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OldBaldy1701E

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August 28, 2023

My attorney told me to call my congressperson. (cross-posted)

That is how f**ked up this entire thing is. They have gotten my application for supplementary income wrong for fourth time. They have put that we own the home. We don't. this is going to make the people assessing my request to believe that we own this place. They are going to tell me to f**k off for the second time in ten years because they cannot keep their information straight from one person to the next.

And people wonder why I am such a cynic...

August 28, 2023

My SS attorney has told me to call my congressperson.

That is how f**ked up this entire thing is. They have gotten my application for supplementary income wrong for fourth time. They have put that we own the home. We don't. This is going to make the people assessing my request to believe that we own this place. They are going to tell me to f**k off for the second time in ten years. It is as if they are trying to make sure I cannot get any help from the federal government at all.

And people wonder why I am such a cynic...

(Yes, I am going to do it. Appealing to the same government that is denying me aid is an interesting proposition, but I guess I have no choice.)

August 18, 2023

I have a question for anyone who wants to take it on.

Why should anyone exist in a life that has no joy?

Someone once suggested that when one has no joy, one should just wait around until it shows up, if it ever does.

Someone also once suggested that maybe it is because one has joy but refuses to see it because one is more comfortable being sad or angry all the time.

In my opinion, the first one shows a very high level of naivete. Life is not a Disney film regardless of what one wants it to be.

The second one is valid, but when one is screaming about finding some joy in life, I have to say that this does not apply.

So, why bother if your life has no joy and will never have any joy again, either due to outside influence... or one's own?

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Name: Dalton Ivey
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