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hattersmad posted:I design/build telecom electronics. Not on that project though. Space telecom, what an inconsequential occupation. 
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LabyaMynora posted:Some people live life literally spending every cent they have. Nice apartment/condo/house, nice new car, expensive clothes... You wonder how they do it, and then something happens one day and you realize it's because they don't save anything. Yeah, I obviously don't know all the details about their financial situation, but I do wonder where all their money is going. I'm not talking about the people with kids, I totally understand how this could really gently caress them over, I'm only referring to the people I know that seem to be in similar financial situations to myself. I guess I live a lot more frugally than I thought. I don't really blame the people who are living paycheck to paycheck though (unless they're making 6 figures), it's rarely entirely their fault. I can survive for a while on what I have saved, but that's assuming I don't run into any large car or medical expenses all of a sudden.
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Jan 13, 2019 05:56
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Dr. S.O. Feelgood posted:Yeah, I obviously don't know all the details about their financial situation, but I do wonder where all their money is going. It's cocaine. The answer is always cocaine.
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Jan 13, 2019 05:58
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LabyaMynora posted:It's cocaine. The answer is always cocaine. Shoes, my wife doesn’t do drugs, shoes is her drugs.
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Burt Sexual posted:Shoes, my wife doesn’t do drugs, shoes is her drugs. Shoes? Does she know about thrift stores? I haven't purchased a pair of 'new shoes' for about...well, I did get some Filas from Ross. TWENTY DOLLARS. And they look like freaking Keds! But all black. No one likes them, but I was proud I bought new ones. Other than that I wear whatever I get, and, yeah, sometimes they don't fit. Sometimes they are falling apart. I make it work. A shoe is a shoe.
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Burt Sexual posted:Shoes, my wife doesn’t do drugs, shoes is her drugs. Since you have a wife and have access to the Wife Network can you confirm that Nooner has a wife?
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Genesplicer posted:What do you do for NASA? I have a former student who works for JPL. She's a manager on the Rover 2020 project. i had a friend in the JPL during the last shutdown they said they weren't legally allowed to quit lol
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Jan 13, 2019 09:12
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have u tried jerkin it on cam for a few extra dollaroos? hell, i'd chuck in a coupla clams if ya givin it a wiggle
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Jan 13, 2019 19:35
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I feel bad for all of you not getting paid because agent orange's ego is bigger than his dream wall ever will be 
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Jan 13, 2019 19:43
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My sister lives in Bozeman and is paycheck to paycheck. She has a federal job and if she doesn’t get back pay she’d be hosed. I hate her so I’m glad if it.
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Jan 13, 2019 19:47
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see, having a criminal record so you can't get a fed job pays off
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Jan 13, 2019 19:49
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If everyones furloughed why is traffic still butt, it took almost 2 hours to get from ashburn to alexandria on Friday, usually it takes half that
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Jan 13, 2019 19:52
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My wife and her coworkers (state workers) are now voluntarily taking care of US Forest Service and BLM properties in the vicinity so they can keep running. Seems kind of silly though, as there is no one there to collect fees....
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Jan 13, 2019 19:56
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Lol that a ton of Americans have their pays held hostage by a guy trying to force the American people to use their taxes to pay for one of the biggest grifts in history, and some turtle man in the senate is helping him accomplish this because he's probably getting blackmailed. Lmao.
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Shifty gimbal posted:Lol that a ton of Americans have their pays held hostage by a guy trying to force the American people to use their taxes to pay for one of the biggest grifts in history, and some turtle man in the senate is helping him accomplish this because he's probably getting blackmailed. Lmao. don't worry Mexico is going to pay for it
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Jan 13, 2019 20:24
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Why do americans let this happen?
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Fried Watermelon posted:Why do americans let this happen? It's now part of our budget. If we need a few million we just shut everything down.
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I hear the economy's doing really well, try finding a job in the private sector  here's a quote from the_donald, gilded: quote:
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It's pretty pathetic if you can't live your normal life for a month without a paycheck. Particularly if you work for the federal government, given that you're overpaid and have insane benefits. loving plan ahead. Read a loving book on money management. Stop loving whining. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Jan 13, 2019 21:57
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I make less than 30k a year. At least half of the people I work with make less than 40k. Most lower level government jobs pay like poo poo. I could work at my local Target and make almost the same amount. Yeah the benefits are pretty nice but they don’t pay your rent or buy your groceries.
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Lil Devil posted:It's pretty pathetic if you can't live your normal life for a month without a paycheck. Particularly if you work for the federal government, given that you're overpaid and have insane benefits. loving plan ahead. Read a loving book on money management. Stop loving whining. ahahaha, look at this absolute dumbass piece of poo poo
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Lil Devil posted:It's pretty pathetic if you can't live your normal life for a month without a paycheck. Particularly if you work for the federal government, given that you're overpaid and have insane benefits. loving plan ahead. Read a loving book on money management. Stop loving whining. we're gonna need detailed financial statements going all the way back to your early schooling days to determine whether you can say that or not, if you're some trust fund kid gently caress off, but you're going to have to prove that you're not 
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Jan 13, 2019 22:24
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tried cam-whoring to fill in the gaps in your budget? or u could go on craigslist and be like 'hey i'll do weird poo poo for little money or indeed food'
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Jan 13, 2019 22:27
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he's probably broker than anyone, usually anger like that is self-loathing
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Jan 13, 2019 22:27
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But wait, my fellow revolutionary comrades, isn't shutting down the gov our goal? Drink and be merry!
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Jan 13, 2019 22:58
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The VA is still funded in order to support ARE TROOPS, so I can continue living the high life until the department is entirely undermined and disbanded.
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Jan 14, 2019 00:31
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What's with all the stories of schlubs working for free? Like who is that gullible
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I'm a contractor and I don't even know if I won't get paid. I emailed my boss asking about it and they called me on my cell and told me to stop asking questions like that over government email. I'm just kind of rolling with it and hoping I don't end up getting evicted/fired.
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Savage For The Winjun posted:What's with all the stories of schlubs working for free? Like who is that gullible That would be people worried about being fired for not showing up and then not even having the job security side of this poo poo sandwich.
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Putty posted:What if you got 20 free dollars every day but you had to take the dollar bills from each pit of a fat sweaty man who now lives with you. He conjures the money. Aren't these rhetoricals supposed to have a downside
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Hello fellow furloughees. I have nothing to do but play video games, drink, and go to the gym. We're lucky that we have some money in savings and my wife works part time.
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Jan 14, 2019 02:13
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Anyone that can get people to work for free is a stable genius. TRUMP 2020 & Beyond!
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i really want the government to end because this is one of the longest benders i've ever been on and I don't think I can sustain it much longer. I have been hammered since christmas eve. When I don't have to go anywhere the next day my brain automatically goes in to "got to get lit, make sure there is more liquor in the house that i can drink without dying and let's get busy" mode.
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yeah I eat rear end posted:i really want the government to end because this is one of the longest benders i've ever been on and I don't think I can sustain it much longer. I have been hammered since christmas eve. When I don't have to go anywhere the next day my brain automatically goes in to "got to get lit, make sure there is more liquor in the house that i can drink without dying and let's get busy" mode. Go to the gym. It's definitely helped me drink less during the shutdown.
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Oyak posted:The VA is still funded in order to support ARE TROOPS, so I can continue living the high life until the department is entirely undermined and disbanded. Hahaha that was good. My friend used to do work with veterans. They reffuse to go to the VA even for any illness. They don't care how cheap it is. Going to the VA is how you die. its all nice on rice posted:Go to the gym. It's definitely helped me drink less during the shutdown. Seconding. Come back to work built like an ox.
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its all nice on rice posted:Go to the gym. It's definitely helped me drink less during the shutdown. I just moved up here and haven't gotten things set up yet like gym memberships etc. I don't even have my government laptop, so I'm dead weight to my employer and it's only a matter of time before they realize they are paying me to do nothing but read the training material I've read 10 times over and tell me i'm on my own. I won't deny the thought has crossed my mind that maybe if there was a body count to this shutdown it would help it end sooner.
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yeah I eat rear end posted:I'm a contractor and I don't even know if I won't get paid. I emailed my boss asking about it and they called me on my cell and told me to stop asking questions like that over government email. I'm just kind of rolling with it and hoping I don't end up getting evicted/fired. Real talk - if you've been working, you'll get paid. If you haven't been working, you will NOT get backpay. Sorry. I know this because my wife used to be a contractor. Federal employees who are employed directly by the government will get backpay, even if they didn't work, contractors do not if they did not work. Your boss is an rear end in a top hat for not making this clear to you. My wife's boss made it crystal clear to her.
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LabyaMynora posted:Real talk - if you've been working, you'll get paid. If you haven't been working, you will NOT get backpay. Sorry. I know this because my wife used to be a contractor. Federal employees who are employed directly by the government will get backpay, even if they didn't work, contractors do not if they did not work. I am doing as much work as I can given the fact that I don't have the equipment needed to do my job, but I am usually one of maybe 3-4 people in the office at any given time because I am not eligible to telework yet. It is pretty up in the air how long they are going to pay me for effectively doing nothing, so I am nervous despite receiving a paycheck last week.
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Fried Watermelon posted:Why do americans let this happen? let it happen? government shutdowns are a proud tradition at this point
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yeah I eat rear end posted:I am doing as much work as I can given the fact that I don't have the equipment needed to do my job, but I am usually one of maybe 3-4 people in the office at any given time because I am not eligible to telework yet. It is pretty up in the air how long they are going to pay me for effectively doing nothing, so I am nervous despite receiving a paycheck last week. If they having you come into the office, then you're on the clock. You're getting paid. If you weren't getting paid, you'd be at home. If they didn't tell you to not come in, and then they didn't pay you, you'd have a hell of a lawsuit.
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