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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 02:17 AM Original message |
'I don't want to be me any more' And with that, 21 yo job seeker takes own life |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. This makes me sad. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. I've had two friends kill themselves in the last 6 months |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 02:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. We may be human but we are subject to the laws of evolution just like all animals. I |
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Goldstein1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 02:22 AM Original message |
The wrong people are suffering |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 03:16 AM Response to Original message |
11. When people start picketing at Walmart regarding the outsourcing |
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Goldstein1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 03:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Free trade + an international livable minimum wage = fair trade |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 03:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. "Patriotism and nationalism are just two more tools....... |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 03:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Hell yeah! nt |
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npk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
50. I agree. Unfortunately there is no safety net for many in the middle class |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. It sucks to be entry level right now |
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newthinking (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 02:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Nobody will be retiring until 2014. Why 2014? Healthcare |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
58. Welcome to DU |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 02:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Not just young people..... |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 02:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I can relate to the loss of the old me |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 03:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. stay with us, Juche |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 03:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Hello, fellow insomniac! |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
61. welcome to my world |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. I feel for you! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
40. Once large numbers of young people refuse to pay their student loans you'll see |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
6. recommend |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
10. It's not just young folks hurting either, a lot of us over 45 aren't much |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 03:19 AM Response to Original message |
12. That is the saddest thing I've seen in a long time. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 04:13 AM Response to Original message |
17. here's another that affected me when i read of it: |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:03 AM Response to Reply #17 |
59. The saddest part in this story: |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
18. This is so sad ..... |
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NotThisTime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
19. So awful, it should never come to this :( |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
20. Sadly, too many equate WORK with LIFE |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:32 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I disagree |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Not quite what I meant- human worth is tied some much to what you do |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. Man I know what you mean. I've told people I do NOT want my job to BE my life |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:23 AM Response to Reply #38 |
52. Not only that our capitalist master take full advantage over this insane notion |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 08:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
41. True |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. And those with disabillities that prevent them from working are left living in near-poverty. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:22 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Exactly, it marginalizes everyone who doesn't/can't fit into that work paradigm |
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LarryNM (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:50 AM Response to Reply #26 |
54. Its Both |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:21 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. We are Human BEINGS, not "Human DOINGS". |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. That may be in the UK = "a" levels |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
22. RIP and kudos to the UK media for covering this |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
23. It's poor timing to graduate into a recession |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. F. Scott Fitzgerald never said people couldn't start over. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
24. People commit suicide for lots of reasons - its seldom one thing |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
25. I guess it is true that suicide rates increase during times of economic stress and recession. nt |
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babydollhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
27. I have opened my art studio to many unemployed people, free |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. a bright note in an otherwise sad thread |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. Before I got help, I was very close to doing the same years ago |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. This isn't new...this was already happening in the country 20+yrs ago |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
32. this makes me very sad. IF a 21 year old can't make it, what about a 51 year old? |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
33. How fucking selfish of her! |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
34. Killed with relish by the f'in Wall Street whores who MIHOP to get even bigger bonuses? |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:22 AM Response to Reply #34 |
62. Not Wall Street whores this time. |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
35. Try to find one job opening that doesn't require 5-10 years experience |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. and demands several degrees, and pays 10 bucks an hour |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
37. I hope she has found some peace. I hope her family |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
43. Sad that people equate their work with their self-worth. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 09:05 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. hard not to when you need to support yourself |
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Shell Beau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. The mind is a powerful powerful thing. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
46. How sad :( n/t |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
47. So sad. My son can't find work, even with an engineering degree from UC Berkeley. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-24-10 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
48. How very very sad |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
49. When shit like this happens it is way past time for a revolution. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
53. Yet if she were missing and this story was about people searching for her |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
56. :( RIP. |
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es466 (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
57. Heartbreaking story |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
60. This is what 30+ yrs of conservatism has brought us. . . No Hope! |
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workinclasszero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
63. It all started with NAFTA |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
64. What a sad story. I can understand how she felt as |
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Ho Tai (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
65. I hope |
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