06/17 - Macadamia Monday!

[cyberwasp]

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Another good requester making things right

 

[lil queen trashmouth]

Determination and fate I was hoping. But you're right about that, especially where I am going into Colorado Springs is pretty expensive. I actually have a friend out there who could get me a job installing cable services as a last resort, but I'm scared of heights and I know that job calls for occasional heights.

I was thinking on trying Costco for starters because they pay well I heard. Otherwise than that I need to figure something out soon because this is my move and Im going to be making it very soon. Thankfully I Have this (Mturk) to generate at least a little income . But my friend wants me to save 4K before I even go out there which is obviously going to require me to get a real job. sigh.

Other thing is my half of rent and utilities for the house hes staying at will be 1K + (yikes)

I'm a mess

My husband and I lived in CO for 3 years, and by the time we left last October I have never been so glad to see such natural beauty in a rear view mirror. There's no jobs, no housing - it was literally cheaper for us to build a house than buy one - and it was only getting worse. I was a department manager at Safeway for the last year before we left, and it was a nightmare - no one can afford to live there, so no one stays in their jobs, so your own job (if you have one) is a nightmare hellscape of understaffed, underpaid stress. We worked 40 hour weeks in non-minimum wage jobs with a mortgage less than $900 a month and still couldn't even save enough for a vacation once a year. (No kids, no debt.)

I'm not saying this to put you off; it's your life, fuck it, do what you want. But the green rush is very, very real and I would encourage you to have more concrete plans before you up and leave because for every one of you, there's 10 more rich dicks buying all the land and charging people like us through the asshole to live there.

 

[IdahoCrab]

Trying to catch hits today be like

 

[Theta Carinae]

No joke, been outta CO almost a year and I'm still consistently amazed how much cheaper everything is

God bless the Midwest

So much this. Seattle is pretty and all, but I so can't wait to finish school and get out. Then (hopefully, presumably) go somewhere Midwestern where normal people can afford to, you know, be alive.

 

[FrenchToast]

waiting to catch something decent like....

 

[Theta Carinae]

My husband and I lived in CO for 3 years, and by the time we left last October I have never been so glad to see such natural beauty in a rear view mirror. There's no jobs, no housing - it was literally cheaper for us to build a house than buy one - and it was only getting worse. I was a department manager at Safeway for the last year before we left, and it was a nightmare - no one can afford to live there, so no one stays in their jobs, so your own job (if you have one) is a nightmare hellscape of understaffed, underpaid stress. We worked 40 hour weeks in non-minimum wage jobs with a mortgage less than $900 a month and still couldn't even save enough for a vacation once a year. (No kids, no debt.)

I'm not saying this to put you off; it's your life, fuck it, do what you want. But the green rush is very, very real and I would encourage you to have more concrete plans before you up and leave because for every one of you, there's 10 more rich dicks buying all the land and charging people like us through the asshole to live there.

it bears repeating:

Western WA and CO sound like they have a lot in common, unfortunately

 

[Vanyanka]

I'm kinda glad scrunchies are back in because they don't kink up my hair after I've spent 25 hours straightening it.

 

[MirrorMan]

Garden status: weeded
How are things on the Turk front this afternoon?

 

[KittyTacos]

I don't post a whole lot, but my suggestion is and always has been to go back through the old posts on the forum to see what good requesters or jobs others have posted and build your favorites up with that. To me, the little search button at the top of the page gives me more information than anything else. So my favorite requestedr is "Me" as I use that little spyglass at the top.

and ya wanna know somethin' else about doin' your own searchin'...?

Ya just never know when you're gonna stumble across the answers to questions that ya didn't even know you had yet ?

 

[Merovign]

So much this. Seattle is pretty and all, but I so can't wait to finish school and get out. Then (hopefully, presumably) go somewhere Midwestern where normal people can afford to, you know, be alive.

Yeah but you gotta stop telling people about it or they'll all move there from the coasts. Let them think it's a barren wasteland.

 

[savvy]

My husband and I lived in CO for 3 years, and by the time we left last October I have never been so glad to see such natural beauty in a rear view mirror. There's no jobs, no housing - it was literally cheaper for us to build a house than buy one - and it was only getting worse. I was a department manager at Safeway for the last year before we left, and it was a nightmare - no one can afford to live there, so no one stays in their jobs, so your own job (if you have one) is a nightmare hellscape of understaffed, underpaid stress. We worked 40 hour weeks in non-minimum wage jobs with a mortgage less than $900 a month and still couldn't even save enough for a vacation once a year. (No kids, no debt.)

I'm not saying this to put you off; it's your life, fuck it, do what you want. But the green rush is very, very real and I would encourage you to have more concrete plans before you up and leave because for every one of you, there's 10 more rich dicks buying all the land and charging people like us through the asshole to live there.

interesting. there's tons of jobs in CO in my field of work and most areas except downtown Denver are cheaper than where i live now. Interesting to see different perspectives.

 

[Merovign]

Garden status: weeded
How are things on the Turk front this afternoon?

I actually got up early for today. Should have slept in.

 

[Theta Carinae]

Yeah but you gotta stop telling people about it or they'll all move there from the coasts. Let them think it's a barren wasteland.

Don't worry, that isn't nearly as likely as you might think. The coastal snobbery is real.

 

[savvy]

So much this. Seattle is pretty and all, but I so can't wait to finish school and get out. Then (hopefully, presumably) go somewhere Midwestern where normal people can afford to, you know, be alive.

I will say it's interesting in the midwest... I have friends who didn't go to college and walked into 16-20/hour jobs and cheap housing. However, I really really hate tornados and corn.

 

[Merovign]

Don't worry, that isn't nearly as likely as you might think. The coastal snobbery is real.

Oh, it's real, and it's spectacular. I live there.

 

[DatJersey]

Title: Take our Personality Test and Play Games! (Games-Part 1)(~ 30 minutes) | PANDA Requester: Behavioral Research [A2UX6285R5JW62] (TO) TO Ratings: ★★★★★ 5.00 Communicativity ★★★★★ 4.50 Generosity ★★★★★ 5.00 Fairness ★★★★★ 4.00 Promptness Number of Reviews: 10 | TOS Flags: 0 Submit a new TO review Description: We are researchers conducting a two-part research study to better understand hiring decisions in organizations. At this time, you will be asked to play a series of online games. At another time, you will be asked to answer some questions about how you view yourself. Each survey should take about 30 minutes to complete. Therefore, participation in both parts of the study should take about 1 hour to complete. Below, you will find the link to 12 games. If you are interested in providing your insight to our research, please click on the link and complete the games. It should take you 25-30 minutes to complete. Please try to complete this survey within one week of receiving the invitation. Thank you for your time and consideration! Time: 5400 HITs Available: 7 Reward: $4.50 Qualifications: Exc: [-784753278-153501] DoesNotExist ;Location In US

24 min. follow up later This is not for real bonus money, but my gosh if it was !!

 

[Castor]

Too slow for me today so I decided to fix the backdoor. In the process I fell off the step, cut my back (I'm ok) and ripped one of my favorite shirts but the door is finally fixed!!!

Every time I fix something I get this unreasonably huge ego boost for the rest of the day. You guys should have seen me after I changed my own wipers on the car last week. You'd think I had rebuilt the engine the way I was strutting around the house ?

 

[Theta Carinae]

Oh, it's real, and it's spectacular. I live there.

Yeah, as someone who not only grew up there but was a particularly bad offender (until I researched and talked to people for many dozens of hours) I feel okay calling it out.

 

[Diviana]

Title: Answer a short question | Accept Requester: Matthew Lawson [AQEE6NWDLLLDL] Contact TV: [Hrly=$18.13] [Pay=Good] [Approval=~24 hrs] [Comm=Unrated] [Rej=0] [Blk=0] TO: [Pay=5.00] [Fast=0.00] [Comm=0.00] [Fair=0.00] [Reviews=2] [ToS=0] TO2: No Reviews Reward: 0.10 Duration: 1:00:00 Available: 129 Description: Respond to a short question Qualifications: None

This is 2 questions. An attention check and then the survey question so its pretty quick.

 

[Merovign]

Yeah, as someone who not only grew up there but was a particularly bad offender (until I researched and talked to people for many dozens of hours) I feel okay calling it out.

The really fun part is that people who are old enough remember when the snobs moved *to* the West Coast. History's a really big place.

Wonder what the relationship will be like in 100 years.