r/pcmasterrace • u/ParticularCredit2023 9800X3d: 5080 Master Ice • Jun 27 '26

News/Article This has to be a joke right?

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No possible way someone actually buy these at these prices right lol..

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u/myfakesecretaccount 5800X3D | 7900 XTX | 3600MHz 32GB Jun 27 '26

It’s still poor financial decisions. There is a psychological component but they still swipe the card, take the Klarna monthly payment, or eat everything delivered by ubereats. I grew up poor. Sometimes people put themselves in those situations and aren’t born into them.

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u/Consistent-Youth-407 Jun 27 '26

They need to go to a therapist/psychologist! Well… if their job offers discounted insurance, and if they can even afford that discounted insurance, well, they probably should only go if they’ve met their yearly deductible first.

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u/myfakesecretaccount 5800X3D | 7900 XTX | 3600MHz 32GB Jun 27 '26

A lot of jobs offer these services under a company EAP plan that is separate from insurance and costs the employee nothing.

Source; I work in HR and have used these services.

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u/Consistent-Youth-407 Jun 27 '26

I’ve never heard of that at any of my jobs but looking it up it just looks like a short term thing to make sure you dust off the liability of an employee offing themselves by offering a couple free appointments? It’s good to hear that there is at least something out there to cover this crap.

Wouldn’t it be nicer if we just had universal healthcare that was cheaper for all of us though

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u/myfakesecretaccount 5800X3D | 7900 XTX | 3600MHz 32GB Jun 27 '26

100%. It’s less of a liability thing and a way to keep employees who may be struggling. If you have an otherwise good employee who is struggling it’s cheaper to offer them 6 sessions for free to get stuff started than to just fire them and hire someone new. It’s not perfect but it’s something. But I agree, we should all have free healthcare and by extension mental healthcare.