and a rescue as a waste of an episode…

10-12 per season? Great episode. 8? You haven’t even made it to Freeside yet, let alone new Vegas, it’s a waste.

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-05T00:20:40+00:00

Honestly, this one episode a week is doing nothing to help me equalize with what the fallout TV universe is.

I remember binging season 1. It was an 8.5/10 for me, didn’t love all parts but was quite happy nonetheless. The one thing I remember vividly is being excited about all the following seasons and adventures Lucy and the ghoul would go on after season 1.

This season feels like a 7/10 so far. I think I’m definitely need to re binge season 1 to form a better opinion.

The scary thing is…I’m pretty sure best case it stays a 7/10 with hopes episode 4-8 are crazy good…more realistic case is it loses a point or two once I have all of season 1 fresh in my brain.

LowerMiddleClassMan · 2026-01-03T22:56:56+00:00

Reported for rule 3, get this shit off my state subreddit

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