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Chronic Illness Humor Funny<p>I'm not riding the struggle bus. The bus has run me over, backed up, re-ran me over, backed up, and re-ran me over again.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/struggling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>struggling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/strugglebus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strugglebus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chronicillness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chronicillness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chronicallyill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chronicallyill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chronicillnesshumor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chronicillnesshumor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autoimmune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autoimmune</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autoimmunehumor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autoimmunehumor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lifeishard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lifeishard</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/55854/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/55854/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Edinburgh salon owner offers free haircuts to those struggling financially <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Edinburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edinburgh</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FreeHaircut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeHaircut</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FreeHaircuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeHaircuts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Roseburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roseburn</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/salon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>salon</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StevenHenderson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StevenHenderson</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StevenHendersonHair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StevenHendersonHair</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/struggling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>struggling</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day 22 cont 💰💰💰🏡</p><p>“Nearly half of all <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/renters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>renters</span></a> sit in the bottom 40% of income levels, compared with just one-fifth of first home buyers.</p><p>“If you’re in the bottom two <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/quintiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quintiles</span></a> of income, you’re probably not really going to have enough <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/income" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>income</span></a> to be servicing a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/mortgage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mortgage</span></a>, whichever way you go,” Phillips says.</p><p>“There’s not a lot that we’ve seen in the election <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/campaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campaign</span></a> to really help those people, and they’re the people who really are <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/struggling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>struggling</span></a>.”</p><p>That leaves nearly half the renting population, or four million <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australians</span></a>, beyond the reach of homebuyer help even before the new <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a> arrive.”</p><p>If you don’t own or cannot afford a home, Australian politicians are not interested in you. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/20/who-actually-benefits-from-the-coalition-and-labors-housing-policies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/20/who-actually-benefits-from-the-coalition-and-labors-housing-policies</span></a>&gt;</p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1971626/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1971626/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> South Korean soccer struggling to get its mojo back <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BACK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BACK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/get" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>get</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ITS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITS</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/korean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>korean</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/mojo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mojo</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Soccer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Soccer</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/south" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>south</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthKorea</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Struggling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Struggling</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1872244/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1872244/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Japan struggling for LNG 3 years after Ukraine War <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GasPrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GasPrice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LiquefiedNaturalGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiquefiedNaturalGas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/lng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lng</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LNGPrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNGPrice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NaturalGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalGas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Struggling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Struggling</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a></p>
Wolfensteijn<p>I have people that like me, that enjoy spending time with me. I have meaningful connections with people.</p><p>But to me it feels like I don't deserve them, that those connections are empty, that I am fake.</p><p>Painful feelings.</p><p>Feelings I am working on changing.</p><p>But oh boy, is that a long proces!</p><p>And on the way, it hurts and it will keep on hurting for longer.</p><p><a href="https://urface.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://urface.social/tags/Depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Depression</span></a> <a href="https://urface.social/tags/Inferior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inferior</span></a> <a href="https://urface.social/tags/Struggling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Struggling</span></a> <a href="https://urface.social/tags/Therapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Therapy</span></a></p>