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Cake day: March 9th, 2025

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  • Hmm, I’m not sure because CA is one of the only states where tipping culture is still very much a thing but servers aren’t allowed to be paid nothing (well not “nothing” it’s usually like $3 an hour but their paychecks after taxes are always $0.00) and have to at least be paid minimum wage.

    The issue though is that getting one of those jobs…even a job at McDonald’s (at least when I was growing up and living there) is incredibly hard. Sure they’ll take your application…and add it to the bottom of the 5 inch stack of them. I no joke once spent 12 hours straight in this typical California shopping area and applying literally everywhere. I didn’t care what it paid or the kind of business. I did this quite a few times but never a full 12 hours.

    The only “consistent” work I found was telemarketing but the turnover is like insane and it’s soul crushing. But if he got lucky then more power to em








  • How is that different than subreddits? Not tryna be argumentative about it it just sounds like Reddit and subreddits. I got banned on reddit but have grown to hate it and other than the constant US hate subs which I’ve slowly but surely come to block I like it here much more. Just wish there were more communities that weren’t political





  • As a kid, yeah. I moved all over the country. Mainly because I was addicted to drugs and was kicked out of my house, but it eventually turned into a lifestyle.

    It’s definitely not all glitz and glam. You won’t feel like you’re in a movie. But it will give you skills almost no one else has. As well as a level of empathy most people also don’t have. I’m very glad I experienced it but I’d never recommend anyone else do it unless they have a fallback.