@Scribblehatch I humbly recommend going into debt. Debt is good for the soul.

No.

I want to pay my own way through every little thing.

oic.. well ok then

Help me help america not become a dystopia.

Seriously.

I don't know enough about your personal situation to offer any additional advice.

Every debt taken makes the situation worse for the person coming in directly behind them.

"I did it, so you do it. Just a little more though."

"Wow it wasn't this much when I was your age. But it should be fine."

"Hey stop complaining. I'm sure people know what they're doing when they charge you this much for the exact same thing--or maybe the thing is a lot worse. Eh, not my problem. I'm over here."

"I got mine. Fuck you."

That's the metamorphosis of someone who surrendered to something easy.

No debt.

Tim makes a good point in the student debt video. Erasing student debt means the mistakes of the guilty are passed on to the innocent.

I can't believe how much shit I get, essentially telling people "I want to pay for everything I receive on time. I don't want to borrow."

Grenade was calling me a leech the other day, because I live with my mom.

I know it's intentional, but this still sounds stupid, and I want to believe he didn't know what he was writing.
https://twitter.com/MichaelAvenatti/status/1046480012315176965

What I fear it proves, is that assholes have senses of humour too!

I'm a leech by some people's standards, but the government decided to comp me for my learning disability + my father's military service

I was joking about debt being good for the soul, but I don't think debt is the source of all evil like you seem to think it is. If someone gives me $50 and asks me to build a chair for them, I now owe them the chair... this is debt. It comes with expectations, but there's nothing inherently wrong with that. It only becomes a problem when you go too many levels deep.

Shouldn't it be enough that I said I'll die before going into debt?

@Risotto I'd call those reasonable entitlements. Somebody earned them specifically on your behalf.

@Risotto At least your father's military service.

Part of my medical insurance is because of it anyway

@Scribblehatch If you're going to reject my perfectly reasonable explanation simple debt I am not sure there is any hope for you.

Disgusting.

What I don't like is people who have so much going for them, but blame everyone but themselves for not doing what seems like just the last step before success of some sort.

ya know, i just got to thinking. I keep hearing that black unemployment is at record lows...but...I am pretty sure there was a period in US history where it was even lower...

And the military helps retirees if they have a disabled dependent

good thing about debt... is that 99% of the time inflation is happening and your debt gets smaller and smaller without even paying it off... if you get a interest free student loan its totally worth it

Wait does that mean you never use credit cards either?

its immensely valuable

I don't have credit.

Are you in debt?

No.

Do you not spend money?

Barely.

We have a seperate word for predatory loans, usury

A loan that isn't evil is just a loan

I guess if you wouldn't meet the minimum spends, then credit may not be worth it.