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Originally Posted by JiggleMonster (Post 2149561)

I'm back!?

Welcome back. :)

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2149577)

If I were an ancient Greek I would call myself... Testicles.

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday (Post 2149509)

Of course not, but some people romanticise it.

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk (Post 2149459)

I don’t think you have a ****ing clue what working graveyard in Texas city gas station is like. How ****ing scary and gritty and in the trenches that is. elph is a ****ing combat veteran. He’s earned the right to a bit of inconsistency. He proves himself every second he spends in there exposed and vulnerable. So I’m not hearing that hot take on elph one bit. He doesn’t have to be a cheerleader; he’s on the ****ing team.

I'd personally rather be a champagne socialist than a struggling one.

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2149640)

I hate to sound all indignant about it, but my parents grew up poor and ended up middle class

I'm responsible for cultivating the meme

but ya'll don't really know **** about what I come from

my grandparents are mostly dead but were criminals and alcoholics

that means you grew up middle class tho doesn't it

You can correct me if I get something wrong that's just how you come across to me.

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2149643)

And my childhood sucked ass

moving to the suburbs didn't help at all, it made it worse in some ways

I dunno I have cousins that grew up middle class and ended up suicidal etc. The judgmental side of me just looks at them as weak. But I'm sure life can be **** in the suburbs but it's defintely ****tier in the hood.

There are people who wont be happy no matter how much money they have. Then there are people who are good spirited despite being broke. But regardless of the case, it's always better to have money. That's why I'm still holding out hope that I can get out of the broke camp.

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2149647)

I wouldn't say my parents were middle income until I was at least 15

as a very wee lad I had clothes that didn't fit me, had my school lunch replaced with that plain PB sandwich (I cried) because my mom couldn't pay the bill, sat out a field trip because the $8 was too much

I grew up learning to never ask for anything because you'd be guilted very hard

my parents liked to remind us how much it sucked to have kids, probably because it really did

I guess it was a combination of the sorta obvious peacocking you do with the whole disaffected punk image combined with comments like you rejected your parents lifestyle. Or one time you said something like it really hurts the angle of being poor (I think with regard to picking up girls) when they find out your parents live in a mansion. That's what gives me that impression.

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2149649)

Oh no doubt

ain't nothing else matter once you're hungry

without getting called out for preaching boot straps... why do you work at a gas station then?

If you're actually hungry you'll chase a meal.

Nah been sneaking them

And if I recall you did a wharehouse gig

I worked at a distribution center for years and I've worked wharehouses too.

This is a factory/plant job. Different from a wharehouse.

Not only that, each factory/wharehouse) whatever is totally different. I've worked more jobs than I can count at this point. So I can tell you.. working one single wharehouse job doesn't tell you much. It's a literal dice roll how ****ty the job is gonna be, what the bosses are like, how much they enforce the rules, what the pay/schedule is like etc

I don't think I'll keep this job long term but that's mainly cause of the hours. But I sure as **** wouldn't leave it to work at a gas station.

I'm not just being a dick either... I've worked retail, food, etc. I know the minimum wage hustle. Sincerely **** that ****. I can make more in a week here than I made in those kinds of jobs in 3 weeks. And the managers at those kinds of places are such deadbeat losers. And then the customers...

It's all about just keep rolling the dice and see what you find. Otherwise you just get roped in to whatever **** job you currently have and become a lifer.

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Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2149653)

I have an insane safety net at this point, my margin for error is crazy in my favor

What is it? Will they just give you money if you ask?