octopusRex

They haven't said anything. But I realized that quite a few submissions in a short amount of time were posted. AI bot scraping sounds like a good explanation.

Funny, we take it for granted that sites will stay up - I'm old enough to remember pre commercial web when there was a courtesy rule about overloading. Especially with universities where we'd wait until after hours to connect.

So many posts today referring to articles on the site brought it down. I suppose we should keep this in mind when posting. I assume it wasn't intentional. :-)

The US chooses not to end homelessness. We have the highest GDP in the world. We could end it if we wanted to.

I was in Japan recently. A choice was made there as well.

I was thinking of the patriarchy and oppression.

It's a place where there's no good guys to root for. I fear for its citizens, and especially for women.

Reading through comments on living paycheck to paycheck was brutal as it sounds like many people here have no clue what really living paycheck to paycheck is like.

No, it doesn't mean you can still go out to eat and have a club membership. If you save nothing after you use up your entire paycheck going out to eat and paying for a gym membership , that means you aren't handling money well.

Sorry folks, but many of us here sound entitled. Having been poor and scrambled my way up, it was depressing reading.

It definitely does not mean lotto tickets and restaurants. People living paycheck to paycheck do not go to restaurants. If you are going to restaurants it means you have funds AFTER bare expenses. Paycheck to paycheck means just enough to survive.

You were absolutely experiencing privilege. I know you recognize it now, but hearing this is scary. This is why folks often vote Republican - they have no idea what life is like for very hard working actual poor people who would need services after breaking an ankle.

Your comment really brought it home for me.

Does anyone else cringe at the grifter vibes?

So much for people who voted for Trump because he would let RFK clean up the environment. Such naivete.

Grifters who get to have their names on a lot of papers in order to fool an Oprah audience.