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REMercsChamp 12/30/17 11:27:27 AM #1:	You're telling this to people who are working 17 hours a day at 3 different minimum wage jobs just to pull $35k a year to feed their 4 kids. But, bootstraps, right? --- https://i.imgur.com/lwkIVOb.png <cite>REMercsChamp posted [p:893120296] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote>You're telling this to people who are working 17 hours a day at 3 different minimum wage jobs just to pull $35k a year to feed their 4 kids. But, bootstraps, right?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Turbam 12/30/17 11:28:07 AM #2:	You tryin to spice up your gimmick? --- ~snip (V)_(;,;)_(V) snip~ I'm just one man! Whoa! Well, I'm a one man band! http://i.imgur.com/p9Xvjvs.gif <cite>Turbam posted [p:893120322] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote>You tryin to spice up your gimmick?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
weapon_d00d816 12/30/17 11:29:19 AM #3:	You have to allocate your efforts correctly. Yeah, no shit becoming the hardest working frycook isn't going to get you anywhere. --- SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SlG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SIG SlG <cite>weapon_d00d816 posted [p:893120360] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote>You have to allocate your efforts correctly. Yeah, no shit becoming the hardest working frycook isn't going to get you anywhere.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ArchiePeck 12/30/17 11:29:28 AM #4:	Well, obviously you need to work to some sort of plan of progression as well as working hard. Struggling to progress further in your current job? Go to night school and get more qualifications, etc. Many people just settle for failure rather than put in that sort of effort. <cite>ArchiePeck posted [p:893120368] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote>Well, obviously you need to work to some sort of plan of progression as well as working hard. Struggling to progress further in your current job? Go to night school and get more qualifications, etc. Many people just settle for failure rather than put in that sort of effort.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
r4X0r 12/30/17 11:30:13 AM #5:	ArchiePeck posted... Well, obviously you need to work to some sort of plan of progression as well as working hard. Struggling to progress further in your current job? Go to night school and get more qualifications, etc. Many people just settle for failure rather than put in that sort of effort. It's easier to bitch and moan and demand freebies and a higher minimum wage than it is to actually work hard and succeed. An 18 year old who graduates and joins a trade, with some hard work and some skill, will be living comfortably by his mid 20s. --- Professionals are predictable- it's the amateurs who are dangerous. <cite>r4X0r posted [p:893120398] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote><cite>ArchiePeck posted...</cite> <quote>Well, obviously you need to work to some sort of plan of progression as well as working hard. Struggling to progress further in your current job? Go to night school and get more qualifications, etc. Many people just settle for failure rather than put in that sort of effort.</quote> It's easier to bitch and moan and demand freebies and a higher minimum wage than it is to actually work hard and succeed. An 18 year old who graduates and joins a trade, with some hard work and some skill, will be living comfortably by his mid 20s.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fishy 12/30/17 11:30:47 AM #6:	Have less kids? --- ~Dr. FishyStick\| Welcome Back. http://i.imgur.com/z50xS2H.jpg <cite>Fishy posted [p:893120420] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote>Have less kids?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
REMercsChamp 12/30/17 11:31:05 AM #7:	ArchiePeck posted... Well, obviously you need to work to some sort of plan of progression as well as working hard. Struggling to progress further in your current job? Go to night school and get more qualifications, etc. Many people just settle for failure rather than put in that sort of effort. Here's your typical conservative everyone. "Just go to night school in between working 17 hours a day so you're able to feed your 5 kids and 3 dogs! No problem!" Meanwhile there's engineering PhDs working in call centers. --- https://i.imgur.com/lwkIVOb.png <cite>REMercsChamp posted [p:893120438] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote><cite>ArchiePeck posted...</cite> <quote>Well, obviously you need to work to some sort of plan of progression as well as working hard. Struggling to progress further in your current job? Go to night school and get more qualifications, etc. Many people just settle for failure rather than put in that sort of effort.</quote> Here's your typical conservative everyone. "Just go to night school in between working 17 hours a day so you're able to feed your 5 kids and 3 dogs! No problem!" Meanwhile there's engineering PhDs working in call centers.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darkman124 12/30/17 11:31:11 AM #8:	ArchiePeck posted... Go to night school can be tough when you have children --- And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not. <cite>Darkman124 posted [p:893120444] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote><cite>ArchiePeck posted...</cite> <quote>Go to night school </quote> can be tough when you have children</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Annihilated 12/30/17 11:31:38 AM #9:	Darkman124 posted... ArchiePeck posted... Go to night school can be tough when you have children Then don't have children. <cite>Annihilated posted [p:893120467] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote><cite>Darkman124 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ArchiePeck posted...</cite> <quote>Go to night school </quote> can be tough when you have children</quote> Then don't have children.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
JBaLLEN66 12/30/17 11:32:23 AM #10:	Because Americans foam out of that map when you bring up the truth. --- Him being greedy is a good thing. That means he'll want to spend less and help us get out of this debt. Gamefreak36 <cite>JBaLLEN66 posted [p:893120507] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote>Because Americans foam out of that map when you bring up the truth.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darkman124 12/30/17 11:32:57 AM #11:	Annihilated posted... Darkman124 posted... ArchiePeck posted... Go to night school can be tough when you have children Then don't have children. can be tough when your state makes abortion very difficult and the only birth control education "don't have sex" can also be tough when you have children as part of a plan with a spouse who will support you, then they bail on you and your child support is minimal in general is tough when that message comes after the fact --- And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not. <cite>Darkman124 posted [p:893120532] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote><cite>Annihilated posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Darkman124 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ArchiePeck posted...</cite> <quote>Go to night school </quote> can be tough when you have children</quote> Then don't have children.</quote> can be tough when your state makes abortion very difficult and the only birth control education "don't have sex" can also be tough when you have children as part of a plan with a spouse who will support you, then they bail on you and your child support is minimal in general is tough when that message comes after the fact</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
REMercsChamp 12/30/17 11:33:32 AM #12:	Annihilated posted... Darkman124 posted... ArchiePeck posted... Go to night school can be tough when you have children Then don't have children. And don't have sex either, right? And you're 30+ years old and can't even talk to a girl. You'd turn these people into r/incels to propagate your bootstraps rhetoric --- https://i.imgur.com/lwkIVOb.png <cite>REMercsChamp posted [p:893120554] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote><cite>Annihilated posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Darkman124 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ArchiePeck posted...</cite> <quote>Go to night school </quote> can be tough when you have children</quote> Then don't have children.</quote> And don't have sex either, right? And you're 30+ years old and can't even talk to a girl. You'd turn these people into r/incels to propagate your bootstraps rhetoric</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LordMarshal 12/30/17 11:33:58 AM #13:	Just blame parents..... --- There can be only one. <cite>LordMarshal posted [p:893120574] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote>Just blame parents.....</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darkman124 12/30/17 11:35:04 AM #14:	REMercsChamp posted... And don't have sex either, right? And you're 30+ years old and can't even talk to a girl. You'd turn these people into r/incels to propagate your bootstraps rhetoric i sometimes think the people parroting anti-worker rhetoric, aside from rank hypocrites, are incels themselves eager to re-establish a social hierarchy where their adequate income but inadequate social skills doesn't land them at the bottom of the totem pole --- And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not. <cite>Darkman124 posted [p:893120625] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote><cite>REMercsChamp posted...</cite> <quote>And don't have sex either, right? And you're 30+ years old and can't even talk to a girl. You'd turn these people into r/incels to propagate your bootstraps rhetoric </quote> i sometimes think the people parroting anti-worker rhetoric, aside from rank hypocrites, are incels themselves eager to re-establish a social hierarchy where their adequate income but inadequate social skills doesn't land them at the bottom of the totem pole</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ArchiePeck 12/30/17 11:35:24 AM #15:	I'm assuming TC is either a troll or a bitter grown man that still lives with his parents? <cite>ArchiePeck posted [p:893120637] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote>I'm assuming TC is either a troll or a bitter grown man that still lives with his parents?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AsucaHayashi 12/30/17 11:36:30 AM #16:	because working hard doesn't mean working hard. the fine print literally reads: get an education that's in demand get connections always expand your resume don't commit to a family until you're stabilized in your career and some others i'm probably forgetting. --- http://abload.de/img/pcgamingxtuvt.jpg http://i.imgur.com/9Yv0R2Z.jpg <cite>AsucaHayashi posted [p:893120681] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote>because working hard doesn't mean working hard. the fine print literally reads: get an education that's in demand get connections always expand your resume don't commit to a family until you're stabilized in your career and some others i'm probably forgetting.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fishy 12/30/17 11:37:28 AM #17:	Why does this argument always turn into "well I deserve kids even if I can't afford to feed them! it's not my fault if I literally don't understand what sex is despite having it!" --- ~Dr. FishyStick\| Welcome Back. http://i.imgur.com/z50xS2H.jpg <cite>Fishy posted [p:893120722] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote>Why does this argument always turn into "well I deserve kids even if I can't afford to feed them! it's not my fault if I literally don't understand what sex is despite having it!"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darkman124 12/30/17 11:37:58 AM #18:	AsucaHayashi posted... because working hard doesn't mean working hard. the fine print literally reads: get an education that's in demand get connections always expand your resume don't commit to a family until you're stabilized in your career and some others i'm probably forgetting. yep i dont work hard --- And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not. <cite>Darkman124 posted [p:893120742] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote><cite>AsucaHayashi posted...</cite> <quote>because working hard doesn't mean working hard. the fine print literally reads: get an education that's in demand get connections always expand your resume don't commit to a family until you're stabilized in your career and some others i'm probably forgetting.</quote> yep i dont work hard</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
REMercsChamp 12/30/17 11:38:28 AM #19:	Darkman124 posted... i sometimes think the people parroting anti-worker rhetoric, aside from rank hypocrites, are incels themselves eager to re-establish a social hierarchy where their adequate income but inadequate social skills doesn't land them at the bottom of the totem pole Fishy posted... Why does this argument always turn into "well I deserve kids even if I can't afford to feed them! it's not my fault if I literally don't understand what sex is despite having it!" Sounds like you hit the nail on the head --- https://i.imgur.com/lwkIVOb.png <cite>REMercsChamp posted [p:893120770] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote><cite>Darkman124 posted...</cite> <quote> i sometimes think the people parroting anti-worker rhetoric, aside from rank hypocrites, are incels themselves eager to re-establish a social hierarchy where their adequate income but inadequate social skills doesn't land them at the bottom of the totem pole</quote> <cite>Fishy posted...</cite> <quote>Why does this argument always turn into "well I deserve kids even if I can't afford to feed them! it's not my fault if I literally don't understand what sex is despite having it!"</quote> Sounds like you hit the nail on the head</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Annihilated 12/30/17 11:39:58 AM #20:	Darkman124 posted... Annihilated posted... Darkman124 posted... ArchiePeck posted... Go to night school can be tough when you have children Then don't have children. can be tough when your state makes abortion very difficult and the only birth control education "don't have sex" can also be tough when you have children as part of a plan with a spouse who will support you, then they bail on you and your child support is minimal in general is tough when that message comes after the fact History shows that the most effective form of birth control is making people pay for their own kids. That's why lack of access to abortion and birth control is so apocalyptic that birth rates to unwed mothers plummeted after the 1970s. Oh wait, no, the opposite of that. https://goo.gl/6uRYbm <cite>Annihilated posted [p:893120832] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote><cite>Darkman124 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Annihilated posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Darkman124 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ArchiePeck posted...</cite> <quote>Go to night school </quote> can be tough when you have children</quote> Then don't have children.</quote> can be tough when your state makes abortion very difficult and the only birth control education "don't have sex" can also be tough when you have children as part of a plan with a spouse who will support you, then they bail on you and your child support is minimal in general is tough when that message comes after the fact</quote> History shows that the most effective form of birth control is making people pay for their own kids. That's why lack of access to abortion and birth control is so apocalyptic that birth rates to unwed mothers plummeted after the 1970s. Oh wait, no, the opposite of that. https://goo.gl/6uRYbm</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ExtremeLuchador 12/30/17 11:40:42 AM #21:	I love people who say "go into a trade." During the great recession my mechanic cousin and electrician cousin spent a lot of time unemployed. Both are over age 40. Both are working now but for less than they were ten years ago. --- "It was horrible," guard Jeff McInnis said. "I took 100 naps and we were still in the air." <cite>ExtremeLuchador posted [p:893120860] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote>I love people who say "go into a trade." During the great recession my mechanic cousin and electrician cousin spent a lot of time unemployed. Both are over age 40. Both are working now but for less than they were ten years ago.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CaptainCrunch 12/30/17 11:41:58 AM #22:	REMercsChamp posted... feed their 4 kids. Why the fuck would you have 4 kids if the best job you had paid minimum wage? I understand making a mistake with kid 1, but kids 2, 3, and 4 leave me scratching my head. The fuck are you doing <cite>CaptainCrunch posted [p:893120914] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote><cite>REMercsChamp posted...</cite> <quote>feed their 4 kids.</quote> Why the fuck would you have 4 kids if the best job you had paid minimum wage? I understand making a mistake with kid 1, but kids 2, 3, and 4 leave me scratching my head. The fuck are you doing</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fishy 12/30/17 11:43:22 AM #23:	REMercsChamp posted... Sounds like you hit the nail on the head who are you even agreeing with here --- ~Dr. FishyStick\| Welcome Back. http://i.imgur.com/z50xS2H.jpg <cite>Fishy posted [p:893120973] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote><cite>REMercsChamp posted...</cite> <quote>Sounds like you hit the nail on the head</quote> who are you even agreeing with here</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
REMercsChamp 12/30/17 11:43:47 AM #24:	Fishy posted... REMercsChamp posted... Sounds like you hit the nail on the head who are you even agreeing with here Not you, you incel --- https://i.imgur.com/lwkIVOb.png <cite>REMercsChamp posted [p:893120989] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote><cite>Fishy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>REMercsChamp posted...</cite> <quote>Sounds like you hit the nail on the head</quote> who are you even agreeing with here</quote> Not you, you incel</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
REMercsChamp 12/30/17 11:44:30 AM #25:	CaptainCrunch posted... REMercsChamp posted... feed their 4 kids. Why the fuck would you have 4 kids if the best job you had paid minimum wage? I understand making a mistake with kid 1, but kids 2, 3, and 4 leave me scratching my head. The fuck are you doing Shut the fuck up dude --- https://i.imgur.com/lwkIVOb.png <cite>REMercsChamp posted [p:893121021] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote><cite>CaptainCrunch posted...</cite> <quote><cite>REMercsChamp posted...</cite> <quote>feed their 4 kids.</quote> Why the fuck would you have 4 kids if the best job you had paid minimum wage? I understand making a mistake with kid 1, but kids 2, 3, and 4 leave me scratching my head. The fuck are you doing</quote> Shut the fuck up dude</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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CaptainCrunch 12/30/17 11:45:55 AM #27:	REMercsChamp posted... CaptainCrunch posted... REMercsChamp posted... feed their 4 kids. Why the fuck would you have 4 kids if the best job you had paid minimum wage? I understand making a mistake with kid 1, but kids 2, 3, and 4 leave me scratching my head. The fuck are you doing Shut the fuck up dude I wasn't even gonna respond further in this topic until you made that post. No. <cite>CaptainCrunch posted [p:893121079] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote><cite>REMercsChamp posted...</cite> <quote><cite>CaptainCrunch posted...</cite> <quote><cite>REMercsChamp posted...</cite> <quote>feed their 4 kids.</quote> Why the fuck would you have 4 kids if the best job you had paid minimum wage? I understand making a mistake with kid 1, but kids 2, 3, and 4 leave me scratching my head. The fuck are you doing</quote> Shut the fuck up dude</quote> I wasn't even gonna respond further in this topic until you made that post. No.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
knuxnole 12/30/17 11:46:03 AM #28:	REMercsChamp posted... You're telling this to people who are working 17 hours a day at 3 different minimum wage jobs just to pull $35k a year to feed their 4 kids. But, bootstraps, right? They should have gotten better jobs, instead of being knocked up. Ghetto people these days.. --- 3DS FC: 4554-0309-4782 <cite>knuxnole posted [p:893121085] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote><cite>REMercsChamp posted...</cite> <quote>You're telling this to people who are working 17 hours a day at 3 different minimum wage jobs just to pull $35k a year to feed their 4 kids. But, bootstraps, right?</quote> They should have gotten better jobs, instead of being knocked up. Ghetto people these days..</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fishy 12/30/17 11:46:54 AM #29:	REMercsChamp posted... Not you, you incel lmao whatever makes you feel good friend. am I an "incel" (just call me a virgin instead of this passive-aggressive reddit bullshit) just because I'm smart enough to have sex and not have kids? --- ~Dr. FishyStick\| Welcome Back. http://i.imgur.com/z50xS2H.jpg <cite>Fishy posted [p:893121129] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote><cite>REMercsChamp posted...</cite> <quote>Not you, you incel</quote> lmao whatever makes you feel good friend. am I an "incel" (just call me a virgin instead of this passive-aggressive reddit bullshit) just because I'm smart enough to have sex and not have kids?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
averagejoel 12/30/17 11:47:19 AM #30:	Annihilated posted... Darkman124 posted... ArchiePeck posted... Go to night school can be tough when you have children Then don't have children. you're proposing individual solutions to societal problems. it's extremely unhelpful --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:893121148] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote><cite>Annihilated posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Darkman124 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ArchiePeck posted...</cite> <quote>Go to night school </quote> can be tough when you have children</quote> Then don't have children.</quote> you're proposing individual solutions to societal problems. it's extremely unhelpful</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darkman124 12/30/17 11:47:43 AM #31:	Annihilated posted... History shows that the most effective form of birth control is making people pay for their own kids. That's why lack of access to abortion and birth control is so apocalyptic that birth rates to unwed mothers plummeted after the 1970s. Oh wait, no, the opposite of that. a lot of data coming out of individual states is showing that making long term BC like the injection free dramatically reduced teen birth rates; meanwhile the states with the worst education policies relating to human sexuality have the highest teen birth rates i'll link you if you care but more importantly you can't just throw that data out there without considering the context the sexual revolution happened and perfectly coincides with the upward thrust (giggity) unless you're saying it shouldnt have in which case Darkman124 posted... i sometimes think the people parroting anti-worker rhetoric, aside from rank hypocrites, are incels themselves eager to re-establish a social hierarchy where their adequate income but inadequate social skills doesn't land them at the bottom of the totem pole --- And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not. <cite>Darkman124 posted [p:893121174] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote><cite>Annihilated posted...</cite> <quote>History shows that the most effective form of birth control is making people pay for their own kids. That's why lack of access to abortion and birth control is so apocalyptic that birth rates to unwed mothers plummeted after the 1970s. Oh wait, no, the opposite of that. </quote> a lot of data coming out of individual states is showing that making long term BC like the injection free dramatically reduced teen birth rates; meanwhile the states with the worst education policies relating to human sexuality have the highest teen birth rates i'll link you if you care but more importantly you can't just throw that data out there without considering the context the sexual revolution happened and perfectly coincides with the upward thrust (giggity) unless you're saying it shouldnt have in which case <cite>Darkman124 posted...</cite> <quote> i sometimes think the people parroting anti-worker rhetoric, aside from rank hypocrites, are incels themselves eager to re-establish a social hierarchy where their adequate income but inadequate social skills doesn't land them at the bottom of the totem pole</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darkman124 12/30/17 11:48:36 AM #32:	ScazarMeltex posted... r4X0r posted... ArchiePeck posted... Well, obviously you need to work to some sort of plan of progression as well as working hard. Struggling to progress further in your current job? Go to night school and get more qualifications, etc. Many people just settle for failure rather than put in that sort of effort. It's easier to bitch and moan and demand freebies and a higher minimum wage than it is to actually work hard and succeed. An 18 year old who graduates and joins a trade, with some hard work and some skill, will be living comfortably by his mid 20s. Until republicans come bust his union. Then he ends up working for half what he did before. most tradesmen don't work in unions --- And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not. <cite>Darkman124 posted [p:893121207] in Why do con... [t:76151297]...</cite> <quote><cite>ScazarMeltex posted...</cite> <quote><cite>r4X0r posted...</cite> <quote><cite>ArchiePeck posted...</cite> <quote>Well, obviously you need to work to some sort of plan of progression as well as working hard. Struggling to progress further in your current job? Go to night school and get more qualifications, etc. Many people just settle for failure rather than put in that sort of effort.</quote> It's easier to bitch and moan and demand freebies and a higher minimum wage than it is to actually work hard and succeed. An 18 year old who graduates and joins a trade, with some hard work and some skill, will be living comfortably by his mid 20s.</quote> Until republicans come bust his union. Then he ends up working for half what he did before.</quote> most tradesmen don't work in unions</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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