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Comment · 7 years ago
So daydream. Such a company doesn't exist.
Comment · 7 years ago
Could be related to other drug use. Most trippers experiment with other stuff. Coke, alcohol, math and marijuana all can trigger psychosis.
Comment · 7 years ago
Still happens in America today. I refilled a glass jug at a local brewery today. $5 deposit on a 750ml bottle, can return for the deposit or just leave it in the car and get it refilled at just about any brewery, even some liquor stores, restaurants and grocery stores.
Comment · 7 years ago
Then explain how these things work instead of just giving a glib "you're wrong. Why? Because I said so. "
Comment · 7 years ago
Just like how it's up to each individual to decide whether they want to be a heroin a addict.
Comment · 7 years ago
Get a dog. You'll be forced up exercise everytime it needs to go. Whether you want to or not.
Comment · 7 years ago
One problem with this that I have is I lack the self control to limit to merely think before sleep. The other problem I have is these thoughts actively prevent me from sleeping by making me feel the need to work right then. My solution is to prevent myself from thinking about work while trying to fall asleep but if I happen to get a good idea I'll put enough into a note or on paper to jog my memory when I can flesh it out the next day or whenever.
Comment · 7 years ago
Great idea for your site. Though im disappointed by how many laptops you're missing
Comment · 8 years ago
That $1000 in a year is literally $1000 or so lost opportunities.

That's ~1500 calories/ day for the year buying gas station pizza. It's hard to work when you're hungry.

That's electricity or heat and water for most of a year.

That's a beater to get through a winter.

That's a couple visits to urgent care.

That's cell phone and internet payments for a year.

That's half a deposit on an average apartment.

That's winter tires and months of gas.

How can someone who is unable to think rationally (because they're poor and are at the mercy of capitalists) to keep them homelessness? The reality is terrifying and anyone who can muddle through it without resorting to crime, drug addiction, or being institutionalized is a person of immense strength of mind and character. Arguably stronger and more resourceful people than the multi generational families of inheritance.

What good could $1000 really do for someone?

$1000 to me is insignificant and yet more than half a month's rent. In order to escape this poverty trap I'd need a lot more money, money I'll never have.

Even if I saved as aggressively as possible making sacrifices like eating only the cheapest foods available, buying only second hand clothing, cutting my own hair, biking an hour instead of the 10 minute drive to work, I'd only be able to save $400/mo. An extra $5k/yr at a loss of over half my free time and nearly every empty pleasure in life affords me the ability to what? Spend 8 years getting an outdated associates degree at a community college? I have several friends who did that, currently making more than them with only a HS diploma, yet still dead broke, paycheck to paycheck. Oooh. Maybe 16 years for a bachelor's degree. I'm sure I'll be a desirable applicant in my forties or fifties with entry level skills.

The point is, poor people can't save their way out of poverty like they can't work their way to ceo unless they're actively groomed for better positions. The vast majority of companies are actively removing progression tracked positions and automating the higher skilled positions to further rely on low wage low skill workers that get stuck there. This is a travesty and left unchecked will further the social collapse of this country. You really should get out of your social bubble and interact with middle aged people working minimum wage jobs. You'll find a lot of unlucky but otherwise hard working, honest, reliable, and compassionate people, as well the occasional jerk. Try to get to know the jerk and find out why they're abrasive. Chances are they've had a hard life and their efforts failed to pay off in meaningful ways. Sure some might be truly awful despite having been given every advantage, but those are few and far between.

Comment · 8 years ago
Place a lien on the property for the cost of the investigation in the event of a guilty verdict and nonpayment of fines.
Comment · 8 years ago
For home is code for able to run Netflix, Facebook, amazon, and Ebay.
Comment · 8 years ago
270c, 518f. Cook anything at that temp for 90m and you've got charcoal.
Comment · 8 years ago
Maybe on YouTube. Or the children of Russian/ Chinese mobsters
Comment · 8 years ago
Birth control is not 100% effective, nor without side effects.

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