I appreciate your comment. I mean that sincerely. But, here is the rut I can't find any way out of that I tried to avoid commenting on because it seems like a g

I appreciate your comment. I mean that sincerely. But, here is the rut I can't find any way out of that I tried to avoid commenting on because it seems like a great way to put out the fire with gasoline, but I am a woman. So when I came to Hacker News, if men talked to me at all, I either got shitty condescending pat on the head encouragement ("You should do a website on X topic" by someone who obviously had not looked at my profile to see the link to the website on X topic listed in my profile) or people were clearly talking to me because "Oh my god. It's a Girl!!!!" and they are excited as hell to be talking to a Girl! And not really interested in discussing anything useful with me. Or ..there is probably some other complaint in there. I am having a sucktastic week and whatever. But, it does not matter what I do, I cannot get serious traction with anything I do, much less turn it into serious money. I was homeless for nearly 6 years until very recently. I got accused of "panhandling the internet" (Not on HN -- only metafilter would stoop so low) and my constant requests for help in developing an online income were largely ignored. And It does not matter how I ask, how I work on that. It seems to only get very marginally better, extremely slowly. At the rate I am going, I will be 100 years old before I have a middle class lifestyle again. And I'm broke as hell today and I need more income. This is a serious problem for me. I've been patient. I've worked hard. I've done everything I know how to do. It is never enough. What is the goddamn secret handshake for being let into the proverbial old boys club so I can be allowed to earn more than a pittance? /totally ineffectual rant that will either be completely ignored, downvoted to hell or pissed on for some reason, no doubt. But I am at wit's end. So have at it. It won't make my broke ass life any worse.