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I found a really scary and dangerous online poll.
People don't know what rock bottom is until they hit it.
Men really think about what they're doing when they find out that their girlfriend is having an affair with your replacement after being fired from a job they had been at for 10 years.
I haven't even paid off my college bills yet.
This life is a mess now.
I finally fell asleep after a night of drinking and sending out about forty resumes and bad cover letters.
When I woke up the next morning, I chose to try to make some money at home while I wait for my interview. I thought the best way would be to do some online polls that would pay me $5 in subway gift cards or something after an hour or so of answering questions. I didn't have any other skills that would make me money right away. This had to be done or I would waste the day playing video games. At least I wouldn't have to buy food.
I almost passed out after filling out the forms for five hours. It hurt a lot more than I thought it would.
After 5 hours, I had some gift cards and about $45 in cash.
What I was making was about $9 an hour, which wasn't bad since I hadn't made much before.
Then I saw this. I was about to shut down my PC and go to a bar to drown out my sadness.
For some reason, I saw it even though I shouldn't have. At the bottom of the page I was on, there was a tiny…