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ickplant@lemmy.worldto A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•Millennials are watching monthly student loan payments skyrocket from $500 to $5000 under Trump: This will ‘crash the economy’2·4 months agoI love what I do, and it’s definitely needed. I am sure more people would go into the field if education was cheaper. I am lucky to afford full loan payments because I have a partner with a decent income. Honestly don’t know what I’d do without him.
ickplant@lemmy.worldto A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•Millennials are watching monthly student loan payments skyrocket from $500 to $5000 under Trump: This will ‘crash the economy’5·4 months agoSocial work. And it’s laughable considering that social workers and mental health professionals generally don’t make a lot of money. I have no regrets getting it, just wish it was cheaper.
ickplant@lemmy.worldto A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•Millennials are watching monthly student loan payments skyrocket from $500 to $5000 under Trump: This will ‘crash the economy’11·4 months agoLiterally picked the cheapest school I could find for my degree. Again, not sure what I could have done differently here.
ickplant@lemmy.worldto A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•Millennials are watching monthly student loan payments skyrocket from $500 to $5000 under Trump: This will ‘crash the economy’14·4 months agoThere was literally no way for my master’s to cost less, so I am not sure what your point is. It’s a minimum 2-year program. It’s how it’s designed. Not all degrees are like that, but in my case I paid the least amount possible already.
ickplant@lemmy.worldto A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•Millennials are watching monthly student loan payments skyrocket from $500 to $5000 under Trump: This will ‘crash the economy’351·4 months agoI went to a really cheap school. My master’s was 40k.
ickplant@lemmy.worldto A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•DOGE Is Replacing Fired Workers With a Chatbot7·4 months agoYou’re not the only one.
ickplant@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Amazon Restricted Vaginal Health Products for Being ‘Potentially Embarrassing’English10·5 months agoObligatory
I don’t know why you are getting downvoted, it’s true. Weed withdrawal can be awful.
ickplant@lemmy.worldOPto A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•Bark Air, a new luxury airline for dogs, launching flights in May81·1 year agoMy sentiment exactly.
ickplant@lemmy.worldto United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Conservatives condemn Kristi Noem for ‘twisted’ admission of killing dog11·1 year agoDid you read the article? Conservatives are not “up in arms.” Its two former staffers who already turned against Trump and Meghan McCain. No high-level republicans condemned this, and right-wing psychos are celebrating it on Twitter.
ickplant@lemmy.worldto United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Conservatives condemn Kristi Noem for ‘twisted’ admission of killing dog111·1 year agoThey quoted two small-time former Trump aides and Meghan McCain who hates Trump. That’s it. There is no “widespread outrage,” it’s literally people who would have criticized anything she does.
If you think conservatives have hearts, I have some oceanfront property to sell you in Ohio.
ickplant@lemmy.worldOPto New Communities@lemmy.world•Check out /c/elephants for all your pachyderm needs!English1·1 year agoThank you and welcome!
ickplant@lemmy.worldOPto New Communities@lemmy.world•Check out /c/elephants for all your pachyderm needs!English4·1 year agoSweet, thanks!
ickplant@lemmy.worldOPto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•They really want people to RTOEnglish3·1 year agoARTICLE:
Ever since the coronavirus pandemic, working from home has become normalized. But working from home can also lead to a very bad habit called bed rotting. This new trend encourages people to stay in bed for passive activities, but that can spill over into work.
“I’m not one to, like, get up and get ready every single day. But I need my screens. I need my monitors. I need my set up,” said Caroline Wharry, who works in marketing from home a few days a week.
Wharry said working from home is a new type of lifestyle, but bed rotting sounds somewhat lazy and uncomfortable.
“I take my meetings, and when I’m on meetings, I try to have my camera on. So, I do not understand how they’re doing all of that from their bed,” Wharry said.
Elise Vader, a physician’s assistant and sleep specialist with University Hospital, said people could also develop insomnia.
“For general health. We know that being active and moving is important for the body, for your mood, for your muscle health, for your heart health,” Vader said.
A Sleep Doctor survey found about six out of 10 remote and hybrid workers say they bed rot during work hours. Four out of every 10 men say they are more likely to bed rot compared to just two out of every 10 women. And four out of every 10 bed rotters say they were influenced to do it because they heard about it from others.
“The No. 1 thing is when it comes to what we call sleep hygiene, which is like the best way to get the most healthy sleep, you know, keeping your room cool, dark and quiet, staying away from screens. This kind of goes against that,” said Marten Carlson, a sleep science coach.
About 40% of bed rotters say they spend one to two hours working from their bed, and about half of those bed rotters say they spend at least half of their day in bed.
“When we think about sleep, especially when you’re doing activities in bed, you’re training your brain that the bed is for being awake and active,” said Dr. Kristi Pruiksma, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UT Health San Antonio.
She advised that the bed should be used for sleep and intimacy only.
ickplant@lemmy.worldto A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•Evictions skyrocket nationwide as housing costs rise10·1 year agoMore than acceptable! I hope the meeting goes well and you get adopted.
ickplant@lemmy.worldto A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•Evictions skyrocket nationwide as housing costs rise6·1 year agoYou can’t do it during the lease, but when the lease is up, sure. Unless there are regulations in place preventing how high they can hike the rate.
ickplant@lemmy.worldto A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•Evictions skyrocket nationwide as housing costs rise12·1 year agoI’m not convinced this is working. You should post more cat pictures to test.
ickplant@lemmy.worldto Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world•Laundry detergents with strong smelling aroma should be banned9·1 year agoI‘m genuinely confused, you don’t think doctors should be regulated? Like, at all?
ickplant@lemmy.worldOPto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•What I'm paying to find out I don't have breast cancer. I have insurance. (Ultrasound and mammogram in the USA)English12·1 year agoAbout $300 per month. That doesn’t include vision and dental.
Needs more veins.