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dogknob

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108. Jeebus! You just sort of described my upstairs neighbor

Sat May 4, 2013, 03:18 AM

May 2013

Seriously.

Can't use a computer. Can't help but mock me for making a living doing so. I helped him apply for some jobs online at places like Home Despot and Lowe's. Lowe's psych test was exactly like a police interrogation: same 6 questions over and over, worded differently -- including this absolute gem:

I know a guy who works at Lowe's. Off the record... my neighbor failed the psych test.

He'll pick up maybe a day or so of construction work before they "give him a few days off" because he ain't that bright and he ain't that charming.

The man is doomed. I know it and everyone else does. I don't know how it's going to play out, but I have definitely imagined a scenario like the one you were unfortunate enough to be a part of this evening.

I have also imagined worse. We live 2 blocks from an elementary school.

I walked by his window the other day and I could hear his TV, tuned to a religious program which consisted of a man ranting at the top of his lungs non-stop. Holy fuck.

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I just got home a few minutes ago, cops everywhere, the coroner's van parked in the street [View all] DainBramaged May 2013 OP

k&r.. spanone May 2013 #1

Damn, Dain. elleng May 2013 #2

he could have been working in a factory Skittles May 2013 #3

^ This! Lizzie Poppet May 2013 #9

We no longer live in a country, we live in a corporation, USA, Inc., with a bottom line P&L. USA, RKP5637 May 2013 #57

Yes. I have family members who worked in unionized factory jobs until retiring comfortably whathehell May 2013 #69

AN UPDATE DainBramaged May 2013 #139

so sad Skittles May 2013 #140

. Little Star May 2013 #4

Damn indeed nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #5

Tragically, I expect to hear stories like that more and more in the years to come. n/t winter is coming May 2013 #6

Yep. But of course this is all going exactly according to plan. kestrel91316 May 2013 #17

Exactly. WinkyDink May 2013 #48

It is Nite Owl May 2013 #64

some show today on radio was saying that the people I want to say 40-65 have a higher suicide rate lunasun May 2013 #20

Oh, I think the under-40's know they're getting the shitty end of the stick, too. winter is coming May 2013 #30

Everyone is going to suffer in the new America, and those that still don't get it just haven't RKP5637 May 2013 #60

I read similar.. defacto7 May 2013 #44

I can not remember the radio show either ! but this link says Native Americans lunasun May 2013 #47

The Native American suicide rate has always been defacto7 May 2013 #52

Oh we know it will not fare well and all the injured they are already fucking with too lunasun May 2013 #58

;( defacto7 May 2013 #95

Could it have been Thom Hartmann? LongTomH May 2013 #125

I'm so sorry to hear this magellan May 2013 #7

It all gets shoved under the rug, like almost all of the dirt in USA, Inc. n/t RKP5637 May 2013 #63

This breaks my heart. gateley May 2013 #8

Oh, my dear DainBramaged... CaliforniaPeggy May 2013 #10

RIP Woody and some peace to you tonight also lunasun May 2013 #11

When death steps in my garden Xipe Totec May 2013 #12

I love these songs you post. Thoughts we all have. Good to have been loved once, just a little. freshwest May 2013 #33

Thank you annabanana May 2013 #56

Thank you for this Aerows May 2013 #82

It is. Very Painful. nt Xipe Totec May 2013 #92

Ahhh, the great Joan Manuel Serrat. Beacool May 2013 #105

Yes indeed Xipe Totec May 2013 #114

Yeah, it didn't affect the intent of the song. Beacool May 2013 #129

Beautiful. Sad, but beautiful. IrishAyes May 2013 #134

. Liberal_in_LA May 2013 #13

It is getting crueler every day... Lifelong Protester May 2013 #14

Fuck the oligarchs. woo me with science May 2013 #15

The oligarchs don't give a fuck what anyone thinks. n/t RKP5637 May 2013 #65

I have several friends and clients who are just about to fall off the cliff right now, kestrel91316 May 2013 #16

In the last few weeks, quite a few very well educated, highly experienced.... OneGrassRoot May 2013 #18

Being 50+ and out of work in this country has become a LibDemAlways May 2013 #32

this kind of stuff didn't used to happen as much olddots May 2013 #19

Sadly, many Americans have their head so far up their ass they will never see the light of day! n/t RKP5637 May 2013 #70

Very sad, very tragic. I live in a house behind a larger house, converted into... GReedDiamond May 2013 #21

"converted into six or eight 'studio apartments'" Cleita May 2013 #27

I would not really call this particular place... GReedDiamond May 2013 #37

It will be a slum in a few years. Saw many of those Cleita May 2013 #40

I tend to think not... GReedDiamond May 2013 #46

Neither was Santa Monica, but it did have slum housing tucked Cleita May 2013 #50

OK. You're talking about Santa Monica, I am not... GReedDiamond May 2013 #66

You are talking about LA and a lot more of SoCal. This is what our slums are Cleita May 2013 #77

Well, the "shithole" I made reference to in my... GReedDiamond May 2013 #79

Good night to you too. Sleep well. n/t Cleita May 2013 #80

I will, but it's too early to go to sleep...enjoy the rest of tonight, & have a great weekend...nt GReedDiamond May 2013 #81

You did not deserve the responses given No Vested Interest May 2013 #99

Thanks, but it is a weird world, it is. GReedDiamond May 2013 #104

That's too bad and also he may have had health issues that Cleita May 2013 #22

Free health care or Medicare for All would have helped a lot. It takes the edge off. Overseas May 2013 #120

Oh, God. Poor man. Poor, poor guy. He became one of the statistics we just read about... Honeycombe8 May 2013 #23

I personally have known 4 people(over many years) who have committed suicide and they virgogal May 2013 #24

We need to lower SSI to at least age 50 to put a net under these people. CK_John May 2013 #25

But they want to raise it to seventy. Cleita May 2013 #28

They want to kill off many children, old, disabled and ill. And those deemed unproductive to RKP5637 May 2013 #68

No, we have to work until we die. Or, just die. Skeeter Barnes May 2013 #67

You get it. If there are not enough jobs to go around, we have to give people money to live. reformist2 May 2013 #98

Untreated depression is a killer. Ikonoklast May 2013 #26

Is this depression or the result of economic flamingdem May 2013 #88

Seems he may have had some level of a problem all along. Ikonoklast May 2013 #90

It doesn't matter how he lost his job. juajen May 2013 #119

I love Hillary too. IrishAyes May 2013 #135

Just one of the side effects of the "free market," an increase in suicides. mountain grammy May 2013 #29

High rate among "Boomers". glinda May 2013 #96

Very Sorry :( Debbie357 May 2013 #31

How incredibly sad... Sekhmets Daughter May 2013 #34

There are a LOT of people that fit the "Al Bundy" profile... Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #35

RIP Woody and Peace to you, DB. freshwest May 2013 #36

There's many a slip twixt cup and lip, a great many ways to fail and far fewer to succeed Fumesucker May 2013 #38

That breaks my heart. countmyvote4real May 2013 #39

rip. HiPointDem May 2013 #41

A great sickness has descended upon our world MannyGoldstein May 2013 #42

+1 harun May 2013 #117

This is so heartbreaking! DianaForRussFeingold May 2013 #43

. chknltl May 2013 #45

So sad.... ;( defacto7 May 2013 #49

DreadfulStuff there....Big Hugs to you.....what could you have done...? KoKo May 2013 #51

Another lost human being to the "New age" ...sigh... BlueJazz May 2013 #53

One more of many that will never be heard of by MSM in la la land America, home of delusional RKP5637 May 2013 #54

When there aren't enough jobs to go around, everyone deserves a basic income. reformist2 May 2013 #55

Heard this morning on the radio... Triana May 2013 #59

If you see his sister again madaboutharry May 2013 #61

Capitalism Claims Another Soul And We Let Capitalism Do So - Change The System! cantbeserious May 2013 #62

Godspeed Woody SalviaBlue May 2013 #71

Wasn't there an article on DU this week, which said the percentage Frustratedlady May 2013 #72

a lot about it in the media lately. not only in the us, either. HiPointDem May 2013 #86

Out Among The Stars ~~ Merle Haggard Wernothelpless May 2013 #73

It does suck. Baitball Blogger May 2013 #74

Post removed Post removed May 2013 #75

paying rich people for a DU star DainBramaged May 2013 #78

I hope the supervisor finds out. moondust May 2013 #76

Reports of suicides being up are very disturbing. SleeplessinSoCal May 2013 #83

That is so sad. People are committing suicide all over the world now because they have no sabrina 1 May 2013 #84

That is absolutely fucking terrible. ellie May 2013 #85

So sad flamingdem May 2013 #87

Another casualty of the "new economy." Brigid May 2013 #89

The upper class is a pack of Nazis to not care that they are killing people en masse. diane in sf May 2013 #91

May he rest in peace! hrmjustin May 2013 #93

Sad! RIP Woody! burrowowl May 2013 #94

Yeah....very very sad. tblue May 2013 #97

another one.... BlancheSplanchnik May 2013 #100

peace be with you woody hopemountain May 2013 #101

I know what he was going through I have been there. kevinmc May 2013 #102

Heartbreaking. Beacool May 2013 #103

i'm sorry. what a tragic story. orleans May 2013 #106

Our beloved "free market" system told your friend he was worthless. Ken Burch May 2013 #107

+100000000 woo me with science May 2013 #109

But that's pretty much reality, Ken condoleeza May 2013 #111

Then our work must be to reshape that reality. Ken Burch May 2013 #131

Jeebus! You just sort of described my upstairs neighbor dogknob May 2013 #108

Well, thanks to you, he will not be forgotten. Jamastiene May 2013 #110

This message was self-deleted by its author LisaL May 2013 #126

RIP Woody. LeftofObama May 2013 #112

RIP, Woody ReRe May 2013 #113

I cried like a baby when I read this post. I remember when I was kid in the 50s and 60s madlefty May 2013 #115

And this is the stupid part. If the rich weren't so effing greedy, they could still be winter is coming May 2013 #132

They don't even understand true self interest. IrishAyes May 2013 #136

american capitalism heaven05 May 2013 #116

A lot of 'supervisors' ARE stupid IrishAyes May 2013 #137

Such unnecessary tragedy. CrispyQ May 2013 #118

I get sick of hearing someone Worried senior May 2013 #121

He WAS uneducated, he DID a menial job, it was WHAT HE WAS. DainBramaged May 2013 #122

A Sad K & R !!! WillyT May 2013 #123

An uncounted casualty in the war on the 99% Doctor_J May 2013 #124

R.I.P and Godspeed for your friend! LongTomH May 2013 #127

The Elite 1% didnt want him dead, they just dont care that he is. nm rhett o rick May 2013 #128

My sympathy however mimi85 May 2013 #130

Where was Woody supposed to get $ for meds or a therapist WITH NO JOB? Think! IrishAyes May 2013 #138

So sad to hear IrishAyes May 2013 #133