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re: I'm a SNAP recipient
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:06 am to SNAP
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:06 am to SNAP
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I think most people on SNAP simply need it and are grateful for it
I don’t agree.
I would suggest that most know that they are scamming, and are more than okay with doing so.
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This is all I really intend to post here at this site. I may respond to this topic, though.
Were you paid you to post here?
How did you find out about “this site?”
Not even naming “this site” is a red flag for me. It suggests that you have flooded any site possible with your diatribe (if what you wrote is even remotely true).
Given those attributes , your post reeks of scam artist.
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Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:08 am to Strannix
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Lol literally no one will believe this
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:09 am to SNAP
Hey Fatso, you lose any weight in the last week?
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:10 am to SNAP
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I'm a combat veteran
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:24 am to SNAP
Chinese bots are awesome
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:32 am to SNAP
Your story is what SNAP should be for. We don't have enough volunteers for meals on wheels anymore. Elderly on SS apply and get $11 a month. Yet I have had cashiers tell me that others come in with $2000 to $3000 on their cards with ATM cash available.
42 million people is asinine. That makes the depression look like a walk in the park. There is no way that many SHOULD be on the benefit.
God bless you if you are real Mister SNAP. I wish others could help you more. But you want to help yourself. That is the difference. Illegals in 5 star hotels getting baby cribs and whatever they desire----ordered off Amazon and maid service ON OUR BACKS, ON OUR DIMES is asinine.
The jackasses blaming boomers for our debt can STFU.
42 million people is asinine. That makes the depression look like a walk in the park. There is no way that many SHOULD be on the benefit.
God bless you if you are real Mister SNAP. I wish others could help you more. But you want to help yourself. That is the difference. Illegals in 5 star hotels getting baby cribs and whatever they desire----ordered off Amazon and maid service ON OUR BACKS, ON OUR DIMES is asinine.
The jackasses blaming boomers for our debt can STFU.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:33 am to SNAP
If you are a combat vet, surely you learned a valuable skill that can be tailored for a civilian career. The military does not just teach you how to shoot a weapon. There are tons of businesses that would be proud to hire a veteran.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:33 am to SNAP
You should move in with your auntee and uncle in Bel Air.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:44 am to SNAP
I just ate half a bag of powdered doughnuts with a cup of coffee while reading this and I feel cheerful. So try some powdered doughnuts.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:54 am to International_Aggie
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So a tranny who got the boot for being a dysfuntial freak, then.
hmm...
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with several health issues
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I've had some heart attacks and other health problems
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I have a master's degree, I've been published,
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Health issues obviously make things worse. I rarely talk to my friends and I never see them. I don't want them to see how my life has turned out. It's embarrassing. And, I don't want to put my problems on them.
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Trump froze hiring and all of those jobs disappeared.
Could be.
My #1 suspect is it's some sort of chain letter thought up on reddit.
If it was really true and that person posted here, they would be brave enough to use their actual account name... because
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I'm a combat veteran
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:57 am to SNAP
I have no degree. I can have any retail job I want. I just turn down a 58k year position last week. There are jobs put there.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 7:10 am to SNAP
I'm with ya! I lost both my legs after falling asleep on a railroad track. I don't get disability because I can't fill out the forms cause I lost my hands trying to feed the crocodiles at the zoo (typing this post by hitting the keyboard with my nose).
Posted on 11/10/25 at 7:16 am to SNAP
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I'm a combat veteran with several health issues. I was illegally discharged from the military, which ruined my life. I've had some heart attacks and other health problems. I have a family member that I help. When I'm not around things go downhill. When I had a job here, just being at work was enough time for things to gradually decline. The job market in my location is awful. When I left to work elsewhere I was homeless, but I had a job. This person went back into the hospital so I came back. I've applied for over 200 jobs, most of them federal since I have a lot of federal time. Trump froze hiring and all of those jobs disappeared. Not a single call or contact. I have a master's degree, I've been published, and have applied for pretty much everything from being a veteran's service officer with the county to being a janitor. The only interview I got was for the janitor position and I didn't get hired, despite being told the interview went well. I would have gladly taken that job. When I leave this area I get calls, interviews, and offers. Here, I get nothing. I want a job. Being on SNAP feels like being a failure at life. It's demoralizing. Health issues obviously make things worse. I rarely talk to my friends and I never see them. I don't want them to see how my life has turned out. It's embarrassing. And, I don't want to put my problems on them. They have their own lives to deal with. I admit to feeling demoralized. I go stretches without even attempting to look for work. I admit that. The days all bleed together. Because of the job market here and my desire to take control of this myself, I've been writing some books to self-publish and I recently discovered the print on demand thing. I have three books written for self-publish. I have to edit then I can publish. The print on demand idea is sort of like a journal design, so the content is lower. This is the most difficult stretch of my life, without question. From the discharge until now. There are no bright spots. It's just failure. SNAP is close to $300 per month for an individual but it can be lowered if you have some money coming in. In my area, I believe you are required to start reporting your income once it surpasses $1600/month, so they can adjust SNAP amounts. I don't know if it varies by state. You can't buy hot, prepared food. So, no hot rotisserie chicken, but if it's in the cooler, it can be purchased. Generally, things with a nutrition label can be purchased but not a supplement label. You can get Red Bull but not 5hr Energy, for example, even though 5hr Energy is arguably a healthier choice. Can't get booze (I don't drink) or tobacco products (I don't do that either). $300 is enough for one person if you don't go for high quality. I shop BOGO as much as possible. Some items like milk are never BOGO. I purchase zero sugar soda. I will purchase things like frozen pizza. I don't purchase candy that much. I did buy some last month thinking about Halloween but I've only seen one kid in this neighborhood so I ended up eating the candy. No one knocked on Halloween. It was a dumb purchase. I feel I need to maximize the calories per dollar ratio. That does lead me to buy things like the frozen pizza on BOGO. Last month a chip company had buy 2 get 3 for free. I got 5 bags. I bought them because of the economics. Something I've noticed is that carbs are much cheaper per calorie. The problem of course is that they are not good calories. The bottom line is that I need to have the discipline to not buy those chips, buy better food and get fewer calories. My eating is definitely worse on SNAP than before. In principle I don't support constraints on what can be purchased. I don't want the govt getting in the business of micromanaging your life based on "this is good for you". We all know what road that eventually takes and it will go beyond just SNAP. Some areas allow you to use SNAP for restaurant food. That seems absolutely foolish, but I understand the logic for people that are homeless. They can walk up to Taco Bell at hours when a grocery store is closed. Sometimes people talk about fraud or selling items purchased with SNAP. I've never encountered this but I'm sure it happens. I am very grateful for SNAP. I have to be honest. My life seems ruined and I feel I have no good choices. Job market here is terrible. If I leave I know things will deteriorate for this family member and I can't have that on my conscience. However, not working makes me feel worthless and I increase my odds of work if I leave, plus I would have money to contribute. I feel as though I can't win no matter what I do. In the end, what I foresee is a life on the streets, homeless, and before various factors get me, my only way to get food will be something like SNAP. I do believe there is only one gear in life, and that is forward. But, my forward progress seems to be awfully slow and like I said, I'm demoralized. I need a job and a purpose in life. I need something that I can look at each day and feel a sense of accomplishment. At the same time, pursuing that has gotten to feel utterly futile. With H1B, AI, etc, I don't feel good about future job prospects. I'm hoping the book thing provides a ray of hope. I want to turn things around and then frame my EBT card as a reminder of where things can go. I never thought my life would be where it is, but here I am. What motivates me is the desire to live normally once again. There is a BBQ place about 1/2 mile from here. I can smell it during the day. That is motivating - the idea that if I can just get back to normal I can go somewhere like that and live like a normal person.
Lots of questions.
1) You’re an “combat veteran, Illegally discharged from the military”? How so? What did the VA tell you when you contacted them? What branch of the military? Where/when did you serve?
2) You’ve had “some heart attacks”. How many? How do you know you had “some heart attacks”? What medicines are you on?
3) You have to be constantly with your “family member” 24/7, you can’t leave to go to work, or things “go downhill?” What does that mean?
4) You have a Masters? In what? From where? You’ve been published? Post a link, show us some examples. Do you use paragraphs in your normal written work?
5) You’ve applied for “over 200 jobs”, and can’t even get a janitor position? Nope, don’t believe it.
6) What city/state do you live in?
7) You’ve had “some heart attacks”, yet you choose to consume Red Bull, soda, frozen pizza, and bags of chips. You live in a crappy area, but you bought Halloween candy. Then ate it all because no kids showed up to the hovel you live in. Sounds like your lifelong habit of making bad decisions hasn’t slowed.
8) You admit your discipline in buying groceries is worse with free SNAP money, you buy crappy junk. Yet you don’t think the govt should limit what crappy junk you waste money on.
9) “$300 is enough for one person/month if you don’t go high quality”. SNAP isn’t supposed to feed one person 3 meals/day/month. The “S” stands for “Supplemental”.
10) You’re “motivated by smelling the BBQ restaurant 1/2 mile away? Have you asked them for a job?
11) How did you obtain internet access, and how did you find this site?
12) Your story is remarkably similar to one I just saw on X a couple of days ago, but it was a woman with a Masters and multiple other degrees, who’d been published, had never made more than $20,000 yearly, and blames MAGA because she can’t find a job. Switch a couple of minor details and the stories are almost interchangeable.
This post was edited on 11/10/25 at 7:37 am
Posted on 11/10/25 at 7:17 am to Narax
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Trump froze hiring and all of those jobs disappeared.
The remote jobs did, yes.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 7:19 am to SNAP
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I need a job and a purpose in life. I need something that I can look at each day and feel a sense of accomplishment.
You’re not entitled to this. Get a job you lazy bum.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 7:20 am to schwag
You should get a job as a typer
Posted on 11/10/25 at 7:23 am to LemmyLives
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The remote jobs did, yes.
Thankfully.
Most people cannot be trusted to work remotely on Taxpayer dollars.
Call Centers are an exception.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 7:26 am to SNAP
You are a self published author with a master's degree applying for jobs as a janitor?
None of this makes since but if someone with your education submitted 200 job applications and isn't getting called you are doing something wrong. You cant even land a job pushing a mop then something is wrong with you. Sorry.
None of this makes since but if someone with your education submitted 200 job applications and isn't getting called you are doing something wrong. You cant even land a job pushing a mop then something is wrong with you. Sorry.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 7:26 am to UptownJoeBrown
This is a dickless redditor or DU member ChatGPT garbage. Just ignore it.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 7:29 am to SNAP
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I have a master's degree, I've been published
Every person I know that says this but is unable to find/keep a job either got a masters degree in some bullshite like “Renaissance Art” or is just a lazy, entitled individual- many times both.
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