This is a long one. My dad remarried 7 or so years ago now when I was 19 and in college. It moved very fast. My step mother has very little money and two sons, one is one year older than me and the other is one year younger. So, we were all in college when they got married.
My step mom is fine. She’s a nice lady to me. She annoys me because she talks way too much and makes every convo about herself. She doesn’t get social cues and made my brothers wedding about her. That’s beside the point. My issue is she emotionally manipulates my frugal father into bank rolling her adult children.
My father has never been easy, especially about money. He was a tough but overall great parent to me and my brother. He is generally not happy. Never really has been. High stress job. He was happy when they started dating, then it moved fast. The last 4 or so years, every time I’m there, they’re fighting. She always cries. She emotionally manipulates him to get her way, EVERY TIME. I don’t think either of them thought this through and she is not compatible with him at all. He is very controlling about the money he’s made and spends very little. He’s honestly controlling about most things. So, to “have some say” she got a job at $75k per year. He makes 8x that. She wants to have say in the investments and my dad has admitted to me that he doesn’t want her input because her $ doesn’t even cover the mortgage. He is also in finance and she’s in the arts… not the sharpest tool in the shed either.
My dad has been financially anxious my entire life, even with his high salary. I had a very blessed life but was still somehow stressed about $. I went to private school, did expensive extra curriculars, travelled a bunch. I was in this “society” but we told I was poor… Weird dynamic with my mom because she was a spender. He was very very tough love which made me who I am. He was a loving father, truly. We have a good relationship.
Ok anyway why im posting and very enraged. When we were in college, I found out my dad started helping to pay for my step brothers private college. Mind you, we barely know this kid and $ has been a “stress” my whole life. Also, kids father has a good job too. Then, we all graduate. I was told my ENTIRE life “you’re not getting bank rolled after college. I paid, you’re out.” So naturally, my brother and I worked our asses off to secure high paying jobs and not rely on our father. Also, dad wouldn’t help us with our careers because he wanted us to have the satisfaction of earning everything ourselves. The step brother LIVES in my dad’s home (step mom pays nothing) for FIVE YEARS after college and inherits a BMW my father bought for my step mother (against my dad’s wishes). My dad got him interviews and his current job. This has been a source of major annoyance for me and my brother. Would’ve been nice to save that money for 5 years after college (honestly, we didn’t want to live w her) but it was never an option for us and we knew that. We also shared a used ford escape that was always breaking down in our teen years. We had to pay for every fix! My dad’s explanation is “you and your brother are different because you’re extremely well adjusted and I raised you that way.” My dad has also expressed so much frustration with this kid but just gives in to step mom.
Fast forward to today. I get the invite for the other step brothers wedding. Guess who is hosting the welcome party? Not my step mother and her ex husband but the [my last name] family. Ex husband is paying for wedding after party. For my brothers wedding, my dad penny pinched every inch of the welcome party. I don’t expect a lavish wedding myself. This kid is getting married beach front. Welcome party has to be at least $50k.
My absolute biggest concern is when my father dies,she will get the majority. Then, when she dies, her sons will not only have had their college paid, their car paid and their lives post college bank rolled but they will inherit my father’s $ as well. I wouldn’t care if I didn’t get a dime, I’ll be fine financially, only if they didn’t either. They’re leeches.
It’s just ridiculous. They got married when these children were adults. They didn’t have a childhood of financial fights and tough love. I know my dad doesn’t want to do this. He’s expressed annoyance about this. It makes me majorly resentful of my step family.

Hi fellow interviewers,
Got an interesting scenario that I'm not quite used to. I'll summarize the timeline:
WEEK 1: I had a first round interview with HR which went well - they said the hiring manager would get back to me within the week. By the end of week, HR comes back and says the hiring manager would get back to me.
WEEK 2: Did not hear back from the hiring manager
WEEK 3: I do a follow up email to HR, and get a reply within the same day stating that the Hiring Manager is out traveling and will get back by end of the week for next steps.
WEEK 4: No updates. Thinking about sending another follow-up email.
I haven't quite had the experience of a responsive HR in an otherwise slow interview process (usually used to just getting ghosted altogether).
What's your take on this? Should I consider myself still in the race or move on? Is it worth a weekly follow-up?
Thanks

I was rewatching the show and got to S06E09 and I've seen two details back to back that reminded me why I loved this show so much.
Some time ago, I made another post explaining that I see Homeland as the perfect chess game, where every character is trying to outsmart everyone else constantly. Well I think this episode is the perfect example.
Dar has a meeting with Keane, where he is supposed to provide a list of new names for government positions in an attempt to reform the administration. Meanwhile Keane learnt >! that dar was lying about Iran cheating on the nuclear deal !< and she said that she'll struggle to be in the same room with him to her chief of staff. He then asked if she wanted to reschedule or have him go and talk with him, to which she replied that any changes would be tipping their hand.
In an attempt to not seem hostile against Dar, Keane overdid it by saying that him being Director of the CIA is not out of the question. Dar, being the seasoned intelligence officer he is, understood the vibe, read her like a book and didn't reveal his proposals, since his proposals would be people fond of him of course.
Not only that but you can see Dar's expressions and immediately understand what he thinks and how quickly he picked up on Keane's scheme.
The episode closes with Quinn waiting Dar in his house seemingly to assassinate him. Dar tries to sweet talk his way out of the situation and he successfully does so relatively unharmed with only a pistol bump against his head.
The twist here is that >! Quinn never intented to kill Dar, only to scare him so he would call his assassin and Quinn was ready to track the call !<

This is a long one. My dad remarried 7 or so years ago now when I was 19 and in college. It moved very fast. My step mother has very little money and two sons, one is one year older than me and the other is one year younger. So, we were all in college when they got married.
My step mom is fine. She’s a nice lady to me. She annoys me because she talks way too much and makes every convo about herself. She doesn’t get social cues and made my brothers wedding about her. That’s beside the point. My issue is she emotionally manipulates my frugal father into bank rolling her adult children.
My father has never been easy, especially about money. He was a tough but overall great parent to me and my brother. He is generally not happy. Never really has been. High stress job. He was happy when they started dating, then it moved fast. The last 4 or so years, every time I’m there, they’re fighting. She always cries. She emotionally manipulates him to get her way, EVERY TIME. I don’t think either of them thought this through and she is not compatible with him at all. He is very controlling about the money he’s made and spends very little. He’s honestly controlling about most things. So, to “have some say” she got a job at $75k per year. He makes 8x that. She wants to have say in the investments and my dad has admitted to me that he doesn’t want her input because her $ doesn’t even cover the mortgage. He is also in finance and she’s in the arts… not the sharpest tool in the shed either.
My dad has been financially anxious my entire life, even with his high salary. I had a very blessed life but was still somehow stressed about $. I went to private school, did expensive extra curriculars, travelled a bunch. I was in this “society” but we told I was poor… Weird dynamic with my mom because she was a spender. He was very very tough love which made me who I am. He was a loving father, truly. We have a good relationship.
Ok anyway why im posting and very enraged. When we were in college, I found out my dad started helping to pay for my step brothers private college. Mind you, we barely know this kid and $ has been a “stress” my whole life. Also, kids father has a good job too. Then, we all graduate. I was told my ENTIRE life “you’re not getting bank rolled after college. I paid, you’re out.” So naturally, my brother and I worked our asses off to secure high paying jobs and not rely on our father. Also, dad wouldn’t help us with our careers because he wanted us to have the satisfaction of earning everything ourselves. The step brother LIVES in my dad’s home (step mom pays nothing) for FIVE YEARS after college and inherits a BMW my father bought for my step mother (against my dad’s wishes). My dad got him interviews and his current job. This has been a source of major annoyance for me and my brother. Would’ve been nice to save that money for 5 years after college (honestly, we didn’t want to live w her) but it was never an option for us and we knew that. We also shared a used ford escape that was always breaking down in our teen years. We had to pay for every fix! My dad’s explanation is “you and your brother are different because you’re extremely well adjusted and I raised you that way.” My dad has also expressed so much frustration with this kid but just gives in to step mom.
Fast forward to today. I get the invite for the other step brothers wedding. Guess who is hosting the welcome party? Not my step mother and her ex husband but the [my last name] family. Ex husband is paying for wedding after party. For my brothers wedding, my dad penny pinched every inch of the welcome party. I don’t expect a lavish wedding myself. This kid is getting married beach front. Welcome party has to be at least $50k.
My absolute biggest concern is when my father dies,she will get the majority. Then, when she dies, her sons will not only have had their college paid, their car paid and their lives post college bank rolled but they will inherit my father’s $ as well. I wouldn’t care if I didn’t get a dime, I’ll be fine financially, only if they didn’t either. They’re leeches.
It’s just ridiculous. They got married when these children were adults. They didn’t have a childhood of financial fights and tough love. I know my dad doesn’t want to do this. He’s expressed annoyance about this. It makes me majorly resentful of my step family.
AITA for feeling this way?

I'm looking for those rare women lucky enough to have been blessed with something many other women dream of having — and most men dream of enjoying. Whether you've simply grown beyond expectations or have actually been diagnosed with macromastia (and if so...oh my god), you know that there's no way that tiny body of yours was meant to support such a massive chest. Either way, it's the disproportionate-ness of them that drives me wild.
If so, you’re the one I’d love to hear from. Especially if, from your point of view, they're a bit more of a curse than a blessing. Some women with bigger than big breasts wouldn’t have it any other way, but if they're a constant source of shyness and discomfort — I'd love to know about it. If you've got a mixed or even troubled relationship with your breasts, let's talk it out.
You might dream about being confident enough to flaunt them with your outfits and revel in the reactions they get you, from tight sweaters to loosely draped fabrics that just hint at what's lying underneath. But it's such a victory when you find the perfect bras that can hold and support them the way you need, but still let you look and feel sexy and showy with them.
Or maybe you're always trying to minimize their appearance. Wearing sports bras and baggy shirts, but nothing quite seems to flatten them out the way you'd hope. And it feels like they're always getting in the way and drawing people's attention. Do you wish they were smaller? Looking at them in the mirror, feeling them sway back and forth as you move your body around, te sting their weight as you hold them in your hands, or maybe even giving your nipples a firm tug, wondering how things came to be this way.
If this sounds like you, then I'd love to hear from you. Responses welcome from both women who fit this description in real life, as well as those who don't but have always dreamed about what it might be like! Either way, we can explore this shared fantasy and kink together.
If you reply, please try and be as fun and engaging as this prompt is! All too often, this prompt gets me people who write back like "Hey I've got big tits" and expect me to do all the lifting. It turns into a tooth-pulling interview and that sucks!
Come ready to chat or roleplay in detail -- no single-line responses please.
Can't wait!

Hi there! I'm a 25-year-old female in the EST time zone. Feel free to send me a chat after you've read this post fully. I am looking for a 21+ male to do a long-term roleplay with. I have been roleplaying for 10+ years so I have a good sense of what I like and dislike. Please read below for what my expectations are:
Plots ~ My usual plots are a slice of life with some twists. For example, a plot I've enjoyed in the past is a married couple trying to cope with famed lives and busy schedules. It sounds simple but I'm the kind of writer who will randomly introduce somber or tragic elements at once or romantic bits at once. In all, I'm looking for something with equal portions of romance, drama, tragedy, angst, twists, and other elements that make for a fun and literate SoL story. I prefer to stick to the kind of plots I have mentioned below. I do not enjoy sci-fi or fantasy plots.
Writing style ~ I am detailed when needed so I prefer my partner to be the same way. I expect a minimum of 7-8 lines. For example, a dialogic bit in the roleplay doesn't always need 2 paragraphs. But other instances do so I am hoping to find someone who adapts the same way. I also need my partner to be able to play multiple characters as the plot may require, but that being said, your character will always remain the main one.
Writing expectations ~ I write in the first person but I'm open to whatever you're comfortable with. I prefer someone who can do more than 2 replies a day. I tend to be busy during the day but I'm usually free evenings or late nights. But either way, I like to communicate whether I will be active that day or not. I expect the same from my partner.
And finally, proper grammar. I'm a stickler so I'm only looking for someone who can use proper grammar. It's not hard to write 'you' instead of 'u,' sure. But I prefer advanced grammar usage also (i.e., know your quotation marks). I am a fully lit writer so I expect my partner to be the same.
Involvement ~ I prefer if you take the lead as well in furthering the plot instead of leaving it all to me. I am a very flexible and open-minded writer when it comes to plots. I can almost make anything out of something so I want someone who can contribute equally to the storyline.
Communication ~ Discord or Chatzy only. That being said, please do not reach out to me if your intention isn't to work through things to create a roleplay or reply once every 2-3 days. I'm an open communicator so I expect the same from you. If you don't like a response I wrote, you can tell me and I will happily change it. But don't reach out to me thinking it'll be something you 'try out' and then ghost me after. If you plan on ghosting me by the end of this, please save us both our time and don’t bother. If worst comes to worst and you really hate what we're creating, let me know that you want to end and I will happily accept that. If you are not going to be able to do 2 replies a day because life comes first and a Monday is particularly busy for you, I prefer you let me know. If you know you are going to be busy the next month, please don't reach out. I prefer consistency.
OOC ~ I prefer to have a friend in the partner I roleplay with. Not to the point that all we ever do is chat and occasional roleplay on the side though. I want to be able to discuss likes and dislikes with you and have some friendly banter. I do NOT send pictures, videos, or audio of any kind, so please don’t ask. It sucks that I have to mention this but oh well - please do not reach out to me if you're in a relationship with someone unless your spouse/partnegirlfriend is aware of your roleplaying hobby.
I have some plot ideas listed below but as I mentioned, I'm very open to modifications, creating something new, or listening to plot ideas that you may have.
Hired girlfriend. Fame and distance. Underground fighting and its problems.
If this is interesting to you, please send me a chat request. Please say something more than a hello. Please tell me your favorite color so I know my essay on here didn't go to a complete waste. Tell me what you liked, what you're looking for - anything that will help me respond better to you.

So my ex and I (23f, 25f) broke up a little over 3 months ago. It was really brutal, I was blindsided, but at the same time I hurt her quite a bit as well. We were really toxic towards the end and I genuinely think this was for the best.
Like an hour and a half after we have the breakup conversation, Im at home trying to process things and she texts me a picture of her mom’s dog wearing a kansas city chiefs shirt and says “I fear you would have left me over this anyways” (Context for anyone who doesn’t care about sports, I just straight up don’t like the Chiefs and they were playing in the super bowl again that weekend). I didn’t respond at all and just felt really hurt, we broke up under strange circumstances and I was left feeling like she just didn’t like me and I was resigned to the fact that she didn’t respect me anymore, so getting a joke text within 2 hours of breaking up hurt a lot tbh. Like what was I supposed to say?
Fast forward two days, I didn’t respond to her dumb joke and she texts me at like midnight saying “Im sorry, I’ll learn forgiveness, you were my best friend and I hope we can be friends again” and then says a bunch more stuff the next morning like “We should talk soon”, “nobody understands me like you, I just want to speak with you about this and nobody else but we can’t and it sucks”. My sister and my friends told me to block her but I held strong for some reason. I just couldn’t let go.
Then a few MORE days later I decided to respond with no words, I send her the laundry/taxes meme from Everything Everywhere All at Once, partly because it was sentimental and we did have a really special relationship at one point, and also because lowkey the last thing I dropped off for her was her W-2 and her laundry. She responds saying we should talk soon, and says all kinds of stuff like “I miss you lots”, “Maybe we just need time to be our own people”, “Im still wearing the ring you gave me” (context: It wasn’t a promise ring or engagement ring or anything, just was one of the first birthday presents I ever got her and was one of the first gifts I ever bought someone where I spent real real money on, so it at least meant SOMETHING to us), and a whole bunch of other sentimental stuff, concluding with “Im here whenever you’re ready to speak.” These messages all really hurt me and multiple ppl told me to block her but once again, I just couldn’t bring myself to.
Now, a few more days go by and she texts me about a performance one of our mutual friends’ invited us to. She asked if I was gonna go and said if I was then she would back out. This just bothered me SO MUCH, not only had I forgotten all about this performance and had zero intention of going given the state I was in, but it was just a question that NEEDED an answer, I couldn’t just leave her on read again, right? I responded and kinda showed too much of my feelings and how hurt I was, and we spoke a bit over text. She admitted she handled our breakup inappropriately and also said that marriage was still a possibility for us (Mind you, in our final argument as a couple she pointed at me and goes “Does this even look like marriage material?” which I still think about to this day). It was….jarring. I pretty much clung on to that hope. Then at the end she completely switched her stance and said SHE needed time and that she would let ME know when she was ready for a conversation, saying she needed two weeks.
Fast forward a few weeks, we had been in contact only to exchange our belongings, but she blocked me after I told her she could leave one of my hats in the mailbox if she didnt want to see me. So I message her dad a week later in order to get my things back and get that all sorted. However, one of my friends informed me that she was speaking to a boy in one of her psych courses who had been hitting on her. This kinda sent me down the rabbit hole and I message her dad again asking for some of my stuff back. Mind you, Im still blocked at this point so if I wanted it back, I had to go through him. The thing she still had of mine was my nice pillow which i had given to her to take to her dorm, and even a few days after the breakup she had said stuff like “Im still sleeping on the pillow you gave me” so at this rate I just wanted it back. Her dad immediately assumed I had blocked her and he tried to speak to me like I was his kid and I told him “your daughter is the one who blocked me” and he got really embarrassed. I get unblocked and get my pillow back bc I dont know how youre still sleeping on it while speaking to the first dude that hits on you (Mind you this girl swore she was a lesbian and was always worried I would cheat with a boy). I get the pillow back, she compliments my hair bc I had gotten it done, and we go on our separate ways.
Now, I messaged her a couple more times because I kept finding stuff of hers at my place. Id dropped some of it off at her dad’s place bc he lives in town. Fast forward to my birthday exactly 2 months after we breakup, she texts me at 9pm saying “Happy birthday” and nothing else. Wtf. I didn’t reply and I actually was super lonely on my bday so she was the last person I wanted to hear from.
I think I made the mistake of trying to bring one of her things to her a week later because I was visiting a friend who lived by her campus. This is where I feel she thinks I might be the one trying to drop breadcrumbs. It was super awkward, i just handed her her stuff and she said something completely inaudible but sounded like “take care” or something along those lines. And NOW is where I make the ultimate mistake of asking why that was weird once she got back into her building. She was basically like “im still healing, don’t message me unless theres stuff of mine thatyou have. I dont want to speak to you for a very long time if not ever”. So in 2 months I go from “im here whenever youre ready” to “dont speak to me ever”.
I told her that I am still healing too and dont even want to have a conversation yet, and I make the mistake of asking why she bothered telling me happy birthday if thats how she feels. The response i got from her was “I did it because it would have felt bad not saying anything, I wont say it again next year”. I got blocked permanently a few messages later.
So basically, just go no contact and stick to it. I should have taken my friends advice and blocked her a long time ago, and because I didnt I got my hopes up and got hurt again. Apologies for the long post, but seriously sometimes people just say things because they are emotional and not because they mean them. I held out for hope for way too long.
Apologies for the long ass post

April's big inflation reveal: The meme trade has been a fun diversion, but the serious business is here: the April Consumer Price Index reading is set for release at 8:30 a.m. ET. Prices rose 0.4% over the prior month, matching March's pace and bringing the annual inflation rate down to 3.4%. Stripping out food and energy costs, economists expect core inflation fell to 3.6% annually in April, which would be the slowest pace in about three years. ‌
Biden hits China with tariffs: The White House announced a suite of new tariffs on Chinese goods on Tuesday, with a key focus on EVs. In an interview with Yahoo Finance, President Biden painted cheap goods flooding the market — subsidized by the Chinese government — as an attempt to "put everybody else out of business and then they take over." Biden also said he expects China to retaliate but that the trade conflict would be manageable. ‌
GameStop and AMC continue to surge: GameStop followed Monday's 74% gain with a 62% surge Tuesday as the company continues to ride the recent meme stock rally. AMC also saw a second day of gains, finishing Tuesday 33% higher after gaining 80% Monday. Shrewdly, the company disclosed it raised $250 million issuing stock after Monday's pop. ‌
Google's new search: Google unveiled a new way of googling at its I/O conference that, yes, involves a lot of AI. The biggest overhaul to its search engine in years will integrate its AI engine to provide complex answers to queries — with citations. This time, we hope they're real. Users will also be able to perform compound searches for more targeted results without resorting to googling multiple times. For example, the ability to search for "a gym that offers discounts for new members — and how far it is from where I live." ‌
Powell plays down PPI: Fed Chair Jerome Powell provided a timely response to Tuesday's hotter-than-expected headline number for the Producer Price Index, speaking from a panel in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Powell downplayed the hot overall number, pointing at the mixed data and backward revisions. Still, the central bank head again stressed a need to be patient and "let restrictive policy do its work." What we're watching Morning Brief is written and edited by Ethan Wolff-Mann. For the web version, click here. Follow all the action throughout the day on Yahoo Finance and on the Yahoo Finance app.
GameStop’s 'Roaring Kitty' surge doesn’t mean meme stock rally has legs. ‌ Vanguard appoints BlackRock veteran Salim Ramji as next CEO. ‌ Justice Department says Boeing violated 737 Max crash settlement. ‌ ️ Musk ordered to resume testimony in SEC Twitter probe. ‌ 3M shareholders vote down executives' pay packages. ‌ Biden expects China to retaliate to new tariffs. Here's what that might look like. ‌ Why Biden's tariffs on Chinese EVs will have little immediate impact on the US auto market What we're reading AD • SPONSORED BY SMART ASSETHave This Much Money? You May Want a Financial AdvisorMoney can't buy happiness, but research finds that if you have this much in household assets, hiring a financial advisor could potentially help. Just how much money do you need? Find out here.
Today's Takeaway is by Jared Blikre, Markets Reporter ‌ Meme stocks survived another volatility-fueled session Tuesday. ‌ Taking a page from the 2021 playbook, GameStop and AMC Entertainment led the charge. ‌ Both meme stalwarts notched gains over 74% Monday and had further doubled their share prices on the open Tuesday — only to sell off most of the day into the close. Nevertheless, after dozens of volatility halts GameStop closed the day up 62% while AMC jumped by 30%.‌ Amid some gentle coaxing by Keith Gill (aka Roaring Kitty), a slew of names familiar to Reddit boards followed — companies like Koss, Tupperware, Virgin Galactic, Hertz, and BlackBerry. ‌ But while the explosion in volatility rightfully invites comparisons to the well-known 2021 saga that played out on Reddit and across US stock exchanges, 2024 is already proving to be quite different. ‌ This year, Wall Street is driving the bus. ‌
Vanda Research crunched the numbers and reported in a note to clients that GameStop and AMC have only seen a fraction of the inflows experienced in early 2021. Flows into these names at the peak of the early 2021 frenzy were over four times Monday's volume. ‌ "Do we think more retail traders can jump in on the trend in the coming days? Yes. Do we think this is a repeat of 2021? No, and the chances we reach that stage are low," said Vanda. ‌ Without glancing at a single stock chart, it's easy to point out that 2021 was likely a historical aberration fueled by bored recipients of pandemic stimulus checks. ‌ Wall Street was caught flat-footed. Hedge funds like Melvin Capital were obliterated. ‌ But institutional investors learned from the 2021 episode and are better prepared now, argues Vanda. ‌ "Quant/hedge funds are much better equipped to handle these situations nowadays," Vanda senior vice president Marco Iachini noted. "If anything, we believe the chances that they participate along with retail in the squeeze but also lean against and then exit these trades ahead of retail traders are high." ‌
As of Monday's close, the portion of share turnover in GameStop attributable to retail investors averaged 7% over the prior five days — and that number was only slightly higher for AMC. In 2021, the averages and spikes were materially higher, indicating much greater participation by retail traders. ‌ Data in the options market confirms a similar story. ‌ But the biggest difference this year might just be the lack of one single, coherent narrative like the meme story that captured headlines in 2021. ‌ Only last week, we wrote about the recent resurgence of volatility in meme names. "In a critical break from prior trading epochs, much of the recent meme stock volatility is being fueled by material news and fundamentals, like earnings, as opposed to Reddit posts," we wrote. Why the 2024 meme stock action is much tamer than 2021 — so far Indeed, our (unofficial) Yahoo Finance meme stock heat map reveals impressive returns over the last two days that are mostly green across the board. But aside from GameStop and AMC, these daily returns are decidedly not triple digits as they were three years ago. ‌ In fact, the bigger names on this list — like Coinbase, Carvana, and Palantir — have been making their gains the old-fashioned way: around earnings and bitcoin fundamentals.
How much Wednesday's inflation print surprises economists — up or down — will be of particular importance during Wednesday's trading day. ‌ But analyzing market action from CPI release days back to May 2023's print, the equity research team at Goldman Sachs led by David Kostin found that "interest rate sensitive pockets of the equity market typically experience particularly large moves on CPI days regardless of the magnitude of the surprise." Chart of the day As seen in the chart above, non-profitable tech and the small-cap Russell 2000 index (^RUT) have moved significantly more depending on where the inflation print lands over the past year. ‌ — Josh Schafer, Markets Reporter
Wednesday ‌ ‌ ‌ Thursday ‌ ‌ ‌ Friday ‌ ‌ Earnings and economic calendar Economic data: Consumer Price Index, month-over-month, April (+0.4% expected, +0.4% previously); Core CPI, month-over-month, April (+0.3% expected, +0.4% previously); CPI, year-over-year, April (+3.4% expected, +3.5% previously); Core CPI, year-over-year, April (+3.6% expected, +3.8% previously); Real average hourly earnings, year-over-year, April (+0.6% previously); MBA Mortgage Applications, week ending May 10 (+2.6%); Retail sales, month-over-month, April (+0.4% expected, +0.7% previously); Retail sales ex auto and gas, April (+0.1% expected, +1% previously); NAHB housing market index, May (51 expected, 51 previously)
Earnings: Cisco, Dole, Monday.com, Super League Economic data: Initial jobless claims, week ending May 11 (233,000 previously); Housing starts month-over-month, April (8.6% expected, -14.7% prior); Building permits month-over-month, April (+1.6% expected, -3.7% prior); Philadelphia Business Outlook, May (8.7 expected, 15.5 prior); Import prices, month-over-month, April (+0.2% expected, +0.4% previously); Export prices, month-over-month, April (+0.2% expected, +0.3% previously); Industrial production, month-over-month, April (+0.2% expected, +0.4% previously)
Earnings: Walmart, Applied Materials, Baidu, JD.com, John Deere, Take-Two Interactive, Under Armour Economic data: Leading index, April (-0.2% expected, -0.3% previously) Earnings: No notable earnings.

Me and my gf (both 18) have been together for 2 years now. We are really madly in love and planning on getting married right after our college. The problem is that my Gf's family is very orthodox and narrow minded. There are alot of family problems but the gist is that her parents have constant fights with her and eachother. My gf is not that strong mentally so she used to get affected by it and I used to console her. Her parents are really toxic and think about society more than her mental health.
Recently my gf decided she wanted to take a break year to study for her competitive exam and I fully supported her on this. But her parents were not so thrilled on this. They banned her from leaving her house for 2 weeks and basically made her a prisoner there. So my gf decided that enough was enough and started finding part time jobs so she can earn for herself and become independent so as to escape her house. I supported her and started going to interviews with her and making CVs and searching for jobs online. I also told her to start a YouTube channel because she has knack for skits and acting. I did this all the while studying for my own exams n taking her out on dates to make her feel better (the ban had been lifted by then).
After much searching, she finally found a job at a boutique place as a designer. It was a beginner level n she was getting paid decently for it. But her parents are against it and don't like her working as it is in a boutique which they believe is below their level. They berated her about it just after her first day there. She got really sad n she was forced to quit after the first day. She really was upset and I tried to calm her down n give her hope. I was searching for jobs which she could do online. But she had given up and was having a full mental breakdown.
She was crying non stop and saying that there is nothing to live for anymore. I told her to not think like that and just wanted her to calm down and breathe. But she was just going on and on about how everyone hurts her and she doesn't know why shes being put through this suffering. Then she said that she wants to unalive herself to end the suffering. I got really scared as she has tried this once previously and told her not to do such a thing. I told her that if she did such a thing, I would too because I can't live without her. In the moment I thought that it was the only way I could stop her from doing that. She went onto say that I always emotionally blackmail her and I don't understand her. I was dumbfounded at this. I really don't know what to say and she too hasn't replied to any of my texts since last night.
So AITAH?

Hello! I hope you’re doing well!
Just like everyone else here, I’m looking to meet new people. I’d love to form a long term connection. It’s been a long time since I’ve had that. I miss looking forward to hearing from someone.
I’m 25, female, and live in the US (obviously lol). I have lots of interests. Some are watching sports (football and hockey mostly), being outside, space, history, movies/TV shows (Star Wars, Breaking Bad, Harry Potter, The Twilight Zone, Black Mirror, Shameless), and tons more! I could list everything out, but I’d much rather get to know you through conversation. It feels more genuine that way and less like an interview!
I love meeting new people and getting to know them. I put a lot of effort into the relationships I form. I can be pretty talkative and a glass half full type of person. I’m very lively most of the time lol. I mention this in case it’s not your cup of tea! I have a decent response time, I usually answer pretty quickly. I’m 420 friendly, easygoing (or I think so!), and not easily offended. Sarcasm is my love language and I love dark humor.
As for you, please be 18+ and willing to put some effort into the conversation!
Anyways, I don’t want to make this too long. I really hope I hear from you! And if not, I hope you find what you’re looking for 😊
P.S. if you message and I don’t reply, I’m asleep. And I’ll get back to you in the morning :)

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I just got offered a job at a non luxury dealership. After the interview they offered me the job in the spot. No car sales experience, but I do have a relevant bachelors degree and some sales/customer service experience in general. I told them I want to take a week to think about it. This is my first job offer in about 4-5 weeks of searching. I haven’t had a problem getting interviews and I can probably survive a couple more months without a job if I had to. Is this is a good opportunity or should I keep looking? I’m also waiting to hear back about a GM position at a fast food place that can pay 50-60k/ year with opportunity for end of year bonus. The interview went well and I’m hoping to hear back by early next week.

My cousin invited me to a zoom meeting with a representative from “Primerica” and they told me about the company and the more I listened to it the more I was intrigued but then it started to sound more and more like a pyramid scheme. I didn’t mind it, stayed and listened to what they had to say and eventually he said they wanted me to pay them( pay for a full-service POL which consists of two payment one for a IBA(independent business application)99$ and one for a $25/month subscription to online service) to recruit me. The representative had some compelling points and example of people making lots of money. So me as a naive young adult (and not wanting to embarrass my cousin) went in blindly and payed them to attend there class. Now I’m having second thoughts as I look more into the company. I need help and don’t know what my next step should be. so lend me your wisdom Reddit.

I've been seeing this therapist for the last 2/3 years and since the beginning it's been a somewhat difficult relationship for me. I developed intense transference right from the start and I began hiding a lot of stuff from her because I didn't want her to be disappointed in me. Then there were a few months - more like a year or so - where I kept looking at her instagram and her friends' instagram everyday, I read her phd thesis, I watched every video with her I could find, I listened to all the podcasts that interviewed her, all of this. I kept all of this a secret until I decided to share this with her a couple months ago, along with some other "secrets" (they were actually minor things, like details on my financial life and stuff like that). She didn't seem to be bothered at all, she just seemed a little surprised at first when I shared all the information I had gathered about her ans we talked a bit about my transference feelings, but other than that everything continued the same, as if I had never shared anything new.
And this is something that has happened before: I'll disclose something really big for me and then next session she'll just ask what I want to talk about, nothing has repercussions afterwards (and she tells me it has to be this way, because I have to bring whatever it is we need to talk about and not her). Sometimes I feel like we have a great connection and that she's helping me getting to some things that are important, but other times I feel like we're not going anywhere ever. She forgets about important details often, she'll often ask me the same questions she asked before, and seem surprised with things I'd already disclosed. I feel very unheard and very unseen these times and I tried to talk to her about it. Then she asked my if I wanted to be special to her, and for her to remember everything about me. And I just felt shame at that moment because I could see how ridiculous I was being. Anyway, she didn't ask in a judgmental way, I guess, but I felt bad.
So after this session I became increasingly annoyed at her, thinking about other times I was bothered about something happening in our sessions and she made everything about me, not owning up to any of her behaviors. One example is when she'd be always late for our sessions - 10, 15, 20 minutes late - and when I complained, she responded by asking me how it was for me to have a therapist who was always late. I was just very annoyed when she did the same thing when I told her I resented her for always forgetting stuff about me and this turned into me not being able to talk at all during our sessions, which became very frustrating and only left very anguished. Then I talked to her about all this and she said it didn't make sense to discuss her actions and her motives since it was my therapy and that I could be repeating something from my past so it was worth diving into it from my perspective, not hers, and that what difference would it make for her to say "yes, I shouldn't be late" and on and on. She also said I wanted things to be either my way or I wasn't happy, and I guess she's right, but did I feel even more judged after that and not willing to "dive deep" into my feelings about the whole situation. It just made me mad because to me it feels like she's gaslighting me. But we somewhat recovered at the end of the session and everything seemed good.
But another thing is that since I usually have a very hard time opening up during sessions, I'd send her texts I wrote after our sessions, and she'd answer and say she was there not only to listen to me, but to read what I sent. But a lot of times she simply won't answer nor acknowledge I ever sent something and this gets me very confused. I know I'm not to expect her to read and respond to everything I send, but I can't help but feel abandoned when she tells me to write her and then ignores me when I do so. And this happened after our last session and I'm just so tired of feeling like this - lately I leave every session feeling very angry and very frustrated, and I keep thinking I have to stop, that I can't go anymore, only to feel the urge to go when the day comes. I just can't let go of my anger of her but I know I won't be able to talk it out with her because she's not willing to just be talking about our relationship, and I on the other hand don't seem capable to just move on and talk about other stuff. But at the same time I just can't let go of her and the attachment I feel for her. I just feel very stuck and alone in this and I don't know what to do. I tried taking pauses before but the most I could stay away was for a month. I'm sorry for this long and somewhat pointless post, and thank you if you read all this.

My cousin invited me to a zoom meeting with a representative from “Primerica” and they told me about the company and the more I listened to it the more I was intrigued but then it started to sound more and more like a pyramid scheme. I didn’t mind it, stayed and listened to what they had to say and eventually he said they wanted me to pay them( pay for a full-service POL which consists of two payment one for a IBA(independent business application)99$ and one for a $25/month subscription to online service) to recruit me. The representative had some compelling points and example of people making lots of money. So me as a naive young adult (and not wanting to embarrass my cousin) went in blindly and payed them to attend there class. Now I’m having second thoughts as I look more into the company. I need help and don’t know what my next step should be. so lend me your wisdom Reddit.

I got an offer as ASE pero yung role title sa contract is App/Cloud Support Associate. Ganyan previous role title(?) ko sa ACN and ang work ko was Service Desk, so may trauma associated lol. Sabi nung recruiter ASE pa din daw, kaso I've been burned before by a recruiter, makapaghire lang they could tell me what I want to hear, so gusto ko lang makasiguro.
Can someone confirm if not necessarily CS/SD yung ganyang title, or walang bearing talaga masyado yun at depende pa din talaga after bootcamp? or mukha bang sa SD nanaman ako minatch (even though spinecify ko IT Ops as my not amenable to during the initial interview)?
Also, after bootcamp and if I pass with no issues, pwede ba kami magreject ng project? Example talagang ilagay nanaman ako sa Service Desk, pwede ba ako mag-refuse?

I had an interview last Friday at 10am, I showed up 15 minutes early and was seen almost as soon as I walked in. The interview lasted only 15 minutes and they barely asked me questions. They asked if I had questions and I asked what they expected out of an employee and they said they wanted someone nice, responsible, and shows up to work. I replied that my father is a supervisor and I know very well about work ethic and it takes a lot for me to even call in. I made them laugh a lot throughout the interview and then they asked about what I wanted to get paid and I think this is where I messed up!! I said I wanted to be paid at least $14 through $15 but I’m willing to negotiate. They shook their head and then the interview was concluded with the woman interviewing me saying they liked me and the second interview will be held by the owner of the building. I wasn’t told when they were going to reach out. Do you think I got the job? My concerns are that I won’t get the job because the entire staff is white and I was the only black girl there. I made sure my appearance was clean and neat. I asked the people around me and they said my answers were good, but I want more opinions lol
Edit: I called and they told me to reach out to them next week because the resumes haven’t been checked by the owner.

I had an interview last Friday at 10am, I showed up 15 minutes early and was seen almost as soon as I walked in. The interview lasted only 15 minutes and they barely asked me questions. They asked if I had questions and I asked what they expected out of an employee and they said they wanted someone nice, responsible, and shows up to work. I replied that my father is a supervisor and I know very well about work ethic and it takes a lot for me to even call in. I made them laugh a lot throughout the interview and then they asked about what I wanted to get paid and I think this is where I messed up!! I said I wanted to be paid at least $14 through $15 but I’m willing to negotiate. They shook their head and then the interview was concluded with the woman interviewing me saying they liked me and the second interview will be held by the owner of the building. I wasn’t told when they were going to reach out. Do you think I got the job? My concerns are that I won’t get the job because the entire staff is white and I was the only black girl there. I made sure my appearance was clean and neat. I asked the people around me and they said my answers were good, but I want more opinions lol
Edit: I called and they told me to reach out to them next week because the resumes haven’t been checked by the owner.

I’m (22F) graduating college this weekend (yay!) and have been interviewing to secure a job ASAP. I heard back with an offer from one place so far that’s amazing hours, good pay, seems easy enough, is in the field I want to go into, and is literally a 5 min drive from me. I haven’t said yes yet, but I think I’m going to soon. Here’s the problem:
My boyfriend’s (21M) mom’s boyfriend’s family (confusing sorry) has a lake house that they visit every summer. We went with them last year for a week as neither of us had jobs yet and it was super convenient. Were invited again this summer, but for 2 weeks this time. It’s July 19-August 2nd, which would be pretty soon after starting the job. I told my boyfriend that during my next interview (it’s optional because I got the offer already but I figured it can’t hurt to ask some more questions), I would tell them that I have a 2 week family vacation that’s been planned for months and I already put money into it and try to get those weeks off however I can.
He told me that if I don’t get the full 2 weeks off or if I “choose a job over making memories” that “it will cause a huge issue between us.” This really rubbed me the wrong way. He said “it would be different if it was an actual career,” which also hurt, though I brought this up and he said he didn’t mean it like that, just that it’s “not paying a career salary”…even though I’m not sure what I’m gonna be paid yet other than that it’s $20+. It’s just an entry level job, but could help lead into more. I tried to explain to him that I want to go for the full 2 weeks of course, but I also don’t want to lose out on a good job opportunity. I feel like his take is really bad and it doesn’t feel like he understands how the adult world works.
For some context, he dropped out of college after 2 weeks, had 2 jobs each for just a few months, then has been doing Uber Eats ever since as his income and has nothing in savings and barely makes enough to even really live off of comfortably at all. He says he’s thinking about getting a job now but he doesn’t look into it or anything so idk.
I feel like an asshole for viewing him as immature, but it really seems that way. The lake house isn’t a once in a lifetime opportunity, and to be fair neither is the job, but if it does come down to having to choose between the two, I feel like it would be really stupid to not choose the stable good job.
Part of me also feels like if we do work out long term, it will be on me to bring in most of our income, so I really want to make good moves as early as possible. We’ve been together for 2.5 years and do have hopes of marriage someday.
I love him so much but can’t stop thinking about this. Thoughts? WIBTA if I chose the job? AITA for my view? Is he? Are we both?

I'm starting to realize the past week that there's something that gotten a bit out of control. I don't really wanna say what it is yet, cause it's nothing bad, in fact if anything for many people it is only beneficial to their health. So I'm a bit hesitant to compare it to an addiction, as that feels a bit insulting to people who are addicted to stuff that destroys them.
But yeah for the past month I've started doing this thing a bit much. I barely do any of the other things I used to enjoy doing anymore, cause I'd rather just do this instead. I've fallen so behind on a bunch of things, like birthday gifts to family or tasks that I do really need to get done some time. I did my taxes a while ago, started doing them about 30 minutes before I absolutely had to send them in so I may have fucked up a few numbers. But most importantly, I've been sleeping about 3-4 hours every night for a month or so, too busy enjoying myself.
It's currently 3:30am for example, I gotta get up at 7:30am. But I'm having so much fun right now and feeling so happy, and I'm not tired at all yet. I'm just thinking I've only slept 4 hours for many days now and I feel fine, so I can do it again tonight. The thought of having to quit and go to sleep feels so sad to me. My girlfriend has long gone to sleep, she's always asleep by the time I go to bed and I am so scared of waking her up cause I don't want her to check the time.
Last week I went to sleep at 4am actually cause I did not have to wake up early the next day anyway. Then I woke up at 7am from having to pee, and the idea that I'd have hours of free time before work if I didn't go back to sleep just felt too good.
And I really don't want to be posting this cause I know what the responses will be, they'll tell me to stop it and get enough sleep. I really don't wanna hear that, and I don't know if I'll actually manage to follow any advice. I'm just feeling better than ever, it's so strange that that would be a bad thing. And I'm not really hurting anyone, and I don't seem to be hurting myself as far as I can tell, I'm mostly functioning. I'm doing my job perfectly fine and everything that's absolutely necessary, just everything that is somewhat optional is suffering.
Anyway I'll just mention what I'm actually doing all this time, it's really just listening to music. It's as simple as that, something I've really enjoyed all my life, but something has changed. I was on meds that greatly affect dopamine for about 6 years. I quit taken them, with approval and over time, about 3 months ago. And so many things felt better within weeks, not just music but being social, feeling emotions, playing with my cats, going outside. Nothing out of the ordinary really, I was behaving pretty normal and just finally enjoying life. But over time I slowly got more and more into music. It used to be just on fridays and saturdays that I'd stay up late, but it was so much fun that I quickly started doing that on workdays as well. Then I'd come up with excuses, can't go to sleep yet cause I still really gotta do dishes, at 3am...might as well have some music on while I do that. These days there are no more excuses, I just do it until I feel too ashamed at how late it is. And then I still feel terrible sad when I take off my headphones.
Well, I'm gonna get my 4 hours of sleep now. Too scared of replies confirming that I need to stop this right now anyway.

About me, Job compensation + benefits, CoL for reference

About me:

• Ethnicity + Name: Indian (south asian) as hell.
• Work experience: 3+ years of co-op / internships. (Didn't matter, read full post). No big name internships, just random startups.
• University: University of Waterloo (Mech eng Bachelors; robotics / AI / ML background)
• Graduated 2023, 2.1 GPA
• Applications sent: over 10,000; this is not a joke. Shotgun approach mostly.
• Interviews: 5. Not 50 or 500, but FIVE.
• Disabilities: Autism / Aspergers. Made the interviews hell for me.

Compensation / Benefits:

• $70,000 Base (salaried, boss doesn't care if I leave early as long as I get work done)
• Work as little time as you want as long as you get the work done. I work 5 hrs a day on average now.
• $10,000-30,000 Profit sharing + Bonuses (directly put into 401k / Roth, company does additional 4x matching for bonuses only; reaching bonuses literally made a senior engineer a multi-millionaire here over 20 years in his 401k).
• Guaranteed raise after 6 months of stay / onboarding finished.
• Subsidized Masters / Ph.D. sponsored by the company.
• Full health + life + vision + dental insurance.
• Contracted inflation pay raise every year.
• Weekly pay.
• Paid maternity + paternity.
• Vacations whenever, just make sure you get your job done on time and let manager know before hand. Any vacation over 1 week must be approved by HR and other management levels. Be reasonable about how often you take it (Senior devs often take 1-2 weeks off every 2 months unless tight deadlines).
• Boss literally told me to go the fuck home when I tried staying overtime out of guilt / confusion.

Cost of Living:

• Low? Breakdown below, idk how to determine.
• Studio apartment + internet + heat + water < $1050.
• Average food cost (groceries + eating out every other day + weekly pizza) < $400.
  • Loaf of bread for reference: $1.99
• Downsides: neighbor won't stop smoking weed; the smell is annoying every Friday. Ugh.
• Downsides: Extremely car-centric area; no public transportation.

Listen to the goddamn Boomers / Gen X folks here

As much as the older folks are 'behind the times', you need to remember who is still disproportionately in charge of companies and how they are structured, even in the tech sector. Hell, I had my dad (the BOOMIEST BOOMER I know) help me out.
I went to my 7th job fair after graduation about 2-3 months ago (Feb 2024) and my dad came with me as moral support. Just as usual with most job fairs, there isn't anyone there actively recruiting for engineering / IT / software roles because of the current market. BUT, my dad was having a 'fun' chat with the CTO of a random medium sized company and they both hit it off HARD. Both of them were born in the same part of India, went to the same temples there, and they just kept on chatting. Next thing I know, this same CTO came to me and asked if I was competent at engineering and he'd like to interview me on the spot, but sadly his company had no open software roles. I agreed.
I shit you not, this test was this simple and BLEW it:

1. What is Ohms law? (I got this right)
2. What is an inverter? (I got this wrong)
3. What is a diode? What is it's symbol? (I got this right)
4. Explain what an LED is and what it's symbol is. (I got this half right)
5. What is the purpose of a rectifier? (I got this wrong)
6. Questions about embedded C/C++ (I don't even know the language well T.T)

Thing is, the interviewer was really interested NOT in my capabilities or even my previous experiences. He was intrigued at just how many questions I asked and how I even asked some questions he didn't know the answer to, and how quickly I learnt the information. He told me to come to the company's HQ because he wanted me to meet the R&D manager.
1 week later
I met the R&D guy. Something I noticed is that this whole department was filled with dinosaurs. Not a single human within a 1 km radius appeared below the age of 50 outside of the technicians / trades folk. These dinos didn't even know how to post a job online without the help of HR (I'm sure everyone here knows how HR writes posts and filters applications). Just after half an hour of talking and the R&D manager apparently loved me because "this kid knows jack shit but he's a sponge, he'll learn faster than anyone else we got", which is apparently what R&D is actively looking for in fresh recruits.
Then bam-bam-boom, I got my position starting at this pay, with a guaranteed pay boost after onboarding + training is finished in 6 months, while I bombed every interview question / test. My position is as an R&D Engineer specializing in Embedded Design / Programming. Hell, one of my first projects is to tinker around and try to create and integrate a custom trained AI model with Altium to see if the autopathing system and autolayouts can be made better and human centric if possible.
I looked into this company's history and they have an average employee tenure of 10+ years without a single person ever being laid off ever since 1985. People wouldn't actively stay at a company that long without job hopping if the pay wasn't satisfactory or if it was toxic. Plus it was written into my contract that base pay is tied to inflation!
What are the lessons here?

1. Don't quit. It's a shitty market, but a 0.01% chance is INFINITELY better than 0% if you stop trying.
2. Have a boomer / gen x person help you network and connect you with other boomer / gen x people. Boomers and Gen X folks hire more based on word of mouth and interactions than younger folk like me who focus on the 'skills' part of the resume.
3. Become a sponge. The more absorbent you are and the more questions you ask, the more the senior engineers will love you and actively want you on their team.
4. Target industries that are filled with older folks in white collar positions (assuming you want white collar positions). Here are some examples:
   1. Metallurgy (filled with trades people and old engineers, they are actively looking for fresh blood in white collar areas).
   2. Agriculture (mechanization).
   3. Carpentry (same as metallurgy above).
   4. Welding companies (they have active R&D for building welding machines, just like metallurgy and carpentry sectors).
5. Learn, learn, and learn. Especially for the first job you get, especially so if you don't have internships / co-op experience, people will look for your ability to learn. How fast can you learn everything we teach you?
6. HR seldom knows what the company wants / needs when they post job listings. Getting out there and talking to NOT the recruiters but the engineers will give you that edge. Bonus points if you also do bullet point 2.
7. Be ambitious with your future goals. Not just pretend; you'll run out of steam. If you are ambitious despite your current situation, people will see it and engineers / senior developers will like it. That was also one of the things a senior there liked about me and explicitly said "you're ambitions behind closed doors, I love it, you'll go far and I hope you take the company there with you; more profits for all of us!".
8. Nepotism isn't the right word for how many here think of the job situation, it's just much MUCH more networking than previously thought. This has it's own issues like for those from disadvantaged / foreign backgrounds, but this world isn't fair, and that won't change reality.

Check my post history to know I was literally in your position just a few months ago. I hope this post helps people.

This definitely does not add up. Charles was actually diagnosed with cancer and received treatment for it. He was back in the public eye a couple months afterwards. On the other hand, Kate said she is receiving prophylactic chemo and has been MIA for several months by now. I am sure that she could have filmed a a video thanking everybody or have an interview via zoom. She could have also visited privately a cancer ward and have pictures taken with patients if the cancer ‘had’ been present as they claimed. There is something unsettling about this radio silence... I can give an example. My friend was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer and metastasis in the liver. She got aggressive chemo and she still managed to go places and meet people. I know all cancers are different but Kate’s cancer ‘was’ removed, right?