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Neon
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PostPosted: Mon, 28th Feb 2011 21:24    Post subject: Spent: Can you survive a month on $1,000?
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PostPosted: Mon, 28th Feb 2011 21:46    Post subject: Re: Spent: Can you survive a month on $1,000?
Neon wrote:
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I made it to the end of the month and all it cost me was a tooth.
Also, in what kind of a backwards country do you pay 800$ for a tooth removal operation?

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PostPosted: Mon, 28th Feb 2011 21:55    Post subject:
I survived with about 100$ But that's kinda unrealistic.

When you earn money, you know on what you can and cannot spend it in advance (you know when your bills are coming, and such). This was kinda: oh look you have 7000$ debt, but I didn't know about it in the beginning...

It is good to see how hard it is to live in such conditions...

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PostPosted: Mon, 28th Feb 2011 21:57    Post subject:
Typical American bullshit propaganda. You have one side saying it's the most glorious country on earth.. and the other side going on about it being the most hellish of hell-holes. That Durham site is nothing but a sadistic showing of how they believe the latter; hellish of hell-holes.

By the end of the month, apparently I;

Had the car repossessed. $1500 to get it back.
Had my gas cut off. $350 to get it back.
Had my tooth go bad and need removing. $800
Missed my phone bills. $100.
Was fired from my job for talking to a union rep.
Had all my washing equipment break down.


What an absolute crock of shit. 12 million Americans live like this, do they? really? Well here's the best suggestion I can give; either desert the sinking ship of America and emigrate to a much better country (like, say, Beirut or Somalia Rolling Eyes) or just kill yourselves ... because this shit is only going to get worse. In a country where they can take 80% of your wages just on living expenses, to where they'll charge you almost a month's wage for fixing a fucking broken tooth, or where they can fire you if you even dare HINT about a union --- there is absolutely jack shit you can do about it. Capitalism rules and you're just the slaves. The working force.
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PostPosted: Mon, 28th Feb 2011 21:57    Post subject:
$1222 at the end of the month.
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PostPosted: Mon, 28th Feb 2011 22:55    Post subject:
sabin1981 wrote:
Typical American bullshit propaganda. You have one side saying it's the most glorious country on earth.. and the other side going on about it being the most hellish of hell-holes. That Durham site is nothing but a sadistic showing of how they believe the latter; hellish of hell-holes.

By the end of the month, apparently I;

Had the car repossessed. $1500 to get it back.
Had my gas cut off. $350 to get it back.
Had my tooth go bad and need removing. $800
Missed my phone bills. $100.
Was fired from my job for talking to a union rep.
Had all my washing equipment break down.


What an absolute crock of shit. 12 million Americans live like this, do they? really? Well here's the best suggestion I can give; either desert the sinking ship of America and emigrate to a much better country (like, say, Beirut or Somalia Rolling Eyes) or just kill yourselves ... because this shit is only going to get worse. In a country where they can take 80% of your wages just on living expenses, to where they'll charge you almost a month's wage for fixing a fucking broken tooth, or where they can fire you if you even dare HINT about a union --- there is absolutely jack shit you can do about it. Capitalism rules and you're just the slaves. The working force.


Completely agree, what a pile of shit

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PostPosted: Mon, 28th Feb 2011 23:22    Post subject:
sabin1981 wrote:
Typical American bullshit propaganda. You have one side saying it's the most glorious country on earth.. and the other side going on about it being the most hellish of hell-holes. That Durham site is nothing but a sadistic showing of how they believe the latter; hellish of hell-holes.

By the end of the month, apparently I;

Had the car repossessed. $1500 to get it back.
Had my gas cut off. $350 to get it back.
Had my tooth go bad and need removing. $800
Missed my phone bills. $100.
Was fired from my job for talking to a union rep.
Had all my washing equipment break down.


What an absolute crock of shit. 12 million Americans live like this, do they? really? Well here's the best suggestion I can give; either desert the sinking ship of America and emigrate to a much better country (like, say, Beirut or Somalia Rolling Eyes) or just kill yourselves ... because this shit is only going to get worse. In a country where they can take 80% of your wages just on living expenses, to where they'll charge you almost a month's wage for fixing a fucking broken tooth, or where they can fire you if you even dare HINT about a union --- there is absolutely jack shit you can do about it. Capitalism rules and you're just the slaves. The working force.


Wait, are you questioning the message delivered or are you criticising the fact that people have to live under those conditions? Because I'm certain there are many people in the US living like that and I'm equally certain there are more people who are living on much harsher conditions in the US than that. Of course, that image isn't portrayed in media that much since they only want to show celebrities and rich people as representative of the average US citizen. Wink

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PostPosted: Mon, 28th Feb 2011 23:46    Post subject:
I'm questioning both.
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PostPosted: Tue, 1st Mar 2011 00:09    Post subject:
Nalo wrote:
I live on less than $1,000 quite contented ^^


No kids, no need for insurances, no need to pay dearly for health care etc... right? Wink

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PostPosted: Tue, 1st Mar 2011 01:03    Post subject:
I do that every month?

edit: tried playing what bullshit

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PostPosted: Tue, 1st Mar 2011 07:45    Post subject:
I do that every month to. 1000 bucks is a little less than average salary in here.

I can do it without problems. because life doesn't fuck me in the ass every day like in this funny "game" and also, this whole thing looks like cheap political bullshit.

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PostPosted: Tue, 1st Mar 2011 07:48    Post subject:
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PostPosted: Tue, 1st Mar 2011 07:55    Post subject:
Lol, first I need to pay car insurance and I don't so next day I crash, really ? Then I pay to make it road legal, then it breaks down.

Riiiight. If life was like this, then we are all fucking then.
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PostPosted: Tue, 1st Mar 2011 08:33    Post subject:
Either you're all a bunch of students living on loans, or you live at home with your parents etc...

$1000 = €723 which should cover rent, heat, electricity, water, gas, internet, insurances, food, clothes, tv license, petrol, hygiene articles etc. etc. etc... and that's if you have no kids. A rent of €400-500 is normal for a medium size 2-room apartment in the town, I pay €492/month for my rent.

Those are just running costs.

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PostPosted: Tue, 1st Mar 2011 08:42    Post subject:
In Poland, Croatia, Romania, with 1000$ you can buy a castle and live like a king for a year. Cool Face Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue, 1st Mar 2011 08:45    Post subject:
See, fucking kids! If weren't for the kid this game would be quite easy. But no, "everyone" has a kid, right? Hmpf.

I made it to the end of the month though, but I had only $66 left.

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In Israel you can buy your own slave for 10$. Cool Face
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PostPosted: Tue, 1st Mar 2011 10:46    Post subject:
Really this game isnt realistic at all, first of all this game gives you a disaster scenario every day, of which most would have been prevented if it was me because they were mostly caused by your own stupidity. I dont need to get a plumber to fix my toilet and if I do it myself I dont make a mess and make costs even higher. This game works from the standpoint that youre another stupid numbfuck who had children at 18 got married at 20 and gave fuck all to his education and is now in a pile of shit.


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PostPosted: Tue, 1st Mar 2011 10:53    Post subject:
iNatan wrote:
In Poland, Croatia, Romania, with 1000$ you can buy a castle and live like a king for a year. Cool Face Laughing


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PostPosted: Tue, 1st Mar 2011 16:44    Post subject:
garus wrote:
Frant wrote:
Either you're all a bunch of students living on loans, or you live at home with your parents etc...


What do loans have to do with anything? You do realize students can work too?


This is quite innacurate. Some student loans can go up to $100k, after you graduate from University. and Have fun repaying that with your part-time job that pays $7.15/h and no luck finding a job after you graduate.

I know my student loans will be around $40k when I graduate(if I ever will) Razz
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PostPosted: Tue, 1st Mar 2011 16:45    Post subject:
besthijacker wrote:
Some student loans can go up to $100k, after you graduate from University. and Have fun repaying that with your part-time job that pays $7.15/h and no luck finding a job after you graduate.

I know my student loans will be around $40k when I graduate(if I ever will) Razz


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PostPosted: Tue, 1st Mar 2011 16:49    Post subject:
sabin1981 wrote:

LOL@America Laughing


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PostPosted: Tue, 1st Mar 2011 16:49    Post subject:
I played it, and got through with 50$ left and a broken tooth, still had to call a friend to fix my car.

Well I live alone, with 500eur a month... but a big help is that I don't pay rent.
And this year I started working at a new job, for 1000eur a month, which is a HUGE improvement.

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besthijacker wrote:
sabin1981 wrote:

LOL@America Laughing


Don't be hating because we have better education than other countries Cool Face


I know Sad I bet all those school students in Somalia and Afghanistan really envy America Laughing
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