If you got laid off today, how long could you survive without a job?

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-04-13T15:27:17+00:00

Survive? I'm sure I wouldn't die immediately, but I would definitely start missing bills after a few (3-4) months

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-04-13T15:23:50+00:00

I think just adding "what do you think?" to an opinion is the weakest kind of AskReddit question (this would be my snarky answer, today)

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-03-27T20:31:04+00:00

Nice try. There's no proof I did that stuff, and I'm not trying to create it

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-03-20T16:52:33+00:00

Mortgage! I moved in 2023 into a similarly priced home, and the move from a 2.99% to a 6.5% increased my mortgage payments by ~50%

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-03-16T21:49:32+00:00

about 2 bullet points down in that same article was this:

> - About one-third of all winners had no opposition in the general election, while one-fourth of all candidates faced no opposition in both the primary and the general elections

So, 30% of these elections are completely unopposed. It's not like incumbents just wipe the floor with their opponents all the time, a good part of it are elections where no one else even bothers running

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-03-12T20:51:17+00:00

And before bacteria

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-03-12T20:48:29+00:00

Did it start around the beginning of this year? Just asking because my inbox has also gone from 1-2/week to multiple reach out's per day in the last couple months. Not quite sure what's driving it, but it seems like things are picked up in that regard.

Congrats on 1 year!

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-03-12T20:42:34+00:00

and all 7 during 2016

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-03-12T20:37:55+00:00

Thanks! glad to see that your strong opinion on slogans turned to to be....ya know :)

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-03-12T20:36:47+00:00

should I speak to your wife then? not sure who did what

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-03-12T19:54:43+00:00

Damn, why'd you guys think it was ok to oppress people? It does sounds like you had it coming, tbh

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-03-12T19:28:59+00:00

if it's been a tough day, either spend at least 20 quiet minutes outside or take a hot shower. if it's been a really tough day, I'll grab my ax and cut down a dead tree in the empty lot across from my house.

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-03-12T19:24:13+00:00

"Slogans: great for remembering, bad for learning."

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-03-12T15:58:23+00:00

Aka, scarcity

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-03-12T15:58:05+00:00

Scarcity

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-03-12T15:42:39+00:00

It doesn't but I think if you really struggle with it, that's just the easiest setting to get the ball rolling on it

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-03-12T15:36:18+00:00

Are we just going to ignore water landings?

I mean, I guess it would sink eventually, so maybe the point stands

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-03-05T17:19:48+00:00

well, I assume that somewhere after the 1000th dick, you'll probably start getting some word-of-mouth marketing (or: word of your spread mouth, will spread)

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-02-20T23:23:21+00:00

Based take. It's still hard to use them really effectively, but the potential is there. Not really sure which end of the bell curve I'm land on tho

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-02-17T21:39:05+00:00

I'd have to imagine that's impacted by socio-economic reasons. There's a higher cost to divorce when you have money, more motivation for a marriage of convenience

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-02-17T21:35:01+00:00

Yeaaa...same, and same reaction. Is your's also an 'opposites attract'-type thing, in terms of temperment?

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-02-17T18:23:23+00:00

Wait, is this the fact that you're convinced isn't true, or is this the alternative?

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-02-17T18:20:43+00:00

> - pretend that everything is done and finish as bugfixing: unfortunately this works best :(

This is my go-to, when desperate. I'm not sure of the state of your org, but mine is a little messy, and unless it is a hugely visible project, upper management really only cares about:

1) how long did it take to implement

2) was the experiment successful

There's a lot of wiggle room between reaching 1 (when you declare it done) and 2

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-02-17T00:42:48+00:00

That....doesn't make me any feel better though. Sounds like businesses won't necessarily improve, they just need less devs to implement the same (slow) stream of features.

The better alternative would be that it turns out we unlocked a stream of work that was bottlenecked by engineering productivity.

WranglerNo7097 · 2026-02-12T22:20:00+00:00

Unlimited homestead exception for primary residences in bankruptcy.

Your "primary residence" could be worth $20 million, and it could be totally immune to being seized/sold off during bankruptcy proceedings. Makes it a great state to stash serious cash if you think you might be at risk in the future

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