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Re:The United Kingdom Generates Less Electricity per Person ... by Jtsummers on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @06:33PM (#50079860)
> I was formed to work in an office, to go have a career and make money, and absolutely useless at any domestic task, such as cooking, cleaning, personal finance.

Your parents never taught you how to balance a checkbook? That's just basic arithmetic, are you sure you were "formed to work in an office" when you can't even manage your own finances? Sounds like you weren't formed for anything, not even basic self-care.

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Re:The United Kingdom Generates Less Electricity per Person ... by SoftTalker on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @12:55AM (#50082547)
Balancing a checkbook isn't really the problem. It's running a household on a budget (whatever it is), making sure you still have enough at the end of the month to pay for school lunches and toilet paper, and don't do something stupid like borrowing from the 401k to buy a boat or an RV.
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Re:The United Kingdom Generates Less Electricity per Person ... by KeplerBoy on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @03:43AM (#50083880)
That's still all trivial arithmetic and basic discipline assuming you have enough money to cover all your basic needs.
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Re:The United Kingdom Generates Less Electricity per Person ... by SoftTalker on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @12:24PM (#50090248)
Right, but someone has to actually do it. It's not the difficulty of the task.
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