u/Silver-Iron8016

Gas through the roof. Food prices through the roof. Healthcare premiums through the roof. Oh, and also, nobody can afford a damn house because housing is through the roof!

Has anyone else had enough or is it just me? Honestly, WTF is going on? I miss the old USA when things were a bit more affordable. I honestly feeling like I'm at my breaking point and feeling sadness and anger at the same time.

Yes, this is a vent. I also have these conversations with people at the grocery store as we stand over the beef counter wondering how we can afford $50-75 packages of meat. We can only survive on potatoes so long.

I miss the USA of yesterday.

UPDATE: the amount of response this simple message has generated is testimony of how angry people are I think. We're not alone, we all feel it, and let's all contact our representatives to tell them we've had ENOUGH of this bullshit and want our old America BACK. Also, BOYCOTT high prices, don't let them win. Don't buy the pricey items if you don't have to, send a message to corporations that they exist because of US. It's OUR American dollar, it's our government.

Does anyone else loathe being a member of a group, whatever that group might be? Family, work, and so on? I love one-on-one connection and communication, but I loathe the idea of being a "part of" a group. At work people are always trying to make us a cohesive group and it literally makes me sick. I'm okay with relating to the group, but I hate this idea of people constantly wanting to create a "family" wherever I go. Why can't we just be unique human beings and allow connections and relations to happen naturally?

Would be interested in whether anyone else feels this way. For me I think it's because groups are usually not genuine, there is role-play, everyone changes a bit to fit into the group, and it feels so unauthentic. I'm an introvert, but I can also be very extroverted, especially one-on-one, I just find groups are usually a shit show. What is more, I really dislike those who "need" to be part of a group, I just see it as pathetic weakness that they can't stand on their own two feet. Like they have such a need for belonging it's so gross.

Is there an area of math from which all other areas can be considered special cases? It seems like math has so many branches of specialization, but is there an area from which all other areas can be deduced or that is most encompassing that has the most prerequisites? For instance, if one studies topology or differential geometry, does that entail understanding virtually all other areas of math as special cases?

Thanks,