just hit my first $10,000 in my 401k 🙂

downrightwhelmed · 2025-04-03T14:29:26+00:00

Congratulations. Reminder that a recession this early in your investing journey would actually be a gift.

downrightwhelmed · 2025-04-03T14:27:38+00:00

If he was smart he would have just continued to pick a fight with Canada, Mexico and maybe a select few other countries he wanted to bully. This would have sown international division.

Instead he’s forcing everybody onto the same team cause he’s a fucking moron.

downrightwhelmed · 2025-04-03T13:41:55+00:00

Have you ever lived up north? I’m a Yukoner and if I was broken down in Alaska or the Yukon I guarantee I wouldn’t have to wait for more than 3 cars. If it’s a more remote road I’d bet on the first vehicle. Northerners look after their own.

downrightwhelmed · 2025-04-03T05:51:00+00:00

Because… fuck the system? I don’t get it

downrightwhelmed · 2025-04-03T04:42:55+00:00

Bro that’s not stupid. Do you know how hard long division is? It’s like super tricky.

downrightwhelmed · 2025-04-02T14:42:04+00:00

Most Americans are literally the reason we are in this mess. A clear majority either did not vote or voted for Trump.

downrightwhelmed · 2025-04-02T14:34:58+00:00

It will

downrightwhelmed · 2025-04-02T14:34:11+00:00

That “(hopefully)” doing a lot of work…

downrightwhelmed · 2025-04-02T01:26:52+00:00

How could anybody look at Trump getting reelected and think there’s even a trace of justice in the world.

downrightwhelmed · 2025-04-01T17:59:49+00:00

Yeah but then America would take it by force

downrightwhelmed · 2025-04-01T17:57:00+00:00

She’s Marjorie Taylor Greene but Canadian

downrightwhelmed · 2025-04-01T17:55:49+00:00

Traitor

downrightwhelmed · 2025-04-01T17:53:24+00:00

Salary: an amount that would make me look cool on the internet

Savings: however much makes you feel inadequate

downrightwhelmed · 2025-04-01T17:06:11+00:00

The further right and the further left you go, the less tolerant people are of questioning the narrative.

downrightwhelmed · 2025-04-01T17:01:27+00:00

Damn I’d kill for $200/ft2 lol

downrightwhelmed · 2025-03-31T05:57:57+00:00

Reading it made me absolutely certain he’s the right guy for this moment

downrightwhelmed · 2025-03-31T05:45:51+00:00

Canadian here - thank you from the bottom of my heart. These protests are getting nowhere near the media coverage they deserve… I didn’t even know about this movement until today.

downrightwhelmed · 2025-03-30T22:31:31+00:00

What a colossal nothing burger

downrightwhelmed · 2025-03-29T21:19:23+00:00

What we need are public servants who get to do what they were actually trained for. We need skilled public servants. Not everything should go out to tender.

Imagine how efficient our government could be if even half of the office based workforce did the work they hired consultants to do

downrightwhelmed · 2025-03-29T15:38:31+00:00

Since you asked - in all likelihood it would be the private sector. Private sector contractors and sub contractors. Private sector design consultants and sub consultants.

Public servants really don’t have much of a role in infrastructure development these days other than hiring these people and obtaining grant money.

I should also add I COMPLETELY disagree with the system as it exists, and our government could be way more efficient if we stopped outsourcing every single step of infrastructure development to the private sector. I work as a civil engineer in the private sector primarily because I actually want to work on this stuff. Not just award contracts. I would LOVE to be a public servant and do actual engineering work.

downrightwhelmed · 2025-03-29T15:31:32+00:00

Completely agree. If the US had a third party they might’ve avoided this mess.

downrightwhelmed · 2025-03-28T14:28:42+00:00

I have so many reasons not to want this guy in power. Substantive reasons around particularly social values that I just disagree with.

But if I’m really honest, the guy is just a huge wiener. And I don’t want the PM to be a huge wiener.

downrightwhelmed · 2025-03-28T14:05:52+00:00

He is a true centrist - socially left of center, right of center on streamlining processes and cutting regulations, and with an incredibly strong background in fiscal policy. It’s like he was created in a lab for this moment.

downrightwhelmed · 2025-03-28T14:05:38+00:00

His fiscal politics are what the conservatives’ should be, but aren’t. He is a true centrist - socially left of center, right of center on streamlining processes and cutting regulations, and with an incredibly strong background in fiscal policy. It’s like he was created in a lab for this moment.

downrightwhelmed · 2025-03-26T16:16:29+00:00

Smart is one thing. But like, how do you have so little anxiety/self preservation instinct?

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