• @[email protected]
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    I got laid off yesterday due to ‘economic issues’, and the juxtaposition of the stock market hitting a record high was not lost on me.

    Edit to add: just got confirmation that one of my programs is bringing in 80k today. This is fuckin wild man.

    • @psychothumbsOP
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      That sucks, sorry buddy.

      On the plus side unemployment is also hitting record lows so there should be something out there for you.

      • @[email protected]
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        Yea I’m not too worried. I’m very hireable and will likely wind up getting a fat pay increase out of this. It’s just that I really loved that job and preferred to make less and stay.

      • @foggy
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        wow such brains 😮 how many PhDs do you have bruh

        I’m not here to read the article, just to point out that linking to paywalled articles isn’t a good practice.

        If you don’t have the brains to understand that, that’s your own problem.

        Talk about a douchey response…

    • @psychothumbsOP
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      You can get through the NY Mag paywall by opening in a private tab.

      Edit: I don’t understand the downvotes - do other people not do this routinely? Was just using that same trick to read a bunch of paywalled articles on Vulture this afternoon. Can anyone who reads the above and disapproves enlighten me?

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    Wait this can’t be happening! It is the end of the world there is no hope. All is doom and gloom.

        • @afraid_of_zombies
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          Nah. I only invest in the market a bit and it is all buy+hold index funds. Most of my investments are in real stuff. Like paying for my wife’s uni degree, buying a rental property with my brother-in-law, getting a tutor for my kids in math. You will never be poor if everyone you is doing well. Besides I trust my family friends a lot more than I trust Goldman Sachs mortgage backed securities and Bear Stearns.