For some reason unbeknownst to logical people, there are countless unemployed people out there thinking they can take advantage of this recession and buy themselves a “cheap” house. It’s as if they want to capitalize on the whole “our loss is your gain” circumstances with foreclosures - but they’ve temporarily forgotten they themselves have lost [...]

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Continue reading about #93 Fantasizing About Buying a House While Unemployed

supl on May 27th, 2009

For all the people who look forward to having a paid vacation courtesy of the government, there are folk who futilely do whatever they can to avoid their worst nightmare: moving home with their parents. Eventually, as all signs point to getting evicted and losing everything, they have no choice but to resign themselves to [...]

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Continue reading about #88 Accepting Their Townie Fate

supl on May 7th, 2009

Lennie and George had the right idea when all they wished for in life was to live off the fat of the land. Of course, back then the fat literally meant living off the land, but these days can be interpreted in many ways. For the sake of the unemployed, the fat essentially means anything [...]

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Continue reading about #74 Desiring to Live Off the Fat of the Land

Ever since losing their jobs, unemployed people have been having fun testing their limits to see how far they can go without spending money. One of their favorite ways of accomplishing this is refusing to turn on the heater despite how cold it is outside. They’re already spending too much money leaving their faucets running [...]

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Continue reading about #31 Claiming It’s Not Cold Enough to Turn on the Heater

supl on February 5th, 2009

A year ago, people would have balked at the idea of moving home to live with their parents. Sure, after college, they moved back to their home town, but they made sure to pay unnecessary rent to live five minutes away with a loser roommate found off Craigslist, only to be able to prove to their parents [...]

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Continue reading about #9 Moving Back Home With the Parents