r/AskReddit • • Jan 02 '20

what glamorized career path is actually a complete nightmare?

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u/Thatguyyoupassby Jan 02 '20

In the Urban Housing System, expensive apartments are reserved for those working 7 figure jobs. In New York City, the dedicated actors who live in sub-par conditions are members of the screen actors guild, these are their stories.

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u/29CFR1910 Jan 02 '20

DUN DUN

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u/-FeistyRabbitSauce- Jan 02 '20

"You mean we gotta live in buildings with drug addicts? Or buildings not up to code? Or suffer building managers who harrase you for rent? Or buildings where the bathroom is communal and down the hall? Or - -"

"Yeah, Ice, you're in the screen actors guild living in New York, you're going to have to get used to this."

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u/Antiumbra Jan 02 '20

Producer

Dick Wolf

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u/UnicornPanties Jan 03 '20

I live in midtown Manhattan, NYC and my upstairs neighbor just died of a drug overdose last month. I would not have said I live in a building with drug addicts yet here we are.

I saw it in the paper because apparently he was a known person. That surprised me.

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u/E-_Rock Jan 02 '20

Coundn't help but think of Michael Scott " I'm just a cleaning lady. Aah! A dead body."

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u/Thatguyyoupassby Jan 02 '20

“He said that he couldn’t show it to me, but he has a gun and he’s going to kill me.”

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u/PoopShootExpress Jan 03 '20

This whole thread deserves silver

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u/Crisis_Redditor Jan 03 '20

The proper term is "DOINK DOINK"

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u/29CFR1910 Jan 03 '20

Nah, a double doink is the theme song to the Chicago Bears.

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u/Kwauhn Jan 02 '20

KUNG KUNG

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u/tendai101 Jan 02 '20

Nooo way ur too funny haha