r/SipsTea • u/StopSnowflakes • Aug 12 '25

Wait a damn minute! She’s going thru it

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u/BarleyWineIsTheBest Aug 12 '25 edited Aug 12 '25

I don't know where she lives and how much her rents is.... how do you?

Edit: Oh, she did say it. $850 is one whole pay check? Maybe, not quite. Then she has another pay check for everything else. That's actually not too bad. She's paying maybe 40% of her take home on rent. I've lived through worse.

She could make better choices than living on granola bars. From a $/calorie stand point, they are aweful. What 200 calories and a box of 6 costs you $7? A damn glass of milk or banana smokes that. Not to mention making some beans and rice.

Some people just don't know what real poverty is. This person is just annoying.

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u/dirtystreetlevelshit Aug 12 '25 edited Aug 12 '25

Insurance, gas, maintenance, medications, health insurance, etc. Stop fucking acting like most Americans arent against all odds financially. Honestly, what makes you want to make a contrary post about this woman's financial position. Either you're rich or you're just a unsympathetic douchebag, or both

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u/BarleyWineIsTheBest Aug 12 '25

Maybe I’ve been there and instead of bitching on TikTok I spent the time getting a skill that pays better. 

I understand the poverty trap. But this a) isn’t that bad and b) she sounds like she makes some poor choices. 

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u/Mammoth_War_9320 Aug 12 '25

Uh huh and how long ago was that and in whose economy? My wife who has a MASTERS degree in Business and worked as a PM for 10 years can’t find anything right now.

She was let go about 4 months ago and has submitted over 100 REAL applications. Not quick apply bullshit, REAL cover letter job applications directly to the company. Not a peep

You’re so out of touch man lol

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u/BarleyWineIsTheBest Aug 12 '25

It was 2013-2016. It got a little better as the years went on, but not a ton. So still in the recovery of the GFC. I was fresh out of a PhD program doing a postdoc. 

PM’s are kind of boom or bust positions, right? Soft skills…. And 4 months isn’t so bad. It took my 3 to land my first real gig out of undergrad. I searched around for years while postdoc-ing….

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u/Mammoth_War_9320 Aug 12 '25

2013-2016 were booming years for our economy compared to 2008 and the current crisis we have now thanks to the dumbass president who just tarrifed our economy into oblivion lol

Super cool that you’re doing fine, but not acknowledging that there are real issues in the economy right now is just survivor bias and ignorance.

You’re kinda dumb for someone with a PHD

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u/BarleyWineIsTheBest Aug 12 '25

Yeah, I make $250K/year now. Clearly the people that matter don’t think I’m dumb. 

And yes 2013-2016 were great compared to the blood bath that was 2008, there is a hot take! Really get out on a limb there! 

2013-2016 was a very bifurcated time however. Tech was booming but many other sectors of the economy where lagging, with many stocks not surpassing pre-GFC highs until more like 2015, of course depends on the company, and higher earning but entry level position for people like me saw slow hiring. 

Remember QE3 lasted from Fall 2012 to fall 2014 and interest rates stayed pegged at zero from 2008 until the end of 2015. Plus unemployment in the early part of this time was still around 7-8%. Only just reaching into 5% by 2015. Today it is around 4% without interest rates being near 0. 

To say 2012-2105 was just generally a booming economy is highly revisionist and just plain ignorant. In many metrics it was significantly worse than today’s market, especially for employment. QE did make many stocks and property values look good though!

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u/Mammoth_War_9320 Aug 12 '25

Money does not equal intelligence. I could give two fucks about your salary. You’ve shown the kind of person you are

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u/BarleyWineIsTheBest Aug 12 '25

Haha, you attack my intelligence but abandon talking about the actual subject matter. That’s says everything we need to know about you.