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Hey, look at that! I'm a spoiled brat!
- Thread starter Gopherbassist
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Having said that... I wish i had your guys problems. 
Oh and since i am broke this month... Tuna in a can + mayo + generic brand of wonder bread = $10 for roughly 10 days of food. Welcome to the real world.
Listing to: Mr bungles - Retrovertigo
Oh and since i am broke this month... Tuna in a can + mayo + generic brand of wonder bread = $10 for roughly 10 days of food. Welcome to the real world.
Listing to: Mr bungles - Retrovertigo
This can be resolved in two easy steps:
1.) Shut Up
2.)Get a job
you're lucky your mom didn't give you the boot.
Well he's only been out of work for 6 months or whatever, that's all I meant, not two years.
Calm down big boy, take a nap.
The biggest difference I see is the part where you go to college.Most of you guys stop being dependant on your parents and take a job or find other ways to support yourself.
Here,as long as a kid's having education parrents mostly support them.
One of the things where the difference comes from is the job opportunities I believe.We have 16% unemployement right now.Crisis ****ed things up but it was a common problem in Turkey for years.No one's giving a job to a 18 year old kid who goes to college.Thats why we have to be supported.There are alternative ways of course,again I'm speaking generally.
Its the same about people who don't go to college.You either be a part of the working force or a burden.
Not only from a biological point of wiew,you'd be surprised if I pulled my ears a bit forward.
But I ps'ed what I meant with "apes" in the post before.
Having said that... I wish i had your guys problems.
Oh and since i am broke this month... Tuna in a can + mayo + generic brand of wonder bread = $10 for roughly 10 days of food. Welcome to the real world.
Listing to: Mr bungles - Retrovertigo
Oooo look at Mr. Fancypants with his mayo.
Two anecdotes:
1) I was unemployed for about 4 months last year and I had a 15 year old daughter at home to support, and that means rent, utilities, food, transportation, etc. . I spent about 25 hours a week pounding pavement actively looking for work at every factory, gas station, restaurant, store, and whatever else might be hiring in the hopes of making a steady paycheck. I usually walked or rode my bike because I couldn't afford the gas money for my car. I spent another 35 or so hours every week walking around my neighborhood asking residents if I could mow their lawn, paint their house, haul garbage or do some other job for cash. The odd jobs I did earned me enough money to keep my lights on and keep me and my daughter from getting evicted but it meant my daughter had a lot of Ramen noodles and peanut butter sandwiches to eat for several months and I usually did with less.
In the end I decided to simply move to another town 30 miles away where I had a sure job lined up and I begged the owner of the company for an advance to pay the deposit on my apartment.
2) I've been visiting my grandmother in the nursing home for the past few weeks since she went in (she's 87) and I recently asked her about the great depression and how it compares to the current economic recession. She said we're all a bunch of wusses if we think this is hardship. She and my grandfather used to shoot squirrels and pigeons several times a week and cook them in stew because meat from the store was beyond their means. Watered down stew was what they ate for most meals. Sometimes they had beans for a change of pace. A few times a week they would treat themselves to a snack of a slice of bread with a dab of honey on it. They both worked whatever jobs they could find no matter how unpleasant and since most jobs paid so little they often had to work 70 or 80 hours a week to make enough to pay the few bills they had.
When we get to that point, then I'll think that we're suffering.
1) I was unemployed for about 4 months last year and I had a 15 year old daughter at home to support, and that means rent, utilities, food, transportation, etc. . I spent about 25 hours a week pounding pavement actively looking for work at every factory, gas station, restaurant, store, and whatever else might be hiring in the hopes of making a steady paycheck. I usually walked or rode my bike because I couldn't afford the gas money for my car. I spent another 35 or so hours every week walking around my neighborhood asking residents if I could mow their lawn, paint their house, haul garbage or do some other job for cash. The odd jobs I did earned me enough money to keep my lights on and keep me and my daughter from getting evicted but it meant my daughter had a lot of Ramen noodles and peanut butter sandwiches to eat for several months and I usually did with less.
In the end I decided to simply move to another town 30 miles away where I had a sure job lined up and I begged the owner of the company for an advance to pay the deposit on my apartment.
2) I've been visiting my grandmother in the nursing home for the past few weeks since she went in (she's 87) and I recently asked her about the great depression and how it compares to the current economic recession. She said we're all a bunch of wusses if we think this is hardship. She and my grandfather used to shoot squirrels and pigeons several times a week and cook them in stew because meat from the store was beyond their means. Watered down stew was what they ate for most meals. Sometimes they had beans for a change of pace. A few times a week they would treat themselves to a snack of a slice of bread with a dab of honey on it. They both worked whatever jobs they could find no matter how unpleasant and since most jobs paid so little they often had to work 70 or 80 hours a week to make enough to pay the few bills they had.
When we get to that point, then I'll think that we're suffering.
No, Dont Join the Army!
Geez thats bad advice. You'll likely hate it and may get killed. But then again maybe you wont?
Personally, I dont agree with your mother not feeding you. The least she could do is just provide you with plain macaroni (and I mean plain, no sauce no butter etc) for the other meals besides dinner. After a while you'll get very sick of eating macaroni for breakfast lunch (and snack?) 7 days a week, but at least you wont go hungry. No mother should let her child go hungry in my opinion.
Eating plain macaroni ALL THE TIME will have the same effect she is trying to accomplish, but you wont starve.
One thing you could try is asking neighbours if you could mow their lawn for $5. Telemarketer COs are always looking to hire. If you have a larger city near you, take the bus out there. There should be more opportunities there. Even if its an hour bus trip each way, a job is a job.
Craigslist has tons of employment listings.
Geez thats bad advice. You'll likely hate it and may get killed. But then again maybe you wont?
Personally, I dont agree with your mother not feeding you. The least she could do is just provide you with plain macaroni (and I mean plain, no sauce no butter etc) for the other meals besides dinner. After a while you'll get very sick of eating macaroni for breakfast lunch (and snack?) 7 days a week, but at least you wont go hungry. No mother should let her child go hungry in my opinion.
Eating plain macaroni ALL THE TIME will have the same effect she is trying to accomplish, but you wont starve.
One thing you could try is asking neighbours if you could mow their lawn for $5. Telemarketer COs are always looking to hire. If you have a larger city near you, take the bus out there. There should be more opportunities there. Even if its an hour bus trip each way, a job is a job.
Craigslist has tons of employment listings.
Like I said before, lose the pride and start making grilled cheese sandwiches. There are plenty of guys out there not getting enough grilled cheese. At $50 a pop you could be rich in a few weeks.
You are 18 and have to wait until mommy comes home so you can eat? That's pathetic. You are not a kid anymore, take some responsibility, get off your butt, learn to make a sandwich for yourself and stop whining about it.
When you grow up you'll have real problems to deal with not the imagined injustice of mommy not caring for her little boy anymore.
Oooo look at Mr. Fancypants with his mayo.
Sir, do not disrespect my Mayo, it came from the high quality deli (McDonalds) all 50 packets of it.
I myself would not dream of disrespecting a man and his mayo, after all, that's getting er done, instead of wondering when mommy is going to come home and feed you.
The first thing I did when I got laid off was get started on going back to school, within 2 weeks I had already enrolled into a school. Since you have jack for cash, the financial aid reps will work with you, trust me. I'm sure if you at least did that your mom would maybe give you a loaf of bread. But I will admit the job market sucks. I've been applying for jobs since I got laid off (especially since I HAVE to in order to get unemployment) and I haven't heard a thing. And I've been applying for jobs I'm qualified for and over-qualified for.
