Ask HN: How can I prepare for hard economic times?

Post by cinntaile » Mon, Mar 14, 2022, 5:02 PM UTC

tomrod wrote: post #291

cinntaile wrote: post #236

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Your wife is not the norm and it does not give us any general info about vegetarianism being supposedly unhealthy.

Logic check: grandparent's observation, if verified, disproves a universal claim that vegan/vegetarian is healthier. This is general information.

Post by frumper » Mon, Mar 14, 2022, 5:37 PM UTC

Clubber wrote: post #260

coffeefirst wrote: post #213

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This is sound. The difference between "below my means" and "at/above my means" is having a bunch of cash on hand so layoffs and market crashes are annoyances rather than crises. Not everyone can do this, but if you can, it's worth it for your sanity alone. Also learn to cook. Cooking is infinitely cheaper than eating out. There are a lot of comments about streaming services, which is similar to "make your own coffee.…

>is having a bunch of cash on hand so layoffs and market crashes are annoyances rather than crises If you really planned well, getting laid off due to market conditions can be a blessing. I've allowed myself a 3 month sabbatical before and it was amazing. My costs were higher than I wanted them to be, so I started to stress (unnecessarily really) toward the end. I'm in a much better position now though. Edit: Health…

Post by tomrod » Mon, Mar 14, 2022, 5:51 PM UTC

cinntaile wrote: post #301

tomrod wrote: post #291

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Logic check: grandparent's observation, if verified, disproves a universal claim that vegan/vegetarian is healthier. This is general information.

Logic check... Get off your high horse mate. Nobody is claiming that the vegan/vegetarian diet is the best diet for absolutely everybody, that would be an absurd claim. Outliers can and will exist. Eg. You have people that get health issues from eating onions, it doesn't mean that onions aren't healthy lol.

Post by cinntaile » Mon, Mar 14, 2022, 6:00 PM UTC

tomrod wrote: post #305

cinntaile wrote: post #301

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Logic check... Get off your high horse mate. Nobody is claiming that the vegan/vegetarian diet is the best diet for absolutely everybody, that would be an absurd claim. Outliers can and will exist. Eg. You have people that get health issues from eating onions, it doesn't mean that onions aren't healthy lol.

Funny! I tried to structure my prior comment to you with the exact same "get off your high horse" content since you were aggressive in your prior comments to the grandparent commenter, but didn't want to broach site standards. We appear to have come to the same conclusion, so I'll leave it at that. Best of luck out there.

Post by wnolens » Mon, Mar 14, 2022, 8:30 PM UTC

fasteddie31003 wrote: post #258

wnolens wrote: post #250

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Does the math pan out when compared against salary increases in tech? I happily DIY things, but for the joy of self sufficiency. USA software engineer bias: At several 100k raises possible (which you receive every year going forward), even 50k one time savings are drops in the bucket over the course of a career.

I've thought long and hard about this issue. Why DIYing makes sense for millionaires: 1. Depth vs breadth of skills: You could double down and become the most efficient software engineer, giving you great depth of skills and you could just pay people to do things for you. This leads to a boring life and a flat personality in my opinion. I know too many people who just know how to do one thing well. They are very bori…