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Cake day: August 29th, 2025

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  • When i changed careers in my early 30’s. I was in retail for over a decade, hated everything about it, but was too worried about finding a new job. Buddy of mine offers me a desk job, i take it and it changed my life for the better.

    I realized after a week that i’ve been busting my ASS for years with nothing to show for it. My coworkers have been here for 1-4 decades and none of them leave.

    If you find the right job and the right management, everything gets so much easier.











  • It’s very clear that the majority of Americans don’t pay close attention to prices when they shop. I was raised to save as much money as possible and ONLY buy store brand or food on sale, so i’ve been closely checking prices for over 20 years.

    The last year has been DRASTIC. Red meat has gone up 40-60% where i live, pork has gone up 10%, chips have gone up 20%, chicken has only gone up 5% luckily. Egg prices don’t matter cause most of those fluctuations were caused by avian flu, not inflation.

    I don’t drink coffee, but most american’s do, Prices on coffee have gone up 100%.

    Also those who track sales, beer went up about 5% to counteract the aluminum tariffs as we only supply 6% of the global aluminum supply. So i’d imagine all canned items will go up once aluminum reserves are gone at manufacturers and they have to restock. They also don’t put these on sale as often and if they do, it’s only $1 off, not the usual $3 or $4 off.

    This is all on top of the fact the majority of americans are seeing 10-40% increases on insurance premiums for their cars and homes, energy bills are skyrocketing, water bills have gone up at least 10% in my area, Health insurance is about to double or TRIPLE for millions with the Big Bill Act the GOP passed.

    2026 is going to be record prices across the board, so i hope everyone’s been saving since 2024 when they saw Donald was going into office.