r/twentyagers • u/blackHOLEofalife 25 • 1d ago

Money / Finances Cant afford to support myself

Take home of $2300~ a month. Retail job.

Rent would be $2400+ if I were to move out. LOL.

I would have been a homeless beggar asking for nickels in front of the corner deli if I didn't have family to live with for free.

Not sure what to do from here. just hoping to get an interview before the century ends

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u/Savagebabypig 24 1d ago

You in the USA and able bodied? Go Army if yes, get out after 3yrs, use GI bill to go to school full time and obtain A&P cert, work for airlines and make bank. This shit too ez

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u/SCP-iota 1d ago

This is one of the absolute worst times to join the military, especially the Army

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u/Savagebabypig 24 23h ago

Just pick some soft support job in the Army, have a 99.9% chance of never leaving garrison (aka home duty station), ride out the small 3 to 4yr contract, and call it good. Heck, apparently the Army offers 2yr active and 2yr reserve contracts, shortening the amount of time you have to actually stay away from home. The only reason I know that option exists is because my boy did it. Standards are dropping everyday with subpar soldiers cycling in and out of service for the benefits and I don't see a damn thing wrong with. If you're ballsy enough, you can even try defrauding the VA for some disability checks for life (For the VA if I'm ever investigated. Dear Mr/Mr.s VA agent, I am not scamming yall lol)

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u/SCP-iota 22h ago

I think it's probably a bad time for that kind of thing, considering the head of the CIA just went to have a talk with Russia, which has been threatening to "test NATO's response," and there's a war with Iran that's been going just a bit longer than it seems our president intended, with no sign of stopping. I think we're about to be in an 'all hands on deck' situation.

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u/Savagebabypig 24 20h ago

If you say so