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kids these days

YOUR generation was the generation where
two teachers could afford to buy a 4-
bedroom house in San Diego, CA and then
afford the mortgage and mise 2 kids in
private school (my parents did this).
YOUR generation was the generation where
one parent could work in Financial Aid at
the local college and the other could mise 2
kids in a 3 bedroom house (my
coworker did this).
YOUR generation was the generation where
you could wash dishes to put yourself
through college and law school (my uncle
did this).
MY generation can' t buy a home when the
average cost is and a combined
income of two teachers is only , and
they have to pay 35% income to rent, let
alone trying to afford children.
MY generation has both parents working,
one or both working 2 jobs just to buy food,
not even able to afford a family vacation
every December.
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#20 - oosulley (10/31/2015) [-]
I was searching jobs and feeling depressed already when I see this

It hasn't helped my mood
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User avatar #178 to #20 - soldieroffortunemp (11/01/2015) [-]
if you don't have any major criminal convictions look into becoming a jailer. They make good money and at my current jail I make 30,000 a year and at my last jail I was making $18.32 an hour. I love being a jailer. good money, common sense and a good paycheck.
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#62 to #20 - anon (10/31/2015) [-]
just apply at AT&T to install internet and TV. Im only 20, and i get $18 an hour
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#145 to #20 - dammriver (11/01/2015) [-]
Hint hint, volunteering sounds bad (no money involved), but if you join a volunteer fire department, they'll pay for your certifications, and you can then go on to get a job as a firefighter or EMS personnel, which could bring you more into the medical or fire investigation fields. Plus, volunteer departments are really hurting for members.

If that interests you, anyway.
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User avatar #222 to #145 - manofparody (11/01/2015) [-]
Not my area. Our fire department is so God Damn full of volunteer members and actual fighters, that you're more likely to get struck by lightning than get hired on.

Also, EMS people here get laid off and rehired every couple months. It's spotty at best.
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User avatar #245 to #222 - dammriver (11/01/2015) [-]
Eh, it was worth a shot.. My area has a steady call volume, but we only have around 15 active volunteer members. Of those, only like 10 or so are fire certified...
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User avatar #248 to #145 - Yukimaru (11/01/2015) [-]
Problem with volunteering for anything is some people just don't have the time for that. Most of my time is taken up by work to barely afford to live.
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User avatar #38 to #20 - Abortedwafflez (10/31/2015) [-]
If you're looking for a minimum wage job, a lot of places are willing to hire you. Especially bigger companies. If you have access to transportation, try increasing your job distance range. Companies like UPS (I wouldn't recommend this unless you are a stubborn and somewhat fit **** ) pay good money and are always hiring, especially during holidays. UPS pays $11/hr. At least in my state. Wal-mart seems to hire often and doesn't pay that bad given that they just upped the minimum wage to around $9.50/hr or so. If you're like me, Fast food and restaurants might not be your thing. But they hire frequently as well, especially locally. I currently work at a mini-warehouse uniform company sorting clothes, unloading trucks, and keeping the warehouse in shape. I found it using a job website that lists all the jobs in my area. It's pretty helpful and can see who's hiring around you. availablejobstoday.com/go/

Apart from that, some advice I can give is ALWAYS call back, depending on the job, around 2-5 days later to see where you are in the application process. That's the only reason I have my job now, is because I called back and the other guy applying didn't. Also, when making a resume, list everything you've accomplished. Even if it's something stupid like working Microsoft Office programs like Word or graduating high school. If you got a scholarship, put it on there or if you were apart of a club that is kinda cool, put it on there as well. Make yourself seem good.
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#41 to #38 - oosulley (10/31/2015) [-]
I only regret that I have but one thumb to give for this comment.
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#172 to #38 - Monopolus (11/01/2015) [-]
Aw **** , this guys gets it.
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User avatar #210 to #38 - trolljunkusa (11/01/2015) [-]
^ this


**** even if you hate working in restaurants, it's great money. I'm still a little bus boy but the top servers at my restaurant make 35K+ a year.
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User avatar #1 - peanutsaurusrex (10/31/2015) [-]
lol just like do the thing with the stuff and boom easy life
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#127 to #1 - anon (10/31/2015) [-]
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User avatar #5 to #1 - krasnogvardiech (10/31/2015) [-]
Teemo, I swear if I ******* see you on the fields again I will eat my entire goddamn computer.
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User avatar #10 to #5 - gayhorsedallar (10/31/2015) [-]
spotted the bronze player
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User avatar #226 to #10 - thycupcake ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-]
tbh I get kind of sad that Teemo is so irrelevant in most cases
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User avatar #58 to #5 - elsenortamatoe ONLINE (10/31/2015) [-]
bro eat your computer. Im a doctor trust me
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User avatar #7 to #5 - paddypancake (10/31/2015) [-]
psst he isn't really teemo its just his profile picture seriously though look at the name it says peanutsaurusrex not teemo
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User avatar #12 to #7 - peanutsaurusrex (10/31/2015) [-]
One of my Alt league accounts is named "OurSaviorIsTeemo" and teemo is the only champ I play on it with the super teemo skin
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User avatar #15 to #12 - xxfalconxx (10/31/2015) [-]
I hate you more than 10 hitlers
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User avatar #51 to #15 - selfdestructo ONLINE (10/31/2015) [-]
Teemo isnt really that annoying. just build MR and you should be peachy.
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#98 to #51 - anon (10/31/2015) [-]
Then suck my on-hit, attack speed, bruiser build, where I use the shrooms purely for vision and the slow, and just outkite you until you try to retreat, in which case I just chase you down with my awesome w movement speed, and even if I'm unable to kite you properly I can still win because I'm not squichy like **** like most Teemos are. **** AP Teemo!

....I'm gonna get some many red thumbs for this, aren't I?
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User avatar #109 to #98 - selfdestructo ONLINE (10/31/2015) [-]
Nah, thanks for the teemo build actually. what items do you use?
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#216 to #109 - anon (11/01/2015) [-]
Probably the usual ADR build, (IE, statik, berserker boots, and then some defensive items, zz'rot, banshee, or randuins, depending on enemy team comp.) I think triforce too would be good on this build.
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User avatar #225 to #216 - thycupcake ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-]
that's a really weird AD Teemo honestly
You should try items that synergise better with his kit botrk ruunan's frozen mallet together make for a very frustrating experience
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User avatar #112 to #51 - xgokaru (10/31/2015) [-]
That's the thing, it's not his ******* damage that pisses me the **** off it's his god damn ******* stupid ass MUSHROOM SLOW TEEMO DAMAGE IS **** BUT IF YOU GET HIT BY ONE GOD DAMN MUSHROOM AND THERES LITERALLY ANY ENEMY WITH ONE FORM OF CC AND YOU KISS YOUR SWEET ASS GOOD BYE
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User avatar #52 to #12 - martiraz (10/31/2015) [-]
What server do you play on? Cause i would love to do troll games with you.
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User avatar #55 to #53 - martiraz (10/31/2015) [-]
Oh, im EUW myself, and my nett is too **** do do NA. Though have fun taunting the enemy teams with the devilish litle furball.
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User avatar #59 to #53 - elsenortamatoe ONLINE (10/31/2015) [-]
North american, or Not applicable?
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User avatar #64 to #59 - peanutsaurusrex (10/31/2015) [-]
North american
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#74 to #71 - brandinifettucine (10/31/2015) [-]
Take this, friend.
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#180 to #5 - sabcy (11/01/2015) [-]
here, take this.
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User avatar #90 to #5 - twiceasfun (10/31/2015) [-]
Either teemo isn't actually that bad or I have just only ever played with/against one teemo that knew what they were doing
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User avatar #103 to #90 - sirfapaton (10/31/2015) [-]
Teemo isn't bad, no.
He's just extremely annoying to have in the enemy team And your own team.
Most teemo players just seem to not take part in teamfights.
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User avatar #152 to #103 - twiceasfun (11/01/2015) [-]
Most of the time, when I come across teemo, it goes something like:
Teemo out of ******* nowhere!
Teemo gets beat the **** up
Teemo tries to run
Vi, ahri, and to a lesser extent, kindred those being who I play are great at chasing so Teemo does not get away
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User avatar #228 to #103 - thycupcake ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-]
He's built to splitpush and be a nuisance
he's annoying because he's literally designed to be
what fun
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#217 to #103 - anon (11/01/2015) [-]
Thats because he's **** at teamfights.
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#46 - anon (10/31/2015) [-]
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User avatar #211 to #46 - moistnuggests (11/01/2015) [-]
You have enough to buy a picture of a house in the market they ruined, maybe with a nice frame or maybe not.
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#159 to #46 - oily (11/01/2015) [-]
Damn Baby Boomers!
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#175 to #159 - logickid (11/01/2015) [-]
>baby zombie
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#204 to #175 - asadshoe (11/01/2015) [-]
boom baby titan.
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#87 - kyojinn (10/31/2015) [-]
I grew up in poverty, actual poverty days without food, and utilities off for weeks; I know in some countries its a **** tonne worse, but in the US its being poor. neither of my parents went to college, and I didn't have a dime to my name to go. I joined the military, served 6 years, and got my body pretty messed up. Im now disabled, and know my job prospects have been limited because of it, so I was smart and decided to pursue a degree in engineering, where I won't to worry about my body giving out under the stresses of manual labor. I live on a fixed income and still manage to squirrel away a few hundred dollars every month for my dream - Buying land up north and building my own cabin. If you bust your ass, plan properly, and stick to your plan building a life is doable. Ill be 27 when I finish my degree, and 28 by the time I have my house and land paid off completely. Theyre not handing out free jobs and houses, and yeah the previous generation had it easier, but you have the tools to do so much more today. You couldnt check out the job market or housing market in a new city let alone new state, without going there and putting yourself out there. These days you can find out everything you could want or need to know before deciding to start on a plan.
I grew up in poverty, actual poverty days without food, and utilities off for weeks; I know in some countries its a **** tonne worse, but in the US its being poor. neither of my parents went to college, and I didn't have a dime to my name to go. I joined the military, served 6 years, and got my body pretty messed up. Im now disabled, and know my job prospects have been limited because of it, so I was smart and decided to pursue a degree in engineering, where I won't to worry about my body giving out under the stresses of manual labor. I live on a fixed income and still manage to squirrel away a few hundred dollars every month for my dream - Buying land up north and building my own cabin. If you bust your ass, plan properly, and stick to your plan building a life is doable. Ill be 27 when I finish my degree, and 28 by the time I have my house and land paid off completely. Theyre not handing out free jobs and houses, and yeah the previous generation had it easier, but you have the tools to do so much more today. You couldnt check out the job market or housing market in a new city let alone new state, without going there and putting yourself out there. These days you can find out everything you could want or need to know before deciding to start on a plan.
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User avatar #123 to #87 - idhitjack (10/31/2015) [-]
Im 29 , 8 year military vet studying law with a house in the mountians of Colorado.

I completely agree, a lot of people ar pissed because a full time job to them in 20 hours at McDonalds. Life is hard, its not anvideo game with a reset till you get it right.

Good luck on your degree work and I hope your land/home become everything you want it to be. Thank you for your service.
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#130 to #123 - usarmyexplain (11/01/2015) [-]
I agree with both of you, the GI bill is a huge leg up that only like 1% of the population even consider.
I agree with both of you, the GI bill is a huge leg up that only like 1% of the population even consider.
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User avatar #188 to #130 - desmondxburton ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-]
What was your experience in the military like? I've been very seriously considering it since graduating. I'm going see a recruiter Wednesday, but if you could share anything from your experience that you'd think would be good/helpful to know it would be appreciated.
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User avatar #201 to #188 - usarmyexplain (11/01/2015) [-]
First thing's first, it will benefit you, but it will only benefit you to as much as you can get out of it. Anyone can join and just ride out a few years and collect a pay check, it's not that hard, once you get done with training and into a routine it's just like a regular job a really demanding one It's up to you to make the army work for you. Get tuition assistance, take correspondence courses, learn valuable skills like how to deal with people and exploit bureaucracies or how to maintain a vehicle. Save up money, build your credit and use the opportunities that companies present for service members like interest free loans.

My experience in the army was that I liked the army, I didnt always like the other people in the army with me, and rarely liked the people running the show. But it's not that hard to succeed and thrive, they even give you **** tons of material written at an 8th grade level to explain exactly what you should do every day.
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User avatar #213 to #201 - desmondxburton ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-]
Thanks for the input. The main reason I've been looking into the military leaning towards the navy atm is because of the opportunities that could come from serving. I also feel like it seems to be the best first step on the path for me to make something good/productive out of my life. I will keep the things you said in mind we I go see the recruiter.
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User avatar #205 to #201 - kyojinn (11/01/2015) [-]
I would say this is pretty ******* spot on in terms of my experiences as well.
Its really easy once you get into a routine, but sometimes people are assholes, and you gotta learn to put up with that, and make use of the tools presented to you. Networking with other service members, and contractors is a big deal as well, those connections can go a long ways towards making your service career, and post service career a lot easier.
I was in an Airborne unit stationed in Europe, I traveled the world, partied like a rockstar, and took in the historic sites...then I went to the korengal and wardak and earned my pay. There is a lot of mundane crap to deal with on a daily basis, but if you're not wealthy, or well connected the opportunities the service offer you won't be found elsewhere. My only regret is not taking advantage of correspondence courses while enlisted, due to you know, the excessive partying and travel.
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#207 to #205 - usarmyexplain (11/01/2015) [-]
Man, I got stationed at Benning, I lived in a swamp, I worked in a swamp, when I went on field exercises I was in another swamp, during my time off I marinated in the swamp I did go other places but that part of georgia is basically a swamp . I didnt have time for correspondences courses because I was busy doing the GWOT or learning new ways to GWOT. Iraq was a relief just because it was dry enough that my swamp ass could dry out.
Man, I got stationed at Benning, I lived in a swamp, I worked in a swamp, when I went on field exercises I was in another swamp, during my time off I marinated in the swamp I did go other places but that part of georgia is basically a swamp . I didnt have time for correspondences courses because I was busy doing the GWOT or learning new ways to GWOT. Iraq was a relief just because it was dry enough that my swamp ass could dry out.
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User avatar #208 to #207 - kyojinn (11/01/2015) [-]
if it makes you feel better, after vicenza, I got stationed in fort ******* bliss. with the testing brigade.... I come back from deployment, only to spend all my remaining contract time in white sands desert. I will say this though, payday activity days were the best, never before had i seen so many officers and NCOs without anything for their blues or greens.
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#212 to #208 - usarmyexplain (11/01/2015) [-]
I kind of like the desert, I dont hold you going to Europe against you. I'm kind of glad I didnt go to Europe, dont take this the wrong way, but Europe based units always seamed to have poor morale when they deployed.
Benning was so miserable that morale would go up when we got deployment orders. Kind of like "Going to the field? At least I dont have to stay in the barracks" kind of thing. It also got everyone away from the hookers they married on their first weekend after replacement.
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User avatar #132 to #130 - idhitjack (11/01/2015) [-]
But that requires people to work for and earn their benefits which, 98% would refuse to do.
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#183 to #132 - sacrilegious (11/01/2015) [-]
Or, you know, some people don't want to join the military.
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User avatar #190 to #183 - catburglarpenis (11/01/2015) [-]
Aw **** some people want our benefits but don't want to work for them? Color me shocked.
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User avatar #197 to #183 - idhitjack (11/01/2015) [-]
Yes I know. We call them the french.
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User avatar #142 to #132 - usarmyexplain (11/01/2015) [-]
I'm 28, I got out of the army a few years ago, I made more than a few mistakes financially, spent 6 months eating ramen and making my own bread because I couldnt afford bread. I had to borrow money to get to work some weeks, but I got a promotion and a raise, then another raise, so now I'm able to properly provide for myself again.

I'm not making vast sums of money, but I'm also trying to better myself.
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User avatar #195 to #87 - catburglarpenis (11/01/2015) [-]
Another 28 year old vet here. Did 4 years in the Navy Active Duty, got out and started up a business while concurrently taking classes and living on G.I. Bill Stipend. My house became a halfway home for vets, and I couldn't put effort into my business because I was too busy nursing my comrades back to health. My business failed, I lost the house, and declared bankruptcy to get out of 25K of debt.

I moved to South Korea near my old duty stationed like some of my friends who never left, then the government shut down and took my benefits with it. With no fallback plan I was deported back to America. On the streets for the third time in so many years, I was looking for a way out halfway through my next semester, and started banging on the doors of the old recruiter's office. Army was the only one that'd hire me back in at a decent rank, but I got put on hold due to an appendectomy. While on hold I got the word that my stipend would cease by the end of the semester, so I signed on to Army ROTC and earned my way back into the "getting paid to go to school" bracket. Now I'm assessed Reserve and married to an Active Duty Sailor coming out of Coronado. I'm waiting on word from Cadet Command on whether I'll be given Medical Services and access to the AMEDD program to finish my Doctorate, so wish me luck guys.

They're making me into Psychological Research so I can finally make a dent on the "Veteran 22". The VA's not gonna do **** about our suicide rate, so something needs to be in within the military structure and I'll be the only person Active Duty working on that project. Once they let me back in Active Duty, they're gonna have to remove me with a crowbar this time.

I'm just glad I was outside of combat zones most my career. As bad as it sounds, I'd've never been any use to anyone if I'd've been in Korengal or some place nasty. I'll do a lot more good working on the veteran suicide rate than out there in combat. My reflexes are **** .
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#206 to #195 - kyojinn (11/01/2015) [-]
Im sorry you had a rough go of it mate, but Im happy you've picked yourself up by the bootstraps, and are tackling an issue that plagues our ranks.
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User avatar #247 to #206 - catburglarpenis (11/01/2015) [-]
I never really had a choice. Quit dying on me all the time and maybe I can retire peacefully to Maui or something.
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User avatar #91 - emukae (10/31/2015) [-]
to be fair, our generation is full of lazy *****
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User avatar #120 - usarmyexplain (10/31/2015) [-]

You cannot hold any one person responsible for the actions of others. Your parents did not raise the cost of college tuition or increase the price of houses.

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User avatar #154 to #120 - brokentrucker ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-]
"Generation" isn't one person, just saiyan
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User avatar #163 to #154 - usarmyexplain (11/01/2015) [-]
Then to who is this statement addressed?
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User avatar #233 to #163 - brokentrucker ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-]
The "generation"

Reading comprehension.
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User avatar #97 - freakeyebilly (10/31/2015) [-]
lol just don't be poor
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#99 to #97 - flufflepuff (10/31/2015) [-]
Why can't poor people just buy more money?
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#61 - anon (10/31/2015) [-]
Swear to god on my life, on my sweet mother that I will be making 20k a month after this year, I'm almost 22. I get what this post is saying, but honestly things maybe be slightly harder, but for the most part is just different, different ways to make money. I put my time in, I went through a short (but hefty) grind of 2.5 years to gain the experience necessary to be successful, I bit the bullet and took risks. I don't believe poor people deserve to have it hard at all. But stop complaining(not specifically directed at OP), I have a short years worth of recruiting experience, and 50% percent of people have garbage experience, another 25% can't communicate well enough to ever attain a leadership role, unless they practice of course. I get it, high school didn't teach you anything, neither did college. And it will continue to be that way(unless you are in the sciences, college good them). Everyone complains the system doesn't work well/for them. Please if you are reading this, you need to stop and think, analyze the system that you live in and thrive off of. Understand how money works, how to influence others, how to build something, become an investor and learn how to build wealth(even like 500$ is a start). And for god's sake please stop complaining about college debt. The only reason anyone besides a scientist(in all meanings) goes to college is to get that piece of paper that symbolizes "Wow you were able to put up with mindless work for 4-5 years, maybe you are capable of doing mindless work for us?" You see that? Right there. Boom goes the dynamite. That's all college is for most of us. Wanna know another way to express those qualities of yourself? GOOD work experience, not waiting tables or stacking shelves. AND achievements! Not volunteer work or a 4.0, Google doesn't even wanna look at your GPA anymore, its inconsistent with performance. Now is the time gents, you are young, go fail, go take some crazy internship, go do some sales, entry level management positions are out there!! You just have to look in the right places. There is so much someone can do and I'm tired of seeing so much wasted potential. One man can change the world. That's the end of my rant sorry if this comes off as narcissistic and prolific(and looong), I'm ready to do big things and I am proud of what I've done. I'm also 6'3" white male with a deep voice so I'm sure that helps me out a bit. But regardless, nothing is impossible, just do it. If you want something changed, be the one to do it, create those high paying jobs for other people so they can live a happy life, that's my dream.
Love you guys, hopefully I've inspired a few of you.
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#84 to #61 - castledabyss (10/31/2015) [-]
this is bs u didnt even tell us what your job was stupid
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#280 to #84 - anon (11/03/2015) [-]
I apologize about that, unfortunately it's extremely easy to do and requires no start up capital, and therefore I keep it a secret, to avoid unnecessary competition. But good luck non the less!
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#282 to #280 - castledabyss (11/03/2015) [-]
exactly you are lying
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#133 to #61 - usarmyexplain (11/01/2015) [-]
Anon, hire me, you need a body guard after posting here
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User avatar #76 to #61 - kalagas (10/31/2015) [-]
Break it into paragraphs anon, people are a lot less likely to take the time to read what you poured your heart into when they see a wall.
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User avatar #100 - fadetometallica (10/31/2015) [-]
This is why people run scared to Bernie Sanders because "muh free stuff" even though he'll just make it worse if his changes are implemented.
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User avatar #67 to #63 - chewythewolftwo (10/31/2015) [-]
Tell me your secrets.
What did you do to build your credit? I'm 21 and just took out a small loan (6k) to pay off a car I bought, and will be building credit for the first time with that. Whats your advice?
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#209 to #67 - anon (11/01/2015) [-]
That's not how you build credit, taking out a loan for 6k is very, very stupid, because now you owe that back PLUS interest. You build credit by getting a credit card, ANY credit card you qualify for, and then don't get yourself strung out, buy a loaf of bread once a month. Pay it off every month. lo and behold, your building the same amount of credit as a guy who spends 4,000 a month and pays it off.
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User avatar #89 to #85 - chewythewolftwo (10/31/2015) [-]
That's not bad, I hadn't really been thinking of it in my head as being an overlapping process. I make $12 an hour at a resort/campground kind of deal right now and have a bunch of transferrable skills, I just have to figure out how to make my $20,000+- a year balloon in to the 60 or so a year that I want, lol.
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#160 to #63 - assistantmanager (11/01/2015) [-]
idgaf how much your home or car is worth, i wanna know what the car is. who puts all that and doesnt even say what the car is?
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#169 to #165 - assistantmanager (11/01/2015) [-]
eh, to each their own. not my cup of tea but it does look pretty good. grats, man. thanks for sharing
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User avatar #171 to #169 - savagealaskan (11/01/2015) [-]
Yes to each their own. Thanks man!!!
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#239 to #63 - anon (11/01/2015) [-]
7k a month? talk **** . working at the mines you get arounf 1500 a week and you reckon youre living like a king at a car dealership at 18? talk bull mate
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User avatar #250 to #239 - savagealaskan (11/01/2015) [-]
Lol wut
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#65 to #63 - anon (10/31/2015) [-]
so how's meth tasting? cause you do what your parents did
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User avatar #221 to #63 - manofparody (11/01/2015) [-]
Not everyone can do that, though.

I worked as a consultant for at+t promoting the u-verse campaign, and they would set me up with my own building and people to run.

My boss did the same thing and was earning 500,000 usd a year and he was only 26. Problem is, you have to be an amazing salesman and show you can be a good salesman continually.
It was commission based (100% of your sale), but some people cannot sell stuff to people, ESPECIALLY door to door like I had to do.
At least people are looking to buy something when they come to you, but we had to go to people's homes and get them to buy **** they already had with someone else, for sometimes cheaper.
Sales jobs are not for everyone. I worked there for 2 months and could not sell a God damn thing. I tried my ass off, but lying one of the biggest things I hate and stay away from in life and putting on a facade to sell some ******** cable that tricks people into a contract is definitely a lie .

Some people just cannot do sales. I sure as **** couldn't.
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User avatar #73 to #63 - kalagas (10/31/2015) [-]
Exceptions do not define trends, you may be an exception. Statistically, more people are struggling. I myself have made it off very well as well, doesn't stop me from recognizing that things are entirely ****** , and it's just getting worse.
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User avatar #140 to #73 - sketchE ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-]
but things arent entirely ****** . the majority of people complaining like this are the ones who have made absolutely no plans for the future. didnt try in school, didnt get a job at 16, didnt wear a condom. list goes on of things people could have done but they chose not to and now are complaining that the conditions are the cause
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User avatar #168 to #73 - savagealaskan (11/01/2015) [-]
Very true
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#54 - anon (10/31/2015) [-]
I seriously don't care about this **** . I don't know what generation is complain to who. I'm 20 and 3/4 of the way through an engineering degree at a public university in the states. Everybody I know is swimming in internship money and will make 3 times their loan debt in their first year of employment. When I see these posts, all I can imagine is angry "communications" majors.

And whose house costs $400k+? My family home is worth 120k at best, and I'm renting a room in a house near my school with the money I was able to make over the summer.

The money is out there, just don't expect it to show up at your door wrapped in a bow...
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#144 to #54 - usarmyexplain (11/01/2015) [-]
Posts like this give me hope for the future
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User avatar #96 - avocadomessiah (10/31/2015) [-]
this entire argument personified is kids yelling at their parents for not paying them to do chhores
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#157 - Tvfreek (11/01/2015) [-]
This hit close to home. I've been going through quite a bit and trying to pay off my car and first semester of college (dropped out first semester, not for me. Maybe a trade school. Just working right now.)

I cannot stress how much crap I've sifted through and how many bad decisions I've made that have completely changed who I was.

This post is so ******* accurate to me that it hurts. I'm not sure how good the facts are, but if they're good, this guy explained it well.

Rant over.

Pic is me and my dog, Kiko. Oldest friend I have.
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#199 - saltyfries (11/01/2015) [-]
The mental health argument is a bit off... I heard that the reason to close mental health institutions, hospitals, and asylums was because often times the people there that had mental disabilities were treated terribly, like they weren't human. Studies showed that people with mental disabilities, with some assistance, could live semi-functional lives, so all those institutions died off because the government and such wanted these people to be free, they would just have assistance to check up on them and see how they're doing so that they can live their lives like the rest of us, functional. It's worked apparently.
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#161 - Biue (11/01/2015) [-]
Everyone I've met that complains about this spends their money like idiots. I NEED lotto tickets. I NEED 10gb of data on my cell phone. I NEED a brand new car instead of a used one. I NEED HBO, and a full package of channels on my tv service. I NEED to buy my friends and family big presents. blah blah blah.

I get it though, the cost of goods and services has increased more than wages have. I'm just tired of complaints about it when the person complaining hasn't even attempted to get themselves out of it.
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User avatar #177 to #161 - Daemmerung (11/01/2015) [-]
I save up my money as best I can. However, it's difficult when tuition is $40k a year at my medical school, and they refused to cover an entire semester when they saw I had saved up $6k (which I was going to use for a car / rent). I'm now at $40 in my bank account, and have to work an entire year of full-time unpaid internships WITH research and essays due weekly. I can barely fit in hours for part time, for food, and had to move in back home because there is literally nothing to my name, and no way to afford being independent. I have no idea what I'll do when I get done with school, either.
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#192 to #177 - Biue (11/01/2015) [-]
Medical school is a big investment. Stay positive with that though because there are many jobs within that field. If you can make it through even just scraping by, you'll be rewarded for that.
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#184 to #177 - anon (11/01/2015) [-]
Maybe get a job when youre done with school? Again no one forced you into your situation, if you want to quit, then quit.
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#266 to #184 - anon (11/01/2015) [-]
Job market in my state went to **** during my third year, after investing over $120k in it. I'm likely going to have to move half way across the country to find something in my field, at this rate.
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User avatar #6 - strigt (10/31/2015) [-]
My plan is just to let my parents move out of the house and leave it to me to live in and pay rent.
That's just how things are going to have to work out. They have the money to move somewhere else, I don't.
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User avatar #83 to #6 - hoponthefeelstrain (10/31/2015) [-]
sorry but that's a ****** plan, you can't make them leave their own house.
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User avatar #246 to #83 - strigt (11/01/2015) [-]
They want to move to out to the countryside, I don't. So right before they leave, we contact the landlord and transfer the titles of rent to me.
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#119 to #83 - anon (10/31/2015) [-]
He never said anything about making them but yeah strigt didn't give much context
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#214 - iminschool (11/01/2015) [-]
It's going to be even BETTER in a Socialist America.

In the last Democratic Debate, Bernie Sanders said he would raise taxes on the middle class (The people who go through college and get jobs)!

BUT DON'T WORRY!!

The people who sit at home all day and get high will get FREE **** for just for sitting around!

Disagreeing with a Bernie supporter makes you a racist and bigot, btw So lube up and bend over because it is "Going to be awesome!"
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#215 to #214 - anon (11/01/2015) [-]
Uhh... Yeah

He said he is going to raise the middle class tax rate by 15%

AWESOME
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#219 to #215 - iminschool (11/01/2015) [-]
"B-but college will be free!!!"

Lol. Look at EU countries that have free college.

You know what happens?
- You have to pay an (Large) additional tax for the first 10 years of working in your feild
-Everybody and their mothers will be going to college and then saturating the job market making it nearly impossible to get a job
-Even more people will go just because they don't want to work and it is pretty much free room and board until they get kicked out for failing

It's basically Affirmative Action but now white people can get in on the "Free Stuff" too
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User avatar #223 to #219 - thatguyontheright ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-]
Well when the good paying jobs are being shipped overseas...it's either work at McDonalds or go to college.
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User avatar #224 to #223 - iminschool (11/01/2015) [-]
>Good Jobs
>Shipped over seas

Well, you must be pretty invested in this beta liberal State if you think that is what's going to happen if anyone but a Dem in voted into office.
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User avatar #227 to #224 - thatguyontheright ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-]
Clinton signed nafta which destroyed American industry. Bush gave tax breaks making it easier to ship jobs overseas. Both parties are guilty

Before 2000, it was pretty easy to get a good job that did not require a college degree...basically you worked in a factory. Now all the factory jobs are minimum wage (except for the ones that can kill you and those you need years of experience to get into). GM isn't America's largest employer anymore. Now it's McDonalds and Wal-Mart.
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User avatar #229 to #227 - iminschool (11/01/2015) [-]
You aren't picking up what I'm putting down

Multiple front running Republican candidates have laid out extensive plans dealing with reclaiming and making well paying jobs, here in the US.

The democratic platform is saying "Vote for me, and you will get free stuff"

I'm not saying who I want in office, but that is how this round is turning out, as said by non-Faux News articles.
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User avatar #230 to #229 - thatguyontheright ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-]
Give me some of their plans.

Bernie's idea is to reform NAFTA and other existing trade agreements to work for America, and block 100% of TPP. Job regrowth will be slow of course.
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User avatar #232 to #230 - iminschool (11/01/2015) [-]
First of all. Are you serious? Every president since Clinton has "promised" to reform the NAFTA policy and other existing trade agreements. The "Muh Jobs" is just a catch phrase that everyone of them have come up with.

Just look up Ben Carson and DTrump's plan on job recovery man. Sorry tho, I was under the impression that you follow both parties instead of just left pandering MSM. I don't blame you tho bro. Comedy Central and Late Night shows pretty much shill for Bernie and Hillary. The only thing you will hear about Ben Carson is that he is low energy and retarded and the only thing you will hear about Trump is that he is a racist and retarded. gg tbqh fam.

Just for starters. You know how Trump kept bringing up how Chevy was building their production plant in Mexico? They actually decided "After further analysis" that is would be better to build the plant in the States.

All it ******* takes is to put some PR pressure on these ******* companies and they will think "Oh **** . Now that I think about it, people boycotting our product because we are destroying the job market kind of out weighs out sourcing jobs because it would be cheaper labor."

******* Dems and past presidents have a naque for taking "donations" from these massive companies to keep their mouths shut.

The thing about Carson and Trump is that they are not politicians and are basically being shunned for trying to ****** the money grubbing network of both sides of politics.

It's a beautiful thing when you stop watching leftist propoganda and look outside the box.. Just because every station on TV (Including Faux) says that Carson and Trump are ******* retarded doesn't mean that it is true.
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User avatar #234 to #232 - thatguyontheright ONLINE (11/01/2015) [-]
So their plan is to just put pressure on companies? Just pressure? WoooooooooW.

Also I think Carson is a retard because he is a Christian Dominionist. And Trump is the clown candidate who'll drop out of the election once people stop paying attention to him. Remember Howard Dean?
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#236 to #234 - iminschool (11/01/2015) [-]
Yeah

Yeah buddy. Public Pressure that the public will demand they bring production back to the states ALONG WITH putting a 30-50% tariff taxation on imported products from said companies.

If they want to keep their **** over seas and pay the huge tariff tax, you know what happens? That ******* generic and knockoff brand will turn into a name brand and ******* BOOM the economy.

It's very sad how you just dismissed all of the facts I just laid out and got emotional. Typical leftist.

IT SEEMS YOU ARE HAVING A BATTLE OF THE FEELS vs the REALS

I also find it disturbingly hilarious that you dismissed the fact that every politician takes handouts en masse from massive corporations by pandering to their policy change requests.

Oh, and also; If Ben Carson was a Muslim and someone ******* said they think he was retarded because he is a ******* Allah loving goat ****** , you would ******* **** yourself while finding the fastest route to a computer where you would tell every human connection on social media what you just heard.

Quit being an emotional PC faggot or **** off fam
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#252 to #236 - anon (11/01/2015) [-]
I don't care for Muslims either. But if any group thinks their religion is meant to dominate anything, they can get ****** for all I care. The Middle East, Israel, etc are examples on why church and state are to remain separate.

I know every single politician is already bought, I mean they have to be to pay the fees to be on the ballot.

On the tariff thing, do you think they'll do it? I doubt they will. Most of their doners are companies or represent people who shipped their jobs overseas. They aren't going to hurt anyone who gave them the money to run.



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User avatar #243 to #214 - jrockjesse (11/01/2015) [-]
you do realize about 85% of these people getting free stuff, are not getting high right? about 10 years ago when my dad left my mom & she had to work, she was barely making enough money for grocery's, so guess what, we needed to be on food stamps and what not, I know people who work 2 ******* jobs and still don't have enough money to feed there children properly and pay bills. not everyone on benefits are drug addicted ass hats, grow the **** up man.
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#244 to #243 - iminschool (11/01/2015) [-]
I'm sure you dad has hit rough times and needed state assistance to survive. **** is tough sometimes and I don't blame him.

However. It is ingrained in liberals to take the easy route and collect everything they can while doing as little as possible to give back. They even go to the extent to having as many kids as they can for more money from the state. It is an actual thing.

Believe it or not, the subculture of getting high and trying to be a rapper all day is much larger than you think in young adults today. You can thank main stream media and HollyJew for that, my friend.

Pic related

Oh, also, quit being so ******* emotional. Your angry tone won't make me try to understand your POV any better my distressed manlet liberal ... friend
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User avatar #258 to #244 - jrockjesse (11/01/2015) [-]
first of all **** my dad, my dad left my mom I forgot to mention, he left her for whores and drugs and she had to take care of me and my siblings by herself.

so let me get this straight. if someone can not afford food, they should just not take things like food stamps so they can eat? yes some people have as many kids as they can for benefits, but thats a small minority. oh and it's not just liberals who take benefits, a lot of republicans take them and then complain about them, I know because I know a bunch of them on facebook.

I can't disagree on how media controls people

oh and I'm not your friend, buddy!

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User avatar #259 to #258 - iminschool (11/01/2015) [-]
cry more pls
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User avatar #260 to #259 - jrockjesse (11/01/2015) [-]
ok, I see, you are one of those people, never mind then, I was actually taking you seriously for a little while.
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User avatar #261 to #260 - iminschool (11/01/2015) [-]
I was taking you serious until you got all emotional on me
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User avatar #262 to #261 - jrockjesse (11/01/2015) [-]
yeah....and? you know what if one day, you get so low you need benefits? you still gonna make fun of them then? typical dumb ass republicans.
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User avatar #263 to #262 - iminschool (11/01/2015) [-]
You are the one with a kitten who thinks it's link in your avatar. I'm not too worried when you think someone is an idiot.

Especially since you say **** your dad and "Muh Mommy"

Go watch some Comedy Central news, kiddo
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User avatar #264 to #263 - jrockjesse (11/01/2015) [-]
yeah... **** my dad, he left my mom for whores and drugs, he is a awful human being who deserves nothing more then a swift punch in the dick every 2 hours. he called my mom 2 years ago & did not even remember how old me or any of my siblings were, so I guess...yeah muh mommy, because she actually cared about her kids, unlike my dad.

you know how I know you are a idiot? you apparently think people's avatars are a representation of who they are....and whats wrong with my avatar anyway? cats are awesome and so is legend of zelda.
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User avatar #265 to #264 - iminschool (11/01/2015) [-]
I doubt your mommy is telling you the whole story
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User avatar #269 to #265 - jrockjesse (11/02/2015) [-]
she does not need to tell me the whole story, I was 13 going on 14 when all this happened and was well old enough to understand what was going on.

I could understand the reasons we could not pay bills even though we had found one of my fathers pay stubs stating he had made a grand total of $8000 that month.

I understood when my uncle said he had seen my father walking into a hotel room with an unknown woman.

I understood when a cop came to our door and asked if we knew where my father was because he had a warrant for his arrest.

my mother does not need to tell me the whole story, I got the full story. you must not understand the real world kid.
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User avatar #271 to #269 - iminschool (11/02/2015) [-]
Cry more for me

Can you do that?
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User avatar #276 to #275 - iminschool (11/02/2015) [-]
lol, you signed out and thumbed down all my comments

U bretty mad right now
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User avatar #279 to #276 - jrockjesse (11/02/2015) [-]
if you seriously think I would take the time for that kind of childish **** , you must be pretty stupid, why don't you go jack off to pictures of donald trump or something .
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#189 - catburglarpenis (11/01/2015) [-]
The military is pretty much life on easy street. With no bills and getting paid exponentially more for each education level reached as well as having free or paid education for you, your spouse, your dependents, etc. in AAA rated schools (higher than most private schools on base) as well as free travel opportunities and retirement.

I honestly feel sorry for those who cannot join. But if you can join and you haven't tried, you are truly, truly missing out. Even if you don't make it through boot camp, you more than likely have funded a decent chunk of your education just with veteran benefits, and will more than likely get free medical care for life even if you're dishonorably discharged.

I of course speak of the U.S. Military and their benefits. I'm obligated to point out that all other militaries are full of furfags and gays. Again, this is signed into my current contract, so no offense. Except for you Russia. Your Spetznaz is grossly ineffective and complete ***** . You're all wankers.
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#21 - gentledragon (10/31/2015) [-]
Yeah , we only brought here feminism who's a ticking bomb and getting money for not having to work , being fat , being lazy , we made whoring popular and most people who wanna "change things " from our generation are gonna make some of the most retarded choices that will be written in history as the " let's not do that again " of humanity. Our generation is just as bad , the only problem being that we don't have the power to change things YET. God forbid a feminist president
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#30 to #21 - hongkonglongdong (10/31/2015) [-]
Nope. Feminism's had that problem since before its inception, getting money for not having to work is older than a century, being fat is hardly a twenty-first century thing (the eighties is really when the scare kicked off), laziness has remained constant throughout all of history, whoring has always been and always will be popular (and should be, thank you very much), but yes I agree that we're going to make insanely retarded choices. As you say, the key thing is this; we won't make exceptionally retarded choices. We're all retards, we've always been retards, and we always will be.

A feminist president would just be one riding on the coattails of yet another political craze. Just like the war on drugs, or terror, or Catholicism or white slavery or slavery in general or Protestantism or Orthodoxy or Shiite Islam or those darn Saracens in Jerusalem or those barbaric Romans or those degenerate Tang Chinese or those Mongoloid...Mongols or those rebellious Dutchmen or those uncivilised Scotts or those other uncivilised Scotts...
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#251 to #30 - gentledragon (11/01/2015) [-]
Suppose you're right. But I think democracy is starting to give a little bit too much power to an individual. I'm just really afraid of people like Anita Sarkeesian making things move her way.
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User avatar #80 to #30 - kalagas (10/31/2015) [-]
Fear mongering is fear mongering, but feminism feels like a different beast all together. it's seriously ******* things up in the west with the whole social justice movement.
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#104 to #80 - hongkonglongdong (10/31/2015) [-]
It only feels like a different beast because it's our beast. It's honestly one of the more harmless ones. It's very similar to things like the Prohibition movement, or the White Slavery scare.
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User avatar #105 to #104 - kalagas (10/31/2015) [-]
That is kinda true, I mean just like how now if you are caught publicly saying something non-PC you are crucified, there was a time if you said anything against Christianity you were also crucified.
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#107 to #105 - hongkonglongdong (10/31/2015) [-]
I'm not sure when that time was. Usually you were fairly okay, as long as you weren't too radical and didn't piss off the humans in charge (like insulting the Pope, Galileo).
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User avatar #31 - Abortedwafflez (10/31/2015) [-]
While some of that is true, our generation is also probably one of the more lazier ones. People have less connections and less overall close friends. People like me don't do much with their life and instead indulge on entertainment. I think people don't work as hard as they previously did. But then again, it is harder to do a lot considering EVERYTHING is 10x more formal and competitive.
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User avatar #72 to #31 - ScottP (10/31/2015) [-]
It's not that I don't want to work, it's that I don't want to work at something I'm not good at or enjoy, but it's basically one of the few fields that have a good chance of employment
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User avatar #75 to #31 - testaburger (10/31/2015) [-]
Probably less to do with being lazy, and more to do with there being fewer non-social options when parents' generation grew up.
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User avatar #79 to #31 - kalagas (10/31/2015) [-]
Well, when they were kids, they just had books and then the telly to distract them, otherwise everyone was outside playing, learning new things, making friends, enemies, etc. and growing. These days, I meet parents giving their children tablets and phones to keep them complacent, stuck to some device because they're oh so tired, and kids are just oh so difficult to deal with. It's far too dangerous for children to play outside! A pedo will kidnap them! I think technology has both improved and screwed up our lives and the way we raise our children.
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