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You know what? I wanna post a whole thread about this: Internet and Poverty
« on: June 14, 2009, 07:30:59 PM »
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JanMichael  (1000+ posts)      Sun Jun-14-09 07:44 PM
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You know what? I wanna post a whole thread about this: Internet and Poverty

 I am so ****ing beyond sick of the "if people are poor they should buy food and not waste money on the internet" dumbasses on this board


Sick to ****ing shit of it.

Let me make this as clear as freaking possible you morons that have never been truly poverty stricken in your entire freaking lives:

We live in a society where the ONLY way to get ahead, or even get by depends upon a person being able to be on the 'net. Got that? It's where people find information about jobs, and services, and places to live. Shelters.

If I see one more stupid mother****ing jackass sonofabitch dumb**** ask why poor people are on the internet one more ****ing time I am going to really blow a gasket.

AND... for the "public library" dumb mother****ers... wife is a librarian. There is limited time on the public computers. Take a flying leap. We are WELL aware of what is out there.
 

 :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:  Yeah, whatever.  I have been truly poverty stricken, and I can guarantee that you can get all the info you need without the 'net.   :tongue:


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OKNancy  (1000+ posts)        Sun Jun-14-09 07:52 PM
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There is a great tendency here to jump on the "judgment wagon"

Even if there were no job resources, or other things you mentioned, poor people have a right to be connected to friends and family and to have everything the 'net has to offer, even if it is entertainment.

And any poor person with school children MUST have the internet.
Because you just can't get all the info you need at a library, the way we did.   :lmao: :lmao:


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corpseratemedia  (339 posts)      Sun Jun-14-09 07:54 PM
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5. I'm with ya on this one
 besides, one month of basic service won't buy you but half a days worth of food, unless of course you buy poverty-crap-fried-corn-flakes-hydrogenated-breakfast/lunch/dinner-corn-oil-snack
So, ATT&T Basic Service is $20 a month...(plus the modem, plus the computer, plus the phone line...).  Still, $20 "won't buy you but half a days worth of food????"   :rotf: :rotf:  No WONDER you're poverty stricken.  I can flat guarantee that poverty stricken people can eat for a lot less than $40 a day.   :lmao: :lmao:
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Re: You know what? I wanna post a whole thread about this: Internet and Poverty
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2009, 07:33:53 PM »
Of course we so so many DUmmies getting ahead due to the net.


Once in a while, you actually have to get out of bed and apply for a job in person.

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Re: You know what? I wanna post a whole thread about this: Internet and Poverty
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2009, 07:37:58 PM »
Quote from: MrsSmith on June 14, 2009, 07:30:59 PM
:rotf: :rotf: :rotf:  Yeah, whatever.  I have been truly poverty stricken, and I can guarantee that you can get all the info you need without the 'net.   :tongue:

Because you just can't get all the info you need at a library, the way we did.   :lmao: :lmao:

So, ATT&T Basic Service is $20 a month...(plus the modem, plus the computer, plus the phone line...).  Still, $20 "won't buy you but half a days worth of food????"   :rotf: :rotf:  No WONDER you're poverty stricken.  I can flat guarantee that poverty stricken people can eat for a lot less than $40 a day.   :lmao: :lmao:

We spend less than $40.00 a week on groceries.  Sometimes a LOT less.  We eat good, too.
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Re: You know what? I wanna post a whole thread about this: Internet and Poverty
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2009, 08:12:29 PM »
Go **** yourself, JanMichael! :bird:

I will continue to ridicule you and your ilk as long as I damn well please.
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Re: You know what? I wanna post a whole thread about this: Internet and Poverty
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2009, 08:50:56 PM »
Never homeless but I do know what poverty is like and things like Internet would not have been doable.

These people wish to be "poor" for some sort of delusional political reason but they are not.

They are just liars.
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« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2009, 11:28:42 PM »
Look ya little cocksucker (no pun intended), I could feed my family for at least 2 days on 20 bucks! Obviously you have never been in that situation, or you wouldn't be talking out of your ass like this!

I'm over 50, and I have never, ever, retained a job off of the frikkin' internet!

Like I said, you're talkin' out your ass! DUmb****!
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Re: You know what? I wanna post a whole thread about this: Internet and Poverty
« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2009, 06:31:30 AM »
How in the world did I get my first job and paycheck without the "net". How in the world did I learn to drive a nail, use a shovel or drive a truck without the "net"? I didn't have the "net" for 50+ years......why didn't I starve to death in that length of time?.....lotta baby fat I guess. huh.
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Re: You know what? I wanna post a whole thread about this: Internet and Poverty
« Reply #7 on: June 15, 2009, 08:08:57 AM »
The internet is useful in looking for a job, but I'm pretty sure I found my current job in the newspaper's classified section.  I'll concede the the internet would probably be the last of my luxuries to go, but if I were truly in desperate straits, then I would be at the library if I wanted to be on the internet.  And yes, they have time slots that you sign up for, but if you are unemployed, then you could easily figure out when the library is least busy and go then.  My local library certainly doesn't mind if you take more than one time slot if nobody is waiting. 
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Re: You know what? I wanna post a whole thread about this: Internet and Poverty
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2009, 02:13:03 PM »
The best way to get a job is to actually get out of your parent's basement or section 8 housing and press the flesh.

You know that those $300,000/ year jobs that require a womyn's studies degrees don't grow on trees.
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Re: You know what? I wanna post a whole thread about this: Internet and Poverty
« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2009, 05:08:47 PM »
Heck, I could on $20 a week if I had to.

Heck, I am pretty poor right now. I am thinking of taking an online course with the University of Phoenix?

Anyone know anything about them?
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Re: You know what? I wanna post a whole thread about this: Internet and Poverty
« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2009, 04:11:19 AM »
Well, my husband found his job on Craigslist of all places. Still, the Internet is a luxury and it would've been one of the first things to go if we hadn't been able to afford it. You'd be amazed what "egg money" can provide. Of course, you have to be willing to work for it.

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Re: You know what? I wanna post a whole thread about this: Internet and Poverty
« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2009, 08:06:30 AM »
"Networking" is the best way to get a job. ....and not the "Networking" this f'n DUmbass thinks.

Damn, how in the hell did we survive as a country without the innerwebs? Listening to this moron it sounds as if the hubs were set up by the founders. It hasn't been around but about 2 decades and we did fine without it. It's a useful tool, but if you can't progress yourself without it, well, you're about a useless f--k.
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Re: You know what? I wanna post a whole thread about this: Internet and Poverty
« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2009, 10:31:00 AM »
Quote from: Ralph Wiggum on June 14, 2009, 08:12:29 PM
Go **** yourself, JanMichael! :bird:

I will continue to ridicule you and your ilk as long as I damn well please.

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Re: You know what? I wanna post a whole thread about this: Internet and Poverty
« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2009, 04:52:10 PM »
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You know what? I wanna post a whole thread about this: Internet and Poverty

 I am so ******* beyond sick of the "if people are poor they should buy food and not waste money on the internet" dumbasses on this board


Sick to ******* shit of it.

Let me make this as clear as freaking possible you morons that have never been truly poverty stricken in your entire freaking lives:

We live in a society where the ONLY way to get ahead, or even get by depends upon a person being able to be on the 'net. Got that? It's where people find information about jobs, and services, and places to live. Shelters.

Blah, blah, blah....

 :yawn:

The same individuals who make this claim are the same one's you see on TV that are smoking cigarettes, drinking beer, and their kids have PS2's and/or X-Box.  Apparently they can't do without those necessities either.

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Re: You know what? I wanna post a whole thread about this: Internet and Poverty
« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2009, 09:30:42 PM »
Quote from: Lord Undies on June 14, 2009, 07:37:58 PM
We spend less than $40.00 a week on groceries.  Sometimes a LOT less.  We eat good, too.

I grew up on Welfare in a single parent home in the projects. Every month, my mom bought 50lbs of flour, bags of potatoes, whole chickens which she cut up, a sack of rice, beans, etc. She baked bread every day. I used to think that store bought bread was such a treat, used to trade my sandwiches at school for ones made with Wonder bread. Kids thought I was nuts.

We were dirt poor but I can't ever remember going hungary. Saw something on the TV news a couple months ago where they were interviewing a welfare recipient in a grocery store complaining that she didn't get enough money for food. In her cart was all kind of processed crap dinners plus chips and soda. Duh!
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Re: You know what? I wanna post a whole thread about this: Internet and Poverty
« Reply #15 on: June 17, 2009, 11:23:56 AM »
I posted my resume all over the internet. Not many replies. I bought a fax machine and got 4 job offers within a week.
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Re: You know what? I wanna post a whole thread about this: Internet and Poverty
« Reply #16 on: June 17, 2009, 03:56:32 PM »
Oh, where the hell is that YouTube video of the 400lb woman at an anti-war protest screaming her head off about how, "WE GOTTA EAT!!!"

And yeah, the Net is a START for some jobs, but certainly not the end-all, be-all.  Bottom line, you gotta network and pick up a damned phone, not to mention put out a resume TARGETED to your employer, not just a, "I wanna get PAID!" three-line POS resume (which I've seen, sadly.)
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Re: You know what? I wanna post a whole thread about this: Internet and Poverty
« Reply #17 on: June 17, 2009, 04:33:51 PM »
Quote from: vlad335 on June 16, 2009, 09:30:42 PM
I grew up on Welfare in a single parent home in the projects. Every month, my mom bought 50lbs of flour, bags of potatoes, whole chickens which she cut up, a sack of rice, beans, etc. She baked bread every day. I used to think that store bought bread was such a treat, used to trade my sandwiches at school for ones made with Wonder bread. Kids thought I was nuts.

We were dirt poor but I can't ever remember going hungary. Saw something on the TV news a couple months ago where they were interviewing a welfare recipient in a grocery store complaining that she didn't get enough money for food. In her cart was all kind of processed crap dinners plus chips and soda. Duh!

Your mom knew how to respect a dollar.  That's the key to success in any endeavor.  I happen to be an excellent cook and I know the value of our food budget.  We can eat gourmet meals for five bucks and less.
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Re: You know what? I wanna post a whole thread about this: Internet and Poverty
« Reply #18 on: June 17, 2009, 05:27:35 PM »
Quote from: vlad335 on June 16, 2009, 09:30:42 PM
I grew up on Welfare in a single parent home in the projects. Every month, my mom bought 50lbs of flour, bags of potatoes, whole chickens which she cut up, a sack of rice, beans, etc. She baked bread every day. I used to think that store bought bread was such a treat, used to trade my sandwiches at school for ones made with Wonder bread. Kids thought I was nuts.

We were dirt poor but I can't ever remember going hungary. Saw something on the TV news a couple months ago where they were interviewing a welfare recipient in a grocery store complaining that she didn't get enough money for food. In her cart was all kind of processed crap dinners plus chips and soda. Duh!
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« Reply #19 on: June 17, 2009, 06:06:57 PM »
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I grew up on Welfare in a single parent home in the projects. Every month, my mom bought 50lbs of flour, bags of potatoes, whole chickens which she cut up, a sack of rice, beans, etc. She baked bread every day. I used to think that store bought bread was such a treat, used to trade my sandwiches at school for ones made with Wonder bread. Kids thought I was nuts.

This is where his/her/it's story unravels! Who in their right mind would trade home grown for store bought? Its just friggin ridiculous!!!!!!!!

I'd die for my Nana's home aid (spelling intentional) bread!!!!!!!!! There's no comparison! This ASSHAT is a lying piece of shit!
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« Reply #20 on: June 17, 2009, 06:24:24 PM »
Quote from: AllosaursRus on June 17, 2009, 06:06:57 PM
This is where his/her/it's story unravels! Who in their right mind would trade home grown for store bought? Its just friggin ridiculous!!!!!!!!

I'd die for my Nana's home aid (spelling intentional) bread!!!!!!!!! There's no comparison! This ASSHAT is a lying piece of shit!
Nah...I got a kid like that.  She hates homemade bread (unless it's in cinnamon rolls,) she'll go for the storebought white every time.   ::)
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« Reply #21 on: June 17, 2009, 06:36:54 PM »
Quote from: MrsSmith on June 17, 2009, 06:24:24 PM
Nah...I got a kid like that.  She hates homemade bread (unless it's in cinnamon rolls,) she'll go for the storebought white every time.   ::)

If served with a meal, nothing beats hot buttered ,(real butter), home made bread, but for a sandwich, I'd just as soon have store bought bread.
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« Reply #22 on: June 17, 2009, 06:48:20 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on June 17, 2009, 06:36:54 PM
If served with a meal, nothing beats hot buttered ,(real butter), home made bread, but for a sandwich, I'd just as soon have store bought bread.

You definately have a point there sir! Still, even for a samich, I'd rather have Nana's bread, She was an artist! The art is in being able to cut it to the right thickness. Most store bought is tasteless in my opinion, Nana's had a taste that cannot be compared to "wonder bread".
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« Reply #23 on: June 17, 2009, 06:49:39 PM »
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« Reply #24 on: June 17, 2009, 06:58:12 PM »
I love home made bread but as a kid I would have killed for wonder bread with kraft cheese and a bowl of Campbell's soup.  Instead I usually got home made bread with yucky real cheese and chicken soup from scratch.  Now I force my kids to eat the same way, except I do buy wonder bread.
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