“You are inside 2 wolves”

Keep your share of rent between 1/4 and 1/3 of your income, set up passive savings contributions of at least 10% and use a high yield savings account to stave off inflation until you both have 3 months living expenses and understand why the best investment strategies are boring

If you’re in university, your desired career and its requirements should determine your major, , not the other way around

I graduated with a bachelor’s degree only to realize my career was a dead end because only in my senior year was I informed there’s such thing as a “mental health license” for which I was disqualified due to low grades in a non-related class the year prior. Eventually I learned how well blue collar jobs pay (with a lot of job security at that) and got back on my feet working in logistics but I’ll never see the 50x return on investments by retirement because “why learn about finances when you can barely pay rent”

It all seems very obvious in hindsight

Just burn the “dangerous books” obviously…

This isn’t a “question for the community” nor even a thinly veiled attempt at raising awareness: it’s the epitome of self-righteousness

Nobody can answer this question for you but I think to the countless examples of people not “getting out while they can” who are now–or were until their death–forever trapped in a bad situation that people today forget wasn’t that bad even within living memory

Is it right for you? I don’t know

Is it cowardly to let a sense of national loyalty compel you to be exposed to the mechanisms of government wielded by untrustworthy actors? No, and anybody saying otherwise is lying to you at best; lying to themselves at worst

Inb4 any what aboutisms: nothing I’ve said here is specific to any country

Those are 2 very different questions

Based on a date you don’t tell us

Are they upset they didn’t get hit with the xz backdoor?

More people always read the top-level comment

Certainly cite sources when relevant but never argue with a reply

Design is too mobile responsive

Fruit bats, a banana peel, 2 of Saturn’s moons, the moment in time clothing was invented and anything else

There are no restrictions specified

I looked into moving to other countries which made it very obvious which skills were worth cultivating, changed careers accordingly and moved somewhere (in the US) that isn’t fully car-dependent until I could accumulate decent savings/investments. This was pre-covid and “orange pilling”, I just kinda lucked out

And, no, none of this was easy, just easier than saying “I’ll accept this without a fight”

That name and image are really confusing with the stated intent of the community

“Chinese bad” is xenophobia

“China = surveillance state” is the most basic of common sense

I was just thinking this sounds like Lemmy becoming e-Mormons

The fact is most people are perfectly happy being herded like cattle if it means avoiding a slight learning curve and new ecosystem

I could be wrong but is the previous statement referring to Lemmy, Mastodon, Linux or my entire career of shielding management/entrepreneur types from minor technical details?

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Halo, even the remaster. The world’s feel empty and vehicles make me long for the Mako

I’ve since been told it’s just one of those “you had to be there” things. Was really hard to admit the hype cycle sometimes has value

Tbf, the 3rd party apps improved greatly over the past 6 months

Forgive my ignorance (actually, no, bitterly hold a grudge against it but answer the question through your repressed seething anger) but why are there 2 Mastodon logos?

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RE 4 (original), every Ratchet and Clank game, Space Invaders by complete accident, etc