Money is unavoidable but you don’t have to do a typical career. Maybe you could try one of those English teaching jobs overseas, or be a nomad doing odd jobs here and there and traveling around. Lots of paths out there, and some might be more care free than a typical 9-5.

Have you considered becoming a student? You might be able to get financial aid. It might not cover 100%, but you’d get to be around young people also discovering themselves.

You definitely didn’t deserve what you got. I hope you can find a path that feels at least a little more like what you want to be doing.

I’m from the US and this also sounds extremely puritanical to me. I don’t know why this OP thinks they’re somehow being liberal about it.

I play so many video games I thought that sign was a choice dialog overlaid on the photo for a second. It’s so weirdly flat in the perspective. 😅

Bad policies don’t make it OK, and blaming the victims also doesn’t make it OK.

When I personally use it it means “OK, sounds good, I have nothing more to add but I read your message.”

I didn’t know there were other care-creatures besides bears

My wife and I are both horrible photo takers so I guess our lives will just be a big mystery once we’re gone.

They look like a nice couple

Racecar is racecar backwards.

Organic maps is pretty good, though it doesn’t have up to date enough info if you want to use it to find restaurants and businesses. I find it’s actually more accurate for things like paths, benches, other outdoor features basically.

No. I’m not in a bad spot but definitely not as comfortable as I grew up.

It’s a hard time to be an idealist right now, but we’re needed more than ever.

This explains a lot because I hate gambling

Maybe they ai generated the coverup

Game design!

My dad does this so much and I asked him about it once. He said he thinks it makes everything sound very chill and low pressure. I think it makes everything sound passive aggressive, or like it’s a loaded statement🤦‍♂️

That’s a good manager! I’ve been lucky enough to have some like that, too, but sadly not everywhere.

Now that I hear it I can’t say its that weird, but I didn’t even know lobsters had roe!

Entirely depends on the job, and also some states have more protections than others. “Hustle culture” is really engrained over here though and there can be a lot of guilt for many people around asking for time off, both internalized guilt for the worker and actual guilt tripping from managers if you have a toxic work place.

We don’t have a culture of going on holiday in America like parts of Europe do, so I think it’s not as normalized and there’s often a feeling of pressure to only do it when others aren’t so that the company is still well staffed.

It’s all very toxic, but I think people are also starting to realize how toxic it is in the past several years and there’s more and more acknowledgement between workers at least that we should be taking our time off.

I do wish it was slightly shorter. They just don’t make small enough phones anymore for my taste.