Posted by Myst

get a job then you lazy ass.

Posted by Isaac

15 years old, high school student. Can't convince my parents to let me get a job, either.

l2r  

Posted by Isaac

l2r

you're like so independent  

Posted by Myst

you're like so independent

Would need their signatures on paperwork to get a job, so their permission is pretty much the deciding factor in that.  

Posted by Isaac

Would need their signatures on paperwork to get a job, so their permission is pretty much the deciding factor in that.

Not all jobs require you're parents signature.  

Posted by Myst

Not all jobs require you're parents signature.

If I'm trying to work at a store, movie theater, etc. I would need their approval, because I'm 15.  

Posted by Isaac

If I'm trying to work at a store, movie theater, etc. I would need their approval, because I'm 15.

when i got my job at a clothing store a few years ago i was 15, no permission was required..maybe i just work at a dodgy store though  

Posted by Myst

when i got my job at a clothing store a few years ago i was 15, no permission was required..maybe i just work at a dodgy store though

What country/state of the US (if you live in the US) do you live in? I'm not 100% sure about all the laws regarding jobs for minors even in my state, most of it I've heard by talking to peers.  

Posted by Isaac

What country/state of the US (if you live in the US) do you live in? I'm not 100% sure about all the laws regarding jobs for minors even in my state, most of it I've heard by talking to peers.

Australia  

My brother who was 13 got a part-time job at a cafe and didn't need to have a resume or anything, just went down on the weekend for a while and got paid at the end.  

Do what I did: make a pros and cons list of having a phone and show it to your parents, and have a serious conversation with them. Tell them that you're getting older and you deserve a phone. I assume you go out to places with friends, so tell your parents that you may need to call them if an emergency happens and you need them to pick you up, or if there's an emergency at school and you need them to pick you up right away.

I didn't get a phone until the eighth grade because my parents didn't think I needed one, but I ended up getting one for Christmas that same year. For me it was harder to convince them to get me a phone since I was in junior high, but it should be easier for you to since you're already in high school.

If you're parents are THAT difficult to convince, tell them that you'll pay for half of it if they pay the other half. Compromise with them.  

Off brand BLU phones are cheap and good. I like mine  

Posted by hosler

Off brand BLU phones are cheap and good. I like mine

Which phone of theirs do you use? Looking at the Dash 5.5, its specs are far below average (5mp back camera, 4 GB internal storage, 512 MB RAM, 1.3GHz processor, etc). Then again, the price is around $120 off-contract, which is cheap, but you get what you pay for.

I'm looking at the Sharp Aquos Crystal, which has a unique design (no top or side bezels, camera on bottom bezel) and is prepaid (pay-as-you-go, essentially). Page on Best Buy

However, I'm still leaning much closer to saving further for a higher-end device.  

shop for BLU on amazon. way cheaper.  

Posted by Isaac

I just want a phone that'll be considered a "flagship" for a few years, not to be replaced every few months, just want it for help making new friends (I'm incredibly awkward in social situations). Snow shoveling isn't an option in southern California. Only art I can make is some amateur pixel art, so art commissions is an ehh.

Ok. First off, don't go down that road of trying to use social media, the internet, or a phone to make and manage friends. Many people do this these days. The truth of many is it becomes a lie that they tell even themselves. They build up all the pictures they have that make them look cool, and try to create a fake image of themselves in order to appear cool. It isn't cool, and they are in denial of who they truly are.

There is this badass at my school. He wears a leather jacket and rides a sportbike to school everyday. Nobody knows much about him except he is ripped and has scars all over himself. Nearly EVERYBODY in the school wants to be his friend, and the girls want the d. The only kid cooler than him in the school is Chandler Riggs.

This kid, doesn't have any social media or a phone.
Be this kid. You don't have to have the leather jacket and the bike, the muscles, the scars, or the mystery. Getting used to a phone puts up a social barrier that will affect your every day life.
Smartphones triple to affect. Everybody is a fake image of themselves over these things. It degrades mystery as well. It isn't cool, its become a quirk in society. People get used to staring at it and playing games for long period at a time. people get used to basing their flirting over text, and it breaks them down for the time when real social interaction comes...


TLDR: Next time someone asks you anything regarding you having a phone, tell them "I don't like phones so I don't have one.". they will probobaly ask why. Tell them- "staring at a screen bores me".
Thats cool as ****. I don't care what the other graalians have to say against me. They are all phone nerds. Even I like my phone, but I definetely notice its quirks and I enjoy going throughout my day without checking it or using it.

Money suggestions? Try offering 8/hr tutoring if you really know your stuff. Or learn magic. Ask people in downtown areas to bet you a couple dollars that you cannot do something. Use your magic, and win. Rinse and repeat and you can make normal wage money doing this.  

Posted by Kendama

TLDR: Next time someone asks you anything regarding you having a phone, tell them "I don't like phones so I don't have one.". they will probobaly ask why. Tell them- "staring at a screen bores me".
Thats cool as ****. I don't care what the other graalians have to say against me. They are all phone nerds. Even I like my phone, but I definetely notice its quirks and I enjoy going throughout my day without checking it or using it.

I don't even have a phone. I find it annoying as all **** to see people constantly looking down at their phones while doing pretty well anything. Hell, it pisses me off greatly when people in mid-conversation just whip out their phone and start playing with it, texting, etc. Face to face interaction is best interaction.