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- Comment on Anon doesn't have a plan 1 hour ago:
Are you able to figure out exactly what benefit this is for? I’d be interested to hear. It’s def not SSI
- Comment on Anon doesn't have a plan 12 hours ago:
I’m sorry your girlfriend is having to go through that. I gotta be honest, I’ve never heard of someone having to reapply for benefits unless their benefits were turned off, either due to incarceration or failure to utilize their money so it piled up in an account until they had too many assets and were disqualified from the program. Also, all the correspondence for this benefit is typed and printed, I’ve never heard of anyone having to hand write anything. This is in reference to SSI (Supplemental Security Income).
- Comment on Anon doesn't have a plan 13 hours ago:
In the short-term, maybe? But if you have the skills to be employed, you will be much better off over time starting to work somewhere. Having a job sets you up to obtain a better or higher paying role in the future
- Comment on Anon doesn't have a plan 14 hours ago:
I’m going to assume the issue started prior to age 23
- Comment on Anon doesn't have a plan 15 hours ago:
It’s not dumb, it’s intentionally designed to hurt people
- Comment on Anon doesn't have a plan 15 hours ago:
Sorry, you’re going to have to pay for housing too lol
- Comment on Anon doesn't have a plan 15 hours ago:
I’d rather would have done an apprenticeship some 10 years ago and would have had a steady, less paying job, than this worthless engineering degree and zero real job experience. The issue is that now the cost of living is way to high to afford living on an apprenticeship salary for a few years, which is way below minimum wage
Are you working using your engineering degree? You make it sound like you’re unemployed, so how is an apprenticeship salary worse than no salary? I don’t know where you’re located, but here in the US, there are many trade programs at community colleges that are very affordable. Your engineering background being applied to a trade also puts you in a position to differentiate yourself in a few years once you’re independent. You should let go of what your parents want right now and start planning for your own future. What are you, about 36? It’s def not too late.
- Comment on Anon doesn't have a plan 16 hours ago:
State pension, in the US? A laughable concept. Best anon could hope for is Supplemental Security Income (SSI), a program for people who are disabled, are unable to work, and have never worked. There’s a lengthy application process involving clinical records of the disabling condition, not everyone who applies is approved, and the maximum benefit is about $950/month, relegating you to extreme poverty forever
- Comment on The legendary PS2 2 days ago:
- Comment on Luigi Mangione sacrificed his freedom for Nothing. 3 days ago:
What did I say to trigger you to ask me any of these questions?
we live in a magical world
This appears to be projection, given how much of this you made up in your head
- Comment on This Avocado Oil that claims to be “0 Calories” 🙄 3 days ago:
I just have to disagree. On a product like this, if the nutrition facts for 100g are listed, then you’re going to have to do the math re: how much you’re actually going to use. Having it measured out in a realistic serving size makes more sense to me.
There’s also pretty much no issue comparing products, as products in the same category usually all have the same serving sizes.
Cooking spray just happens to be used so sparingly that its nutritional value when used appropriately is usually negligible
- Comment on The legendary PS2 4 days ago:
I still have my PS2, and my son and I just beat FFVIII on it. He will learn the old ways
- Comment on The legendary PS2 4 days ago:
9/11 and COVID were 20 years apart my man
- Comment on Luigi Mangione sacrificed his freedom for Nothing. 4 days ago:
(Luigi Mangione) detailed some of his planning leading up to the murder. He said that he was motivated by years of back pain and what he believed was a health insurance system working against him. He said that, once he learned that the UnitedHealthcare Company was holding an investor summit in Manhattan, he e-mailed company leadership posing as an investor to get information about where and when this meeting was taking place.
And that’s how he was able to confront Brian Thompson. Mangione also shared an observation with the judge that had clearly made an impression on him. He talked about how, while he was posing as a wealthy investor, leadership e-mailed him back within an hour, and he said that was in stark contrast to his interactions with insurers as a patient.
- Comment on Those moutains are so quaint 5 days ago:
No one in Texas is ever gonna try to present California as a good thing…..
Why would you say that?! California is amazing in many ways. I just think french fries on a burrito sounds very strange…
Most of the time when I get a burrito here, it includes chopped smoked chicken, chorizo, or al pastor as the protein, with mexican rice, refried beans, avocado, lettuce, pico, and jack cheese. Sometimes I’ll include sour cream or salsa, usually a roja for me but tomatillo is super popular. Cholula also
- Comment on Those moutains are so quaint 5 days ago:
This post is the first time I’ve ever even heard that a California burrito is a specific thing
- Comment on Those moutains are so quaint 6 days ago:
That second California burrito is definitely a Texas burrito. We do beans and rice in ours. I’ve literally never heard of fries going in a burrito, and the concept makes me uncomfortable lmao
- Comment on Those moutains are so quaint 6 days ago:
Did you move from a more densely populated area to a less densely populated area? Because if I moved from my bigger city with amazing food to a nearby smaller city, my food options would immediately suck
- Comment on Why do celebs commit crimes and such like Tony Romo and his DWI? He had a 180 million dollar deal. Why not hire a driver or stay at home and buy ridiculous shit? 6 days ago:
YOU DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO
- Comment on Saw this at the store this morning, took a double take 1 week ago:
The “protect the children” groups have federal cover now to actively harm children, which is what they always wanted to do anyway
- Comment on President Trump reacts to President Biden’s cancer diagnosis: "I don't feel sorry for him" 1 week ago:
What if he has a stroke and loses much of his voluntary muscle function, rendering him unable to walk, talk, or use his hands, but he’s completely present cognitively so knows he’s trapped in a broken, doomed body and has to feel and tolerate the Haitian immigrants wiping his ass at the home his children put him in
- Comment on President Trump reacts to President Biden’s cancer diagnosis: "I don't feel sorry for him" 1 week ago:
I sincerely disagree with this. I think Merrick Garland genuinely viewed his role and himself as “separate” from or “above” politics or the threat Trump posed. This is honestly more in line with previous DOJs as far as political impartiality, however he was not what we needed in that moment.
- Comment on Delicious 1 week ago:
- Comment on Delicious 1 week ago:
The main ingredient in cheesecake is cream cheese, and you need like 2 lbs (32 oz) for an average cake, so that’s immediately like $9 before all other ingredients
- Comment on Disc drive needed 1 week ago:
It’s totally legal to tape the radio for personal use
- Comment on Disc drive needed 1 week ago:
Call the feds
- Comment on Disc drive needed 1 week ago:
My mother just gave me the walkman I had in high school, which I guess was in a box somewhere in her house. It still works, and in it was a cassette I taped off the radio
- Comment on Hooaaaaaa!! 1 week ago:
Lou Bega covered Mambo #5, the OG was by Damaso Prado in 1940
- Comment on Anon borrows a pen 1 week ago:
Back in my day, we called awkward actions around people we were attracted to “learning experiences” and just tried to do better next time. In retrospect, should’ve just given up and dwelled in shame and hatred the rest of my life
- Comment on Theft 1 week ago:
Having lived in Texas for 39 years, I don’t think it’s delusional this time. Wendy Davis, Beto O’Rourke, Colin Allred…I wanted all of them to win but knew it was super unlikely.
What’s different this time is that Paxton has such a lengthy, tainted history in Texas. He’s made lifelong enemies of so many Republicans in this state, and Talarico is so very, very palatable to them with his level of comfort framing all of this through Christianity. Obviously, nothing is in the bag, but I have confidence in this race for Talarico I never had for the other 3 candidates I mentioned
