Mandatory community service

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RE: Mandatory community service

(11-03-2011 07:04 AM)Absentinsomniac Wrote: ^Exactly. Just because we aren't required to work doesn't mean we won't be fucking ourselves over. It's still a form of coercion. If you do, you're fucked, if you don't, you're fucked.

Yup and what with all the degrees you need to get a job that keeps you off the street.

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11-03-2011 07:47 AM

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Mandatory community service - .Manicrose. - 11-02-2011, 11:08 AM

RE: Mandatory community service - Absnt - 11-02-2011, 11:14 AM

RE: Mandatory community service - Miller0700 - 11-02-2011, 11:15 AM

RE: Mandatory community service - UnschoolShqiponjë - 11-02-2011, 11:31 AM

RE: Mandatory community service - .Manicrose. - 11-02-2011, 12:35 PM

RE: Mandatory community service - UltraRobot - 11-02-2011, 11:31 AM

RE: Mandatory community service - LOON_ATTIC - 11-02-2011, 11:40 AM

RE: Mandatory community service - HeartofShadows - 11-02-2011, 11:43 AM

RE: Mandatory community service - Efs - 11-02-2011, 08:07 PM

RE: Mandatory community service - Absnt - 11-02-2011, 10:38 PM

RE: Mandatory community service - Horrid Dreamer - 11-15-2011, 11:01 PM

RE: Mandatory community service - Aya - 11-03-2011, 01:25 AM

RE: Mandatory community service - SoulRiser - 11-03-2011, 01:33 AM

RE: Mandatory community service - UnschoolShqiponjë - 11-03-2011, 02:10 AM

RE: Mandatory community service - Aya - 11-03-2011, 02:17 AM

RE: Mandatory community service - gore goroth - 11-03-2011, 02:33 AM

RE: Mandatory community service - Aya - 11-03-2011, 02:44 AM

RE: Mandatory community service - LOON_ATTIC - 11-03-2011, 11:02 AM

RE: Mandatory community service - Efs - 11-03-2011, 05:54 AM

RE: Mandatory community service - HeartofShadows - 11-03-2011, 06:02 AM

RE: Mandatory community service - Absnt - 11-03-2011, 07:04 AM

RE: Mandatory community service - UnschoolShqiponjë - 11-03-2011 07:47 AM

RE: Mandatory community service - Stadium - 11-16-2011, 05:28 AM

RE: Mandatory community service - brainiac3397 - 06-02-2017, 03:39 PM

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