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Questions Answers and Responses to Advice

On my YouTube channel, there are a lot of people making comments that have already been made and answered. I deleted these comments because I don't want the channel to fill up with the same thing over and over again.

I decided to create this page to lists the questions that people have, as well as the comments/advice people have given me, and respond to these questions and advice here on this page.

I understand if some visitors do not want to read through the website to get the full picture, but on the other hand, I wish some people would at the very least acknowledge to themselves before giving advice, that they have not looked at this website and therefore are most likely saying something that's either already been said or is contrary to what I have stated here on this website.

The comment section on YouTube is only going to get longer, and this website is only going to get bigger, so I think this page is necessary. Once I've logged all the advice and questions here, I can simply say this has been answered, please see the Questions and Advice page.

Advice Given Advice Get a JOB you LAZY *beep* Response When I first created this website (October 27, 2007), I had just lots my job. I made it clear that I was looking for work. This is the most common piece of advice I get. I now have a job, I start on Monday (November 5th, 2007). However, I still wont see any pay until the 15th of November and even then it will only be about $550 to $600 (I am not sure how much I'll get after text yet). That's not going to help me pay the (by the 15h of November) almost 8 weeks I am behind in rent. So I am leaving this website up. Advice Go to a church. Response I need $1560 to pay my rent, not soup and second hand shoes. If I do not pay my rent, I might very well be lining up for soup. Facing the choice of visiting a church or a job agency, I have decided on the job agency. To be totally honest, visiting a church didn't even enter my mind. What I need is money. They only way I can do that is to work.

Questions Received Question Why don't you go on welfare? Response I could go on welfare, yes. However, welfare is not going to help me out. What I need is money, and the only way I can get money is to get a job. So when I lost my job, the first thing that came to my mind is "I need a new job -- FAST", not: "I need to go on welfare". To apply for welfare takes weeks (where I am from), and even when you get the benefits, it's chicken feed. If I took that course of action, there's no way known I'd get the money to fix my situation. So I just crossed out the option all together and went for the money, ie: work. Question Now I'm not saying that you aren't in need, but there are many people out there that are deserving of money in far worse conditions just take a look at 9/11 or the katrina victims, some of them are the most deserving of money yet wont receive it so i just want to know why you and not one of those families? Response To be perfectly honest, I am not far behind those Katrina victims. If you read my web page, you'll see that I am [now] 6 weeks behind in rent. If I get evicted, I'll lose everything I own. I have nowhere to put anything. I have no money. I have an empty tank of fuel. All I have going for me is a job WHICH I DID FIND. But it might be all too little too late. If I get an eviction notice OR if my car finally kicks the bucket, I AM on the street and I wont be able to get to work. It will be game over. Question Why aren't you looking for work instead of sitting on the internet? Response As stated on the original single page version of this website, I was desperately looking for work. I have since found work, so now I don't have to look for work anymore. However, even when I was looking for work, I did that during the day and I attended the interviews and the agency and workplace inductions during the day. This website was not my "first" course of action -- it was merely an extra course of action. My main priority was to find work. However, even if I found work (which I now have), it doesn't mean I am in the clear. I am still flat broke. I am still 6 weeks behind in rent [03 Nov 2007], and I am still in need of assistance. At the time I am writing this response right now, it is a Saturday, and I am pretty sure my Internet wont be disconnected on a weekend, so I am using my weekend to update and promote this website. I have to to got work Monday morning at 7:00am.

Other Comments Comment You have an Internet connection, so you're not "flat out of luck". You're not broke! Response A week before November 27th I was employed as a web developer. I had a contract for a company that I'd been working with for two years. Therefore, I have an Internet connection. However, I do have a due for disconnection notice and if I do not pay the bill, it will be cut off. You can see more information about how my employment ended by reading the "web development" section on the services page. Comment You are asking for money from kids. Response A "kid" can't get a PayPal account, because for a PayPal account you need a credit card. I only accept money via PayPal, so it's pretty much impossible for me to accept money from kids. Also, if I found out that anyone who sent money to me was a kid, I'd most certainly return it. I could not sleep at night knowing that I've taken money from a kid. To be perfectly frank, this statement is just absurd. If anything, I don't mind if the young ones favorite my video and rate my video 5 stars -- but that's hardly taking money from kids. Comment I figured that the donation button on his [FlatOutOfLuck's] "website" would save my password and then have access to my account/money. It's a shame and yet very annoying how many scams there are, anyways thanks for the heads up I thought I was just being paranoid. Response This is not possible. It's a PayPal URL. Feel free to view the HTML source. Comment I am coming to get you! Response Ok -- the key is under the mat. Wipe your feet before you come in. However, I must warn you that I have had a pretty *BEEP'N* *BEEP* last few months and I can't be held responsible for what might happen to you if I wake up to find you standing over my bed (or my box, depending on where I am living at the time).