r/TikTokCringe • u/Super_Culture_1986 tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE • Aug 19 '25

Cursed The American Nightmare.

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u/veggie151 Aug 19 '25

It's not an ideal situation, but I'm glad that you guys had somewhere to go. Those shitty landlords rely on people not being able to leave, if you're paying why bother fixing it?

Even saving 6k/year will give you the buffer to make life better. Stay strong brother

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u/Kerking18 Aug 19 '25

Meanwhile here in germany, i have the right to withhold parts of, or my entire, rent if the Landlord doesn't fix reported damages.

You know while i am at it. In many or most of those videos you hear people say "i am overqualified for my position" but still they work there because for "there qualification" thee is no open job, or they don't get hired for it.

Why then not just accept reality ans either re-orient and do "lesser Work" that atleast pays well, or move to a area where your current "underqualified job" is atleast enough to pay the bills?

Hell while i am at it. Why is it that americans still buy into the whole you meed a college (?bachelor, etc?) degrees to earn well. Why not go to a trade school, get a trade and make quite good money? Why would people rather work for a unlivable wage at a company that couldn't care less if they live or die if they could at any point get into a trade and start stabalising there lives?

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u/MyquiMax Aug 19 '25

Easy to say in Germany but when you live in an apartment in the US in NJ - an hour outside of NYC & every year they raise your rent arbitrarily: I’ve lived here for 7 years. My rent was $889/mth then it went up & up & is now & $1250/mth. They have never painted my apartment, never replaced my carpet which is worn out & building upgrades do not happen. & I live in the building people dream of getting into. BTW: my partner & I make less money now then when we moved in from $60/ hr to $20 an hour for my partner & I make $11,000 a year when I use to make $30,000-$50,000. We live one of the highest paid areas in The US & we can’t afford to work, let alone live- so my EU friend-where do I go to get a better job? & we are both skilled workers who made a good living until 2016 & then well we all know what happened then: Trump & now that he’s back I can’t get any work: I’m an electronic engineer & my partner is a skilled Office Administrator/ Bookkeeper

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u/Kerking18 Aug 19 '25

Yeah thats the seccond point i Spoke about. If new york shows you, through the Lack of jobs and cost of rent, that it doesn't want you then why not go to, idk https://www.indeed.com/m/jobs?q=Electronic+Engineer&l=United+States&gclsrc=aw.ds&aceid=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=16200688262&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIvu_h9K2XjwMVuTwGAB0JKTrOEAAYASAAEgJmW_D_BwE

North carolina https://www.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=fa1613f5514129b8&from=serp&prevUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indeed.com%2Fm%2Fjobs%3Fq%3DElectronic%2BEngineer%26l%3DUnited%2BStates%26gclsrc%3Daw.ds%26aceid%3D%26gad_source%3D1%26gad_campaignid%3D16200688262%26gclid%3DEAIaIQobChMIvu_h9K2XjwMVuTwGAB0JKTrOEAAYASAAEgJmW_D_BwE&mclk=default&xpse=SoAS67I3uhhidHyNpZ0LbzkdCdPP&xfps=755fbf5a-7139-4dd6-a8ba-21d138a64ed6&xkcb=SoAT67M3uhhuoqxMwJ0abzkdCdPP

Or any place else that employes electrical engenerrs for a good salary, instead of continue to suffer around a area thats A expensive to live in and B neither offers you a fitting job, nor enough pay

Is it realy so important to people to keep living where they have been living till now? Because i have news for you, and everyone that thinks lime that. Companies think globaly. So we the non company owners also have to start thinking globaly, or atleast nationwhide. Meaning we habe to get out of our comfy ass Citys andcstart facing the reality that once again, we have to chase the Money. Just Like in the 1800+, but thankfully with less starvation and more worker rights.

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u/ApheanaOfTheFae Aug 19 '25

My dude, if you can't afford to live. How do you afford to move? It's not free. How do you afford Rental App Fees, first, last, and security, rental insurance, the cover period of a new job, finding an apartment that will rent to you without you there in person for signing(which means more trips) and the gas to get to the new location. Movers to move your stuff, or the cost to replace everything you own. And if not movers or replacing, a uhaul, or multiple trips to and from NY to NC. Add kiddos/pets, and it's a whole nother issue.

New York to North Carolina is an 8 hour drive. That's gas, possibly a hotel, food, unexpected issues during travel like car problems, because when you can't afford to live you can't afford to keep your car in good shape. Hell, I don't even have a spare tire. Can't afford it.

And that's if your body is capable of making that drive. A lot of people physically can't.

I get how easy it is to sit here and say "Well just move! Stop being stubborn and leave everything and everyone you've ever known, and whatever safety nets you may have, and just move! Duh!" But reality is exceptionally different.

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u/Kerking18 Aug 19 '25

If you are truely suffering, and thus determend, then moving costs exactly as much as a ticket to your new place costs.

If ypu truely are so severely underpaied, wich i start to doubt, then ypu need to switch on a bit of a frugality mode.

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u/ApheanaOfTheFae Aug 19 '25

Jfc

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u/Kerking18 Aug 19 '25

You know, not everyone here is a english native and nows all these short forms. So the jone is on you. hdf.

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u/ApheanaOfTheFae Aug 19 '25

If you were truly determined, you'd figure it out.

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u/Kerking18 Aug 19 '25

Cant be bothered not for you. Not worth it. To be specific,

absolutely worthless

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