Everything's falling apart! My wife died 2 years ago (I'm really not in the right mental state to talk about it), my best friend of 15 years went god-knows-where, my sisters apparently decided I wasn't worth their time and only come to me when their messed up lives apparently spiral out. And now this. Last month I got laid off. Just like that. Years of work, years of fixing broken systems, putting my blood, sweat, and tears (literally) into that job, worked my way up from wrench monkey to overseeing an entire state...and they threw me away like a dirty rag. After everything I did for them! The fact my bosses used AI to write letters of recommendation was just extra salt in the wound. Was it all lies?!? And even now...I found a new job...it's day 3 and I got fired by text. By f***ing text! On lunch. The HR desk is literally 5 steps away! What did I do?!? I tried to be polite, and learn everything. I don't understand. I'm angry, scared, and tired of pretending it doesn't bother me!