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The vitriol around this guy on the O.C. Register's comments section is just too much. Dude's been out of work 19 months and his house just foreclosed on him, an
by shortformblog 17y ago
The vitriol around this guy on the O.C. Register's comments section is just too much. Dude's been out of work 19 months and his house just foreclosed on him, and some of the comments are like, "yeah, this jerk is fat and old and he has a giant wine collection and a lease on his car."
If anything, he seems pretty resourceful. That Oracle bit seems like a smart little bit of logic for someone in this guy's situation. And why should he have to give up every detail of his life because of his bankruptcy and foreclosure? He could have a job next week for all we know.
The people getting screwed by this economy are in this guy's demographic. I've seen way too many newspaper types (many friends) lose their jobs during the so-called "salad days," because it's cheaper to keep around the young guns.
Though I will say this much: How much did this guy save while working if he had to file for bankruptcy? And how quickly do you plow through all that savings?
- TrevorJ 17y agoI think the lack of tact and kindness is wrong, but the sentiment may be fairly on par. Things are different in other parts of the country. A lot of people can't dream of affording a lease on a car like that job or not. I'd love to be able to afford 25 dollars a day for rent but the reality is a lot of us who are actually working are being far, far more frugal than this guy is when he is out of a job. The realities of life just aren't the same in the rest of the country.