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Originally Posted by Jackitos
Jesus christ.
Why are you people even responding to Luke?
I'm responding to Luke, because I've seen amazing growth from the kid who posted 7 years ago until now. He was a nuclear mess incapable of even acknowledging common sense.
Luke: You've come a long way, baby. Great job!
If you look carefully at what ALL the respondents said, it is the same message, multiple times...
"YOU can only work on YOUR reaction to your family's opinions, stop worrying about changing them, and start working on changing YOU"
No one should have enough power over you to make you feel like a worthless POS. Even your sister and Father.
YOU made the choices in your life. YOU decided to live at home and go back to school. YOU choose not to live in a dorm, or with a roommate. YOU choose not get ANY job and save as hard as you can to get out of there sooner.
You make the decisions, and YOU need to realize that if YOU feel poorly in your situation YOU did it to yourself and need to come up with a plan to "fix YOUR mistake get yourself out of there" or accept that YOU choose to stay for worthwhile reasons and "deal".
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Originally Posted by Jackitos
Of course, minimum wage is at/below the poverty line. Do you think it's any ****ing different here? Minimum wage jobs are TEMPORARY INCOME UNTIL YOU CAN FIND A REAL JOB.
This is 100% wrong.
1. Of people working low wage jobs only about half move up to the next pay level, and less than a quarter ever make it to a pay level above the median wage.
2. "The world needs ditch diggers too"
Your statement translates to the idea that some born, unearned, traits make you a valid member of society.
Tell me, Brown guy, how has that idea worked out for people like you?
I don't know where Lily will end up in terms of employment skills. It's very possible that pushing a broom may be the absolute height of her abilities. I find your idea that-that should make her a slave to some business, living in endless poverty, HIGHLY offensive.
Especially from a very smart guy who doesn't go back to school because he doesn't enjoy it...
So, she should max out her abilities and work as hard as she can for a miserable life, while you laze around in middleclassdom, on the abilities you were born with and no extra effort?
I have an idea, I'm on the tall side of average, and GW is 6'2"...let's base the innate success line on height.
Sure you can argue that rich people feed their children more nutritious foods which promote growth, and that the new "How tall are you?" Screening device is unfair to women and some minorities...
So by my count...it's basically on par with the current system.
Now, shorty, I'd like fries with that.