#debt stress

[moeblob]

"Nope!"

[fattributes]

It's really hard for me to ask this, but would anyone be able to help me financially get home from work and a doctor's appointment this week? I'm already taking the bus as often as I can, but there isn't one that runs by the time I get off work, and I won't be able to get home otherwise. My next paycheck is expected to drop on the 15th, and I currently only have $5.26 in my bank account. I would really, deeply appreciate any help I can get. Thank you.

cash app: $fattributes ko-fi: fattributes paypal: fattributes@gmail.com

[khaire-traveler]

The fact that "broke college student" is a stereotype in the US is indicative that there's a problem.

[snickerdoodlles]

its so weird seeing posts that mock uncle jim for worrying about li ming's queerness as though his dead boyfriend's parents (legally) stealing his entire life savings and leaving him to manage a restaurant business specifically because gay couples aren't legally recognized as couples wasn't what put him in a cycle of crushing debt and endless poverty in the first place

[dollopheadedmerlin]

I'm so worried about my cat. The vet said I'm doing everything right and that he just needs his meda adjusted but he is so tired and isn't really eating and I know he is old but I can't help but feel like he could live a few more years if he just never got constipated. But it keeps happening and it keeps stressing him out and none of the meds work long term. And I'm just so tired and sad and he is napping on the opposite end of the room because he wants to be alone and that's gotta be the scariest part. He still purs when I brush him but his heart is not in it and it's killing me

[chlotual]

im fr considering dropping out of school after this sem i cant take this shit anymore man

[shivunin]

HELLO, I HAVE JUST PAID OFF ALL MY STUDENT LOANS

[plague-of-insomnia]

tumblr please tell me it’ll be all right and my loans will be forgiven and i won’t have to divorce my husband and file bankruptcy and hope they bet wiped that way

[grumfield]

this has been largely the worst year of my life by no small margin knock on wood but the one upside is that while my entire life was falling apart i was just starting to get into obikin/sw and because the hyperfixation train stops for no man or catastrophe i clung to that shit like a life raft which means I’m like trauma bonded with this fuckass franchise forever

[melodymorningdew]

I love being told that the help I'm given means I owe something to the person who helped me 🙃 Like don't help me, then.

[hexcodesims]

fundraising for palestine!

if you feel pushed to help palestinians with donations after the ICJ ruling as well as the news that many western nations have paused funding for the UNRWA, i hope i can give you a little incentive.

send me a screenshot of a donation you made to a mutual aid fund or charity for palestine (here's a link to a tumblr post with a variety of different funds/charities), and i'll post a piece of cc for every $20 raised. i'll stack the amounts donated, so if four people donate $5 that'll count as one piece of cc!

if possible, please make sure that your receipt screenshot has a date in it. and if you made a donation earlier this week, feel free to submit anyway! i'll count everything back until 1/21/24.

(also, if you made a $10 donation to esims for gaza you can get a piece of art from the cartoonist cooperative)

thank you if you decide to make a donation!

Total: $62

[mariemariemaria]

you have to go to uni otherwise your life will go nowhere why would you go to uni these days the trades are dying we need more people in the trades no no we don't want more women in the trades we need more doctors nurses teachers so you have to get a degree or multiple degrees why are you complaining about debt you chose to do this you have to get at LEAST a masters degree because bachelors are basically useless they're handing degrees out like sweets these days you shouldn't go to uni if you can't afford it you have to get good grades at a level to get anywhere wait you don't want to go to uni? then what the fuck do you expect from life? student loans are fine they're not like other debt the highest student loan debt is £230,000 you'll be repaying it for your whole life there are so many useless degrees they need to get rid of them STEM is the way to go why is art and literature and music so bad these days the top earners at unis are on six figure salaries your student loan interest will go up year on year and btw we are really looking for someone with a higher level of education for this entry level position

[mockingjay2026]

[hurtfortea]

Whumpuary Day 27: Reward for Good Behavior

Stuck in a loop | twisting the knife | rescue

Content: rescue, debt slavery, implied/referenced abuse, guns and blood.

Akota looks up when the basement door squeals, opening slowly. Warm golden light floods the darkened room in light, and he has to look away when it hits his eye. His head gives a low throb.

“Holy shit! There’s someone in here!” A voice calls, and Akota peeks one eye open to peer at the man in the doorway. He’s young, with a freshly shaven face- if the tiny knick on his jaw is anything to go by.

“What?” Another voice calls from further away.

“There’s a guy, hanging in the basement!” The young man calls over his shoulder, walking over to Akota.

“Hanging?” The voice far away echoes. The man doesn’t respond, studying Akota’s form. 

“Let’s get you down from there.” A glimpse of hope awakens in him as the man turns and spots the keys hanging from the wall. He chuckles. “Must be hell to have your freedom so close,” he says as he walks over to get them. When he returns to Akota, he stretches up onto his toes to unlock the handcuffs. When he does, Akota collapses onto his behind, his hip pain returning suddenly. “Come on,” the man extends a hand. “I’ll get you out of here.”

Hours later, Akota comes out of the bathroom, his hip aching slightly with every step. He has on fresh clothes, his face is no longer covered with dried blood, and he feels worlds better, although the hurt hasn’t faded much.

“Looking good, Akota! Almost can’t tell you were held captive at all!” The young man- Wade- says. Niel looks over next from where he’s seated on the couch. He’s older than Wade, probably well into his thirties.

“Yup.”

“Thanks?” Akota says, not sure of what else to say. “Do you have a phone?”

Wade’s head tilts. “Sure, why?”

“So I can…call my family?”

Niel snorts, grabbing a cigarette from the pack on the coffee table. “You’re not going back to your family, kid.” He puts his cigarette between his lips.

“I don’t understand.”

“What’s hard to get?” Wade asks. “You’re not leaving.” He puts his feet up. “You owe us.”

“Owe you?” Akota echoes.

“Yeah, for the heroic save?” Wade prompts. “And the food, and the water?”

“I never agreed to those terms,” Akota says.

“Don’t matter. You’re not swindling us out of our money’s worth,” Niel says. He’s picked up a lighter and is now trying to light his cigarette. He gives Akota a meaningful look. “Are ya?” His free arm moves, coming up to lay on the armrest. There’s a gun in his hand. Akota’s stomach sinks. Not again. What are the chances he’d be found by another beast-man? How many times is this going to happen?

“Akota?” Wade prompts.

“...No, I’m not.” Akota says.

As if to twist the knife, Wade continues. “By the way, we don’t have a third room. So you’ll have to sleep on the couch. That’s not an issue, is it?”

“Not at all,” Akota hisses through his teeth.

[jade-efflorescence]

monarchs are right about migrating actually

[msburgundy]

it seems the general consensus is that no one will hunt me for sport if i use what's currently in my accounts to get the car repair out of the way (and hopefully pay down the last bit of that that'll have to go on my credit card) before i am even able to schedule the surgery

and then just put the surgery on the credit card after and hope for the best