tetris11

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 9 hours ago

Genuinely. I lost half my traffic when I migrated away from Github.

I'm not a narcissist, but coding for an empty void of an audience just hits a lot different than coding for an appreciate (or angry) mob

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

I'm all for fucking over US businesses, but this sub is becoming a bit mastabatory.

That's a weird looking Spanish omelette, made in the tiniest train kitchen by a chef who usually checks your tickets.

Let's not pat ourselves too hard on the back here.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Hah. It's more that I was working in a country that was weak against the pound, and that for some reason SLC charges way higher when you're working abroad.

So whatever I was earning, half would go to rent, a quarter would go to the loan (once you factored in the exchange rate), and I'd have that glorious other quarter to myself.

I am doing better than most I would say, but I also have a sewing machine and have learned through time how to patch my clothes, if that answers your question

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Predatory is the right word. We were literally still kids, and they asked us to make a huge financial decision that would impact us for the rest of our lives....

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I'm childless at the moment, but kids are definitely something I think about paymentwise

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wow, good tips thank you. I guess I'll start paying more into my pension. My pension is currently tied to my workplace, and I've always been wary of paying into it more just in case I can't take it with me if I work elsewhere.

Is that the case? Can I take my company pension with me? Or that just stays in the company and I can't take it with me when I work somewhere else

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is that an baby dalek you've flipped upside down and are unceremoniously treading on?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Congrats yourself - and yeah that interest on the loan was 6% at one point, I genuinely toyed with the idea of just borrowing from a loan shark to get a cheaper rate haha

I hear from some people that it's just a loan that you kind of live with for the rest of your life until they decide to let you go.

Some student loan forgiveness would have been nice, but no politician seems to be floating that idea anymore, so

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Yep, I'll be cautious like a hawk on that final payslip

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (5 children)

My brother's in a similar boat (almost triple digits), so he's hiding out and waiting for it to blow over. I could have done the same maybe, but it would have been another 12 years and I was just sick of it.

Why did they do this to us? Sell us on the idea that the only way to land a cushy job was to go to uni, when there were barely enough jobs going around when we got out.

I hate this. I look at my parents generation with jealousy, they had no idea how good they had it

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Congrats - has it been a real game changer, or do you just buy fancier groceries now or something haha

 

It took 10 years, three ex's, two countries, and living with my mother for a bit, but I finally paid it all off.

Ask me how I feel. The guy who took my final payment on the phone was happier than I was

 
 

checking your alarm at 3am

 
 

You better not.

 
 

Either just woke up, or have recently emerged alive from the coal mines

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I know all about you! Hm-hmm!

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