Monthly tugboat
“ | yet AGAIN I am waiting for my next tugboat from my Social before I can even pay a Website to Host me and grant me a better .com domain name than sonichu.com | ” |
Chris to Miyamoto, complaining about how long his free money is taking |
The monthly tugboat is Chris's euphemism for his Social Security Disability check. Essentially, the United States government has a taxpayer-funded program to financially support disabled individuals who are unable to work-but many recipients are simply diagnosis-holders who choose not to work despite being able to do so. Like Chris. Chris receives $800 a month, with $450 going to his parents for room and board. The rest of it goes to either video games or straight up his ass. However, $350 was nowhere near close enough to satisfy Chris's desire to purchase porn and video games. As of July, he has at least $2000 of credit card debt, including on cards he stole from his parents.
On the advice of his father, Chris doesn't get a job because the tugboat gives him more money overall. Your tax dollars at work, people.
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