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how many jobs have you had? (hexbear.net)
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you don't have to describe them in detail with dates, not trying to get you to doxx yourself

but it's kind of A Thing with neurodivergent folks to have tried a lot of different jobs, and I'm curious about everybody's count

I think I'm up to 21 that I've filed taxes for, which doesn't seem that extreme for 42, except when you consider that I've been unemployed most of my son's 17 years of life because I couldn't handle parenting and that level of outside obligations, so most of those happened before I was 25 – so 20ish jobs between 15-25

how bout you, how many things have you tried?

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[-] dustbunnies@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

I got involved in local democratic politics, another huge mistake I've discussed here multiple times. It only became a problem when I started winning elections. I voted to defund the police and the sheriff himself screamed in my face, three feet away from me. I started thinking that my family was in danger and that no one would stand up for us or protect us here. The police would run me off the road one late night, there would be an article in the paper about it, and that would have been the end of me. What would I have achieved, except making my kids fatherless? So I quit.

this is the reason I haven't personally gotten involved in local politics, even though I live in a deeply blue part of Ohio. that shit is scary, I grew up around those people, they fucking terrify me and I am not popular enough to feel safe in this small town culture

any suggestions for posts of yours to read to learn about how this all went down for you?

and have hundreds of pages in a book I'm writing about going from white collar to blue collar work. It's still a bullshit job, just a different kind of bullshit.

I think this book would be very popular; I know my spouse would love to read it.

I would rather just work for myself, since that's where the big bucks are

one of the things I hate most about this alleged individualistic, bootstraps society is how fucking hard they make it for a person to go it alone – the obscure administrative requirements are a huge hurdle for most people.

your journey sounds relatable af, I really hope you write that book. ❤️

[-] duderium@hexbear.net 2 points 13 hours ago

This was very kind of you to say. I'm not sure when this particular book will ever be finished. Maybe if I ever escape blue collar work, and return to the bullshit of white collar work? Steve Salaita actually already has a great book about this called An Honest Living that's on libgen. I guess I'll also have to include a chapter in my own book about my abortive political career.

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