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24% of laid off Gen Xers can't find a new job

https://fortune.com/article/baby-boomers-gen-xers-laid-off-s...
Deep really tough guy
  07/06/26
I thought this was one of those AI-generated clickbaits, but...
Violent juggernaut karate
  07/06/26
It seemed like the vibe pre-ITE was that a Normal Bro could ...
Charismatic territorial chapel athletic conference
  07/06/26
That was precisely it. Their TV growing up was all blue coll...
Violent juggernaut karate
  07/06/26
...
Metaphysics is Gay
  07/07/26
Otoh Gen Xers were very familiar with Latinos and their cult...
transparent black woman
  07/07/26
...
razzmatazz aggressive location incel
  07/07/26
is it a striver culture? i feel like Gen Z are all borderlin...
black irradiated sanctuary
  07/07/26
huh, i look out my window and see a lawn that could be mowed...
Balding crackhouse trump supporter
  07/06/26
Food trucks are money printers
Violent juggernaut karate
  07/06/26
With the way they aren't generally price competitive with si...
Fucking Fuckface
  07/06/26
kike fag ljl
Free-loading school cafeteria
  07/06/26
Gen X is lazy as shit
sexy dilemma
  07/06/26
Proof that, even though I'm part of the inaugural millennial...
Fucking Fuckface
  07/06/26
not as lazy at entitled millenials who want to blog their da...
frum volcanic crater
  07/06/26
that's largely late millennials/Gen Z. early to mid millenn...
sexy dilemma
  07/06/26
"having managers manage them" is exactly the menta...
Fucking Fuckface
  07/06/26
what age were you a "director"
Razzle-dazzle State Double Fault
  07/06/26
That's the board. I said c suite. Are you genX, by any chan...
Fucking Fuckface
  07/06/26
As a Gen-Xer I can confirm. I am so fucking lazy.
Mint Cracking School Dingle Berry
  07/06/26
This is just because they’re old
Saffron curious antidepressant drug candlestick maker
  07/06/26
In other words despite historically low unemployment, 75% of...
hairraiser round eye multi-billionaire
  07/06/26
Despite?
Charismatic territorial chapel athletic conference
  07/06/26
yes. Even though only a few people are event getting laid of...
hairraiser round eye multi-billionaire
  07/06/26
So not “despite.” You aren’t spiting anyth...
Charismatic territorial chapel athletic conference
  07/06/26
he seems extremely and delusionally invested in the point he...
Free-loading school cafeteria
  07/06/26
I don’t think that would be despite low employment - i...
Saffron curious antidepressant drug candlestick maker
  07/06/26
Isn’t he that guy who collects Knives lmao
Charismatic territorial chapel athletic conference
  07/06/26
It would and it was actually the correct usage of “des...
hairraiser round eye multi-billionaire
  07/06/26
what was your Major
Charismatic territorial chapel athletic conference
  07/06/26
i don't even remember to be honest.
hairraiser round eye multi-billionaire
  07/07/26
wow. 11% took a pay cut to work. Thats CRAZY
Passionate Box Office
  07/07/26
I have taken pay cuts twice in my career. It's something tha...
Demanding Ungodly Fortuitous Meteor
  07/07/26
I am making less, inflation adjusted, than I did in 2015.
Passionate Box Office
  07/07/26
Yeah, I know that happens too. I told my wife that on an inf...
Demanding Ungodly Fortuitous Meteor
  07/07/26
sad part is i am still top 10%, but LOL only the top 1-3% ar...
Passionate Box Office
  07/07/26
Trump 45 Incomes were immense in hindsight but that was the ...
Charismatic territorial chapel athletic conference
  07/07/26
I was referring to my Obama comp
Passionate Box Office
  07/07/26
Trump won the gen retroactively
Charismatic territorial chapel athletic conference
  07/07/26
Right?? That's what jumped out at me. Imagine taking a paycu...
insanely creepy offensive travel guidebook
  07/07/26
96% of these fags have never seen a pay decrease (the 11% we...
Passionate Box Office
  07/07/26
don't forget that many Gen Xers still have student loan bala...
Cruel-hearted sex offender
  07/07/26
They have the HIGHEST balance of any gen! How does that make...
Charismatic territorial chapel athletic conference
  07/07/26
Oh I get it. Surely by now they have millions in their brok...
Useless stirring theatre
  07/07/26
I know a couple people, all in tech/programming, who had goo...
crimson jap
  07/07/26
shouldnt these people have 10 million+ invested by now? they...
black irradiated sanctuary
  07/07/26
These are Doodikoffs friends though
comical ticket booth main people
  07/07/26
true
black irradiated sanctuary
  07/07/26
...
crimson jap
  07/08/26
There are a gazillion temp jobs for tech bros paying $400 a ...
self-absorbed zippy shrine son of senegal
  07/07/26
A house maid makes $200 a day in cash and works 3-4 hours a ...
self-absorbed zippy shrine son of senegal
  07/07/26
getting a job has never been easier
mind-boggling magenta ape
  07/07/26
what about a job that doesn't involve sex with men?
Violent juggernaut karate
  07/07/26


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Date: July 6th, 2026 10:24 AM
Author: Deep really tough guy

https://fortune.com/article/baby-boomers-gen-xers-laid-off-still-unemployed-take-pay-cuts-to-work/

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49981395)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:26 AM
Author: Violent juggernaut karate

I thought this was one of those AI-generated clickbaits, but it's a quality media brand clickbait instead.

The generational problem with Gen X is that America turned into an Asian striver culture while they were in their late 20s and 30s, when it was too late for them to Asian-ify their resumes and educational histories.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49981496)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 1:57 PM
Author: Charismatic territorial chapel athletic conference

It seemed like the vibe pre-ITE was that a Normal Bro could just be Normal and not fall into peril. Like the long tail of institutional boomerism. There were people on the internet who argued that your major in college “doesn’t matter,” in earnest. I can’t even imagine that world now. Now it seems like you’re shut out of society if you don’t ace OCI.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49981780)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 7:00 PM
Author: Violent juggernaut karate

That was precisely it. Their TV growing up was all blue collar types, or non-STEM white collars, with houses and families. Only two races: black and white. Anyone else was portrayed as a weird mysterious old man. If the economy got bad you might get laid off and have to live off of unemployment for an unpleasant 6-8 weeks.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49982422)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 10:10 AM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49983669)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 3:38 PM
Author: transparent black woman

Otoh Gen Xers were very familiar with Latinos and their culture through the various portrayals they viewed in Looney Tunes cartoons. Specifically Speedy Gonzalez and when Bugs Bunny would dress up as Chiquita Banana. Boomers censored all the Bugs nips the Nips content from the 40s, unfortunately or they might’ve been more knowledgeable about Asians.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49984298)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 10:36 PM
Author: razzmatazz aggressive location incel



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49985315)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:38 PM
Author: black irradiated sanctuary

is it a striver culture? i feel like Gen Z are all borderline retarded and lazy

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49984191)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:37 AM
Author: Balding crackhouse trump supporter

huh, i look out my window and see a lawn that could be mowed, an apartment complex that could be tidied up, and a taco truck that could use some competition

work is easy to find unless you don't want to work

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49981516)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:49 AM
Author: Violent juggernaut karate

Food trucks are money printers

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49981537)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: Fucking Fuckface

With the way they aren't generally price competitive with sit down establishments, they'd better be

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49981538)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 5:14 PM
Author: Free-loading school cafeteria

kike fag ljl

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49982173)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:47 AM
Author: sexy dilemma

Gen X is lazy as shit

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49981531)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:49 AM
Author: Fucking Fuckface

Proof that, even though I'm part of the inaugural millennial group, my soul is forever with genX. My non-faggy upbringing is also a million times closer to genX than later millennial cohorts

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49981536)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: frum volcanic crater

not as lazy at entitled millenials who want to blog their daily life for a living, and travel the world defiling landmarks and disrespecting cultures for clicks. the concept of a 9-5 job, sitting in an office, having a 'manager' manage you does not register with them, its not real and its not a good work-life balance, like, ok? Please dont forget to subscribe.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49981542)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:58 AM
Author: sexy dilemma

that's largely late millennials/Gen Z. early to mid millennials bullied weak Gen Xers out of the way

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49981559)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 1:49 PM
Author: Fucking Fuckface

"having managers manage them" is exactly the mentality that underscores genX loserdom. Even though my soul was with genX, I backed into the c suite before 40

But now I'm looking at a non c level gig that is largely autonomous and auto pilot level of difficulty for me. So maybe my squishy gen allocation properties is letting loserdom catch up and grab me

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49981759)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 6:10 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle State Double Fault

what age were you a "director"

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49982275)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 7:14 PM
Author: Fucking Fuckface

That's the board. I said c suite. Are you genX, by any chance?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49982447)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 6:12 PM
Author: Mint Cracking School Dingle Berry

As a Gen-Xer I can confirm. I am so fucking lazy.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49982281)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 12:04 PM
Author: Saffron curious antidepressant drug candlestick maker

This is just because they’re old

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49981569)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 1:51 PM
Author: hairraiser round eye multi-billionaire

In other words despite historically low unemployment, 75% of the people who've lost their jobs were able to find suitable replacement employment.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49981762)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 1:53 PM
Author: Charismatic territorial chapel athletic conference

Despite?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49981769)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 1:54 PM
Author: hairraiser round eye multi-billionaire

yes. Even though only a few people are event getting laid off, almost all of them are able to find new jobs.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49981774)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 1:57 PM
Author: Charismatic territorial chapel athletic conference

So not “despite.” You aren’t spiting anything. You’re just saying “economy is good atm.”

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49981781)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 5:16 PM
Author: Free-loading school cafeteria

he seems extremely and delusionally invested in the point he's making but i dont get what it is

i think he hates gen x

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49982176)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 5:33 PM
Author: Saffron curious antidepressant drug candlestick maker

I don’t think that would be despite low employment - it is an effect of low employment. Unless you were being sarcastic.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49982204)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 7:39 PM
Author: Charismatic territorial chapel athletic conference

Isn’t he that guy who collects Knives lmao

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49982520)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 7:55 PM
Author: hairraiser round eye multi-billionaire

It would and it was actually the correct usage of “despite”.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49982562)



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Date: July 6th, 2026 8:07 PM
Author: Charismatic territorial chapel athletic conference

what was your Major

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49982592)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 8:28 AM
Author: hairraiser round eye multi-billionaire

i don't even remember to be honest.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49983536)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 9:48 AM
Author: Passionate Box Office

wow. 11% took a pay cut to work. Thats CRAZY

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49983631)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 9:52 AM
Author: Demanding Ungodly Fortuitous Meteor

I have taken pay cuts twice in my career. It's something that happens. You just keep on rolling. Overall it's better to accept something at a pay cut than to be unemployed.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49983639)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 9:53 AM
Author: Passionate Box Office

I am making less, inflation adjusted, than I did in 2015.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49983642)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 9:56 AM
Author: Demanding Ungodly Fortuitous Meteor

Yeah, I know that happens too. I told my wife that on an inflation-adjusted basis she's about 8% behind her historical average salary and she didn't believe me, but it's true. Wages have generally gone down in the last 20 years. Some people choose to ignore this fact, but it's real. Rich people have gotten way, way richer and real wages have fallen.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49983648)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 10:09 AM
Author: Passionate Box Office

sad part is i am still top 10%, but LOL only the top 1-3% are actually better off now... and yet Americans keep voting for the same Jewish controlled parties, no healthcare, PE owned homes, lol. just lol

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49983664)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 10:43 AM
Author: Charismatic territorial chapel athletic conference

Trump 45 Incomes were immense in hindsight but that was the kill shot to affordable housing I guess. He was too populist to allow ITE2 to unfold.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49983713)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:21 PM
Author: Passionate Box Office

I was referring to my Obama comp

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49984168)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 6:11 PM
Author: Charismatic territorial chapel athletic conference

Trump won the gen retroactively

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49984700)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:54 PM
Author: insanely creepy offensive travel guidebook

Right?? That's what jumped out at me. Imagine taking a paycut after a layoff! Better to just live home with mommy.

Not to "i walked uphill both ways in a snowstorm" this conversation, but I remember biglaw--> unemployment--> applying and getting REJECTED for doc review gigs that were minimum wage and free lunch. And i would have taken that job for the fucking work experience.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49984220)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 8:41 PM
Author: Passionate Box Office

96% of these fags have never seen a pay decrease (the 11% were only those who were fired). Basically every year MOAR MONEY. No wonder they are ok leveraging the future (other people's future) for their NOW

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49985063)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 9:52 AM
Author: Cruel-hearted sex offender

don't forget that many Gen Xers still have student loan balances

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49983640)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 10:42 AM
Author: Charismatic territorial chapel athletic conference

They have the HIGHEST balance of any gen! How does that make any sense? Gen X had lower college attendance and therefore grads should be less dumb on average…. It should be a stratified cohort of less-dumb Xers….. somewhat…. Relatively…

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49983712)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 10:44 AM
Author: Useless stirring theatre

Oh I get it. Surely by now they have millions in their brokerage accounts, they're just hitting the FIRE parachute

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49983714)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:50 PM
Author: crimson jap

I know a couple people, all in tech/programming, who had good jobs for decades and some have been unemployed for over a year. mostly they won't accept pay cuts, but man it seems brutal

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49984213)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:58 PM
Author: black irradiated sanctuary

shouldnt these people have 10 million+ invested by now? they were in tech

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49984228)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 3:03 PM
Author: comical ticket booth main people

These are Doodikoffs friends though

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49984233)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 3:06 PM
Author: black irradiated sanctuary

true

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49984240)



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Date: July 8th, 2026 12:10 AM
Author: crimson jap



(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49985490)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 3:01 PM
Author: self-absorbed zippy shrine son of senegal

There are a gazillion temp jobs for tech bros paying $400 a day. They can work at will remotely on short projects unless they cant actually code and were just project manager types. Those guys are fucked.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49984232)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:59 PM
Author: self-absorbed zippy shrine son of senegal

A house maid makes $200 a day in cash and works 3-4 hours a day. She pays nothing in taxes. Her effective hourly rate is $60. This country is so insanely rich that literal spic garbage that cant read or write makes $60 an hour cleaning toilets. Nobody who wants to work is unemployed in a country like this. The 60 year old boomer scumbag who replaced the boiler is my house billed $12k for an afternoon of work. Materials set him back maybe $4500. He pocketed $7k. I dont feel bad for any of these people.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49984230)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 3:43 PM
Author: mind-boggling magenta ape

getting a job has never been easier

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49984310)



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Date: July 7th, 2026 6:15 PM
Author: Violent juggernaut karate

what about a job that doesn't involve sex with men?

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2#49984721)