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 How it all started: I work in a large tech company in Silicon Valley so luckily my worksite provides food, gym and a shower. The biggest drawback was my commute and gas. I remember my first month spending $500 on gas alone on top of over 40 hours of commuting for that month. So I decided to take my money and the time I could have spent sleeping back. A year later here I am. I thank car camping for enabling me to save on resources and for being that first step of developing a minimalist mindset.  I park near my worksite from Sunday evening to Thursday followed by going home Fridays and typically fill up 2-3 times a month. Some weekends I won’t even go home but rather spend that time exploring places within distance due to saving on fuel/wear and tear. I’ve also gotten to a point where I know where I will park that night. Residential areas, in-door parking lots and with a little common sense, down the street from my work site. I know this is only temporary but I am truly appreciative for these lessons.  The biggest thing is just making it work for you. If you don’t have the same luxury as I do, dedicate some planning to ensure things like the laundromat, gym, and food situation is within close proximity. (To save the most money and make things convenient) Reset your interior and keep things sectioned off. Also prepare for each season weather-wise as well as a solution for mosquitos/bugs slipping through your cracked windows. (I learned the hard way one time) As for me, I will continue doing this for as long as I can. Feel free to ask any questions!
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Well, your life might be nightmarish but at least it's being lived by someone who's drank the Kool Aid of a terrible employment sector.
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Oct 6, 2023 08:33
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hell yea
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Oct 6, 2023 08:49
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condolences
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Oct 6, 2023 08:51
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That's bleak Are the windows totally blacked out? Is there no way people can see you in there?
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Oct 6, 2023 09:06
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Your car looks like evil like that crazy rear end Japanese movie where they're trapped in a claustrophobic hell
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Oct 6, 2023 09:26
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quote:If you don’t have the same luxury as I do 
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Oct 6, 2023 09:38
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What happens when you need to bring someone home
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Oct 6, 2023 09:44
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No problem, it's a sedan
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i started out like this and now i own 8 cars and rent them out and don’t even have to work anymore us carlords get a bad rap but i say don’t hate the player hate the game Bad Purchase fucked around with this message at 11:18 on Oct 6, 2023 |
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Oct 6, 2023 10:19
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Is this job allowing you to retire in 5 years or something, because this kinda sucks long term. Or looking for another job.
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Oct 6, 2023 10:23
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Wee posted:Is this job allowing you to retire in 5 years or something, because this kinda sucks long term. He works in tech in a large silicon valley company which means that he is underpaid yet does unpaid overtime coding new ways of either fracking the cerebrospinal fluid of adorable kittens directly from their twitching bodies, or else reinventing something that currently exists only worse, with overengineered tech/internet connectivity, and ongoing micropayments.
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Oct 6, 2023 10:34
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Breetai posted:He works in tech in a large silicon valley company which means that he is underpaid yet does unpaid overtime coding new ways of either fracking the cerebrospinal fluid of adorable kittens directly from their twitching bodies, or else reinventing something that currently exists only worse, with overengineered tech/internet connectivity, and ongoing micropayments. did a techbro gently caress your wife or something
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Oct 6, 2023 10:39
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Oct 6, 2023 10:43
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OK but where are the pics of your big rear end that you promised us?
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Oct 6, 2023 10:46
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Sounds like the man is really sticking it to you OP. Got to flip that poo poo around IMO.
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Oct 6, 2023 11:01
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have you considered getting a better job
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Oct 6, 2023 11:05
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So your solution to a long commute was to become homeless instead of demand a hybrid schedule. Lol. At average highway speed your commute is like 240 miles.... drat.
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Oct 6, 2023 11:07
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guy who lives in his car:Vim Fuego posted:If you don’t have the same luxury as I do,
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Oct 6, 2023 11:09
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Get a van, weirdo.
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Oct 6, 2023 11:19
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It's nice to see the little guy winning in capitalism every now and then.
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Oct 6, 2023 11:20
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What do you mean by "home" OP? Do you live with your parents or do you have a place that you're paying for but hardly living in?
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Spazzle posted:Get a van, weirdo. Op: "My name's Matt Foley. I'm 35 years old, I am divorced, and I live in a VAN. DOWN. BY. THE. RIVER."
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Samuel L. Hacksaw posted:So your solution to a long commute was to become homeless instead of demand a hybrid schedule. You can’t move fast and break things from home, Sam. If you want to shift paradigms you need to be able to leverage face time.
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Oct 6, 2023 11:48
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Where do you put your record collection, op?
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Oct 6, 2023 12:34
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i kinda like it. i don't think it's that depressing. being stuck in a multistorey building living alone is just as depressing, only difference is you have enough privacy to not think about it. not as a necessity because the work commute is so long and expensive though. i'd park out in nature.
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Oct 6, 2023 13:11
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Jesus christ just sell drugs or something you loving lunatic
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Oct 6, 2023 13:20
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i clicked on this thread expecting fat dump truck asses, not your Stockholm syndrome homeless flex. also, giant lmfao that your super awesome bay area tech employer will literally provide you with everything but a location-appropriate wage.
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SidneyIsTheKiller posted:OK but where are the pics of your big rear end that you promised us? Was expecting this too.  Edit: I hope you find a better job soon, OP.
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roomtone posted:i kinda like it. i don't think it's that depressing. being stuck in a multistorey building living alone is just as depressing, lmao
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Oct 6, 2023 15:03
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Stuffed in the back of my WRX
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Oct 6, 2023 15:04
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Why even go back to your car? Just sleep under your desk
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Oct 6, 2023 15:07
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Vegetable posted:What happens when you need to bring someone home I doubt this is an issue that will come up
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Oct 6, 2023 15:08
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Whoa
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Dr. Cool Aids posted:did a techbro gently caress your wife or something what a post. wow.
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Oct 6, 2023 15:15
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Yo it's a body in the trunk, son -- so what's it gon' be?
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roomtone posted:i kinda like it. i don't think it's that depressing. being stuck in a multistorey building living alone is just as depressing, only difference is you have enough privacy to not think about it.
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Lil Swamp Booger Baby posted:Your car looks like evil like that crazy rear end Japanese movie where they're trapped in a claustrophobic hell Initial D epressing
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