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[scootr]

The longer I live the more I can understand why my parents did the things they did and why. That goes for work, life lessons, parenting, etc. Nice to be able to live to an age where things start making sense.

When I was 15 I could not believe how dumb my parents were about the ways of the world.


When I was 21 I could not believe how much they had learned in such a short time.

 

[two_bit_score]

Yes, since the economy is global and the US is the biggest player, our economic mistakes affect the whole world...also, some other countries also pumped money into the void.

That was probably our tax money to start with.

 

[ovrszd]

The longer I live the more I can understand why my parents did the things they did and why. That goes for work, life lessons, parenting, etc. Nice to be able to live to an age where things start making sense.

Absolutely. My eldest Son is 50. It's amusing and rewarding seeing him have that realization.

 

[two_bit_score]

A little more perspective: Meta just laid off 13% of its workforce, so the economy continues to shrink.

Here are the Big Tech companies that have announced layoffs in 2022

Big Tech companies have announced tens of thousands of layoffs in recent weeks amid stock losses, jumbo interest rate hikes implemented by the Federal Reserve and consumers’ pivot away from g…

thehill.com

Twitter is laying off about 3/4 of theirs.

 

[ovrszd]

Twitter is laying off about 3/4 of theirs.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Twitter is laying off about 3/4 of theirs.

 

[sea2summit]

Twitter is laying off about 3/4 of theirs.

Someone sent me a YT link the other day to a Twitter employee applying to their first "real" job after getting laid off. Hilarious. I'll have to try to find it.

ETA found it.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Twitter is laying off about 3/4 of theirs.

Not like they really “worked” anyway

 

[two_bit_score]

Not like they really “worked” anyway

Yep. They could probably lay off 90% without suffering any negative effects.

 

[Hay Dude]

They lost me when baseball went on strike years ago.
So I switched to college.
Now I may switch to high school.

I coached it. Left when they started talking about paying college & yes even high school athletes.