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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

Will write cover letters for food.Oh wait, time doing that doesn't count toward foodstamps job hunting quota.:( https://t.co/gnrejSw1vG

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8/17/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

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I used RescueTime & Chrometa to track hours spent on job hunt activities.Most weeks it was 60hr+ a week.Doesn't count for foodstamps.

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8/17/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

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What sucks more than burnout at job? Burnout without one.Lost my marriage, lost my sanity. I wanted to die.Doesn't count for foodstamps.

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8/17/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

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Had an exit interview w/ nice company -> MFW: I realized I'm not getting thru HR process b/c of autism stuff.Doesn't count for foodstamps.

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8/17/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

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I gave up on job hunt process instead of giving up on life,In 3 months: multiple job offers.Tactics I used:Doesn't count for foodstamps.

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8/17/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

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Went to vocational rehab to get help w/ HR. My resume & cover letters were fine, great even.Time with them:Doesn't count for foodstamps.

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8/17/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

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Hours on bus, getting lost traveling new areas, ask scary people for jobs I will get fired from.Bullshit treadmill 💩 Count for foodstamps.

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8/17/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

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I am the undeserving poor?

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8/17/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

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Spent years trying to get a job, barely hanging on on threat of homelessness, lost 80lbs b/c stress + literally starving.Undeserving poor?

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8/17/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

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I'm trying for disability & get SSDI that I paid in.Spent 2+ years on it so far and am now going homeless.Doesn't count for foodstamps.

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8/17/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

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Our safety nets are broken.

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8/17/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

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Beg $100 -> pay for divorce -> get healthplan -> get doctor -> get referral -> get waiver -> get foodstampsI'm proud when I get socks on.

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8/17/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

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Bullshit.It was one page & $20 to get married, but now I need an entire stack & $100 to get divorced.Related: https://t.co/XiZnTkzGg9

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

Latest set from today...I've been having panic attacks constantly. https://t.co/U9Ne5iz1UU

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8/17/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

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Oh yeah, the doctor I found the last time I went for foodstamps doesn't practice anymore. I have to pay $30 to get my medical records.

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8/17/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

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Went to a therapy place to get caseworker to help w/ paperwork & phone calls. They told me can't help and I needed a job.You don't say?

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8/17/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

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I don't know what to do.Is this just complaining?I don't know how to self-advocate.I don't know what to ask for.https://t.co/evlPiEo4eP

UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

But there isn't an "it gets better" campaign for the spectrum. At least not one that I know of. Best I've heard is "You learn to survive".

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8/17/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

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This is for never letting me have a shot.for always making promises & breaking them.For a job that's never there?https://t.co/3tldPzC7S0

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8/29/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

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How do you deal with constant struggle, of trying and failing, over and over?Create something.https://t.co/qkyz7GUDDk

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8/29/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

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Create something.https://t.co/UI0CbgBYNU

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

If you have tech skills and UX design experience, consider applying for this: https://t.co/4RvyiqZtzm

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9/13/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago

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My food anxiety is linked to the future of humankind and I can't make it stop.https://t.co/YegBaWcpuR

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9/26/2017