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4. Mind Your Own Business

Sat Apr 15, 2017, 07:13 AM

Apr 2017

I've spent a lot of time up in ME and have relatives in Bangor. It wasn't uncommon for me to see people driving up and down the back roads on bicycles with bags and bags of cans they had collected for the deposit. Some of the houses in the back woods are no more than shacks by my standards. Who's business is it to judge how these people choose to live? If they aren't bothering anyone than I don't begrudge the life they've chosen.

Think about it. This person couldn't pass a drug test most retailers now require and he still manages. What are we pushing these people towards anyway? Drudgery of 40 hour work weeks? Nonstop consumerism that leaves people unfulfilled and groping for direction? Tell me something, if you're fully employed now and running the rat race, are you happy? I can almost bet Twitch has a higher happiness level than most of the people I know who have 20+ years of employment. (Personally, I think people who look down and disparage people like Twitch just want him to get a job and suffer like they do)

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Thousands of Maine men are missing from the workforce, and no one really knows why [View all] TexasTowelie Apr 2017 OP

"No one really knows why" seems to be Maine's state motto ck4829 Apr 2017 #1

Haha! cheapdate Apr 2017 #30

Also . . . OldRedneck Apr 2017 #2

I don't think so.. whathehell Apr 2017 #5

Probably not, based on the video. wildeyed Apr 2017 #13

Trump and LePage will make this a nation-wide problem IronLionZion Apr 2017 #3

Did you watch the video? whathehell Apr 2017 #6

Many immigrants manage to work without getting disability IronLionZion Apr 2017 #8

And why have millions more gone on disability over the past few years? 7962 Apr 2017 #9

Um, they can't find a job? whathehell Apr 2017 #16

Not finding a job doesnt qualify you for disability. Being DISABLED does. 7962 Apr 2017 #20

No shit, but it CAN make one desperate.. whathehell Apr 2017 #22

I'm impressed that you're able to know my "life experience" by 2 comments 7962 Apr 2017 #23

I never claimed to."know" it, I only said that's what it sounded like.. whathehell Apr 2017 #25

I didn't see anything about his being an immigrant, whathehell Apr 2017 #15

Me neither IronLionZion Apr 2017 #17

Um, the only thing I didn't "understand" was your mention of "being the only US citizen whathehell Apr 2017 #18

Life kicks a lot of people down IronLionZion Apr 2017 #19

"Some of us kick back". There ya go. Good way to look at it 7962 Apr 2017 #21

Some are able to kick back, at least for awhile, whathehell Apr 2017 #24

We're probably not that far apart in our views IronLionZion Apr 2017 #26

No, I don't think so, and I'm glad.. whathehell Apr 2017 #28

I'm 34 IronLionZion Apr 2017 #29

Ok, you're a young dude.. whathehell Apr 2017 #31

I grew up in rural western PA IronLionZion Apr 2017 #32

Interesting. whathehell Apr 2017 #34

You're right janterry Apr 2017 #33

Mind Your Own Business modrepub Apr 2017 #4

A little off the mark Boomer Apr 2017 #7

Twitch alanbudda Apr 2017 #12

If you started looking for work during the great recession greymattermom Apr 2017 #10

Also Bear Creek Apr 2017 #14

Terrible story...I'd be mad as hell if that happened whathehell Apr 2017 #27

Lumberjack woodchip diet bucolic_frolic Apr 2017 #11