Ask Blair is an advice column run by a GPHS student under the alias of Blair. Its purpose is to provide advice to students in search of it. Keep in mind that your responses will most likely be in the next issue of The Scroll. Scroll below to see the answers for February questions.
Within the last two years, we launched the advice column Ask Blair! Everything is 100% anonymous, including my own identity. Though I go by Blair for the purpose of the column, I wouldn’t be surprised if many of you know me outside of The Scroll. I’m a student at GPHS, just like all of you. My goal for the column is to reach out to you guys and do what I can to help you during your times of trouble. Don’t be afraid to send in questions for next month’s issue, and I look forward to writing for you guys in the months to come. Scroll down to enter your own questions for me: Blair!
*A Note from Blair: Since I reach such a wide audience and cater to people of so many different lifestyles and beliefs, it is my goal to remain as unbiased as possible when giving advice. It is for that reason that I ask you to refrain from asking for my personal opinions on politics and the like, as I don't want that to get in the way of being able to help as many people as possible. Thank you for helping me keep Ask Blair! a safe space for everyone!
*Editor's Note: The Scroll's Ask Blair! column is to solely provide advice, care, and support to students in need. We want to hear from you, and we understand that some of the topics that will be discussed will be emotional and sometimes distressing, but this advice column is not meant to be used as an alternative to any sort of professional therapy or counseling.
Thank you 💜
Okay, so this is a two-part question. Bald people are fine. Nothing wrong with not having hair. Very rich people, on the other hand, like billionaires who have wealth that will stretch for generations and generations, should not exist-- in my opinion.
I’ll break it down. The cost of living varies, depending on where you live but, in Oregon, the cost of living is roughly 45,000 dollars a year. This number is just based on the cost of needs, so to live comfortably in Oregon every year, a single person probably needs to make 60,000 dollars a year. This doesn’t take into account if they are caregivers. Taking this number into consideration, the average lifespan for an American is 76 years. Let’s say you don’t pay for anything until you turn 18, so you will have to pay for 58 years of your life. $60,000 per year times 58 years would be 3.5 million dollars. 3.5 million is less than 0.5% of 1 billion dollars. The richest person in the world right now makes 241 billion dollars. No one needs that much money. What are they doing with all the money? Most of the world is in poverty, most people in the world suffer from food scarcity, houselessness, and these silly billionaire men want to complain that they are going to lose all of their money. Long story short, billionaires are silly. No one needs that much money.
Love, Blair.
Hanging out with the coolest people, The Scrollians lol. Come hang out with us on Mondays after school in room 235!
