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    71 month ago

    That is for sure a thing, but in my case it genuinely is having little income

    Been making minimum wage for way too long, and at this point I’m too old and don’t have the skills to get a significantly better job. My retirement plan is

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      41 month ago

      Well sure if you never got out of minimum wage jobs then it’s no wonder you can’t accumulate a safety net, the majority of people don’t keep working minimum wage for decades though (median income is above minimum annual salary).

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      11 month ago

      If you’re making minimum wage, what do you really have to lose by improving your marketable skills?

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        11 month ago

        It’s a pretty neat trap, you see I can’t afford to take any time off work to even look for another job, let alone any unpaid training

        I’m sure if I locked the fuck in and pulled myself up by my bootstraps and got extremely lucky, I could jump ship into a better position, but that target is like 5 feet wide and a hundred feet away and surrounded by homelessness on all sides

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          11 month ago

          You obviously have the internet. I doubt you worked 24/7. Use some of that internet to study.

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            11 month ago

            Do you have any internet-based resources I can use to study in any way that would help me get a different job?

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        11 month ago

        One’s heart. Perhaps you are unaware, but improved skills can cause havoc on one’s cardiovascular health. Improved skills are a leading cause of death in the United States.