Voss ×͜×

thoughts & money talks.

[Voss ×͜× @uncvoss]

I had a bad migraine and severe burnout after working through appointments all week, so I SUBMITTED sick time to head home early to rest.

My micromanager called demanding to know if i was going to a doctor, and when i said i just wanted to sleep, he demanded a doctor's note to justify using sick hours.

This is the same guy who makes adult advisors ask permission to use the restroom and sends people to physically spy on staffs.

We’ve normalized corporate micromanagement to a point where you need a medical diagnosis just to take a half-day when your brain is fried.

Total control freak behavior.

[Voss ×͜× @uncvoss]

@CleggAmac Are they mutually exclusive?

High earners are the people becoming and remaining rich. Both groups cluster in California, New York, and Massachusetts for the same reason: capital markets, networks, and opportunity. Wyoming and South Dakota still aren’t full of either.

[Voss ×͜× @uncvoss]

You know where most rich people live and spend most of their time? In high state income tax jurisdictions. I hate this "I'll move if you tax us" narrative. They already have the choice to live in no tax jurisdictions. They choose not to.

[Voss ×͜× @uncvoss]

Resorting to slurs just shows you don’t have a real counter. If taxes were the main driver, South Dakota and Wyoming would be full of billionaires. They’re not. High earners stay in California, New York, and Massachusetts because that’s where the capital markets, networks, and opportunity are.

[Voss ×͜× @uncvoss]

@jack About time I have my first AI girlfriend

[Caitlin Cook @DeadCaitBounce]

Dune was decades ahead of its time

[Dimitri @thedimitri]

messaging my wife a link containing proof of her husband cheating on her from an anonymous instagram account and then when she clicks on it texting her to let her know she failed the family phishing test and she has to retake my cybersecurity course

[Voss ×͜× @uncvoss]

I spent over 40 minutes on the phone with my landlord’s office yesterday because the online portal said I owed a late fee even though I’d paid on time. The person I finally reached said “yeah that happens sometimes with the system.” Cool. Glad I used my lunch break for that.

[Voss ×͜× @uncvoss]

@MarhinDeMosr You can't just buy a house wherever you want. your job, your kids' school, family, custody arrangements… none of that disappears because Zillow showed you a cheap house 3 states away.

[Voss ×͜× @uncvoss]

SORRY IF THIS OFFENDS LANDLORDS, BUT DAMN.

A starter apartment is $1,950. The 3x rule means you need over $70k a year just to qualify.

That’s $5,850 a month. $33.75 an hour at 40 hours.

And God help you if you’ve got student loans or any other payment.

Even a roommate doesn’t fix it. National median for a two-bedroom is around $1,900. In a lot of places it’s $2,000 to $2,600.

My landlord doesn’t have to work. Never will. He rents out bedrooms in his house for $1,400+. Then tells me I need to be practical and do the same.

He doesn’t need the money. He does it because he can.

I’ve tried explaining I may never have my own place again after this. He doesn’t get it.

The 3x rule is just a screening standard. It still locks out people working full time.

Stop treating a basic apartment like a luxury that only people with no debt and a $34-an-hour job are allowed to have.

[Voss ×͜× @uncvoss]

These new rules for Airbnbs will just create higher cleaning fees.

I see no problem having guests do their own dishes, taking the trash out of the house and gathering the dirty towels. It's common decency to pick up after yourself. Anything more should fall to the cleaners. Yes, you are paying a cleaning fee but not a maid service.

I think any change in Airbnb policy is about protecting Airbnbs bottom line. It’s kind of crazy how many people think this rule is a win for hosts and that rule is a win for guests.

Airbnb is looking to maximize profits for themselves, and this will likely mean potentially lost profits for hosts and increased costs for guests. The only one winning is Airbnb.

[Voss ×͜× @uncvoss]

@finchgourd Darn those 4 dollar an hour illegals for driving up my local houses millions of dollars!

Corporations buying property certainly had nothing to do with this.

[Voss ×͜× @uncvoss]

It is completely backward.

​You can pay $2,000/month in rent for five straight years with zero late payments, but the second you apply for a new place or a mortgage, algorithm-driven income formulas treat you like a credit risk. A flawless rental history should be the #1 metric imo.

[Rabbi Jeff @RabbiJeffx]

𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗔 𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 now house 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗨𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗦 grown from stem cells, fused with silicon chips, fed sugar to stay alive, and used as biological computers.

𝗡𝗢𝗕𝗢𝗗𝗬 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪𝗦 𝗜𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗖𝗜𝗢𝗨𝗦.

@grok TRUE or FALSE.

[Max @minordissent]

the reason you as a 130+ IQ chud need to become rich and powerful is not because it will cure your depression (though it will) but because it will cure your interminable irritation at the law of entropy. No longer will you have to be inconvenienced by things always breaking or retarded people being retarded. You can just throw money at the problem by replacing it or hiring someone competent to handle it on your behalf.

[Voss ×͜× @uncvoss]

Am I the only one who still gets a little thrown off when a restaurant brings the card reader to the table and then asks if you want to tip before you’ve even tasted the food? I always tip. That’s not the issue. It’s just the timing. It's like the decision got moved earlier in the process so you can’t change your mind once the meal is over.

[zerohedge @zerohedge]

The AI layoffs are here:

*AMERICAN EXPRESS TO CUT 5% OF JOBS, ABOUT 3,500 EMPLOYEES

*BARCLAYS TO CUT 5,000 JOBS AS AI STARTS CREATING EFFICIENCY

*EBAY CONFIRMS JOB CUTS OF ABOUT 9%

*NETFLIX TO LAY OFF 6% OF GLOBAL STAFF, OR ABOUT 1,000 JOBS: WSJ

[Voss ×͜× @uncvoss]

With 181,000 jobs added last year, the lowest since 2002, are we truly winning?

Doing some simple math. That's 15,081 jobs per month.

Divide that by 50, and you get just 301 jobs added per state each month last year.

Obviously gets worse when divided by county, but I'll leave you to that.

The unemployment aspect of this job market has been atrocious, but it just looks incredibly grim when the numbers alone are this low.

That's the Trump economy!

[Voss ×͜× @uncvoss]

@artemovskiyle And the working guy gets another payment just to keep showing up to work. make it make sense.

[Voss ×͜× @uncvoss]

My neighbor spent years paying down his truck loan so he could finally own it free and clear.

Earlier this month the engine threw a rod. Shop quoted him $6,800.

He called his credit union about a personal loan. They offered 11%. The dealership’s finance guy was standing right there and said he could put it on a 72-month note at 14.9% through the same bank, but the shop would get a $900 referral fee.

He asked what the difference was.

The finance guy said, “Same bank. We just get paid more if it goes through us.”

He took the higher rate because he needed the truck for work the next morning.

The only reason the rate was higher is that someone else got a cut. Crazy how that works!

[Voss ×͜× @uncvoss]

@Mxrshxll_on_X For real tho, he paid off the truck just to get hit with another bill to keep it running