#my state's minimum wage

[purrlstar]

can someone give me stuff to say the next time my parents tell me that "minimum wage was never supposed to be a livable income" I'm so tired of hearing it in response to any time I talk about jobs/money and especially when I'm not trying to bring that up as the main point of why we're talking

[traumacatholic]

I would really appreciate some prayers. I've been having so much money problems recently and I'm just not sure what to do. Every month I end up either in the negative or close to the negative. And it doesn't help that each month I have ended up having to make some big spendings because something essential has broken which needed replaced or whatever else. I can't currently get any help to cover my rent, because I'm still couchsurfing. The landlord of the place that I'm couchsurfing at isn't happy with my finances, and may refuse to add me to the tenancy, which would mean I would have to leave here. I don't even know why the landlord has an issue, because the rent has been getting paid on time without any difficulties. If I were to get added to the tenancy, I could finally ask for extra benefits to help me with the rent which would give me more money for living. But right now rent takes away from most of my benefits. I've been trying to cut spending where I can, but it's so stressful and miserable and overwhelming. I hate that I'm still in the same position I was in, where I'm just couchsurfing and trying to catch a break. I'm not currently in a position where I can save any money at all. And there's still the possibility that I'll be in a worse place housing wise if I'm not allowed to stay here. The fact that this has dragged out for so many months, and I'm still in the position of losing so much has me constantly depressed and suicidal. I just don't know what to do. Everywhere I have reached out to has been unable to assist me

[feketeribizli]

browsing job listings

[francisforever2014]

most of the time i feel like it really just Is Not That Serious and really truly believe that everything just works out and sometimes i’ll be hit by a fear of the future so debilitating i actually wanna throw up

[dattebabunn]

Feeling pretty hopeless in the club tonight as a queer black person

[cidnangarlond]

it's crazy having a full time and well paying job wdym after 4 shifts I've made like $450...

[snzyspencer]

Kind of a sickie vent post? I don’t really know:

I was put on a medication a few months back that suppresses my immune system, and since then I’ve been getting sick every few weeks. How sick I get varies, last time I had a sore throat for nine days and it was horrendous (I tested negative for Covid, the flu, and strep so we have no clue what that was.)

Woke up this morning all stuffy and since then I’ve gotten a headache and my throat is sore. I’ve got to go see family tomorrow for my birthday and honestly I just want to sleep. I’m in denial about being sick but I was near someone sick on Thursday and I just need a week to curl up in bed and do nothing. So anyway. Give me strength to act fine tomorrow.

[chatdomestique]

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[schwhoopsie]

watcher, pls read the room

[miamignonette]

bro i just applied to a place that allegedly pays $20 per hour

[audible-smiles]

Here's how The Week Off is going so far: Yesterday I went to the coast with a friend to put my feet in the Pacific ocean and look at sea lions. Today is mostly for watching tv and eating pizza. Tomorrow I am having breakfast with my mom and grandma and then going to a "gardener's garage sale" that's being held at a local nursery to benefit people in Gaza. And then I have two more days to do whatever I want, which is frankly not enough. My guess is that it would take about a month for me to fully rest and recover. But realistically it would be challenging to arrange a month off while keeping my job & health insurance & not overextending my resources. Returning to work fewer hours in a different department should definitely help.

[jellogram]

Whenever I complain about California rent someone from another state is inevitably like "Ugh it's just as bad over here" and then I show them California rent prices and they look like I just showed them a bulletwound in my stomach

[elisedonut]

I hate that life gets more expensive the more time that passes

I think you should be able to work the same amount of hours for the same amount of pay and be OK money wise forever actually

You shouldn't have to constantly be striving for growth I think

[antigonescholar]

I feel like I've probably posted about this before but it's so weird when I tell people I'm about to graduate & they say "welcome to the real world!" as if law school isn't 8000 times more difficult & traumatizing than the average office job lol

[izzy-b-hands]

I will be forever grateful i can be on this new med. it's one a lot of folks also need and can struggle to have access to! It's important i be on it, especially if i start doing any vid collabs

(some of which, really, all of which, i unfortunately actually need to cancel that were in the preplanning stages, bc the election results have me wanting to wait and see how the general atmosphere of the country is before i agree to meet up with anyone. I feel bad for cancelling, but also i just can't know for sure how safe things are/might be going forward and I'd rather avoid the potential of. ya know. various not great things that could happen at a meet up, tho i would certainly hope they wouldn't. i don't feel like actually addressing them rn, u guys know what i mean)

That said, if the truvada initial side effects could fuck off asap would be so lovely. three weeks at worst, then they should be gone/much better or so i am told. really hope that's true bc losing my mornings to being dizzy and nauseous is Not Working for me lmao. im on week two, and now understand why my new doc said to call if i needed any 'cheerleading' and support to get thru the side effects, bc apparently she's done that for several ppl to make sure they actually make it thru the three weeks and keep on it (lovely of her!!)

[tittyinfinity]

my food stamps got cut by $14 more??? After it was already cut by $60 a few months ago???

I'm now receiving $185 less a month in food stamps than I got a few years ago. And food prices have nearly doubled. This is bullshit.