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How exactly did he survive without having any kind of full-time job?

He published a few short stories, did some shadow writing, but how does that afford rent, clothing, food, utilities, transport etc?

>> No.23425120

>>23424985
He lived in his moms house his entire life

>> No.23425127

>>23424985
he had a Jewish mistress who supported him financially

>> No.23425131

>>23424985
His grandpa was rich, and then he married a jewess with a good job. He was offered a full-time job writing, but he would have had to move to Chicago, which he categorically refused to do.
>>23425120
No, he moved to NY with his wife for a period, and was disgusted by all the miscegenation.

>> No.23425141

>>23424985
>>23425131

Fairly sure a lot of his income came from his wife's hat shop or mummy subbed him.

>> No.23425149

>>23425141
his mummy was in a Providence insane asylum for most of his adult life, thanks to the brain-rotting Syphilis that her husband gave her

>> No.23425428

1. Family inheritance allowed him to live a comfortable middle-class lifestyle. Still he complained (and tried to kill himself) because his family lost the ancestral family estate.

2. He married a rich Jewess.

>> No.23425501

>>23424985
he was so based the demiurge forcibly kept him alive

>> No.23425570
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23425570

>>23424985
He did apply for jobs

>> No.23425624

>>23424985
Rich white person lived in an age when they still did lines of credit against families. We take things like Mastercard or visa for granted, but that didn't exist so wire transfers and cash was it, and cash was dangerous.

He lived off his family and his wife's.

Also consumerism wasn't a thing, so he wasn't browsing stores buying useless cheap shit. Drip draining his funds. People bought what they needed for the most part.

>> No.23425709

>>23425570
Literally me.

>> No.23425724

>>23425570
Why did he use "&" in formal writing?

>> No.23425828
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23425828

>his wife married 3 men (Lovecraft included)
>all 3 died before her

>> No.23425867

>>23425828
>marrying a jewess
that pussy poison

>> No.23426948

>>23425724
It was just a thing he did. Maybe it was more common 100 years ago, but he sure used it a lot.

>> No.23426955

>>23425867
corrosive reptussy

>> No.23426981

>>23424985
I'm guessing he was like the prototypical Reviewbrah, with a little fandom, and then large fandom that paid his way for him since his particular eccentricities appealed to a lot of folx.

>> No.23426984

>>23424985
He had this cat.....

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23426991

>>23424985
lived with his mom, aunt and jewish wife

he had a jewish wife he leeched off while he was in his new york(if i am not mistaken)

he moved back in with his aunt and then he died of cancer if i remember correctly

>> No.23427389

>>23424985
OG NEET and CHUD

>> No.23427391

You didn't need a full time job back then
You just needed to do a job for a certain season and then spend the rest of the year leeching off your friends and family and not eating so much

>> No.23427425

>>23424985

Unemployment was normal and good before the 20th century.