It's A Big Crap Cake

I count this problem like the "global climate change". We'll ignore it. The common thought sadly is that our children's problem doesn't affect the present.

 

I know that up here in Canada, we really haven't felt the brunt of the economic issues, but that doesn't mean to say that we won't at all. I think we will.

I've personally toyed with the idea of moving to Sweden or Norway, or some place wonderfully neutral and not near as dependent on oil and immersed in the whole cult of Western society. But, I would have to quickly learn to love seafood and that wouldn't be an easy thing

 

I just graduated with a degree in economics, and political theory and constitutional democracy (was going to go to law school originally), but really only plan to use the economics barring the political theory finding me a fun job. Talk about a fun major to find a job with right now...

 

As an insurance adjuster, specializing in litigation, it's a relief to hear (see) that the world has been spared yet another lawyer. Kudos on your decision NOT to go law school! Or if you do, PLEASE stay away from personal injury type cases, I don't need to cross swords with a fellow Co8 member some time in the future!

 

If you can keep food on the table and a roof over your head, find a volunteer job that will give you experience and satisfaction. Plus maybe some crappy job to keep the cash coming, if you need it. :thumbsup:

 

I volunteered this summer, but in a mostly unrelated field. I mostly taught people information they would need to pass a ged. Also did a lot of analysis on information we had on the students.

 

Bingo! Volunteer work...that they can confirm...absolutely, positively counts on a resume, even if it's not exactly your field.

If you work a crap job, and do volunteer work, too:

1. You're too poor and have no free time to get into trouble.

2. You're too tired to lay awake at night and be depressed.

3. Sharing an apartment with 10 other people keeps you from being lonely, and you'll already be housebroken.

4. The chicks in volunteer work are HOT!

You'll hate it while you do it, and miss it when you stop.

 

1. the free time to get in trouble is why i am not living at home lol

2. I stay up too late worrying about things that don't really matter...the vikings get a lot of my attention.

3. Duplex with 7 other guys close enough?

4. There were a few decent looking girl at my internship/volunteer thing this summer, unfortunately the hottest girl was a student of mine lol.

5. the only part I hated was waking up early and i'll have to do that eventually on a regular basis...well that and people not making appointments and stuff.

 

1. One of the best times in my life was when I said I was already in trouble, but don't worry, I'll handle it. And they STOPPED worrying about it. And I (sort of) handled it.

2. The football team or the real thing? The real ones are secretly taking over the world. I lost my scalp to a part Lakota woman who was descended from the family that were once the Norwegian king's executioners. But, I got a great son.

3. Bingo! Instant pain-in-the-ass family of ne'er-do-wells!

4. Second hottest, #2 really DOES try harder. (They are the BEST, they just don't know it) You won't regret it. Remember, always give her the chance to tell you "No". Better still, more than once. Don't wait 'till you're rich.

5. Yeah. Morning's begin again for me in a week.

Remember poor and jobless is only temporary. Later you'll be poor and working.

 

The CIA will love you! :nervous: :blink: :yikes:

(Please don't take this seriously...unless you want to...)

 

Well, it seems everyone here is living in in US or so. Is there anyone living in lower income countries? I, myself, am living in Turkey, 20 years old now and studying Metallurgical Engineering. In not-so-economicaly-grown countries economy mostly relies on the foreign investments, therefore -though I dont really know much about economical systems- from what I see I can say that crisis in US is felt more in smaller countries than in US.

 

It would be interesting to hear perspectives from people living outside the US. If just to get an idea of the larger picture.

 

Well, I would want to talk of course, however I am but a careless student living a rather bohemian life which dramaticaly restricts me from drawing a large picture of it. From the way I see things, the liberal so called 'goverment' and media is trying to conceal the big economic crisis by creating false everyday events. Walking around, I see nearly 1/5 of stores are now empty, which is a big number meaning that %20 of small business owners bankrupted and this percentage is looking like to rise much more as I cant see any stores that actually works. Also there are stupidly high taxes on everything, %40 of my mobile phone bill is for taxes, electricity taxes increased by %20 percent which can be devastating for bigger facilities. There is a saying in Turkish as 'The poor have God for them.'. Not everybody gets poor of course, after 1980 the right wing grew stronger and stronger, now they are the goverment. Dont mess the US right wing and the right wing in an Islamic country. People become more conservative as they get poorer, conservatives are already strong. Then what happens, men with long beards, women in black hijab fill everywhere. Here right wing means semi-jihadist. It sounds stupid at first but sadly most of these right wing are supported by US goverment. Like once was Saddam and Usame bin Laden.

As an larger picture, if you are not living in one of the worlds top 5 countries, you are always living under the shadow of them.

 

I have thought about it, Two of my roommates are planning to work for some government agency and i know a third would kill to work for the CIA actually so it could be a huge thing with my current friends.