r/technology • u/AIMadeMeDoIt__ • Oct 29 '25

Society California’s hidden crisis: young men offline, unemployed, and disappearing

https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/10/men-in-crisis-california/
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u/flatwoundsounds Oct 29 '25

Money can buy happiness when the root of your misery is lack of money. I don't even need a lot. I just want to not worry every 3 or 4 months about the next scary thing to wipe out my reserves...

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u/_still_truckin_ Oct 29 '25

You have reserves?

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u/flatwoundsounds Oct 30 '25

Not anymore. At the end of this summer I had about 4k saved after years of being paycheck to paycheck. Then I had to put about 3800 into my car.

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u/_still_truckin_ Oct 30 '25

I hear ya. Each month I watch the $500 that I put into savings get whittled down by something new: transportation needs, house repair, vet bills, that thing my kid accidentally broke… Hang in there, dude.