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lol, lmao even. fuck you pay me.

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[–] miz@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

this is a warning that you are about to get scammed even worse than before

[–] microfiche@hexbear.net 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

I keep my professional contacts fresh for exactly this reason.

I recently received another endorsement on my plumbing license which is typically commensurate w/ a decent raise - I've dealt with a lot of shit, literal and figurative, to get to where I am. I refuse to sell myself short. I turned in my two weeks after I was told they can't afford it.

Meanwhile failson is driving a brand new Ram 1 ton dually, after he wrapped his other brand new truck around a phone pole while out drinking a year ago. HE JUST GOT HIS LICENSE REINSTATED A WEEK AGO. It's got every conceivable option from the dealership, along with a lift, big mud tires, and a bulletproof transmission to handle it all. I'd estimate 120k give or take a few k.

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

Well that definitely explains why he can't afford to pay you what you're worth

[–] XxFemboy_Stalin_420_69xX@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i hope when he inevitably gets into another car crash that he's the only one that dies

[–] microfiche@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

I think that was his second drinking related wreck. Both that I know of were single driver, single car. Already had an interlock once that I know of but I likely don't k ow the whole story.

[–] ColonelKataffy@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

This is very funny and insightful

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

bulletproof transmission

is that actually a thing

[–] isame@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

I googled it for both of us. It appears to just mean a very sturdy/reliable transmission that holds up to abuse.

[–] microfiche@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

bulletproof in a figurative sense really.

Heavy duty housings, quality gears, beefy axels, that sorta thing.. they call it bulletproof in the sense that you can't trash them except in extreme cases, I think.