u/No-Mess-p

I have been looking all over East Texas and I swear half the places around here say they are hiring but then you apply and hear absolutely nothing back. I have been applying to warehouse jobs, retail, cafes, trade helper positions, pretty much anything entry level where I can actually work and move up.

Most of what I have been seeing is anywhere from $12 to $18 an hour and somehow a lot of them still want previous experience even though they are supposed to be entry level. Then you look on Indeed and some of these positions already have a ridiculous amount of applicants lol.

I am genuinely curious how long it has taken other people to find something recently, especially if you live in a smaller city or more rural area. Did applying online actually work for you or did you have better luck calling, going in person, knowing someone, or using something besides Indeed?

The more I rewatch Succession the more I kinda feel like the real tragedy is not even that none of them got Waystar. It is that every once in a while you get these little moments where Kendall Roman and Shiv actually seem like normal siblings who genuinely like being around each other.

Like the kitchen scene in the finale is probably the best example. For a few minutes they are just messing around being idiots together and honestly it almost feels weird because you realize this is probably what they could have been like all the time if they had grown up normally.

Then the second Waystar and the whole CEO thing becomes real again it all falls apart.

I feel like Logan basically made it impossible for any of them to separate love from competition. Their entire lives there was always something to prove or something to win and somehow it always came back to getting Logan's approval.

On every re-watch, I become more convinced that Logan's biggest failure wasn't choosing the wrong successor it was raising three people who could never realistically succeed him.

Kendall constantly needed Logan's approval, even when he claimed he wanted independence. Shiv believed she deserved the job before she had the experience, but Logan also kept moving the goalposts whenever she tried to earn it. Roman probably had the best instincts for reading people, but years of emotional abuse left him unable to function under real pressure.

It's easy to blame the siblings for being incompetent, but how much of that incompetence was actually created by Logan himself?

Everyone says Gus's downfall was underestimating Walt. I think his real mistake was keeping Hector alive just to satisfy his own revenge.

If he simply killed Hector years earlier, does Walt even get the chance to beat him?

been doing a lot of research on Saskatchewan and Saskatoon keeps coming up as the spot. the cost of living makes sense, the city seems big enough without being overwhelming, and I've heard good things about the community.

the one thing I genuinely can't get a feel for from the outside is what day-to-day life actually looks like across the year. summer seems straightforward — I've seen the river valley, the festivals, the market scene. but what about fall and winter? I know the winters are no joke and I want to go in with realistic expectations, not tourist brochure ones.

basically just curious what people here actually look forward to depending on the season. what keeps you busy, what you'd tell someone moving from somewhere warmer to get into early. anything helps.

I know this sub talks about her a lot so sorry if this is well-trodden ground but I've just been sitting on this one.

the thing that gets me about Kim is that she never really loses herself. like that's the part I keep coming back to. you watch the show waiting for the moment she finally breaks or hits rock bottom or whatever and it just... doesn't happen that way. she's sharp the whole time. she's deliberate. she's the one who comes up with the Howard con. and she's completely herself while doing it.

I think I spent the first few seasons assuming Jimmy was pulling her down with him. but I don't think that's actually what the show is saying. I think she just finally had someone around who wasn't going to judge her for it. which is maybe a worse thing to realize about a person you really like.

and then Howard dies and she's gone. moves to Florida, takes some dead end job. I don't think she left because she stopped caring about Jimmy. I think she just couldn't look at him anymore without seeing what she'd let herself become.

the finger gun at the end genuinely got me more than I expected it to. I don't know. something about it felt like the most honest ending she could've gotten.

I don't know why it came back to me today but I've just been sitting on it. that episode does something I haven't seen TV do before or since.

the thing that sticks with me most is Roman. the guy who spent four seasons turning everything into a joke, never letting anything land, deflecting literally every sincere moment he's the one who says "I love you dad" into the phone. no bit. and Logan almost certainly can't hear him.

and then Kendall, right after they find out he's gone, is already talking about the press statement. which I used to think was supposed to make you hate him. but the more I think about it the more I get it. that's just how some people survive. keep moving, there's always something to handle, feel it later. except later never really comes for guys like that.

the whole episode is basically about how these three kids never got a real moment with their dad their entire lives. and when the one moment arrives where none of the power games matter anymore — he's already gone.

anyway. what episode hit you the hardest?

The TV studio trials don’t get enough love. Silence the Idol was genuinely mesmerizing my first playthrough — the atmosphere, the layout, the tasks all clicked perfectly. I’d love to see Red Barrels build it out and have at least 4 trials going for it. Who else wants more studio content?

People always say smaller cities are where life is actually livable right now. So genuinely if you had to start completely over in Saskatoon tomorrow, how do you build a real life there? Or is it not actually as good as people make it sound?

Been researching this move for a while now seriously considering Alberta and I think I’m actually going to pull the trigger sometime in the next year. Coming from Texas so I’m not completely clueless about cold weather… okay maybe I am a little.

What actually caught you off guard when you moved there? Not looking for the tourist version — want to know the real stuff. Cost of living, culture, weather, healthcare, job market, whatever hit different than you expected.

Pros and cons welcome. What do you love, what do you hate, and what would you do differently?

Mother’s Day makes me think about how insane the Roy kids’ relationship with Caroline is.

Logan gets most of the attention for being the monster parent, and he deserves it, but Caroline is awful in such a different way. Logan is openly cruel and controlling, but Caroline has this cold, detached, emotionally useless energy that might be just as damaging. She talks to her own kids like they’re awkward house guests she never really wanted.

The worst part is that she’ll occasionally act charming or funny, so you almost forget how brutal she is until one of the kids needs genuine comfort and she gives them absolutely nothing. Kendall, Shiv, and Roman are all starving for love from Logan, but it feels like they never got much from their mother either.

That dinner scene before Shiv’s wedding says everything. They’re all trying to get something real from her, and she just cannot give it.

Shiv is smart, but she fucks around with literally everything.

Politics, her marriage, her family, the business — she moves through all of it like she can always talk her way out or pivot at the last second. She wants to be taken seriously, but half the time she treats people and situations like they’re pieces on a board instead of real consequences.

She does it with Tom constantly. She wants the safety of him being loyal, but still plays with the relationship like it’s disposable. She does it in politics too, acting like she has these firm beliefs until power or family loyalty makes things inconvenient. And with Waystar, she wants the top spot but never really wants to do the boring, ugly work that comes with actually earning it.

That’s what makes her frustrating. She’s not dumb at all. She just has this habit of acting like she’s above everything while still wanting to win everything.

Chuck is one of those characters where your hatred for him kind of blinds you.

He was cruel, petty, and obsessed with keeping Jimmy beneath him, but when you look at what Jimmy eventually becomes, it’s hard to say Chuck was completely wrong. Jimmy really did abuse the law, manipulate people, and turn everything into a con when it benefited him.

The problem is Chuck was right in the worst possible way.

I’m not saying baristas should just start attacking customers, but some people come in acting so insane that I honestly don’t know how employees keep a straight face.

There has to be a limit where customer service stops and self-respect starts.

People act like Greg is this harmless idiot, but he’s honestly one of the most shameless climbers in the show.

He plays dumb, but he constantly chooses whatever benefits him most. He betrays people, keeps receipts, uses his awkwardness as protection, and somehow always ends up close to power. He’s not evil in the same loud way as everyone else, but he’s definitely not innocent.

Greg is basically a cockroach in a blazer.

Walt always claimed he did everything for his family, but by the end that felt like bullshit. Jimmy, on the other hand, was selfish and destructive, but I never doubted that he genuinely loved Kim.

The ending basically proves that Kim mattered more to Jimmy than the Saul persona ever did. He finally tells the truth because she’s there to witness it.

It’s something about the bounce, the drums, the chopped vocals, and how it makes the song feel way more alive. Like some songs are already good, but once somebody puts that Jersey bounce on it, it just becomes way more replayable.

Zeddy is a good example. His mixes don’t feel like he’s just throwing random drums over a song. It actually fits the vibe and makes the track hit harder without ruining what made the original good.

Honestly some Jersey mixes be better than the actual song.