I am glad all of your interactions with strangers have been pleasant. Mine have not. Nor are they really pleasant online either. I have found it best just to keep quiet to avoid angering anyone or worse.

If they even send a response for that sort of thing in the first place. When I was unemployed both times earlier this year, 75-90% of the jobs I applied for I never even got any sort of response from.

Well after all the bullshit, the endless fighting and appealing, and stress and heartache I have endured over battling to get some sort of insurance I can afford, I was finally able to get on Medicaid after my state (MI) and their recent expansion of the program went into effect.

Thanks for this article. Explains quite a bit. I'm going to have to make some more money before I can make full use of it. I have a prepaid debit card now and it works pretty good for what I use it for, and I have access to a major banker's branches if I need them.

I am going to be 34 in a couple weeks and I do not plan on living long enough to see the retirement age, plus working as a minimum wage cashier after a string of failed attempts at starting a career in IT has also left me with 17k in student loans that are currently on deferment until I can get some other major…

Special occasions for close friends and family. It should go without saying that Christmas with the family, your best friend's birthday, or your sister's wedding are all events you should probably go to whether you feel like it or not. Sorry, friend, but we all have our social obligations.

The only way I can gather is just not showing up at all if you don't want to go and if people press the issue, just make up a story and stick to it or quickly change the subject. I probably would still have my other job if I had done this and not just flat out said that I wasn't interested in going.

Good luck finding that. Turntable's edge above its competition was its ability to upload music and that made it the most awesome thing ever. I was on the day they nixed uploads and I never forgave them for doing so. I didn't use the service after that and within 3 months they were gone.

Well at least for alot of you it's a financial reason. For me, its that the family member who invited me to her wedding doesn't speak to me any other time for anything and I had 0% interest in going, especially since I don't like her fiance.

I will be the 3rd person to chime in here, Spybot S&D is an effective removal tool for Spyware and Malware, and also has an immunization option that works really well.

Recruiters/Headhunters/Staffing companies are the WORST to have to deal with in your job search other than the folks who have to work in the Unemployment Office IMHO. They talk up this "terrific" opportunity and "think you'd be a terrific fit" only after padding or fixing your resume to fill you in a position you may…

I also would have liked to have seen the actual costs of fuel and health insurance and the markup on those particular things. Probably at least a 1500% on both.

This is good for the average person. However, if you have Depression, Anxiety, Paranoia, or any sort of Personality Disorder, which I have Schizoid and all three of the other conditions, overthinking is pretty much something I cannot control and I am obligated to do for 99.9% of all my important decisions.

Cool site. Wish it had some changeable backgrounds. Gonna bookmark it.

I am cynical, negative, and not pleasant in general, but what keeps me grounded is the job itself. I am a cashier at WalMart and it is the first job I have had in 8 months that has lasted longer than 2 months.

It's official that this fucking blog is now the video game equivalent of Jezebel. I'm done.

It is of personal experience that modern versions of uTorrent are overloaded with spyware and malware that auto install themselves onto user's machines without their consent.

Sadly, for some of us, being on minimum wage, being frugal is our only option. Not that I am complaining parse, just that it's really not a choice.

Jesus H fucking Christ, you assholes like to bitch and nitpick. I loved the SMC premiere and am looking forward to watching the rest of it. It played out a little better than the first ep of the original Sailor Moon, and the new opening sequence is spectacular! Plus the gal who voiced Usagi first time around is…

I was just about to say the Build a Bear Turtles look just like the ones from the new cartoon. I am glad someone posted something from it already. Because the new Nick cartoon is goddamn amazing, and because of it, I can really give a fuck less about this new movie.