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Cake day: March 5th, 2025

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  • Honestly, a lot of days make me feel satisfied. I work on the comp side of a fundraising department for a large public university. I’m good at what I do, enjoy it and have earned enough of a reputation that people generally let me tackle whatever comes my way however I want.

    So, if I have a good productive day, I feel like maybe more students got scholarships because of my work that day. And I work from home so if I did well at work, found time to do my “old man refuses to stop playing sports with kids in their 20s” exercises AND had a couple good homecooked meals, well yeah, I feel pretty accomplished and satisfied.

    But yeah, doing something I like for a cause which I ferverently support, I have more good days than bad. Working from home is a heck of a cherry on top though.













  • I think you might be missing a few things.

    First, sure there’s probably some minor feedback but really, outside of luxury goods (which neither Apple or Google are at this point) more customers is seen as better by investors/the market.

    Yes, the market is all theatre but amazingly, it’s theatrics to which a great deal of attention is paid. The more share prices of magnificent 7 stocks drop, the more that affects those who have actual power and influence.

    Heck, forget abandoning smartphones, living in a cave would be the ultimate way to not contribute to America. But most folks want to balance their morals with a functional life, which for many includes a smartphone.

    If you want to slap back, instead of trying desperately to convince maybe a handful of folks to switch to dumb phones over tarrifs, much better to help a lot of people make incremental but helpful changes.