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Old 09-06-2022, 05:03 PM
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So you're saying no Gender Studies degree. Got it.

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Lol the girl I’m dating actually has an art history undergrad degree. She already admitted that it’s not useful and now works as a home appraiser not using her degree
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Old 09-06-2022, 03:52 PM
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Everyone told the kids to go to college so--
--they could rack up massive amounts of cash selling them literally nothing for huge fee's because the money was "invisible", and the people just ate it up

and then when anyone points this out this solution is to give money to the crooks that took them for a ride in the first place, the same people that god suckered get all pissed off at you.
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Old 09-07-2022, 09:06 AM
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--they could rack up massive amounts of cash selling them literally nothing for huge fee's because the money was "invisible", and the people just ate it up

and then when anyone points this out this solution is to give money to the crooks that took them for a ride in the first place, the same people that god suckered get all pissed off at you.
Feeling both guilty and thrilled at the same time is an intoxicating mixture.
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Old 09-06-2022, 05:46 PM
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I literally remember when the establishment was saying how Europe takes a year off after highschool before college was lazy and dumb haha then their teenage kids with no life experience pick a carrier to invest a life's savings into lol
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Old 09-07-2022, 08:39 AM
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I've been grinding away at my CS Degree as an adult. My work pays for most of it. I suspect the issue is two-fold, people take out these massive loans for degrees that are fruitless while at the same time refusing to work and pay for school as they go. Instead they maintain their standard of living through parental subsidies (bad idea).

I work in the grocery business and it's astonishing the flip that has occurred in the last few years, these jobs have been traditionally filled by young people. Now most of the grocery store workers are old folks. This trend can be seen in nearly all service industry roles.
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Old 09-07-2022, 09:39 AM
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I've been grinding away at my CS Degree as an adult. My work pays for most of it. I suspect the issue is two-fold, people take out these massive loans for degrees that are fruitless while at the same time refusing to work and pay for school as they go. Instead they maintain their standard of living through parental subsidies (bad idea).

I work in the grocery business and it's astonishing the flip that has occurred in the last few years, these jobs have been traditionally filled by young people. Now most of the grocery store workers are old folks. This trend can be seen in nearly all service industry roles.
I'm noticing that too, as a grocery shopper. There are more older retired people working those jobs than ever. They're bored, they want a little extra spending money so they're willing to wake up early and go work those jobs.

Young people, in general, do not want to work those same jobs. I don't know why exactly. I have my suspicions like videogame addictions and enabling by parents but I don't know.
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Old 09-07-2022, 10:41 AM
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I'm noticing that too, as a grocery shopper. There are more older retired people working those jobs than ever. They're bored, they want a little extra spending money so they're willing to wake up early and go work those jobs.
Their savings was probably wiped out and that job will take them.

Edit: I am old, bored and everything hurts. Think I will go work at the local grocery store where the shelves are above my head and my shoulders won't lift that high anymore and the bottom shelves are low and my knees don't bend that way anymore. I want to put up with entitled people, assholes, crying-messy children and the scum of society.. for something to do. Physical labor keeps the blood moving. I really like the fast moving pace of "now now now" and "i am always wrong".

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Young people, in general, do not want to work those same jobs. I don't know why exactly. I have my suspicions like videogame addictions and enabling by parents but I don't know.
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Old 09-07-2022, 01:33 PM
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Young people, in general, do not want to work those same jobs. I don't know why exactly. I have my suspicions like videogame addictions and enabling by parents but I don't know.
People just don’t want to work in general these days. All over in my field agencies are doing hiring bonuses, bonuses to refer someone who gets hired, and “retention” bonuses, and it’s not helping

Now if someone signs up for counseling, which used to have like a 1 week wait, it’s more like a 3 month wait. A lot of clinics aren’t even taking new patients

And when you’re short on employees, everyone else has to pick up the slack. So we are just getting crapped on

How are all these lazy non-working people surviving is what I want to know
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Old 09-07-2022, 01:37 PM
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How are all these lazy non-working people surviving is what I want to know
Truly, I don't understand how it works. Maybe someone here who is willing to admit they received government benefits recently could shine some light on this. I suspect there are more than a few lazy slobs who fit the bill in the p99 crowd, along with the young and handsome lawyers/doctors we have.
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Truly, I don't understand how it works. Maybe someone here who is willing to admit they received government benefits recently could shine some light on this. I suspect there are more than a few lazy slobs who fit the bill in the p99 crowd, along with the young and handsome lawyers/doctors we have.
My cousin works at a physical therapy clinic and he said they are so short staffed they are doing a $30,000 hiring bonus just for getting hired there and they still can’t fill all the positions

I’m assuming either people are taking advantage of the gov’t or just staying with mom and dad until their parents die in which case they are gonna be screwed
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