This is the premise of Johnny Got His Gun, an anti-war novel by Dalton Trumbo.
This is the premise of Johnny Got His Gun, an anti-war novel by Dalton Trumbo.
Person ordering pizza: “My house is definitely on Fallingbrook Dr.”
Narrator: it was not.
That photo is accidental Renaissance material.
I keep a consistently low health bar. Wouldn’t want to get too op.
He looks like he’s saying “Hans, are we ze baddies?”
I like that you responded to the wrong post and I know exactly which post you meant to reply to.
I have moved across the US multiple times, so I should be eminently qualified to answer this, yet somehow I’m not. I can tell you some things that have worked and some that haven’t.
First, there are lots of moving checklists online to help with what order you should do things like contact movers or shut off electricity. I’m not going to get into those specifics. You should be able to find articles and calculators online that compare the cost of living and relative availability of jobs and housing in a given area. I’m not any help in that area but to say that you definitely need to have work secured before you move (learned that the hard way.)
You also want to have housing secured, even if only temporarily. When I moved from North Carolina to Wisconsin, we were lucky to meet someone right away at church who had off-season cabins we could rent cheaply by the week. Otherwise we’d have been homeless for several weeks. Side note: know where the hospital is. My mom had a panic attack at this time and ended up paying hundreds of dollars for an ambulance when it turned out the hospital was straight up the road).
When we moved to Virginia, we had reservations at a temporary stay hotel. Much less stressful to stay there until you find a more permanent situation.
When I moved to Florida, it was to be with a guy I met online. I visited him first, scouted out the area, and found an apartment that worked for me. It helps to know someone in the area and visit it first.
When we moved to Oregon, we had never been there before. Drove across the country 5 days with a Uhaul, two cars, and a little dog. More panic attacks ensued. We were lucky to get an apartment right away, but jobs were more difficult. I had 3 in my 10 months there. When mom and I found ourselves out of work at the same time, and we hadn’t built a supportive community there, we decided to head back to Virginia.
So it helps to make friends and have people you can rely on. Join whatever groups you can to build a community. If you’re in a more rural area (lower COL) that will be harder. Decide what size city/town will best meet your needs. How far are you willing to drive for groceries? Are there enough people to support whatever activities you’re into?
I regret some of my moves, but appreciate others. You can absolutely go to a new place and build a life there. People are key. Having a plan is important. If you can visit first, so much the better. I know a lot of people from New Jersey who have relocated happily to North Carolina. The Midwest has nice people, but the weather can make your situation more difficult. Also you’re looking at a two day drive or more, whereas you can visit the south in a day’s drive.
If you know the workers are being exploited, and you use the service anyway, how are you not partially responsible for exploiting them? It seems like you feel entitled to exploit them for your own gain as a customer. I agree that the employer is also responsible. A way to hold them accountable would be to eschew the service altogether. Otherwise, what incentive do they have to change?
If the business doesn’t deserve to exist, why do customers keep supporting them? Why is the onus only on the workers to suffer?
You’re right, apparently I need my eyes checked.
It’s the upside down exclamation mark that throws me.i can barely find the regular exclamation mark on my new phone.
I had read posts turned off
It makes women’s blouses more expensive to dry clean, because they can’t be pressed on the same machine that does men’s shirts without breaking the buttons.
Nothing is good enough for Lemmy. Anything you post will inevitably be downvoted. Because users here care more about making sure the world knows they don’t personally like something than about encouraging original content.
The Ash Family by Molly Dektar. But I probably still would have found a way to rationalize that I wasn’t in a cult.
I worked as a server at olive garden many years ago. They famously had their soup, salad, and breadsticks deal for like $6 something. People would run us ragged getting more of each thing. And we’d be lucky to get a $1 or 2 because the price was so low, but it was vastly more work than regular food.
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