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@Varyk ultimately they want the slave labor for the companies they contract with.

I mean even when it’s not a corporate “for-profit” prison it’s still for-profit by the government. Even in California

@Varyk I didn’t say that. AFAIK you’re mostly down to having friends send you money for soap and toothpaste

@Trollception @aodhsishaj they do if there’s a gov’t clearance or you’re touching corp money involved. But in most cases they’ll let you explain what happened.

@aodhsishaj @metaStatic

If you think bankruptcy is bad, look at all the rich people and corps that do it as often as possible

Edit: I mean Herr Trumptard has filed no less than six times to avoid paying people

@aodhsishaj @metaStatic bankruptcy is by far not the worse thing you can do. Often trying to unbury yourself will take longer to get back to solvency.

We had to medical B out. Get cancer these days, particularly with a $6K+ deductible for a PPO and you’re toast. We managed to switch to a HMO before surgery and we were still toast. And I had a Good Job.

File, get a pre-paid card then some high-interest you barely use, then some “normal” credit and it builds faster than you know

@Varyk @Today I think it’s forgiven if you take the job making license plates at $2/hr sometimes $2/day

@Dave @oohgodyeah a million bucks is a lot of store brand mac and French’s yellow mustard.

@Delphia
@cbarrick

I’m a Straight No Chaser guy and agree.

@sir_pronoun
@BeatTakeshi

~17450 with a prefix depending on the battery type.

@deadsuperhero I’d love to see this adopted wildly if the protocol can be fleshed out. I did like Hubzilla for this; the servers are boggy and I didn’t even want to get into the hosting lack of instructions

@UmeU
Oh, lol I missed the comment inset

@UmeU
@OldWoodFrame

Countries will sometimes value their currency vs the US Dollar vs trading it on the more open market. Often it provides some stability, particularly when trading abroad

So basically, I say one Triganic Pu is worth 1 US dollar and 1 Ningi is 12.5 US Cents so at least the value of the currency is less of an inflation factor

@billwashere

The Celica had a bigger back seat, if you know what I mean

@jol
@billwashere

They exist in the US but a lot of them are dead or dying. Among other things they have failed to innovate in the face of e-commerce so people can buy the same things without leaving home barring any other draw

@Maeve
@kinther @billwashere @til

Roughly ages 13-16. Some point in the latter I got a job and a shitty Toyota Tercel

@kinther

At the mall, you have the option of a watch and/or phone.

But yeah, remove that and it can be maddening ~ particularly if you have no real distractions

@billwashere
If you think about it, it was pretty safe. Plenty of adults and rent-a-cops around if anybody tried something shifty.

Also, food court and a movie dates :D

@billwashere
@Maeve @til

Parents dropped you off with $10 and/or allowance money and disappeared for a couple hours. Good times

@jadedwench
@COASTER1921

Your credit score company also sells targeted ads based on your “marketing data” (your credit report), and you have to actually email them to opt-out

https://www.experian.com/privacy/opt-out-targeted-advertising#:~:text=You%20can%20contact%20Experian%20by,to%20the%20below%20postal%20address.

@doubletwist
@InvaderDJ

“Bare necessities” is at a minimum 150% above the poverty line. Anything under that most of the benefits kick in. If you can find an advocate to help you thru the processes.