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BudAshes

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Unfortunately my user name isn't a joke, I am actually officially retarded.
Not that I can't work, but I definitely got taken advantage of anywhere I did try (including fast food).
Without the exorbitantly expensive paper that claims I'm qualified for a job, well let's just say there's certainly other candidates more fit.

Decided it absolutely wasn't worth struggling for a minimum wage job. Spend my entire life working just so I could afford to work? After taxes and all the other stuff it's not like it made it any easier to live here. Decided I could get by doing my own thing, and I've managed to survive for years now. I might eat other peoples garbage, or literally wear a dead mans outfit...but really the worst part is just that no matter how frugal I am and how much I try to save I can't really get ahead of inflation. I'm not entirely out of options, I'm sure if I really really tried hard I could figure something out. I just haven't been desperate enough to do so.

Also I've gotten more and more disgusted by society, it's greed and vanity. It literally turns my stomach the shit I see and hear people say. How little they care for anyone or anything except themselves, and how nothing is ever good enough. Forget about caring for the stuff they do have, most people don't even give a shit about basic human rights and privacy...willing to sell their souls to get their digital high. Doesn't stop them from bitching about the government and politics they refuse to understand. I'm really not interested in joining that world at all.

You know, in the grand scheme of things I've got a pretty good life. I have shelter, clean water, I get enough calories, I've got a couple nice things (like a computer/internet and a vehicle), and despite how frustrating or harmful it is I still keep helping others...so I think my humanity is still intact. Ha that word feels just like "common sense", neither one is really a quality of most humans anymore. I'm literally getting a sudden headache and feeling tired and ill. I can barely think enough to form a sentence now, I'm going to have to cut my rant short and just concede that I'm a cynical asshole. Maybe I'll edit this or continue the rant after some rest, it looks like it's 3:42 AM currently.

You type pretty damn well for being retarded. I know a guy that lives totally off the grid and just does odd jobs for cash. He lives in a tent in a hidden spot near the beach and walks into town every day. Doesn't have any bills and just does his thing. We have him house sit/walk the dog for us on occasion for some extra cash. He has a similar sentiment about society.
 

EliteRetard

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You type pretty damn well for being retarded. I know a guy that lives totally off the grid and just does odd jobs for cash. He lives in a tent in a hidden spot near the beach and walks into town every day. Doesn't have any bills and just does his thing. We have him house sit/walk the dog for us on occasion for some extra cash. He has a similar sentiment about society.

That's a big problem overall in society too, believing retarded means utterly stupid.
For those people, even if you can demonstrate far superior knowledge/skill/talent in a field, they will always ignore/dismiss you "because retard".
Worse though are the scumbags that realize potential and then find your weaknesses, it's easier to abuse and exploit the socially/mentally handicapped.

It's not that retards like me don't want to work, don't want to participate in society, don't want an opportunity for better things, or even the chance to experience love and the option to make a family. It's that all these things are exponentially harder for us and often reward us far less. Look at how unhappy most people are, how much they complain about everything...that should make it easy to understand why many retards give up or don't want to bother. Instead just choosing to get along with the bare minimum while using our time to find some kind of enjoyment/fulfillment if possible.

Despite my distaste for modern society, it seems I enjoy helping others. I honestly don't think I even understand myself. Even if I know I'm being exploited and taken advantage of, I keep helping out...as long as it's "my choice". I refuse to let another company exploit me, but I'm willing to do back breaking labor for an individual at $5-10/day. I'm poor as heck and yet I'm willing to loan all my money to wealthy people who can't possibly live without that latest luxury vehicle or home renovation.

Perhaps I've just realized what it is. I'm so disgusted by these people who only care for themselves, I'd rather be trampled by them than become one of them. I don't think I'm doing it as a kind thing either...I know for certain I'm a disgusting sinner.