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1. Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jun-2022 02:36:12 UTC Thorwegian ❄️

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   • AmpBenzScientist

   @AmpBenzScientist Norway is a good country if you're normal. it's hell if you're different, in my experience.

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   • Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jun-2022 02:36:13 UTC Thorwegian ❄️

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     • AmpBenzScientist

     @AmpBenzScientist according to the narrow-minded mindset that is predominant in this country... well,.you get my point. i fundamentally disagree with it.

   • Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jun-2022 02:36:13 UTC Thorwegian ❄️

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     • AmpBenzScientist

     @AmpBenzScientist conformist asshole mindset if you ask me. i like better how America thinks about business. Norway sucks.

   • Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jun-2022 02:36:14 UTC Thorwegian ❄️

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     • AmpBenzScientist

     @AmpBenzScientist the Norwegian government is hostile to that. there have been a lot of cases where this arrangement has been exploited. people have been made to create a sole proprietorship in order to survive, so if the government sees a sole proprietorship that was only created so someone could survive, they strike down on it. if some company hires a sole proprietorship and it looks too much like employment, it's considered to be exploitation.

     i disagree with the Norwegian government on this point.

   • ampbenzscientist@qoto.org's status on Tuesday, 28-Jun-2022 02:36:15 UTC AmpBenzScientist

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     @thor Independent contractor? In the US this allows for a more beneficial relationship between workers and the employer.

   • ampbenzscientist@qoto.org's status on Tuesday, 28-Jun-2022 02:36:16 UTC AmpBenzScientist

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     @thor I'm fairly certain that they could be convinced to see the mutually beneficial effects of such an arrangement. If not maintenance, perhaps they would consider someone with a background in tech for another position.

   • Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jun-2022 02:36:16 UTC Thorwegian ❄️

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     • AmpBenzScientist

     @AmpBenzScientist the issue with me in a 9-to-5 position is that the bailiff (Namsmann) will seize any income beyond the minimum to survive. it will not help me pay the rent.

     however, if i can send an invoice for my work, then my AS (limited company) could pay the rent.

   • Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jun-2022 02:36:17 UTC Thorwegian ❄️

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     • AmpBenzScientist

     @AmpBenzScientist sure, seeing as i'm unemployed, if i could pay off rent that way, i'd do that, but i doubt they'd be willing...

   • Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jun-2022 02:36:18 UTC Thorwegian ❄️

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     • AmpBenzScientist

     @AmpBenzScientist it's a big housing company

   • ampbenzscientist@qoto.org's status on Tuesday, 28-Jun-2022 02:36:19 UTC AmpBenzScientist

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     @thor Perhaps you could work for the owner to pay the rent. It's not difficult to do most maintenance work and it's rewarding to fix things.

   • Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jun-2022 02:36:20 UTC Thorwegian ❄️

     there's an increasing chance that i'll get evicted from my apartment due to rent control issues. it would be my first ever eviction, in that case.

     i can pay a fraction of what i owe, at the cost of life quality, and maybe i'll still get evicted, because it didn't pay the whole rent.

     on top of this is a mountain of debt.

     i feel i didn't do anything particularly wild to end up here. i was just being human. did what i could, while trying to have a decent life.

     it feels unfair, no matter what anyone says.