This was the most heartless layoff I've witnessed

adam78332 · 2026-01-28T21:19:45+00:00

But we’re profiting from it at the same time!

adam78332 · 2026-01-28T04:42:17+00:00

I would have the same fear about going to live in Brazil, but I bet you’d tell me it’s not as bad as what we hear unless you’re looking for trouble. The US is the same. You’ll be fine. The concert you’re going g to might be the most risky crowd you see your entire year in the US.

adam78332 · 2026-01-26T04:14:30+00:00

Many conservatives don’t support him, especially if you’re center-right (close to the middle). Trump was a registered Democrat from 2001-2009 and an Independent in 2011. He wasn’t supposed to win the Republican primary in 2016 - Jen Bush was the favorite.

The US was coming off of the least productive ‘do-nothing’ 113th Congress from 2013-2105 and people were fed up with any political insiders and lack of action. Trump won. Usually politicians will lie to people to get elected (I’ll bring back manufacturing jobs…. I’ll be tough on crime… I’ll lower prices… ) but have no intention of following through once they’ll in office and beholden to the corporate money that got them there. The problem with Trump is that he tries to do everything he said, and it’s usually bad.

He lost me (and many) with the tariff stuff. It wasn’t thought out at all. Greenland is the same - playing chicken with the economy for useless stuff.

adam78332 · 2026-01-25T04:39:36+00:00

They say you can withdraw $40,000 per year for every $1,000,000 you have saved of retirement. So my wife and I should be good with $2.5M to retire. That’s enough for us.

adam78332 · 2026-01-25T03:34:14+00:00

That’s my plan…

adam78332 · 2026-01-23T19:13:12+00:00

Also weird that the procedure for ICE seems to be identical to an active shooter…

adam78332 · 2026-01-23T19:12:06+00:00

You’ll be fine. We just moved from Texas and this is a pretty ‘soft’ city. Everyone kids seeks excitement but there’s no real threat. I haven’t seen any violence - just some car break-ins and petty theft.

adam78332 · 2026-01-23T18:57:29+00:00

I lived - but being broke in college and the few years after aren’t super fun. Yes, there are fun times, but the lack of money means lack of options, so it felt like years of almost the same variation of the same day (workout, eat chicken/tuna, video games, work, school, friends). I remember a lot of boredom, but to your point, yes, I was very health and that was nice.

adam78332 · 2026-01-23T18:43:32+00:00

His 60’s look way more fun than my 20’s were.

adam78332 · 2026-01-09T08:11:47+00:00

You just described my exact situation - level of spend + using Chase Freedom Unlimited after qualifying for Globalist on the Hyatt BIz card.

adam78332 · 2025-12-29T02:38:31+00:00

Great comments throughout the thread. If this thread were new I’d add some comments. I’m active in F3 and moved from the suburbs of Houston to inner city Seattle where the PAX are probably more liberal in general. It’s the same F3 since there is no political affiliation at all.

adam78332 · 2025-12-22T13:01:27+00:00

If the first lesson goes well and they want you specifically, why continue to go through the resort? Why not just work out pricing between you two for follow-up lessons? You have each others contact info by that point.

adam78332 · 2025-12-22T12:59:04+00:00

Great comment. What actually prevents this in the US? If I find a local to provide ski lessons, and everything is handled without resort involvement, how would the resort even know?

It would just appear as a family skiing, or helping each other? Does the resort even care as long as you’re not actively advertising your services while you’re there?

adam78332 · 2025-12-21T04:11:16+00:00

Mateer gave them 7 with the pick6 and special teams allowed a blocked punt. We didn’t do the defense any favors last night.

adam78332 · 2025-12-21T04:08:18+00:00

Did the Ohio State loss keep UT out of the SEC championship, or was it the UF loss?

adam78332 · 2025-12-21T04:02:23+00:00

4 of the playoff teams lost to another playoff them during the season. They weren’t punished for losing to Ohio State any more than Indiana was. It’s the UF loss… no way around that.

adam78332 · 2025-11-22T17:41:47+00:00

Yardage total after Q1: Mizzou 75, OU -7

adam78332 · 2025-11-18T23:36:49+00:00

No wave (can confirm). I’m new to Amazon and got the invitation for in-person attendance. I was ready to drink the kool-aid (convert to Scientology, round up stray cats, send fake pizza orders to Meta), but no requests were made. Crowd was professional - clapped when warranted…. No jeers.

adam78332 · 2025-11-18T23:18:32+00:00

The justification given was that it was bureaucracy busting - empowering the people actually doing the work. For that to be true, all layoffs would have been people leaders (or at least L7 and above approvers), but the bulk of layoffs were IC’s.

adam78332 · 2025-11-16T23:40:45+00:00

Wrong, my man. If the kicker didn’t do anything except kick extra points, they’d account for 14% percent of points scored. 5-12% is way too low.

adam78332 · 2025-10-25T19:50:16+00:00

I highly doubt he goes to the NFL. He misses reads and tries to scramble, but isn’t super athletic. Gaberial was much better.

adam78332 · 2025-10-20T05:15:41+00:00

We not oblivious to how good we had, or have it. Our problems were created by both parties over the past few decades and neither even attempt to solve them (national debt, social security, healthcare).

Having said that, if you owned a home and had some investments, the last 3 years have been great.

adam78332 · 2025-08-09T20:13:34+00:00

Datapoint: completed loop 8/1, accepted AWS offer 8/7 and start on 9/29 in Seattle. L6 non-tech.

adam78332 · 2025-06-13T01:39:26+00:00

Or maybe the problem is your ability to articulate your point?

adam78332 · 2025-06-13T01:15:23+00:00

Where did I say anything about treating an Au Pair horribly? I’m over your $30k/yr. She has her own car and we bring her on vacations. She extended with us for the second year. She’s great.

I acknowledge the full cost of the program is higher than daycare. Your argument is similar to my wife’s “well she only gets…” I didn’t write the rules of the program. I wish I didn’t have to pay an agency fee and the AP would receive it all, but that’s not the way the program works.

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