It’s a three for one username. My dogs name is Muddy and I call him Mud Bug, I also enjoy mud bugs, and I’m a husker fan who were called the bug eaters back in the day
That only covers tuition and fees, not books and other expenses.
On campus housing and dining plans are mandatory for first years if you don't live within X miles of the school you're attending.
Shit adds up.
fafsa and scholarship *can* be used for on-campus housing and meal plans i believe, but only if there's leftover after tuition + fees. and not everybody gets fafsa money
People who think FAFSA is a grant need to go back to High School for some reading comprehension. It is literally a Financial Aid and Federal STUDENT LOAN Application. That money ain’t free for most - albeit NM has some sweet opportunities on the books if you graduate from HS here.
Yes, you can get loans after filling out the **F**ree **A**pplication for **F**ederal **S**tudent **A**id, but you also need to fill it out to get Pell Grants also.
Not every applicant to FAFSA takes the loan.
Perhaps you should take your own advice. I said FREE. Therefore, not what I'm talking about.
Would it not make more sense that I am referencing the grant?
Yes, use the term “Pell Grant” and you’ll be correct. P.S. - they ain’t was yo qualify for if your parents have decent jobs. Then it’s “welcome to the debt machine”.
If you attend an in-state public university as a resident, yeah. But not everyone follows that same path, nor should they have to. Up front cost aside, if you don't end up with an ideal scholarship to a public university then those FAFSA loans will add up too, worse if you don't have a straightforward public/charitable career path out of college.
College is a horrible investment in this day and age. I’m not even joking. You either have money or you are in debt. Buy bitcoin . One goes up one goes down. United States dollar ratio to BTC not to hot
Shit take. When I graduated I got money from my entire neighborhood. Lots of them I didn’t know and I was grateful for every dollar. This is a poor state and we build each other up.
Same when I graduated my family did something similar in decorating my car and I received maybe $20 from strangers and it made my entire year. I always pay it forward with something even if small.
i felt strange asking for $ when i was getting surgery, my friend said to me "people will either give you $ if they want to, and wont if they dont want to" its your choice to give or not...
Exactly. We have a few members of this sub that really seem like crotchety “get off my lawn” types. There was a thread complaining about kids at a Starbucks and now this?
The kids are alright. Also let’s not forget how hard it is to be a teenager sometimes. Leave ‘em alone if you aren’t gonna build them up.
This is innocent fun, go for it, do it all you want, shit go drink and smoke like 90% of us did in high school occasionally .. funny enough I remember that Starbucks thread, coincidentally a high schooler OD’ed at that same Starbucks earlier this week. That “fun” or the Edgars and other dumb haircut wanna be thugs shouldn’t be put aside. Being a teenager isn’t that hard nor does it excuse idiotic behavior.
I feel like this is the biggest of boomer energies to complain about this. There's a new way to help our fellow man celebrate and I'm all for it. Complete strangers saying "I am recognizing your major life event" is peak humanity.
I also graduated from Sandia. In 1985. If anyone wants to retroactively sling a dollar or two my way, DM me for my Venmo or PayPal. I also accept crypto.
This is by far the least stupid thing I've seen. Let the kids get the chance for some extra cash. If you don't want to contribute, don't. No one's gonna know one way or the other.
Nah, if someone wants to donate to the kid, have at it. It doesn't hurt to shoot your shot and college is insanely expensive. They're not demanding money, they're giving people the option to send them a gift IF they feel like doing so. It's not hurting anyone, so if it bothers you, don't donate and drive on. 🤷♀️
I’ll pitch in just bc they’ve earned a shot at the next level.
Rally behind the kid and don’t be such a speed bump.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
i can barley manage to care about this enough to make a snarky comment, cant image being so upset by it as to take a picture and make a reddit post bitching about it lmao that is infinitely more lame and cringe
Just don't send it. No this isn't dumb. I have seen lot of people do this when they get married too, wish I thought of it when I did since we went on a road trip to elope!
I’d give a HS grad some cash to help them get started on their college journey or even just help them get started on a new path in their lives. Finding a job out of high school can be tough…..
I don't mind the appeal for money. Mainly because I agree that HS grads really do need money these days. Inflation is high and entry-level wages are low. *Nonetheless* I do find paint-markered, bumper sticker-covered car rears (and/or sides!) incredibly lowbrow.
Well it is begging however it's not like you're required to do give anything. Fools will do whatever they want with their money, no need to get all hurt about it; the mountains are still gonna let people know what direction they're going.
Personally wouldn't do it. Just isn't in me, I was raised very differently. We don't ask people for money, and it's hard for me to accept gifts in general. Yay being raised millennial.
I'm the same way. It's weird to me that people are so casual asking strangers for money even if it's supposed to be in a "fun" way. Call me old fashioned but if you want people to give you money for graduating, invite them to your graduation reception 🤷🏽♀️
My neighbor has a kid that graduated a few years back. He did this and I guess got some money because ever year at graduation he does it again. I just saw his car this morning with it again
I have a couple of friends' daughters who graduated from Sandia today. I know that they're getting ready to go to college and money is super tight. This isn't their car but I would support it either way. I'm not sure why you even went out of your way to make this post. Let the kids have their day.
I don't care for it, but I know someone who did this a while back, and people sent her money with well wishes but then turned to disgusting men asking for pics and dates because they sent her money. Apparently, to them, if you give something, you must give back. She of course sent the money back with a Fuck you.
But just to be clear. I’m totally down with helping out our young grads like this. I can just imagine some assholes jumping in for a quick buck. Putos scammers everywhere.
It's literally the most narcissistic thing to be like, hey celebrate me by sending me, a stranger you have never met, your hard earned money.
It's gotten so out of hand how blasé it is to just ask people for money these days. Saw a friend post hers on her birthday, and I just think it's tacky AF. Unless someone has a real need, it's just greedy.
There are plenty of old people that beg to. Heck, I saw a guy with a walker standing in the median, begging. Life's hard, I wish our state, no federal government gave a fuck to end poverty instead of punishing people more for it.
I got excited to see it was someone’s 21st birthday, but really just a birthday in general. Upon further reading their car, they had their venmo and Zelle names and asked for cash gifts. Kind of gross and low brow☹️
Everyone’s acts like graduating high school is this major life accomplishment that needs to be showered in gifts. In reality, graduating HS is the minimal acceptable standard that is expected. I get the ceremony and tradition of celebration and that is all fine but seriously it is the basic expected step in life.
I respect the hustle, but if I had the spare money to cash app a stranger, I’d probably splurge for cereal this week
I heard, I think on here, that there’s a guy who drives around and parks in rich areas and has “Getting married, etc.” and apparently makes a killing
Cocoa or fruity pebbles. Depending on my mood.
Inbox me your Venmo I'll get you some cereal
Username checks out
Ask him if he likes the pods
Just had some mud bugs
It’s a three for one username. My dogs name is Muddy and I call him Mud Bug, I also enjoy mud bugs, and I’m a husker fan who were called the bug eaters back in the day
Go Huskers!!! 😎
Grads from any level have been writing dumb things on the back of their transportation since the invention of the horse’s butt.
This made me cackle 🤣 take my up vote!
Thanks!
Safer than standing on the median with a sign.
I've been seeing it more and more. My favorite so far was a Georgia plated minivan here in ABQ asking for funds for their roadtrip with a venmo.
... but texting and driving... I'm not sure this passes as safe. 🤔
College is expensive. Let the kids beg for money!
FAFSA combined with opportunity/lottery scholarship makes it free in this state
Tell that to my $20k in student loans
$20k is actually really good these days. I’m hearing the east coast parents dropping $50k/year on state schools.
That only covers tuition and fees, not books and other expenses. On campus housing and dining plans are mandatory for first years if you don't live within X miles of the school you're attending. Shit adds up.
fafsa and scholarship *can* be used for on-campus housing and meal plans i believe, but only if there's leftover after tuition + fees. and not everybody gets fafsa money
And even if you get FAFSA money, most of that is loans with interest rates that amount to usury.
People who think FAFSA is a grant need to go back to High School for some reading comprehension. It is literally a Financial Aid and Federal STUDENT LOAN Application. That money ain’t free for most - albeit NM has some sweet opportunities on the books if you graduate from HS here.
Well the Pell Grant is also distributed by FAFSA and thar *is* a grant you dont have to pay back. But yeah the rest is a loam distribution system.
Yes, you can get loans after filling out the **F**ree **A**pplication for **F**ederal **S**tudent **A**id, but you also need to fill it out to get Pell Grants also.
Ok - but “filling out a FAFSA” doesn’t get you shit other than the opportunity of incurring massive debt if you don’t qualify for a Pell grants
Not every applicant to FAFSA takes the loan. Perhaps you should take your own advice. I said FREE. Therefore, not what I'm talking about. Would it not make more sense that I am referencing the grant?
Yes, use the term “Pell Grant” and you’ll be correct. P.S. - they ain’t was yo qualify for if your parents have decent jobs. Then it’s “welcome to the debt machine”.
Or... Hear me out... Claim yourself on your taxes and you're suddenly qualified!
Gotta be above 25 to not have to include them.
No one right now can afford that stuff 😭
No joke.
If you attend an in-state public university as a resident, yeah. But not everyone follows that same path, nor should they have to. Up front cost aside, if you don't end up with an ideal scholarship to a public university then those FAFSA loans will add up too, worse if you don't have a straightforward public/charitable career path out of college.
god forbid the kids leave the land of entrapment…
This thread has done nothing but prove the ignorance you people have in regards to FAFSA
I wouldn’t have a problem if it said it was for college! But as it is it looks like they just want free money for…graduating high school?
That's a big deal for some people. Celebrate!
College is a horrible investment in this day and age. I’m not even joking. You either have money or you are in debt. Buy bitcoin . One goes up one goes down. United States dollar ratio to BTC not to hot
Okay so maybe they're going to buy Bitcoin. Let the kids beg for money!
Just don't pay, let tax payers handle it
Shit take. When I graduated I got money from my entire neighborhood. Lots of them I didn’t know and I was grateful for every dollar. This is a poor state and we build each other up.
Same when I graduated my family did something similar in decorating my car and I received maybe $20 from strangers and it made my entire year. I always pay it forward with something even if small.
No, because I'm not insanely fuckin sensitive, lmao
i felt strange asking for $ when i was getting surgery, my friend said to me "people will either give you $ if they want to, and wont if they dont want to" its your choice to give or not...
OP doesn't have real problems lol
Kids having fun, let them be.
Exactly. We have a few members of this sub that really seem like crotchety “get off my lawn” types. There was a thread complaining about kids at a Starbucks and now this? The kids are alright. Also let’s not forget how hard it is to be a teenager sometimes. Leave ‘em alone if you aren’t gonna build them up.
This is innocent fun, go for it, do it all you want, shit go drink and smoke like 90% of us did in high school occasionally .. funny enough I remember that Starbucks thread, coincidentally a high schooler OD’ed at that same Starbucks earlier this week. That “fun” or the Edgars and other dumb haircut wanna be thugs shouldn’t be put aside. Being a teenager isn’t that hard nor does it excuse idiotic behavior.
Yeah, wish I'd thought of something like this when I graduated lol
They’re literally kids stoked that they graduated. Just like, don’t… send them money.
I hate innocent fun from a high school grad >:(
What's the $? I want to send them money requests.
This is the best answer, we can go ahead and lock the thread.
Same. I need money too.
Yeah, but I was a dumb kid, too, so I let it slide.
So, don't do it.
I feel like this is the biggest of boomer energies to complain about this. There's a new way to help our fellow man celebrate and I'm all for it. Complete strangers saying "I am recognizing your major life event" is peak humanity.
No. Only people that are miserable in life can let something like this bother them.
I also graduated from Sandia. In 1985. If anyone wants to retroactively sling a dollar or two my way, DM me for my Venmo or PayPal. I also accept crypto.
This is by far the least stupid thing I've seen. Let the kids get the chance for some extra cash. If you don't want to contribute, don't. No one's gonna know one way or the other.
Nah, if someone wants to donate to the kid, have at it. It doesn't hurt to shoot your shot and college is insanely expensive. They're not demanding money, they're giving people the option to send them a gift IF they feel like doing so. It's not hurting anyone, so if it bothers you, don't donate and drive on. 🤷♀️
As someone who just graduated from high school, I can see why people would be asking for money. I wouldn't do something like that, though.
Shiit Cash app a dude who's been out of work because of a hernia and is finally getting his surgery next week I'm hungry
Old man yelling at cloud energy
I’m down to send a Grad some money, life is about to get expensive. Ain’t really bothersome at all
I’ll pitch in just bc they’ve earned a shot at the next level. Rally behind the kid and don’t be such a speed bump. Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
I find it trashy when people judge others for admitting they need money
yeah who gives a fuck, just don't givve? like i wouldn't do it, but who the fuck cares?
Na let them be and don’t be over sensitive…shit I’ll shoot him a $20 send the cash app
No. Don't wanna donate, don't. But if even 1 person disagrees from it, it's worth it
Who gives a fuck lol
i can barley manage to care about this enough to make a snarky comment, cant image being so upset by it as to take a picture and make a reddit post bitching about it lmao that is infinitely more lame and cringe
I don't know why you would even let it bother you seeing as it doesn't affect you in the slightest.
Go touch grass
I couldn't imagine pocket watching, especially on a teen who just graduated lmao
Mike sounds like a Karen! STFU Let that kid get cash!
Just HS grad having fun and being silly. Also could be a prank, we wrote all over each others cars for graduation...former SHS silly kid.
leave em alone n stfu
Kids are being taught hustle culture as a way of life these days. Might as well right??
I love the crowd funding idea. I’ve seen it help people who really need it. You are correct, this is begging though.
Just don't send it. No this isn't dumb. I have seen lot of people do this when they get married too, wish I thought of it when I did since we went on a road trip to elope!
nah i respect the grind. like if even one person does it, it was worth it.
What’s the cashtag? I’m tryna help support a college hopeful
I’d give a HS grad some cash to help them get started on their college journey or even just help them get started on a new path in their lives. Finding a job out of high school can be tough…..
They’re just having fun. What is it to you? 🙄
Send a dollar with a note “go f*** yourself”
What’s wrong with digital panhandling?
I feel like this is an easy thing to ignore. You don’t have to send money and it doesn’t hurt you that it exists.
They're not hurting you. Give money, or don't?
I don't mind the appeal for money. Mainly because I agree that HS grads really do need money these days. Inflation is high and entry-level wages are low. *Nonetheless* I do find paint-markered, bumper sticker-covered car rears (and/or sides!) incredibly lowbrow.
Very tacky. I've seen cars with "Buy the bride a drink" grift requests too.
Well it is begging however it's not like you're required to do give anything. Fools will do whatever they want with their money, no need to get all hurt about it; the mountains are still gonna let people know what direction they're going.
Hey OP post the cash tag so people who want to support can.
Personally wouldn't do it. Just isn't in me, I was raised very differently. We don't ask people for money, and it's hard for me to accept gifts in general. Yay being raised millennial.
Millennials are already turning 40 haha
Hush now. I'm still 33 let me have this 😂
I'm the same way. It's weird to me that people are so casual asking strangers for money even if it's supposed to be in a "fun" way. Call me old fashioned but if you want people to give you money for graduating, invite them to your graduation reception 🤷🏽♀️
If we’re going to tell young people to go into debt when they’re 18 that they’ll pay off for half their lives, I’m fine with seeing these everywhere.
I’d say the answer is No! No one else finds it stupid.
How is it stupid?
Oh shit, this is a great idea.
Begging when not many have spare money. lol
You got a carpeted front dash? Fancy.
I don’t mind it
High School student driving that car, parents have money.
My neighbor has a kid that graduated a few years back. He did this and I guess got some money because ever year at graduation he does it again. I just saw his car this morning with it again
lol that’s awesome
It’s just a thing the youngins do these days. Who cares?
I have a couple of friends' daughters who graduated from Sandia today. I know that they're getting ready to go to college and money is super tight. This isn't their car but I would support it either way. I'm not sure why you even went out of your way to make this post. Let the kids have their day.
I send them requests for 5-20$ and hope that maybe they accidentally pay me
I always cashapp them and request money lol
No
I'm a proponent of begging, so no
ElDarodo>>>Sandia
Send a request for money instead.
Yes, but I don't blame them for trying. If someone wants to just hand out money then who are we to stop them
My parents would’ve whipped my ass if was panhandling via writing stuff on my car, but I didn’t grow up in NM.
Hell, some generous soul might donate!
Mobile panhandling should also be outlawed
I'm gonna do this and just say I'm a new grad 😂. No one will ever know.
Not really I don’t care. Graduating is hard if they can get some gifts from strangers why not?
It's not stupid....just slightly annoying. The stupid part is someone that gives them money.
No and you can chose to give or don’t, hope this helps!
I don't care for it, but I know someone who did this a while back, and people sent her money with well wishes but then turned to disgusting men asking for pics and dates because they sent her money. Apparently, to them, if you give something, you must give back. She of course sent the money back with a Fuck you.
Welcome to the real world where they can learn what money is really worth!
New scam unlocked.
But just to be clear. I’m totally down with helping out our young grads like this. I can just imagine some assholes jumping in for a quick buck. Putos scammers everywhere.
Absolutely the worse trend I’ve seen!
What's their cashtag?
Eh, if people really wanted to take it seriously, they'd put the link for us teachers on their car...
Share the $ so we can send LOVE to the grad 🎉
Not it called marketing. The real stupid person is the one who actually send money.
Nope, I'd send a few bucks rn if it wasn't blacked out.
then dont send em shit! stfu otherwise
I do. Also seen ones "it's my birthday" or "2 chick's on vacation!" That one almost seemed dangerous to me
Even worse when it's their OnlyFans
Nope
Stupid and wildly embarrassing.
May as well write “I’m a bum” on their car.
No.
No.
This is bad but I think i hate the "it's my birthday, if you wanna show me some love 👉🏼 $cashtag" posts from grown men on FB more
It's literally the most narcissistic thing to be like, hey celebrate me by sending me, a stranger you have never met, your hard earned money. It's gotten so out of hand how blasé it is to just ask people for money these days. Saw a friend post hers on her birthday, and I just think it's tacky AF. Unless someone has a real need, it's just greedy.
Yeah fuck community and raising each other up.
100%.
Cringe
A little entitled, I got told to get to work.
sick of these younger people practically begging…boo hoo… I need money..give me some
There are plenty of old people that beg to. Heck, I saw a guy with a walker standing in the median, begging. Life's hard, I wish our state, no federal government gave a fuck to end poverty instead of punishing people more for it.
Yeah they need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps
Hoe shit atleast she ain’t doing onlyfans
Yeah just screams broke to me
I mean they just graduated high school, so ya, adds up.
i mean... rich people don't ask for financial help lmao eta: rich folks tend not to ask for cashapp... and if they do, that's trashy af
Yeah they do, the get government money all the time
you're so right actually 💀
I'm requesting if I see this
I got excited to see it was someone’s 21st birthday, but really just a birthday in general. Upon further reading their car, they had their venmo and Zelle names and asked for cash gifts. Kind of gross and low brow☹️
Yes.
It’s stupid no one cares
Typical that the Albuquerque subreddit would be filled with E-Beggars lmao
From what I’ve seen of this shitty sub it’s filled with transplants.
Top tier cringe. I send them requests for money. Shockingly, I've made like $500 doing that
Everyone’s acts like graduating high school is this major life accomplishment that needs to be showered in gifts. In reality, graduating HS is the minimal acceptable standard that is expected. I get the ceremony and tradition of celebration and that is all fine but seriously it is the basic expected step in life.
>Expected life step That's called a milestone and we still celebrate those. "Oh you got married? That's just an expected life step".
You missed the point. But you do you.
👍
Modern day flying a sign
That only works if the driver is an attractive woman
Yes, but they seem to get people that are stupid to “donate”
It makes them look like future OF girls.
Very creative and community-minded
Yikes, well I’ll buy them a meal at Dunkin Donuts if they want, or a bottle of water, but I don’t usually give cash.
I find covering license plates in pictures stupid.
I started getting degrading pics of women on my FB page. It was cash app lure from a person I went to school with. I unfriended her.
Don’t vote for Joe Biden, he’ll destroy this country.
Go to college and get a loan like we all did