u/i_dunno_3

people making over 100k crying about being the “new 40k“, when by in large most Americans are actual real life making 40k and a LOT less, dont get my sympathy. I dont know anyone friends or family (living in NJ rn) making 100k and we’re either struggling or making it work within our means. If people i know have bought houses and raise families comfortably with under 100k in NJ, you not managing 100k is just wild to me.

Lifestyle creep and living beyond your means are not the same as struggling. Sure you get taxed, a $1k car note on a pickup truck you don’t use for its purpose is not a necessity, get a hybrid Toyota from a couple years back, your 401k and other investments are probably stacked, you go to a nice gym, buy really great healthy groceries, etc. etc. that’s not living paycheck to paycheck.

Most young professionals I know can’t even move of their parents or without roommates. 100k+ salaries are life changing amounts of money most Americans will never reach, its is ABSOLUTELY not the “new 40k”.

reddit is filled with bootlickers so I don’t imagine this will resonate, but it is the most out of touch thing I’ve seen and comparing it to real life working class conditions while living in luxury apartments is a huge pet peeve of mine.

i’m watching the original ER show for the first time after the pitt I really it’s so interesting seeing the differences of emergency medicine from more than 30 years ago today. I know ER was a little bit more dramatized in their personal lives but in general was said to be the most medically accurate show up until this point.

Seeing how treatment and surgery was done before the digital technology we have today is super interesting, I also think that configuration of the department is different. It’s especially apparent the shift in the functions of the emergency department as people are forced to more and more seek out medical should be handled by primary care and specialist through the emergency department because of lack of insurance. I don’t sense the same urgency to get patient in and out as much as possible with limited bad capacity, at least it’s not emphasized in ER in this first season.

I’d be interested if anybody who has more experience with medicine and emergency medicine specifically around this time any experience in this. Also, if you Haven’t seen ER yet I recommend it for some for your emergency medical tv fix. It does have more of a 90s soapy-ness In the plot procession and acting lol.