r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Jun 22 '26

Recurring Canadaguns Politics and Debate Thread

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u/gamercast1337 Jun 22 '26

I just wanna be able to afford the bare minimum boys, and be able to actually take my guns out to shoot. I dont even dream of owning a house etc anymore. 

I havent been to the range in like 2 years to help deal with this stress, and cant even get the most basic job to afford to live, let alone afford ammo to go out. Shits looking real dire, fellas.

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u/Uncle_Ted_1942 Jun 23 '26

I feel it. Been unemployed for 4 months. I’ve lost track of how many jobs I’ve applied for. Had 1 politely turn me down after an interview, the rest just ghost.

As soon as my college class graduated our program, govt cut most of the money in our sector and almost nobody is hiring at more than minimum wage. I can’t even fucking volunteer because most of the jobs don’t even exist anymore lmao

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u/gamercast1337 Jun 23 '26

Fucking brutal man. Have you just gone in to the business, shake the owners hand and ask when You start ? That's what the boomers online keep telling me what to do. 

In all seriousness it absolutely destroys the very little bit of mental health you have left, doesnt it? Forget owning a house, land, family, yearly vacations. I want a fucking job where I know by the end kf next month I dont need to pull some bullshit to have money left over. I want to be able to go in to a store, buy my food by only needing to look at the nutrition label, not the fucking price tag. 

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u/Uncle_Ted_1942 Jun 23 '26

I’m 21, still live at home. My father was born on the last year of the baby boomer. He constantly tells me that kind of shit lol one of the jobs he “found” for me was laying concrete for minimum wage 1/2 an hour away.

I work forestry and drive a gas guzzler that refuses to drink anything but premium. I’m used to doing 300 kilometers a day mileage PAID, not 100 kilometers unpaid. I would be putting half my paycheck in the gas tank. It’s the only job in the fucking county I can find though.

I’m just gonna head up to the rez and hit the blackjack tables instead.