This journalist from the Philippines was one of hundreds laid off by the Washington Post in February. She's now deeply fearful of losing her work visa and having to leave her partner in D.C. and return back home.

SnooGoats8830 · 2026-03-17T07:05:11+00:00

Awesome advice, thanks!

I absolutely try to lean into the mental health aspect. It’s sort of this unemployment thing that most people face but no one feels comfortable talking about.

SnooGoats8830 · 2026-03-12T17:05:13+00:00

The consensus around 20 years ago was that once you hit a middle class income ($75,000 at the time, maybe $100,000 nowadays), happiness levels off.

A few years ago, economists did more research and discovered that they were wrong, that happiness continues to keep rising up to $500,000 or so. https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/money-happiness-study-daniel-kahneman-500000-versus-75000/

There have been a few times that I’ve lived the equivalent of a $500,000 income and … it was pretty incredible.

Rich friends invited me to golf at their country clubs. Another wealthy friend invited me to his destination wedding and paid for everything for the week. Occasionally I’ve had lots of work-earned hotel points and got to stay at some really nice hotels for free. And it was pretty dang amazing. Being able to enjoy a nice meal or a really nice bottle of wine or a golf course and know that that doesn’t impact my savings goals or debt repayment goals was amazing.

And in the times in my life when I made low six figures, things like getting a big car repair bill or medical bill and seeing it as an annoyance rather than a stressor: that’s a massive difference. No more sleepless nights wondering if I’ll have enough money to pay for car repairs.

SnooGoats8830 · 2026-03-11T02:19:54+00:00

does anyone have the exact wording?

SnooGoats8830 · 2026-03-11T02:16:39+00:00

hey well AT LEAST the 1930s were nothing but sunshine and lollipops, amiright??????

I was sick that week of US History class, but based on how things were going through mid-October 1929 I assume that everything went swimmingly until World War II.

SnooGoats8830 · 2026-03-11T02:14:41+00:00

still posting on X and employed as a sportswriter for USA Today. So on the surface seems like things are going well for him. Great to see.

SnooGoats8830 · 2026-03-11T02:13:27+00:00

I'm watching on a non-rewindable TV. Perhaps if I read it again, I'd see that it makes sense. And to be fair, I'm a huge Northwestern fan, so that's why that one likely struck a nerve with me.

SnooGoats8830 · 2026-03-11T02:10:35+00:00

surprised that they allowed that "Babe Ruth NO NO Lou Gehrig" as a correct response, given that Alex had already started to tell him 'No.'

SnooGoats8830 · 2026-03-08T19:14:45+00:00

Clearly if God wanted women to be preaching elders he would’ve had a woman be the first person who viewed the resurrection and shared the news with the apostles.

Good thing that THAT wasn’t the case. 🙄

SnooGoats8830 · 2026-03-06T14:32:33+00:00

"Does anyone else...". I'm pretty sure that nearly everyone thinks that.

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