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Tell me you're poor without telling me your income

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    I'll start: you live in a rich country and your BMI is > 30

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    I can't afford next month's rent because I don't have a roommate. And I don't have a roommate because she decided to use me nonstop for months. And I can't find another roommate because this place sucks. And I hate my life and I want to die and I want to drink.

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      When I really want to treat myself I get fast food.

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      I mean, here in Canada, shit is insane. The fact that it's like $20 for a burger and fries at a drink at A&W is off the wall. Also now I really want A&W.

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      • evkob@lemmy.caE [email protected]

        Are there any grad schools which aren't associated with a college/university?

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        That doesn't determine the clear distinction between graduate school and undergraduate school.

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          It's a silly distinction. If you are "going to college/university," you could be going for any number of degree programs, from a Bachelor's Degree, to an Associates Degree, to a Master's Degree, or whatever. The degree program is irrelevant. If you are going to school, and it is a college or university, you are going to college/university.

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          No. "Going to college" implies an undergraduate degree.

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          • H [email protected]

            I'll start: you live in a rich country and your BMI is > 30

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            I watched Christopher Nolan movies on my phone's 720p LCD display.

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            • stamets@lemmy.worldS [email protected]

              I mean, here in Canada, shit is insane. The fact that it's like $20 for a burger and fries at a drink at A&W is off the wall. Also now I really want A&W.

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              Subway is probably my favourite. A veggie footlong is 10 CAD or so. Adding a nice desert, I manage to feed a couple people there for $25 with coupons.

              Lunch deals at certain hole-in-the-wall places are on a similar tier. Eating out can get twice or even four times as expensive as that if you're not paying attention - which I know from dining with people who aren't poor.

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                I'll start: you live in a rich country and your BMI is > 30

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                Recipe for spaghetti:

                1. Spaghetti

                2. Hot dogs

                3. Ketchup

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                • extremedullard@piefed.socialE [email protected]

                  Well, not quite. I was more thinking of love, compassion, a loving family, a job I like... that sort of things 🙂

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                  Random update...

                  You wanna know what someone threw away today?

                  Out at our city park, someone threw away an emergency scissor jack for their car, perfectly functional no less.

                  Like, why do people throw perfectly good things away like that?

                  Yes, I added it to our vehicle trunk, along with our already two scissor jacks, now three.

                  Why are people that wasteful???

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                  • zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zoneZ [email protected]

                    That could just mean you were born this century

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                    Fair point.

                    I’m over 50

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                    • H [email protected]

                      I'll start: you live in a rich country and your BMI is > 30

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                      My grandmother was a millionaire and hecking obese.

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                        That doesn't determine the clear distinction between graduate school and undergraduate school.

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                        distinction between graduate school and undergraduate school

                        Yeah but you're implying there's a distinction between universities and post-grad, not undergrad and post-grad.

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                        • stamets@lemmy.worldS [email protected]

                          I can't afford next month's rent because I don't have a roommate. And I don't have a roommate because she decided to use me nonstop for months. And I can't find another roommate because this place sucks. And I hate my life and I want to die and I want to drink.

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                          I feel you. Hang in there, try finding support, weather with people you know or through non profits or government agencies.

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                          • snotflickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneS [email protected]

                            I have cancer and medications are $18k a month without insurance. They are covered under Medicaid, but I have to be underneath Medicaid income limits to continue to get Medicaid, which by definition means I need to stay in poverty to have the cost of these meds actually covered.

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                            American?

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                            • goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zoneG [email protected]

                              American?

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                              I mean, pretty obvious, sadly.

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