Today, after working for over ten years at a dead-end factory line, I told my friends I was going to take some business courses and land myself a real job. All they've done since is laugh, mock me, and say that if Clinton couldn't fix the economy, I have no chance. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, while struggling to find a job that will accommodate my disabilities, an acquaintance ranted at me about how nobody wants to work hard, and they have to earn what they get. This chucklefuck works for his father, will inherit a multi-million dollar business, and bought his house from his aunt. FML
Today, I'm in a US college. I could've gone into a trade or internship, but no one listened. Now, while my parents brag to their friends that their child has a degree, I'll probably be spending the rest of life in crippling debt, sleeping on the side of the road, and begging strangers for table scraps. FML
Today, I am jobless after graduation. Ironic, since when I started college with my education degree, I was congratulated, told of the teacher shortage in my state, and how quickly I would be able to find a job. Three years in, the economy tanks, and the state issues a teacher hiring freeze. FML
Today, I found out that my friend makes more money than I do. She's a high school dropout and working at a retail job at the mall. I went to college for four years to get my job. FML
Today, as I rung up a customer's groceries, he gave me a pitying look and said I'd have a "real job" if I'd only studied harder. FML
Today, after spending last year putting in hard work, which paid off and I got my dream job, due to my own mismanagement of stress my dream job is gone and life is back at square one. Now everyone's predictions of me being a waste of space are true and I have to reinvent my life. Starting over at 38 after already starting over at 36. I can't anymore. FML
Today, I got offered an interview for a great job. My father then spent the entire dinner telling me how pointless it was, and how I should apply to the factory next door because I would spend all the extra money on gas. FML
Today, my husband told his parents that he was quitting his job so that he could focus on school. They asked him what he was going to do for money. When I told them that I'd be the one working, they took one look at me and burst into laughter. FML
Today, after several long years, a lot of debt, and two great degrees from a top university, I had to move back in with my parents, because no matter where I look, I can't find a job. FML
Today, my dad called me a "worthless human being", and told me that I'm "better off committing crimes and living life in a prison cell", all because I haven't gotten into the industry I studied for right out of college. I'm currently at a temp job doing accounting. FML
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coltsrock37 15
Except that when Clinton was president, the economy was at one of it's best points in the nation's history.
may651 14
Poor Op. I would be a better friend than them. YOU CAN DO IT!!
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Comments (126)
awesomelikethat 0
"Be the change you want to be" or something like that. A quote by Gandhi.
Meowingtons500 18
"Be the change you want to see in the world." I do believe that's how it goes. Your welcome. :)
cheefer 0
You're*. It's like people say to themselves, "I don't think google will have the answer to this...".
Meowingtons500 18
Sorry, I always mess up with the your and you're. I'm getting better but I still have the odd screw ups. :( It's ok, I'm still learning.
cheefer 0
Your honesty is appreciated. Now I feel like garbage.
maddieking 2
That was one of the most honest and oddly polite conversations I've seen on here ever
Meowingtons500 18
Thank you! I'm not stupid, just not a grammar genius. And I can take criticism as long as it's not attacking or mean. I can be quite the nice lil gaffer when people are polite. :)
FYLDeep 26
You might be able to fix a hole in a canoe, but when your country is as big as the Titanic and it's just crashed into a giant iceberg, you're ******.
ladiesman219 4
Prove em wrong then laugh in their face!!
upyourzlolz 11
Well, even if Clinton doesn't, "Obama cares".
upyourzlolz 11
The consequence of a bad pun. I am terribly sorry.
GEMINI06 0
Obama sucks !!!!!
upyourzlolz 11
The consequence of a bad pun. I am terribly sorry.
oh_your_god 15
Work hard and achieve your own goals. **** them if they can't support your choices. Also, they're probably just jealous and scared to try anything like that.
alexiiiis09 0
Prove them wrong! I believe in you! :D
alexiiiis09 0
Prove them wrong! I believe in you! :D
alexiiiis09 0
Oops sorry :( I posted this twice by accident. Which means.... Twice the encouragement! :)
RabidBunny 10
People will always doubt you when you are deep in your dreams...c'est la vie. However, why sit there and give them reason? Drown out their doubts, you will feel great satisfaction when you accomplish your goal! :D
meggiemooger 0
clinton did fix the economy. we actually had money in the bank before little bush took over.
perdix 31
And they won't let Obama fix it. If his party stood with him and let him lead, we'd be digging our way out of the shit right now. As it stands now, we'll get another Bush in 2012, and the top 5% will kick ass and the rest will plunge ino destitution.
pdp_fml 21
This is why the country is so messed up. Obama is flat sinking the country deeper and deeper into a tailspin that he wanted to create. By doing so, our country will become a European socialist state, and BTW, most of those countries are in an economic mess. Clinton tried to do this but the Congress stopped him.
Shrike 24
Wow, just wow. "European socialist state"? I'm surprised you ain't calling them all communists or something... you seem like that kind of batshit insane moron after all. The US economy is one of the weakest in the developed world as far as all your debt and shitty pay conditions go, and for someone who says he's 61 years old, you should know a lotttt better. Clinton boosted your economy more than anyone for a long long time. Imagine what he might've done if moronic partisans like you hadn't stopped him. And wow, you're one of those people who think every Democrat's a Satan-worshipping monster who hates America and wants to destroy it for fun, right? What with your insane "Obama is flat sinking the country deeper and deeper into a tailspin that he wanted to create" crap. Sorry for the rant, but you need to be committed to a mental asylum.
GETBIGR 4
Clinton was president during the Internet boom. Anybody would have done as well. It's funny he gets all the credit.
docscientist 10
71- we are a democratic, republic, socialist, free trade, capitalist nation. Pure government ideologies, even a democracy, don't work.
invivoful 10
Looking at the us treasury numbers, I'm pretty sure the money went back to the people to help the public debt decrease, as it should, and not in a bank. Definitely still better than now and earlier, but don't think we were swimming in tons and tons of money back then. I'm pretty sure this country will never fix itself T.T
DontClickOnMe 28
Aww don't listen to them. You can do anything you set your mind to! All you have to do is try.