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Who needs a life? (hexbear.net)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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[–] 97 points 2 years ago (22 children)

Yeah those savings will be wiped out by health problems from working two full-time jobs and only getting 3 hours of sleep.

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Do to my efforts to put 100k in the bank as quickly as possible - I had a massive heart attack at 40. My health insurance refused to pay anything so I had to declare medical bankruptcy. Now I have a new plan...

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Why wouldn’t your insurance pay out? Just didn’t feel like it?

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    They are one sleep deprivation-caused car accident/stroke/heart attack away from being six figures in debt and permanently incapable of working a full-time job in the future

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Operating on 24 hours of sleep deprivation, which feels applicable here, is equivalent to a 0,10% BAC. I feel like at that level if you get into a car accident it has like a 50:50 chance of being bad enough to just snuff you out entirely

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    Hopefully she’s in a country that doesn’t have private health care. But yeah, either way, the health problems that will come later on won’t be worth the money saved.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    https://www.businessinsider.com/millennial-works-two-full-time-jobs-sacrifices-sleep-saving-thousands-2024-5

    Lacerna, a 28-year-old part-time content creator near San Francisco, wants to save $100,000 to put toward a down payment to buy a house.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    LOL $100k as a down payment? Aren't houses in SF like $1.5M? Might as well just accept it's not happening tbh.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    She could get some type of assistance as a first time homebuyer and start out with a crappy rate until she’s able to refinance. Better than paying a landlord. I imagine her rent is astronomical.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (5 children)

    This is basically the state of tradework as it stands right now

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    What is “tradework”?

    To me that’s electricians, joiners, gas installers…

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Yeah you got it. All these jobs put a huge strain on your body and although they pay more than non trade work all that extra money will eventually go to health problems you accrue over the course of your career.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Very true. Thanks for answering.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    No problem. I’ve been doing long hours in the trades for a while. I’ve recently had this revelation myself and started looking for work that more around the 40h mark instead of the expectation of doing overtime. Still in the trades though since that’s what I know, but when it really comes down to it the only people who remember all the overtime you did will be your children.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    the only people who remember all the over time you did will be your children.

    Very true. My dad worked a lot. It provided a great life for us. Not spoiled, but never without. Its a hard balance.

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