I’m in Australia, but I had an engineering lecturer who did his studies in the US and he said that he was half a mil in student debt by the time he finished his masters. Add on medical expenses and it’s certainly possible.
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@Iron_Condor @flappinit @tinkertailortanker
I’m not literally 1mil in debt.
It’s a challenge one of our family friends gave us: calculate how much money your parents have spent on you and think about how long it would take for you to pay it off.
I decided to take it seriously. To be clear, my parents paid for expensive private schools, test prep and ridiculously overpriced college admissions counseling. We aren’t rich by any means and finances were/are VERY tight
they don’t actually expect me to pay any of it back (although they, for some reason, expect my brother to pay his own student loans???), but it doesn’t make sense to me personally not to pay them back
At this rate, it’s going to take at least 15-20 years
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I guess I just begrudgingly accept it and wait for one of my classmates/ future colleagues to solve that issue
Week 25: Day 5
Pistols: 5x(10/side+1/side)-32lbs
RDLs: 3x(5-3010 tempo+5 regular speed)/side-45lbs
GOblet squats: 30-10-30, 25lbs
- great workout! expected to do 10-1 for pistols, but felt good enough to get 5x10+1 in, Upper back and abs not the limiter for the FIRST time!!! looks like daily work is paying off @vision1. Of course, could also be the difference between holding a DB vs a KB Skipped daily work yesterday, but will get it in today. RDLs killed hamstrings and 30-10-30 was a great way to end the workout.
- trashed after so no run- will do that tomorrow
Had 50g honey as a pre-bed snack last night (normally I’d have protein or fat). I know sugar before bed is not ideal, but I woke up moving on double speed and felt really good during the workout… looked crap waking up though… also weighed in at 101.4, but I salted the crap out of the broccoli at dinner and definitely didn’t clear out the bowels
Is that high or low?
Why do you even consider what you look like in the morning?
I don’t understand this. How/ why would a classmate or coworker change this?
It’s high, but inconsequential
The bathroom has a mirror
I go to a university known for it’s AI, HCI, CS and Decision science programs. I also plan on being a professor and do research about decision making and will likely be working with AI, neuroscience… There is a high probability that one of my classmates/colleagues will figure something out
Oh it doesn’t. I’m saying that some of my classmates/colleagues might figure out something that is able to predict future chaos → reduce the uncertainty that causes me anxiety
There are currently some available methods out there that can already help with reducing anxiety that done require predicting chaos.
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What is this?
My phone posting in the middle of a typo.
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I get that, but AI is cool, and accurately predicting chaos is very helpful regardless of my own personal mental health
If I were a government, I’d be throwing a LOT of money into the research, and it seems that actual governments seem to agree with me
I honestly think this post is worth keeping around @Koestrizer.
This would be you side-stepping @T3hPwnisher s point in that rather than hope that someone else, in your lifetime, makes significant enough advances in a field of study that it’ll not only advance the field but also result in tangible applications for you to leverage in your life reducing anxiety you could adopt pre-existing, well-established approaches that work to resolve anxiety issues that revolve around not being able to exercise control over chaotic variables.
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I would say the opposite: it is treating the symptom and making the disease worse. It’s like overuse of pain killers.
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Governments around the world have done an exceptionally good job of ignoring underlying issues for thousands of years. I’m not quite sure that’s going to change. At least being able to put a bandaid over issues before the split wide open might help
I’m not an anarchist, but I have very little faith in politicians (the people, not the idea that we need government)
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As a person with a masters in political science, I would in no way, shape or form ever try to model how I take care of myself with how a government functions.
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A lot of governments and civilizations are far more short-lived than thousands of years.
Also, there’s no guarantee the band-aid you desire will exist within your lifetime. There are other ameliorations around, that you could leverage, they just aren’t an easy-fix.
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I think there’s plenty of evidence that I don’t always have the most rational, coherent train of thought 
That’s true, but the tech is cool regardless
I don’t know man. I have basically removed myself from the conversation a while ago. I still read the log and if you, @anna_5588 , ever want to discuss something in particular you are always welcome to tag me. However I feel like I have done everything I can to help and things like my above post are starting to just read bitter and I know would start to sound meaner and as if I was coming down on Anna if I continued going down that road.
I see Anna starting therapy as a great success(!) but given at how circular most discussions seem to go here, I am not sure I have anything new to offer. I do applaud you and others who have more patience than me.
I want to make it clear, that I do not blame Anna for any of that. I don’t think that she is at fault for not being able to follow the advice that others are giving, even when using very harsh words. I just don’t see how I can advance the conversation, so I thought it’d be best I delete my comment.
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