LoL, I think you must have been hitting the homebrew too hard. You just repeated my comment using different words! Sadly I know several of the people let go personally, there is no shame or secret to the plight they find themselves in now they are back home. Coincidentally, one of them is seriously considering retraining in a building trade to tide him over.
I won't bother growing a pair thanks, you clearly have enough testosterone for both of us.