Yeah, I got that a few times when I was younger: “where did you learn how to do THAT?” I don’t know, at the whorehouse where I was working when you picked me? Fuck you.

THIS. My hometown wasn’t a city, but it did have a mediocre trolley system. For my first job I could have taken the trolley...for a forty five minute to an hour ride and arriving half an hour before everyone else and thus being locked out of the building. Or use my dad’s car, drop him at work, and then get to my job…

And no one lives outside of cities, right? Or maybe none of those people need to travel to get to their jobs?

Wait wait. Let me complete this.

Yes I realize that public transportation is usually widely available in all cities but not everyone lives in or even near a city. And yes, we absolutely agree that 30k does not adequately support an adult human living independently. I think you’d also agree that the combination of low pay and high cost of living means…

Somebody is definitely a gasbag, here.

I think that was the point - that the employer assumes that everything is a choice, when the reality is much more complex

I want to have a job where I can work in sweatpants but afford million-dollar rings?

News flash: Not all of us live in the city. Not all jobs are based in the city. If your grandma has a car she can’t drive, offers you its use, and it makes your life easier, you effing take her up on it. That is not an example of a bad decision.

How is it thinking that public transportation is beneath you because you choose to use the car that someone's letting you drive for free? Also, you do realise that public transportation isn't always an option in the US, right?

If a woman stands out, she’s “showing poor judgement”?

Why do you assume there’s public transportation to the job? Where some may consider driving a fine automobile to work a luxury, others see having easily accessible public transportation as one.

Well, I never said anything about whether it is “beneath” this person to use public transportation... But if they have an alternative that is possibly cheaper (since no car payments) and quicker to get to work, and also makes them feel nice, why not use it?

“I have access to a car, but it would be poor judgement to drive that car when I could use public transportation!” Is essentially what you just said.

While obviously it’s in our nature to make snap judgements about people, things like this are just so sickening to me. Looking at someone’s car, ring, watch, whatever may tell you something about their life, but that something very well could be - nay, likely is - wrong.

Seriously. I feel for Elizabeth Smart but the anti-porn lobby is using our pre-existing sympathy for an abducted rape victim and it’s a gross tactic. Porn = Sex. Sex requires consent. Neither porn nor sex is good or bad in and of itself. Context is always key—for the makers and consumers of pornography.

Yeah, I’m like 90% sure our country is headed towards revolution just because of this. We have an overeducated workforce, a system that allows for the abuse of workers, and an economic divide that has most of us working like serfs for individuals who are less educated and less industrious. It’s not a good combination.

What these types of “how to get by as unpaid intern” articles never cover is the expense that comes with existing beyond basic necessities, which is something that you HAVE to do as an adult. Like great, you have six roommates, your social events are potlucks, and you upsource goodwill clothing, so you are housed, fed…

Yeah, I remember when summer jobs were a chance to earn money getting experience in your field. And everyone assumed that your first five years in paid employment were part of your apprenticeship, bringing you up to speed. Four years of paying for university (or more, with grad school) were considered sufficient…

What you described is happening much more recently. When I first entered the corporate workforce, there was no experience necessary for an entry level position. This was less than 10 years ago. Just looked on my company’s job posting site and for an entry level position you need at least 1 year of experience.…