Memegen seems broken, but whatever.

Tried modifying text in the Memegen thing Imgur apparently has/offers. But nope, even with trying different browsers. Literally no options for changing/modifying the text, only adding more text fields saying 'Some text here', etc. Even doing some searches online finds didly squat, other than an old 2013 post about using GIMP for adding text to images.

But far as the confession bear goes. I've got a roommate (Who I'll call roommate #1) who had some difficulties in the past, far as bouncing from friend's place to friend's place. He was an acquaintance of mine, and a mutual friend of ours (Who became roommate #2) knew I was looking to have a roommate for my condo to help share some costs with.

I helped roommate #1 move out here, spent money on a train ticket so they could make the trip. Then more money buying food for the 4 months it took them to get a job (When our mutual friend, roommate #2, moved out here several months later due to issues where he'd lived, he found a job within 1 month, as point of reference. With said mutual friend becoming roommate #2, and subsequently ending up having his 'living space' being a bed in my living room and his computer setup on my dining room table.)

While it was a bit annoying how long it took roommate #1 to get a job, since I'm 95% sure he only applied to places local, since he didn't want to take public transit going anywhere that wasn't 10-15 mins away by bus. He doesn't have a car either, nor has he made any effort to get his own mode of transportation. But whatever, I was glad he had managed to get a job and was pulling his weight.

But after about 2 1/2 years, along with some different difficulties he's had during that time, issues he REALLY could have easily worked around. Hell, roommate #2 and I offered him advice on more than one occasion. But we've essentially given up on giving advice, since he doesn't listen to it. Typically just making affirmatives that he'll look into it, etc, just to get us off his back.

Roommate #1 is paying rent still, though there had been a period where his work hours dropped down to some 12-16 hrs a week for 8 months before he managed to get himself into a full time position (Initially he was hired on as part-time, but his first manager typically asked part-timers if they wanted to stay longer. Thus he usually got some 34 or so hours a week. But then this manager got promoted, and a new one came in who was, surprise surprise, a paper pushing bureaucrat). One of those things where he ignored our advice for months on end. So roommate #1 is currently a few grand behind on rent (Which I'm only charging him some $400 a month.), but whatever.

Now however, roommate #1's not gone into work for the past 4-5 weeks. Just sitting at home playing games with friends online. Roommate #2 stopped into roommate #1's work last week to see if they'd heard from roommate #1, mostly just as a means of seeing if he had been fired or not. Amazingly, he hasn't been fired yet. But they (roommate #1's work place) were worried since they'd assumed he was in a hospital or something.

So I can guarantee that whenever he does actual go in, he'll more than likely lose that job super fast. Considering he has no doctors note, nor anything of the sort that'd justify him basically ghosting them for a month. If he doesn't get fired, I'd honestly be utterly amazed.

At this point, any sympathies I've had for him have utterly dried up over the past 2 1/2 years. He's been ordering out DoorDash way more consistently than he should be doing for the past month as well. Which for him, is easily $50-$60 an order. So whatever cash reserves he's got is going up in smoke.

At the start of this year, I'd initially given roommate #1 until end of January next year to find a place of his own. Since when I spoke with him, he'd admitted to not having any actual plans for finding his own place (Not really a shock for me, since I 100% expected it after living with him for 2 years). Thus the ultimatum was to force him into actually planning, and ideally get out on his own so he'll start learning the big boy adult lessons about living on your own.

But after this past month? I doubt he'll even last another 2-3 months. Despite all the effort roommate #2 and I had made to help roommate #1 get to stand on his own so he can live however he wants, etc. Roommate #1 will undoubtedly be going back to what he was doing before. Bouncing between living with his friends until they figure out the BS stories he'd spewed about 'bad living places' on chatting online, had been mostly stories.

For my part? I'll likely consider whatever overdue rent he owes as a wash. At this point, I'll just be glad to not be stressing over his dumbass decisions when I'd just wanted to help and see him succeed. It's just frustrating seeing the efforts of the past 2 years basically getting pissed down the drain by an ungrateful idiot.

The only upside is roommate #2 would then be moving into the bedroom #1 was using, and I'll finally have a bit of privacy in the living room again. Since that's where I've got my computer/console setup, along with a wall mounted TV. All I'll say is going from a lifetime of having all the privacy I'd want, to essentially no privacy for 2 years, was a bit draining as an introvert.

Not that I'm disparaging roommate #2, since they are a great guy. They're actually making something of themselves, now that they're away from a bad living situation that was rapidly becoming worse. So, I helped one friend out on that front at least.

Just throwing this here, since I mostly wanted to vent some frustrations. There's plenty more I could say about #1, but I'd rather not waste additional time on him at this point than I already have.

edit: Edited to clarify and make it easier to understand this post.