Does the Recession affect you?
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Yeah. I haven't been able to find a damn job yet. It's pissing me right off.
As to your second question, if you mean games got on release day, none really.
I did get MW2 a day after it hit but that's about it.
As to your second question, if you mean games got on release day, none really.
I did get MW2 a day after it hit but that's about it.
Ouch man. How are you getting the internetz btw?fluffybacon said:
And to answer the question No not really. I just scrounged less from my parents... even thought I'm an adult, I've moved out and I have a job....
No, I've been rather fortunate and have not felt the effects of the recession (yet, anyway). As a matter of fact, I just recently got promoted at work and my mom just found a new job which pays well, so yeah.... things are going unusually well.
Nope, I'm part of the notoriously recession proof United States Marine Corps. For another two years, anyway.
Tick...tock...
Is it over yet?
Tick...tock...
Is it over yet?
Funny thing... I didn't buy a $140K house or open up a big mortgage at any given time recently. My bank is not among the greatly-suffering banks in the U.S. (and it, in fact, bought one of the sufferers out to expand its territory). The money has only been docked slightly and I won't be getting a raise, but I am currently quite stable, thank you.
Well I'm retired on disabillity and live at home. I have serious concerns about the future but right now I'm "okay" but nowhere near where I was when I had a job.
I've been out of a job for two months. I've applied to at least thirty different places in person (About forty including online applications), had at least twelve interviews, and no hires. I've driven as far north of me as Gainesville (Florida) and as far south as Orlando (Florida). I've spent about $350 (plus, maybe) in gas and I'm over one thousand dollars in debt.
I'm just about as fucked as I can get with parental assistance.
Military service is back on my list of job potentials.
I'm just about as fucked as I can get with parental assistance.
Military service is back on my list of job potentials.
I feel your pain, fellow Floridian. I am stranded in a desolate county where I can't even get a part-time burger-flipping job. Second great depression here we come! Woot woot!Chester41585 said:
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Sorry about that.
I live in Australia where we aren't even technically having a recession (which is defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth). Our economy did quite well compared to everyone else's. Even lots of stupidly speculating economists talking the Australian economy down when they should have been S-ingTFU wasn't enough to start a recession.heyheysg said:
However the industry that I work in (music) has been in constant recession for the last 10 years. Because of this I live a pretty hand-to-mouth existence at times, I can't afford nice things that I want all the time and food, bills etc I have to budget carefully for. I'm definitely not anywhere near as rich as the people I know who work in other less glamorous but better-paid industries. Right now I'm typing this with a cracked tooth and weighing up my finances, seeing if I can afford to get it fixed. But this isn't new for me, I've been experiencing a "recession" for most of my working life. I've always been able to get by somehow and I'm sure that won't change.
