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Brandon O'Bryant • upvoted an item 6 days ago

Johnny Depp’s Lawyer Camille Vasquez Has Been Grilling Amber Heard In Court, And Here Are 30 Of The Best Reactions About Her

What REALLY gets my goat about all this is that because of her lies Amber Heard has discredited genuine cases of domestic abuse against women. Forever more male abusers will point to THIS case and claim THEY were abused (discrediting genuine cases of domestic abuse against men)

Brandon O'Bryant • commented on a post 1 month ago

30 Times Employees Stood Up To Their Rude And Entitled Bosses

Which is why I'm happy for my current job. Sure the $15/hr is technically a step down from my last job but on average I still get double that in tips, I'm guaranteed decent work hours, I've seen the owner sneak in (well he failed at the sneak part) to drop money in our tip boxes on slow nights, and the last time someone went power mad after a promotion they were given the choice of being fired or being demoted.

Brandon O'Bryant • upvoted 4 items 3 months ago

"I Don’t Feel Like I Owe Her Anything": Woman Refuses To Take In Sister's 3 Kids After She Passes Away From Cancer

Sharing DNA is not a valid reason to force this kind of responsibility on someone

"I Don’t Feel Like I Owe Her Anything": Woman Refuses To Take In Sister's 3 Kids After She Passes Away From Cancer

It's just much easier to make difficult decisions on sombody else's behalf.

"I Don’t Feel Like I Owe Her Anything": Woman Refuses To Take In Sister's 3 Kids After She Passes Away From Cancer

Sharing DNA is not a valid reason to force this kind of responsibility on someone

"I Don’t Feel Like I Owe Her Anything": Woman Refuses To Take In Sister's 3 Kids After She Passes Away From Cancer

It's just much easier to make difficult decisions on sombody else's behalf.

40 Things People Said That Indicated They Don’t Realize How The World Really Works, As Shared In This Online Community

I agree the severely Americanized Chinese cuisine is quite good but I would never turn down the opportunity to try authentic Chinese cuisine

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Whenever a disabled person shares their experience and a non-disabled person tells them how they can "fix" all of those problems.

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Brandon O'Bryant • commented on 4 posts 4 months ago

40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves

Almost as bad as youtube blocking Jonathan Young's second channel for... Impersonating Jonathan Young?

40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves

In fairness my favorite song from Alice Cooper isn't even one of his. He did a collaboration with Tobias Sammet for Avantasia and his voice was the perfect level of creepy for "The Toy Master" given the story of the album.

40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves

Almost as bad as youtube blocking Jonathan Young's second channel for... Impersonating Jonathan Young?

40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves

bad medical practice to vaccinate in a pandemic? Damn Somebody should go tell the doctors that were inoculating patients during small pox break outs, and the doctors administering vaccines during the Spanish flu they were doing it wrong.

People Talk About Which Celebrities Are Totally Different Behind The Scenes (30 Answers)

I think there has been at least one time he's lashed out at someone that was on a show and it was a US Kitchen Nightmare episode. Specifically the Mangia Mangia episode set in Woodland Park, CO. And I can't really blame him being from that town, the "chef" that the restaurant started with is a complete waste of human potential and, let's just say his reputation in town was already s**t enough Gordon could have had him carted off in handcuffs and it wouldn't have dropped.

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Brandon O'Bryant • commented on 6 posts 5 months ago

Employee Quits Her Job, A Few Weeks Later A New Hotshot Manager Tries To “Fire” Her, Gets Demoted

I've worked private contract security for about 4 years now. One of my first field supervisors was possibly the worst person to entrust with any sort of responsibility and actually bragged in a meeting about showing up to the house of a guard and threatening him if he didn't report for his next shift after the guy had quit. Honestly wish that was his biggest flaw.

30 Things That End Up Costing More For Poor People Than For The Rich

And the thing is- if you could afford a better education you'd know that an unpaid internship is ILLEGAL unless you are receiving credit in course from an accredited education institute and the work you do is related to your field of study.

Employee Quits Her Job, A Few Weeks Later A New Hotshot Manager Tries To “Fire” Her, Gets Demoted

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Brandon O'Bryant • upvoted 14 items 5 months ago

Employee Quits Her Job, A Few Weeks Later A New Hotshot Manager Tries To “Fire” Her, Gets Demoted

Nope, just because you quit, doesn't mean you don't work there anymore, LOL. 8 am on a Sunday, I get a phone call from former boss telling me to get back to work. Yes, he knew I had quit and left town a few weeks before. Luckily, it was easy to tell him, "I landed another job, sorry" and move on.

30 Things That End Up Costing More For Poor People Than For The Rich

Living in your car WHILE HAVING A BLOODY JOB is insane. The underlying system is completely broken.

Employee Quits Her Job, A Few Weeks Later A New Hotshot Manager Tries To “Fire” Her, Gets Demoted

30 Things That End Up Costing More For Poor People Than For The Rich

Living in your car WHILE HAVING A BLOODY JOB is insane. The underlying system is completely broken.

30 Things That End Up Costing More For Poor People Than For The Rich

Yeah. Also, being able to buy the good, lasting stuff leads to not spending money on many things like good quality clothing, appliences and tools. Saves a HUGE ammount of money over time.

30 Things That End Up Costing More For Poor People Than For The Rich

USA: Land of the free, home of the broke.

30 Things That End Up Costing More For Poor People Than For The Rich

God the hopelessness. How can you make it illegal if you don't help? WTF is wrong with people.

30 Things That End Up Costing More For Poor People Than For The Rich

Every injury, every cough, every tooth pain is accompanied by panic because it is like having a hole in your pocket. You have no idea how much this is going to cost. But you know it is likely to ruin you.

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How abput depression and anxiety caused by financial pressures being 'treated' by a therapist and being charged $75 copay per visit. Then, if the anxiety is bad enough that you don't go, you get a $45 cancellation fee unless you cancel 2 days+ in advance. Self-fueling system.

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40,000 per year before taxes 35,200 after taxes Rent 1100 × 12 = 13200 Car note 400 × 12 = 4800 Car insurance 200 × 12 = 2400 Utilities, gas for the car, internet 400 x 12 = 4800 Food 400 × 12 = 4800 Total 30,000 These are nice round numbers and I live in one of the "lowest cost of living" states in the US....this also includes 0 entertainment expenses like Netflix, going out with friends, taking a vacation etc. 5200 bucks left over to save for the year easily gets decimated by just 1 or 2 car issues, maybe 1 or 2 doctor/dentist visits, God forbid you have 1 of each Car issue, doctor visit and dentist visit in the same year... Imagine working 40+ hrs a week just to be able to work 40+ hrs a week and stay alive....nothing more.

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Friend broke his glasses today. Insurance wants a reeval of his eyes to get new ones, so now he's out a couple hundred for the script and can't work until they're replaced. Also can't drive until he can see.

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Attendance micromanagement at work. Hear me out. I am currently at a much higher paying position. It’s salaried. My boss has the mindset that she doesn’t care when things get done just so long as they get done. She’s flexible on when I clock in/out and doesn’t feel the need to track if I’m hitting exactly forty hours a week. (Again, salaried position). Contrast to past jobs that paid less than half as much. Many of my coworkers took public transit (couldn’t own a car). I could have easily taken public transit, it was one bus and short walk from my house. However. I opted to drive because we would be disciplined for being more than two minutes “tardy” clocking in. The bus is NOT that reliable, y’all. So we have multiple workers showing up 10-20 minutes early to sit around with unpaid time so they don’t get docked for being tardy. And the policy was such that three tardies mean you get written up, then it escalates to action, then to termination. It’s real easy to lose your job because your bus route is not reliable. But most of the people taking the bus to work are in the low paying positions that micromanage if you’re two minutes late (even if it’s out of your control). Bosses keep their thumbs on the low earners and it keeps them there.

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For me, it was moreso the fact that everything was a choice. The mental strain of trying to figure out how to budget $100 when you realistically need $150...it's f*cking horrible. It leads to bad decisions over time too. I smoked cigarettes because I was always so stressed and cigarettes are expensive. I knew I was wasting money and couldn't really afford it, but it was one of the only things that got me through shifts of hell at work

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I can help you out. I worked with homeless folks in LA for a few years. The stories I could tell you. One that was a recurring tale, all too common, were parking tickets. Rich people? Big deal. Pay it online, it’s an afterthought at its worst. Now that same parking ticket issued to a homeless person living out of their car, trying to scrounge together money for a deposit on a place whilst working a sh*tty service sector job? That’s devastating. It’s another 2-3 months of sleeping in the car. Or maybe it’s a few days worth of missed meals. Or maybe it’s skipping out on that expensive medication that your sh*tty insurance wont cover. I could provide you endless examples of the way this country punishes the poor. People need a reality check.

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I’ve never had the money to spend on regular dental work so now I’m spending thousands more to fix everything that was neglected I would like to make an edit and add that a ton of you in the comments have suggested dental tourism and dental schools. Both are great ideas!