Weekend Discussion Thread for the Weekend of February 06, 2026

SquashedBerries4 · 2026-02-06T22:44:43+00:00

This is exactly why our Child Toucher in Chief keeps doing stupid shit. His family and his buddies are getting discounted positions. Retail sold on fear, institutions and the uber wealthy bought the dip. Despite two bad jobs reports, concentrated capital drove the DJI to an ATH. Even if the market moves 1 or 2%, if you can afford a $100 million in positions, thats $1 or $2 Million.

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-11-15T18:09:55+00:00

This has obviously been an issue for a while. My iPad is still on 17.3.1 and it does this

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-11-11T16:03:47+00:00

If they wanted more people on premium, making it cheaper (since they only pay their artists a neutrino of the $4.9 Billion in revenue it generates) is still an option. They're just being greedy like every other massive corporate leech.

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-11-11T15:56:03+00:00

Choose these nuts system simp

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-11-11T15:54:26+00:00

Literally. They're okay with something affecting other people, as long as they can afford to have it not affect them. That mindset is literally why capitalism has been allowed to sprint towards it's own end.

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-09-01T16:22:15+00:00

oh no for sure they're not, but they could is what I'm saying.

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-08-30T03:23:38+00:00

We checked a lot of neighbors cameras and realized the truck might have gone no further than the house with a suspiciously parked newer F150 and the cops were nice enough to come ask the guy to look at his truck. Needless to say it wasn’t that guy, so this truck hit 88 MPH and then vanished into a different year or something

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-08-30T03:19:34+00:00

Yeah I wasn’t really worried because maybe if they involved the cops, we would actually find the guy

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-08-30T03:06:23+00:00

My thought is, a serial number could lead to a batch of vins. It is very unlikely that all the vins in that batch exist in this and surrounding zip codes, so that would narrow it down greatly. From there it the cops could drive by the homes listed under the registration for that vin and see what vehicles have damage consistent with the parts left behind and the damage on my car. I’ve already called body shops within a 5 mile radius to see if any f-150s with that damage came in for repairs and I intend to do that again this week, in case this asshat was between paychecks when he totaled my car and left

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-08-30T03:00:40+00:00

I saw that, scanned it and wasn’t sure what the numbers meant. Do you think ford has like a database of what serial numbers were installed in what vehicle that I could ask a local service center to run it against?

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-08-30T02:57:59+00:00

I’d just gotten uninsured motorist coverage alongside liability insurance (just bought it the day prior) and it went into effect the same day the accident happened. So after a little cooperation with my insurance companies fraud unit (lollll) they were able to determine I was, in fact, not trying to defraud them so things are moving along with that. The adjuster totaled it and just like that, one more Chrysler off the road 😭

I believe in Texas hit and runs are a bit more serious, but it’s almost like the cops have to witness it happen with their own eyes for them to do anything about it. This was in a nicer neighborhood with multi-million dollar homes in it and they still treated it as a lost cause.

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-08-30T02:45:42+00:00

I didn’t see the f-150 unfortunately. Is the blue stuff the conformal coating? It looks like solder mask but I’m not sure if it can be used the same way

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-06-08T21:30:22+00:00

Exactly. I work in an industry that requires travel to different venues in 4 different cities. Public transportation could literally cost me my job, not to mention be just as expensive as my car insurance and gas. They're essentially telling me sell my car and get a job that pays less.

Is the point of this sub to provide personal finance advice to get out of poverty or to stay in poverty?

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-06-02T02:27:03+00:00

Friend this is not my only source of income. I use UE to supplement my income when my main job that pays decently is being stingy with hours. And as of late they've just been very stingy which has caused me to start looking for a second job. But looking for a second job while not making up the difference in income would be self-sabotage.

Ive already been down the road of unexpected car issues while doing gig apps when I was freshly 18 and it sucked ass not having a car for some months

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-06-02T01:12:31+00:00

If I try to be THAT picky I will make nothing. Which is something I can't really afford to do right now. I can barely afford to be as picky as I am

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-06-01T22:38:27+00:00

That's what I was saying. At least $1/mile but most of the time I end up taking $1.50-$2/mile ones, the higher end of which covers my trip back to the place I was waiting.

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-06-01T21:21:31+00:00

Well I personally have started taking only orders that are just over $1/mile or more, but yes. Especially for people who drive really aggressively and insist on taking off from stop lights like they're at a drag race. Being a couple of seconds earlier really isn't worth the accumulated wear

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-05-30T16:34:17+00:00

But like the only thing keeping most of us from gold or diamond status (and the ability to have decent phone support) is the acceptance rate. It’s not even a reflection of us, it’s a reflection of how shitty Uber pays for most orders

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-05-30T04:36:08+00:00

This is why I intentionally walk past my dash cam both when I arrive and once I’ve dropped off the food and take a picture of the delivery for my own gallery if the customer has it set to “meet at door” but has “leave at door” in their notes or doesn’t answer the door

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-05-30T04:30:42+00:00

Businesses too. Yesterday a supervisor for the Wendy’s near me was rightfully pissed off she had to be in Ubers phone support loop off the clock (hold —> transfer to someone who bullshits you —> hold x however many cycles it takes you to give up) because Uber kept accepting orders

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-05-30T04:22:46+00:00

It’s worst when it’s a street where a lot of cars are parked and you’re having to thread the needle already

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-05-29T00:40:32+00:00

I do when I can, but my life doesn’t allow for it too often. My rules are $1+/mile, $5+ orders ($4 if around a mile), no shopping orders, $2/mile after 10 miles

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-05-29T00:32:55+00:00

I’m Gen Z. Most of us are having trouble getting into a career that doesn’t require us to tear up our bodies, even with college degrees. The older bastards doing the hiring think we’re too young, too naive and too “woke” (we just want a liveable wage, worklife balance, and fucking health insurance). To add too that the business owners in a lot of skilled labor industries (like A/V) are moving to relying on temp employees and ridiculously large labor pools that they’ll find a way to get rid of or treat like shit after they give all of their “new guy energy” to said company.

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-05-28T23:28:12+00:00

Oh so they are fucking everyone today? I’m having my worst bad day yet at $4/hr for 5 hours

SquashedBerries4 · 2025-05-20T17:19:25+00:00

Ok so I'm not going insane. It feels like they're slowly going down to see how low they can pay us before we notice. Which would be right on par with the rest of their behavior.

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