Uh, tk2kewl? May I just call you "asshole" for short?
I've done most of the things on that list. For FREE. Around my house. That I purchased with MY money and a loan from the bank. Now I grant you, the bank wouldn't have been so eager to loan me the required funds were I not, oh, employed. Gainfully. For a long time. With good prospects for the future--I mean, if you were a bank would you loan money to a guy you knew wouldn't have a job in six months?
And in order to keep that job, I've worked nights, weekends, holidays, 16-hour shifts, in conditions which would make you piss your pants. That's my CIVILIAN job. What I did while I wore a Navy uniform was much, much worse. But that Navy experience opened the doors I have to the job I have now. I could quite literally walk into any utility/power plant in the world and start if they needed me. Some people recognize that, and have even called me, trying to entice me away from my current job with the promise of wages far higher than what I'm making now.
You want dignity? THAT, dear boy, is dignity--pride in what I do, and people who notice such things seeing that, and recognizing me for it. So sit on your chair, let it mold to your ass, and bitch. I got some work to do.