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Thread: How would you start over from 0?

post 10000122490 04-12-2026, 04:31 AM
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How would you start over from 0?

Let's say you woke up tomorrow and you're 35 years old with no job and no degree.

You're healthy

You have no wife and 2 kids depending on you. No family to lean on.

You have $5,000 in credit card debt, a 2001 Honda Civic that mostly runs ok, and no other assets to speak of. Your credit score is 350.

Could you turn it around? How would you do it?

post 10000122498 04-12-2026, 04:47 AM
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You didn't mention the property situation. I would try get a roof over my head for my kids and I as a first resort, even if it meant selling the 25 year old Honda for peanuts.

Then go job hunting and be honest about my situ. I would accept basically ANYTHING, not matter the hours or pay. You didn't mention kid's age, are they old enough to look after and feed themselves for at least some of the day?

Once I had job, I would try and pay off the card debt bit by bit.
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post 10000122499 04-12-2026, 04:47 AM
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post 10000122531 04-12-2026, 06:05 AM
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This is another thread where Wincel(OP) outs himself because he'll have sorts of silly theories when this kind of thing is about what actually works in the real world.

The answer is you're pretty much fucked. There's no pulling yourself up from your bootstraps or law of attraction positive thinking to save you from that situation. The only thing you can really do is join the military if they'll take you and go the government welfare route.
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post 10000122535 04-12-2026, 06:10 AM
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Originally Posted By monster0ultra⏩
This is another thread where Wincel(OP) outs himself because he'll have sorts of silly theories when this kind of thing is about what actually works in the real world.

The answer is you're pretty much fucked. There's no pulling yourself up from your bootstraps or law of attraction positive thinking to save you from that situation. The only thing you can really do is join the military if they'll take you and go the government welfare route.
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post 10000122537 04-12-2026, 06:14 AM
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At that point I wouldn’t care about debt or credit scores. Your top priority is getting a job and paying immediate necessities. In the past I would get a waitressing job. It’s fast, decent money- or it was. I’ve lived in survival mode plenty of times lol- and you just do it
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post 10000122538 04-12-2026, 06:17 AM
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I'd probably open a daycare center in Minnesota
post 10000122547 04-12-2026, 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted By nothingshocking⏩
I'd probably open a daycare center in Minnesota
post 10000122558 04-12-2026, 06:35 AM
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post 10000122560 04-12-2026, 06:37 AM
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I'd start by stopping my Internet larp of impregnating lesbians and being in the military. Probably take a long internet break and do some self reflection on why I need to lie to get the approval of strangers on the Internet
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post 10000122573 04-12-2026, 06:55 AM
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I would probably travel full time and make videos of doing it. For now, there's very little growth opportunity in the US. People who don't already have something established aren't going to do great for a couple more years here.
post 10000122575 04-12-2026, 07:02 AM
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I'd try to get a job as a waiter in a high class Steak house. They make a lot of money in tips.
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post 10000122584 04-12-2026, 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted By Fang2⏩
I'd try to get a job as a waiter in a high class Steak house. They make a lot of money in tips.
Not that easy. You either need to start at the bottom as a bus boy for several years or know someone
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post 10000122586 04-12-2026, 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted By MustardTiger17⏩
Not that easy. You either need to start at the bottom as a bus boy for several years or know someone
My sister got a job as a server at a buffet her first time applying. Now she makes over 300 dollars a day just serving from simps tipping 50+ dollars
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post 10000122588 04-12-2026, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted By Fang2⏩
My sister got a job as a server at a buffet her first time applying. Now she makes over 300 dollars a day just serving from simps tipping 50+ dollars
Das it womane. All the servers at steakhouses near me have been working there for like a decade

Forget that women have everything easier. Not sure if you could have been so lucky
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post 10000122599 04-12-2026, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted By MustardTiger17⏩
I'd start by stopping my Internet larp of impregnating lesbians and being in the military. Probably take a long internet break and do some self reflection on why I need to lie to get the approval of strangers on the Internet
keep coping

post 10000122611 04-12-2026, 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted By MiscDetective⏩
keep coping


You bought a vest at an army surplus store?
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post 10000122617 04-12-2026, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted By MiscDetective⏩
keep coping


Ive also been to the army and smashed a lesbian. Its not so hard to believe.
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post 10000122670 04-12-2026, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted By piramparam⏩
Ive also been to the army and smashed a lesbian. Its not so hard to believe.
I haven't been in the army and I'm an extreme right wing capitalist who is in a long term relationship with an extreme left wing hippie valued lesbian.
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post 10000122684 04-12-2026, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted By MustardTiger17⏩
You bought a vest at an army surplus store?
Thats AF insignia. But I agree, it proves nothing about his claims
post 10000122721 04-12-2026, 09:23 AM
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You wouldn't. Especially with 2 kids and no support.
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Originally Posted By OliverHeldens⏩
I would probably travel full time and make videos of doing it. For now, there's very little growth opportunity in the US. People who don't already have something established aren't going to do great for a couple more years here.
a couple more years will give technology a chance to remove more jobs from the workforce
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Put the kids up for adoption and trade my Civic to live in a Tesla
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I'd start with going to church, the rest would fall into place.
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