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24% of laid off Gen Xers can't find a new job

https://fortune.com/article/baby-boomers-gen-xers-laid-off-s...
Spectacular slippery institution
  07/06/26
I thought this was one of those AI-generated clickbaits, but...
beady-eyed boiling water
  07/06/26
It seemed like the vibe pre-ITE was that a Normal Bro could ...
Purple 180 Travel Guidebook
  07/06/26
That was precisely it. Their TV growing up was all blue coll...
beady-eyed boiling water
  07/06/26
...
Azure philosopher-king liquid oxygen
  07/07/26
Otoh Gen Xers were very familiar with Latinos and their cult...
Thriller Cuckold Stage
  07/07/26
...
sooty bipolar place of business
  07/07/26
is it a striver culture? i feel like Gen Z are all borderlin...
Charcoal Vengeful Round Eye Theater Stage
  07/07/26
huh, i look out my window and see a lawn that could be mowed...
dark histrionic roommate
  07/06/26
Food trucks are money printers
beady-eyed boiling water
  07/06/26
With the way they aren't generally price competitive with si...
Rambunctious stimulating gaping cumskin
  07/06/26
kike fag ljl
nighttime hospital
  07/06/26
Gen X is lazy as shit
chartreuse embarrassed to the bone shitlib abode
  07/06/26
Proof that, even though I'm part of the inaugural millennial...
Rambunctious stimulating gaping cumskin
  07/06/26
not as lazy at entitled millenials who want to blog their da...
racy temple
  07/06/26
that's largely late millennials/Gen Z. early to mid millenn...
chartreuse embarrassed to the bone shitlib abode
  07/06/26
"having managers manage them" is exactly the menta...
Rambunctious stimulating gaping cumskin
  07/06/26
what age were you a "director"
chocolate alpha point
  07/06/26
That's the board. I said c suite. Are you genX, by any chan...
Rambunctious stimulating gaping cumskin
  07/06/26
As a Gen-Xer I can confirm. I am so fucking lazy.
Blathering alcoholic ape
  07/06/26
This is just because they’re old
Aphrodisiac Cream Parlour
  07/06/26
In other words despite historically low unemployment, 75% of...
doobsian avocado giraffe
  07/06/26
Despite?
Purple 180 Travel Guidebook
  07/06/26
yes. Even though only a few people are event getting laid of...
doobsian avocado giraffe
  07/06/26
So not “despite.” You aren’t spiting anyth...
Purple 180 Travel Guidebook
  07/06/26
he seems extremely and delusionally invested in the point he...
nighttime hospital
  07/06/26
I don’t think that would be despite low employment - i...
Aphrodisiac Cream Parlour
  07/06/26
Isn’t he that guy who collects Knives lmao
Purple 180 Travel Guidebook
  07/06/26
It would and it was actually the correct usage of “des...
doobsian avocado giraffe
  07/06/26
what was your Major
Purple 180 Travel Guidebook
  07/06/26
i don't even remember to be honest.
doobsian avocado giraffe
  07/07/26
wow. 11% took a pay cut to work. Thats CRAZY
hyperactive volcanic crater headpube
  07/07/26
I have taken pay cuts twice in my career. It's something tha...
rusted big french chef
  07/07/26
I am making less, inflation adjusted, than I did in 2015.
hyperactive volcanic crater headpube
  07/07/26
Yeah, I know that happens too. I told my wife that on an inf...
rusted big french chef
  07/07/26
sad part is i am still top 10%, but LOL only the top 1-3% ar...
hyperactive volcanic crater headpube
  07/07/26
Trump 45 Incomes were immense in hindsight but that was the ...
Purple 180 Travel Guidebook
  07/07/26
I was referring to my Obama comp
hyperactive volcanic crater headpube
  07/07/26
Trump won the gen retroactively
Purple 180 Travel Guidebook
  07/07/26
Right?? That's what jumped out at me. Imagine taking a paycu...
sepia massive resort son of senegal
  07/07/26
96% of these fags have never seen a pay decrease (the 11% we...
hyperactive volcanic crater headpube
  07/07/26
don't forget that many Gen Xers still have student loan bala...
Zombie-like Trust Fund
  07/07/26
They have the HIGHEST balance of any gen! How does that make...
Purple 180 Travel Guidebook
  07/07/26
Oh I get it. Surely by now they have millions in their brok...
Dull property gaming laptop
  07/07/26
I know a couple people, all in tech/programming, who had goo...
wonderful hairless people who are hurt chad
  07/07/26
shouldnt these people have 10 million+ invested by now? they...
Charcoal Vengeful Round Eye Theater Stage
  07/07/26
These are Doodikoffs friends though
razzle-dazzle old irish cottage juggernaut
  07/07/26
true
Charcoal Vengeful Round Eye Theater Stage
  07/07/26
...
wonderful hairless people who are hurt chad
  07/08/26
There are a gazillion temp jobs for tech bros paying $400 a ...
mischievous site dragon
  07/07/26
A house maid makes $200 a day in cash and works 3-4 hours a ...
mischievous site dragon
  07/07/26
getting a job has never been easier
Carnelian laughsome church
  07/07/26
what about a job that doesn't involve sex with men?
beady-eyed boiling water
  07/07/26


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Date: July 6th, 2026 10:24 AM
Author: Spectacular slippery institution

https://fortune.com/article/baby-boomers-gen-xers-laid-off-still-unemployed-take-pay-cuts-to-work/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49981395)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:26 AM
Author: beady-eyed boiling water

I thought this was one of those AI-generated clickbaits, but it's a quality media brand clickbait instead.

The generational problem with Gen X is that America turned into an Asian striver culture while they were in their late 20s and 30s, when it was too late for them to Asian-ify their resumes and educational histories.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49981496)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 1:57 PM
Author: Purple 180 Travel Guidebook

It seemed like the vibe pre-ITE was that a Normal Bro could just be Normal and not fall into peril. Like the long tail of institutional boomerism. There were people on the internet who argued that your major in college “doesn’t matter,” in earnest. I can’t even imagine that world now. Now it seems like you’re shut out of society if you don’t ace OCI.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49981780)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 7:00 PM
Author: beady-eyed boiling water

That was precisely it. Their TV growing up was all blue collar types, or non-STEM white collars, with houses and families. Only two races: black and white. Anyone else was portrayed as a weird mysterious old man. If the economy got bad you might get laid off and have to live off of unemployment for an unpleasant 6-8 weeks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49982422)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 10:10 AM
Author: Azure philosopher-king liquid oxygen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49983669)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 3:38 PM
Author: Thriller Cuckold Stage

Otoh Gen Xers were very familiar with Latinos and their culture through the various portrayals they viewed in Looney Tunes cartoons. Specifically Speedy Gonzalez and when Bugs Bunny would dress up as Chiquita Banana. Boomers censored all the Bugs nips the Nips content from the 40s, unfortunately or they might’ve been more knowledgeable about Asians.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49984298)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 10:36 PM
Author: sooty bipolar place of business



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49985315)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:38 PM
Author: Charcoal Vengeful Round Eye Theater Stage

is it a striver culture? i feel like Gen Z are all borderline retarded and lazy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49984191)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: dark histrionic roommate

huh, i look out my window and see a lawn that could be mowed, an apartment complex that could be tidied up, and a taco truck that could use some competition

work is easy to find unless you don't want to work

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49981516)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:49 AM
Author: beady-eyed boiling water

Food trucks are money printers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49981537)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: Rambunctious stimulating gaping cumskin

With the way they aren't generally price competitive with sit down establishments, they'd better be

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49981538)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 5:14 PM
Author: nighttime hospital

kike fag ljl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49982173)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:47 AM
Author: chartreuse embarrassed to the bone shitlib abode

Gen X is lazy as shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49981531)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:49 AM
Author: Rambunctious stimulating gaping cumskin

Proof that, even though I'm part of the inaugural millennial group, my soul is forever with genX. My non-faggy upbringing is also a million times closer to genX than later millennial cohorts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49981536)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: racy temple

not as lazy at entitled millenials who want to blog their daily life for a living, and travel the world defiling landmarks and disrespecting cultures for clicks. the concept of a 9-5 job, sitting in an office, having a 'manager' manage you does not register with them, its not real and its not a good work-life balance, like, ok? Please dont forget to subscribe.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49981542)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:58 AM
Author: chartreuse embarrassed to the bone shitlib abode

that's largely late millennials/Gen Z. early to mid millennials bullied weak Gen Xers out of the way

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49981559)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 1:49 PM
Author: Rambunctious stimulating gaping cumskin

"having managers manage them" is exactly the mentality that underscores genX loserdom. Even though my soul was with genX, I backed into the c suite before 40

But now I'm looking at a non c level gig that is largely autonomous and auto pilot level of difficulty for me. So maybe my squishy gen allocation properties is letting loserdom catch up and grab me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49981759)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 6:10 PM
Author: chocolate alpha point

what age were you a "director"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49982275)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 7:14 PM
Author: Rambunctious stimulating gaping cumskin

That's the board. I said c suite. Are you genX, by any chance?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49982447)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 6:12 PM
Author: Blathering alcoholic ape

As a Gen-Xer I can confirm. I am so fucking lazy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49982281)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 12:04 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac Cream Parlour

This is just because they’re old

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49981569)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 1:51 PM
Author: doobsian avocado giraffe

In other words despite historically low unemployment, 75% of the people who've lost their jobs were able to find suitable replacement employment.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49981762)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 1:53 PM
Author: Purple 180 Travel Guidebook

Despite?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49981769)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 1:54 PM
Author: doobsian avocado giraffe

yes. Even though only a few people are event getting laid off, almost all of them are able to find new jobs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49981774)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 1:57 PM
Author: Purple 180 Travel Guidebook

So not “despite.” You aren’t spiting anything. You’re just saying “economy is good atm.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49981781)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 5:16 PM
Author: nighttime hospital

he seems extremely and delusionally invested in the point he's making but i dont get what it is

i think he hates gen x

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49982176)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 5:33 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac Cream Parlour

I don’t think that would be despite low employment - it is an effect of low employment. Unless you were being sarcastic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49982204)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 7:39 PM
Author: Purple 180 Travel Guidebook

Isn’t he that guy who collects Knives lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49982520)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 7:55 PM
Author: doobsian avocado giraffe

It would and it was actually the correct usage of “despite”.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49982562)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 8:07 PM
Author: Purple 180 Travel Guidebook

what was your Major

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49982592)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 8:28 AM
Author: doobsian avocado giraffe

i don't even remember to be honest.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49983536)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 9:48 AM
Author: hyperactive volcanic crater headpube

wow. 11% took a pay cut to work. Thats CRAZY

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49983631)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 9:52 AM
Author: rusted big french chef

I have taken pay cuts twice in my career. It's something that happens. You just keep on rolling. Overall it's better to accept something at a pay cut than to be unemployed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49983639)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 9:53 AM
Author: hyperactive volcanic crater headpube

I am making less, inflation adjusted, than I did in 2015.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49983642)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 9:56 AM
Author: rusted big french chef

Yeah, I know that happens too. I told my wife that on an inflation-adjusted basis she's about 8% behind her historical average salary and she didn't believe me, but it's true. Wages have generally gone down in the last 20 years. Some people choose to ignore this fact, but it's real. Rich people have gotten way, way richer and real wages have fallen.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49983648)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 10:09 AM
Author: hyperactive volcanic crater headpube

sad part is i am still top 10%, but LOL only the top 1-3% are actually better off now... and yet Americans keep voting for the same Jewish controlled parties, no healthcare, PE owned homes, lol. just lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49983664)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 10:43 AM
Author: Purple 180 Travel Guidebook

Trump 45 Incomes were immense in hindsight but that was the kill shot to affordable housing I guess. He was too populist to allow ITE2 to unfold.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49983713)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:21 PM
Author: hyperactive volcanic crater headpube

I was referring to my Obama comp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49984168)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 6:11 PM
Author: Purple 180 Travel Guidebook

Trump won the gen retroactively

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49984700)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:54 PM
Author: sepia massive resort son of senegal

Right?? That's what jumped out at me. Imagine taking a paycut after a layoff! Better to just live home with mommy.

Not to "i walked uphill both ways in a snowstorm" this conversation, but I remember biglaw--> unemployment--> applying and getting REJECTED for doc review gigs that were minimum wage and free lunch. And i would have taken that job for the fucking work experience.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49984220)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: hyperactive volcanic crater headpube

96% of these fags have never seen a pay decrease (the 11% were only those who were fired). Basically every year MOAR MONEY. No wonder they are ok leveraging the future (other people's future) for their NOW

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49985063)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 9:52 AM
Author: Zombie-like Trust Fund

don't forget that many Gen Xers still have student loan balances

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49983640)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 10:42 AM
Author: Purple 180 Travel Guidebook

They have the HIGHEST balance of any gen! How does that make any sense? Gen X had lower college attendance and therefore grads should be less dumb on average…. It should be a stratified cohort of less-dumb Xers….. somewhat…. Relatively…

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49983712)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 10:44 AM
Author: Dull property gaming laptop

Oh I get it. Surely by now they have millions in their brokerage accounts, they're just hitting the FIRE parachute

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49983714)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:50 PM
Author: wonderful hairless people who are hurt chad

I know a couple people, all in tech/programming, who had good jobs for decades and some have been unemployed for over a year. mostly they won't accept pay cuts, but man it seems brutal

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49984213)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:58 PM
Author: Charcoal Vengeful Round Eye Theater Stage

shouldnt these people have 10 million+ invested by now? they were in tech

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49984228)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 3:03 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle old irish cottage juggernaut

These are Doodikoffs friends though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49984233)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 3:06 PM
Author: Charcoal Vengeful Round Eye Theater Stage

true

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49984240)



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Date: July 8th, 2026 12:10 AM
Author: wonderful hairless people who are hurt chad



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49985490)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 3:01 PM
Author: mischievous site dragon

There are a gazillion temp jobs for tech bros paying $400 a day. They can work at will remotely on short projects unless they cant actually code and were just project manager types. Those guys are fucked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49984232)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:59 PM
Author: mischievous site dragon

A house maid makes $200 a day in cash and works 3-4 hours a day. She pays nothing in taxes. Her effective hourly rate is $60. This country is so insanely rich that literal spic garbage that cant read or write makes $60 an hour cleaning toilets. Nobody who wants to work is unemployed in a country like this. The 60 year old boomer scumbag who replaced the boiler is my house billed $12k for an afternoon of work. Materials set him back maybe $4500. He pocketed $7k. I dont feel bad for any of these people.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49984230)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 3:43 PM
Author: Carnelian laughsome church

getting a job has never been easier

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49984310)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 6:15 PM
Author: beady-eyed boiling water

what about a job that doesn't involve sex with men?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2...id.#49984721)