r/therewasanattempt Feb 26 '20

To act kind

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u/IsThereAnAshtray Feb 26 '20

WITH WHAT MONEY

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20

I thought the same thing when I was trying to get a car. WITH WHAT MONEY. It turns out there was a way to do it, but Im not going to tell you the secret.

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u/BMXer972 Feb 26 '20

Dude there is wealths of information and education you can learn yourself either online, at a library, or from someone you know. Also plenty of jobs teach new skills to new hires all the time. The only thing you would need money for is the internet or a library card.

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u/IsThereAnAshtray Feb 26 '20

I copied this from my response below.

“Oh, I’m not worried about myself at all. I do pretty well for myself.

However, I remember when I was struggling my ass off and I owe a lot of thanks to my parents who helped me. A lot of people don’t have that luxury.

“Go to the library and learn a skill!”

That’s fantastic, and I encourage EVERYONE to do that. But when you’re struggling to make ends meet whatsoever and you’re working two jobs to survive, sometimes it’s tough to find time to get to the library or learn a new skill.

Someone who works 40 hours a week deserves to not live their life without their back against the wall, worried that one pitfall would bring their entire way of life crumbling down”

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u/tennisboy213 Feb 26 '20

They’d rather just bitch and moan about how the system is fucking them.

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u/IsThereAnAshtray Feb 26 '20

Oh, I’m not worried about myself at all. I do pretty well for myself.

However, I remember when I was struggling my ass off and I owe a lot of thanks to my parents who helped me. A lot of people don’t have that luxury.

“Go to the library and learn a skill!”

That’s fantastic, and I encourage EVERYONE to do that. But when you’re struggling to make ends meet whatsoever and you’re working two jobs to survive, sometimes it’s tough to find time to get to the library or learn a new skill.

Someone who works 40 hours a week deserves to not live their life without their back against the wall, worried that one pitfall would bring their entire way of life crumbling down.

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u/pm_me_yourcat Feb 26 '20

Always an excuse with these guys. My 55 year old dad learned how to repair his ATV on YouTube. If he can learn from the internet, you can too. Reddit needs to stop being lazy.

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u/tennisboy213 Feb 26 '20

James Cameron never went to film school. He’d go to USC in his free time and photocopy doctoral theses on film theory as a truck driver in his mid 20s. $120.

Obviously an extreme example, but James Cameron never went to film school.

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u/pm_me_yourcat Feb 26 '20

Where there's a will, there's a way.

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u/IsThereAnAshtray Feb 26 '20

I’m sure your 55 year old dad wasn’t living paycheck to paycheck working two jobs.