Spent

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Can you really live off of $1000 dollars? I only got up to 13 days in.

>implying i care about the rest of humanity

>First question implies I have a child

wew

>implyong its about that
No, the game is about you trying to survive only on $1000 dollars.

>Apply for food stamps
>You're approved! They don't start until next month though!

Why even ask?

>The Affordable Care Act requires you get health insurance. The good news? Your child is covered by the state. The bad? You aren’t.
Clicked out right there. I don't have a fucking child

>tons of questions ask to pay for kid's crap
>answer no to all of them since I don't have a kid
>breeze through to the end of the month

where's the option to make my kid get a job that lazy fucking slacker

i neglected the kid in most of the questions and beat the game with $67 to spare. it assumed i don't owe my vehicle though, which i do, so my car got "reposessed because i chose to ignore a phone call which was a creditor asking for a car payment, which caused me to lose my job.

stupid and gay

>Implying I have a child
>Implying I have a pet
>Implying I have a cell phone

Do that already, Usually spend about 43 dollars a month.

>Hey! You don't have dental insurance.

You can't limit my choices to force me to lose, then expect me to appreciate your simulation.

>Implying I'll have a child before getting to a stable point in my life
>Kid gets bullied for getting free lunches
Are we sure about this? I remember a lot of kids being envious of free lunches in school. Also the grocery section was garbage with no coupons.

it makes vast generalizations, why would I drive a car if there are cheaper alternatives etc.

I've gone months on end paying nothing but rent, food and utilities. This game is full of arbitrary day to day "expenses"

I gave my kid everything he needed besides extra lunch money, and got myself into a compsci program and still had 42 left at the end. Fuck cars though, glad I don't live in America.

>have a kid without a mother
>bills that i didn't have any way of knowing before planning for them
>apparently i have a pet too

fuck you too

Yeah, it's flawed in thinking I have a child and a pet. I do have a dog though. God, I would do anything for him.

>being poor
>having a child and a pet
can't I just buy heroin and OD?

How do you cheat with this again? Tab or something.

>Spent
>game literally makes shit up to throw at you when you prove you aren't retarded

No.

I literally deal with the sort of shitters this game is supposed to be about every day and the only reason they can't get through life is because most of them are fucking retarded, or view the social """status""" they have with their ghetto peers as more important than providing for their children.

There is a gulf in how "normal" people and most of the people in the ghetto live. The way they view success and failure. The way they respond to the same. What they aspire to. What their goals are. The way they bring down people that try to reach beyond what they started with. Whatever redeeming qualities they may have as humans are often overshadowed by their total inability to deal with anything other than the present. They do not plan for the future, they do not learn from past mistakes. They remain children their entire lives. They get their bennies once a month (or more often), go crazy, and are broke for the other 29 days of the year. They do not try to better their own lives or situation and aren't really even interested in doing it.

Everything down to the way these people approach civic responsibility (they don't) and even the way they grieve or worship is different from how civilized people act. Ever been to a gang funeral? All cultures and even subcultures celebrate differently, but this shit is bizarre. Even when one of their own kills one of them, they don't focus on finding a middle ground, or finding justice, or looking at how to improve their own station in life to move beyond this. They will twist and turn everything around and no matter what never move to improve anything. They are happy being pathetic, or at least not mad or motivated enough to move beyond it. And this in spite of all the social programs, all the free shit, all the EVERYTHING they have to offer them incentive to be a productive member of society. "Trying" is not cool, it does not elevate their status. They will live in crackhouses just so they stay true to their shit culture.

You have to be a strung out idiot or a liuteral retard to be poor and on the streets in the US
>Welfare
>Obama Phone
>SEction 8 housing
>Housing development lotteries
>Food Stamps

> 29 days of the year

Fuck me, thinking of dealing with these people makes me mad and I even took a vacation this week. I meant per month.

t. professional nigger and trailer trash wrangler

>Poor people are retarded: the game

>your rent costs more because it's closer to your job

>buy gun
>get everything for free

I won

Where the fuck does it cost $30 to do your laundry at a laundromat?

>Find a job or exit
>exit
>This is hard, isn't it?

No, it was pretty easy.

>everything going fine
>crash into a car and have to pay $550
>"woww that just proves it's just not enough, please donate $10 now"
don't hit a fucking car next time

>oh you have a kid
>you have a pet too
>haha what are buses?
fuck this

This. I was poor as dirt growing up (Single mother, her only job was a medical assistant and it had us below the poverty line because we lived in NYC) but we were never homeless or hungry because of those bennys basically anyone can get in NY.

You even have a pet like what the fuck.

>"Your tooth has been hurting for weeks"
Well thank you very much it would have been nice to have known then, weeks ago

>You have a child

I what?

>You also have a pet

I WHAT?

>Your landlord increases rent even though it's illegal
>No "get a fucking lawyer" option

I mean I know it is hard but wtf is this.

seriously, what

the laundromat near me, though I've never used it personally, costs a whopping 75c for the basic washers, 50c for a dryer, and only 1.50 for the heavy tumbler

how much fucking laundry do they think you have

Pretty sure if you're single mom and have children you can apply for aid from the state or government where the more children you have the more money you get.

You forgot to mention how they think everyone outside their ghetto owes them something. The government, businesses, random strangers, it doesn't matter.

>people playing like they're single
the website is bullshit but you apes are even dumber for trying to play as something you're not

Why would I have a kid if I can't support said kid? All this "game" does is convince me that poor people are poor because they're stupid.

that's not my point
If I have a kid and a pet and I'm poor I should just off myself to save everyone a whole lot of bother and heroin sounds like a nice way to go

Apparently I can't, because I get a blank page in firefox with Flash disabled.

Wow I coasted to the end of the month pretty easily. Just become a professional nignog.
>I can't support kids
>let's have kids!
>pet is sick
>no option to try to find it a better home
>OH B-B-B-BUT RENT'S DUE TOMORROW
So I'll just find a lawyer willing to let me sue for the landlord not fixing the plumbing and now I have EBT so I can blow my dosh on beer, newports, and scratchoffs.

>Simulating the life of a poor person
>All of these "forced" choices
Confirms poor people are retarded

>Implying I don't own my own car

Bullshit, my car of the past 7 years was cheaper then that and it only caught fire one.

>you have a kid
>you have to travel by car
This is so absolutely retarded. I don't have a kid and I wouldn't take a car when there are cheaper alternative. Shit, if you have a car, why not fucking sell it?

I'm pretty sure I played this game years ago.

Made it through on my first try.

>lost car
>pay car insurance
?????????

>Credit card debt of 7,300 out of nowhere
>LOL YOU RAN OUT OF MONEY
Fuck you too

>Either live near a city, pay more rent, but don't have to have a car since I can just take public transit
>Live further away and deal with car costs

>Even if you pick city, it still gives you questions with car problems and costs

Also
>have a kid

If anything this test just makes me hate poor people even more for being fucking idiots. I'm not a wealthy person by any means but at least I'm not retarded enough to make such stupid life choices

This thing is retarded. Why would I get back pains after lifting things for a couple days? Even my fatass can do that. I don't have a pet, and I don't have children... I don't want them BECAUSE they cost more money than I want to spend on them. Is this a simulator for dealing with retarded decisions people make without thinking it though?

>paying the full amount
retard

>Day 5.

> Oh, hey, you have credit card expenses randomly out of nowhere.

> Pay $7,500.

Okay.

>You are fired for union activity
That's not how that works

>Letting interest build up
retard

I'm a probation officer. You're right about a lot of them. I deal with a lot of broken families, crackheads, and inner city trash. I love my job. I feel like I make a difference. Not always, but sometimes. I even like some of the offenders I work with. But man, the difference in how they think and act is absurd. It really is like dealing with another species rather than what I recognize as a human being sometimes.

To carry on further, here is what you can do if you are poor street trash in US.

> Apply for food stamps (you can get benefits almost immediately)
> Go to a fucking temp agency and get a $9/hr job
> Go to the hospital for medical needs (you're not going to pay anyway, hospital will eventually just write it off, and you don't have credit history to care about)
> Apply at area housing authorities (If you don't have a felony, they will find a good placement for you, and fast)
> Go to the soup kitchen (Seriously, aside from food, they have people offering jobs, information, worship services, etc which all can help the poor)
> Go to the unemployment office (Get your benefits started)
> Go to the health department or your local mental healthcare facility (The government pays THEM for you to be there, most common mental health meds are practically or literally free with demonstrated need)
> Ride a fucking bus. I live in a rural ass county and even when we have a public transport system. You call them ahead of time, they pick you up, and with demonstrated need they are FREE.
> Try to stop smoking

Do not:

> Live in a motel
> eat out constantly
> buy expensive and ridiculous clothing
> buy a smartphone
> avoid working at any cost because it might mess up your benefits
> use drugs of any sort (Because you can't fucking afford them)
> Have kids
> Have more kids
> Drive a car without a license

People pretend the US has shit public health or whatever but the support system is great. You just have to fucking use it.

Ended the month with $189, I'm a neet so I guess I have some experience?

>pay 7k when you only have $200
>have no money to pay for anything or your kids
vs
>pay off a little bit even with a little bit of interest down the line

i pray you have no one to take care of

>Have a pet
>Knowingly move into a place where they charge a $350 pet fee

???

...

Damn, this shit is lame. Reminds me of Depression Quest.

>Being poor and having a pet in the first place
????

Got to the end with about 500 to spare. I've been in this situation in real life, and they act like the concessions you need to make to survive are horrible. It's absolutely retarded. The child thing is bullshit too. The pet thing too, where's my option to put it down myself? The leak in the sink required me to buy tools? Why can't I borrow some from a neighbor? If this were real life I'd have breezed through it and had enough to make rent next month plus an additional $250 to make the car payment. Then I'd have called the dealership to get a payment plan of some sort hashed out. Fuck this game and fuck the creators for trying to guilt 10 bucks out of me.

I ended the month with like $600 and that's with wasting money. You can just put everything off and don't pay, I'm broke as fuck IRL and that's what I do.

you can give the pet to a friend

>find a job or exit
>exit
>this was hard wasnt it? Donate now

>Being poor

????

This so much.

Every single non monthly bill happens to be on that month.

You have 0 savings for some reason? Have no qualifications?

I'm sorry but if you have a kid but you are a fucking neanderthal it's your own damn fault.

That was easy as fuck. Winning the lottery is OP.

Why not just give the pet to someone else

Not all shelters will even charge a fee to take the animal

>child
>Implying I'm dumb enough to have a child in the first place
>without a solid future in hand and without a partner

Where's the option to tell them to get a job instead?

i'm the first world so this doesn't really work here.

my 100m2 place costs me around 550 € including internet and a few other comforts and if I skip on all-organic food and snacks I only need around 100 € a month for groceries.

I also have two cats.

>americuh

also, VIDEO GAMES

Made it with $203 and even lost my job on the 15th or some shit because the boss is omniscient.

>Can you really live off of $1000 dollars?
Yes. I use to because i had to.

Yes, it's "lucky" to know basic math shit.

> Get a payday loan
> Quit my job the next day

WINNING
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how do you do this

Can you imagine the black version of this?

> Your Kids, Tanisha, Laquisha, Daryn, Tyrone, Tyrise, Diquan, Beyonce, Precious, Jamal, DeAndre, DeShawn, Comptonia, Bufanaquishria and Obamaniqua all require child support this month.

> The total is $10,500.

> Fortunately, the government will pay it for you, and you gained $200 from robbing a white guy playing Pokemon Go.

>Car gets repossessed
>Few days later, find out car is not street legal and have option to pay to fix
That doesn't even make sense! I don't have a car anymore! And I get fired for losing the car, yet had the option to take the bus when my gas was siphoned. Poor logic...

Play the lottery, win the lottery. It's pretty simple actually.

As someone who has actually been poor if you're really poor the govt basically pays for everything you need already.

At what point in the pathetic people this game is about's lives is there supposed to be any responsibility on their heads?

I have some sympathy for the unfortunate but outside of the mentally ill or physically disabled anybody can get a shit warehouse job or work their way into something fulltime somewhere, and it doesn't take very much to get by in the American south, which is where this game was made. I mean come on, you get a roommate, rent a fucking trailer, and start at a community college. You average living expenses would be around 5-600 a month each, and you could get government money to cover almost all of that. That's less than 25 hours a week at minimum wage.

You can live for basically free in America as long as you are ok with living a below average lifestyle.

...

I love how the game freezes and no longer continues when you are winning and proving them wrong that you can survive. The very first question is "Get a Job" or "Exit", That must be where people fail and not click "Get a Job".

I live in rl on less than 1000

last month I paid like 850 total

just stop spending money nigga lol put your wallet down and walk away wtf

>not biking to work to save money and stay fit
>don't have to pay for gas, insurance or maintenance
>having children
>drinking coffee
>smoking
>drinking alcohol

It's really surprising just how many people have kids but don't have the means to financial support them. I don't really know what goes through their heads.

> Pay 300+ dollars a month for healthcare
> Have to pay 45 dollars to get checked anyways
> Internet is 60 fucking dollars a month

Wow I wasn't aware surviving in a third world country was this hard

As someone who jumped from shit job to shit job, NETWORK. Make friends, ask your family members about job openings or if they can vouch for you. Got me out of retail and on a decent track to more cash.

Poverty fucking sucks, but you gotta take advantage of the resources available.

>Choose to live right next to where I work
>Still have a car

??????

This shit is fucking rigged as fuck

Kek

>Getting 7000 in debt when you couldn't afford it

haha yea let those kids just walk to school and everywhere else xD

seriously, did you guys even bother paying attention to the game

I hate how the "game" assumes you are a single parent with a kid, sick pet, poor mouth hygiene, unpaid car bills, shady landlord, and asshole boss.

>tfw not a single black mom tryin a make it in the hood

I will agree with you on most of those programs but not on Section 8.

Section 8 is usually only open 1 day of the year to apply and even then there is a waiting list.
I know people who have been on that waiting list for over 5 years.

I work a minimum wage job (while going to college) and while I can pay my living expenses it still leaves for very little savings.

The cheapest one bed apartments around where I live around 850USD a month and it's not like there are high paying jobs available here.

Still I keep a good budget so I can live with 850 rent then 50USD electricity and 40USD internet with 15USD going to the phone bill and another 130USD to food.
I have a car but insurance is only 267USD a year and if anything happens I can take the bus to college.

Is this shit supposed to be hard? They give you a shit ton of money right off the bat.
I lived out of my car after my parents decided 21 was to old to be still living with them and lived off half of that.
Course I wasn't a dumbass and didn't have a kid before I could afford it, or buy a new car, or have a credit card, or a cell phone. Also I lived off ramen and eggs and the occasional "spoiled" burger from work.

Kids do actually walk to school you know, especially when you live in the middle of the city

>shit public health or whatever but the support system is great
That's true, except they charge an obscene amount of money for everything they offer.