My reality ~

MUUUUUUUCH better. Just make sure the stripping joint has a good reputation and that the boss/workers don't try things. You get those.

@kittlez Kind of hard to feel bad for you in this situation... I live in BC and spent nearly 70k on 2 years of school including 19k of that in student loans. I made 25k per summer before each academic year to earn the rest. I had to work like 14-17 hours a day, 6 days a week for both summers, and then once I finished school I had $250 in the bank, and worked like an absolute maniac to make the money and pack back the loans. It took me 4 months to pay back 19k... My job has nothing to do with my education, and that's fine. I'm now 25, and May 2019 will be exactly 3 years since I left school. Besides paying back my loans, I've acquired a lot of the "stuff" I always wanted, but couldn't afford (I have EXPENSIVE taste). I also bought my first new car and saved about 70k for the down-payment on my first home in Vancouver - the most expensive city in the country. Seriously not trying to brag, but I never finished school. I've just worked like a SLAVE and managed my finances well..

@kittlez Life is tough, there's no question, and nobody is really going to help us, but being a millennial is no excuse. This is the arena we were put in, and these are the circumstances of our lives. Adapt or die right? TBH, it's hard, but not impossible. Keep your head up, develop a skill and find a job you can succeed it. Then go balls to the wall and make big things happen- you'll be paid well for it.

@shikharizard And when the robots wipe the rest of us out for being inefficient, you can be their pet.

It's a way to survive, doesn't sound so bad. In fact, it sounds like I was the only human left living, so maybe I'm doing something right. Maybe.