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Twenty years ago, you were less likely to get yourself fired for something you said or did outside the office. With the advent of Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, you really have to watch your step; you never know what will make its way back to the boss.

Here are some of the social media mistakes that could get you fired.

There are things that should remain securely locked in your brain and/or safety deposit box. Apart from staying safe by heeding this list of things to never share online, you can just as easily fall into the trap of revealing too much information about yourself while away from the computer.

Here are five things you should never share in the real world.

The cost of medicines to cure what ails you can make your wallet feel poorly, too. As dollar stores expand their medicinal offerings, they are able to offer products for much less than your local drug store but you may be wondering if the cheaper prices come at the cost of quality.

You may be pleasantly surprised. Here's what I found at a Dollarama recently.

Television commercials can sometimes be just as popular as television shows. Who doesn't know the Geico gecko or Jared, our buddy from Subway?

In the past, we'd discuss around the water cooler or the dining table the commercials that made us laugh or made us think.

But with social media, we can now share our opinions many different ways - by liking, tweeting and commenting - and not just with family and friends but with anyone in the world wide web.

Social media has become another way to measure a brand's influence - and here are the 10 corporations who are best at getting us to share:

There's certainly a wild array of products and experiences to be had on the cheap, sort of, if you spend enough time trolling group couponing sites.

Most are forgettable, delete-able. What can I say? The endless offers for laser hair removal just don't speak to me personally. As mentioned before too, I won't ever spend money on any mechanic-related deal ever again. (It's a personal choice. You might have better luck.) Some offers too, just aren't that great of a great deal – the prices have been inflated so the discount really doesn't mean much.

There have been one or two recent deals, however, that (for better or worse) stand out among the usual suspects: Online stock trading schools appear to have caught onto the couponing phenomenon, and have started marketing their courses to Canadian consumers, whether they have a presence in Canada or not.

My first reaction was one of disbelief. (You're kidding, right?) That feeling soon gave way to a very healthy dose of skepticism.

Financial literacy efforts are growing in popularity in recent years. Those tasked with the job of developing curriculum to teach children, however, still have a significant challenge on their hands.

This type of education simply does not exist in any formal way, or it didn't until recently – it needs to be developed, virtually from scratch, but also in a coordinated way. Then there's the task of trying to make it seem interesting.

Sometimes, guys can be extremely hard to buy for so we've scoured the web and found six gifts for guys under $50. We've included ideas for things that are practical as well as some for the gadget-loving guy.

SLIDESHOW: GIFTS UNDER $50 FOR MEN

Take a room full of 600 high school students, and spend the day trying to teach them about money. Can you say tough crowd?

Across the province and around the country there is a relatively concerted effort going on to develop curriculum for students. In Ontario, for example, there's a widely integrated approach underway to develop a financial literacy program which runs from grade 4, all the way through until graduation in grade 12.

Unfortunately, a lot of the kids graduating this year and next won't have the benefit of that education. It's a gap the Investor Education Fund (IEF) hopes to fill, to some degree, with their school assembly programming. This week, the IEF is kicking financial literacy month by hosting its first-ever youth summit in Toronto.

I have debt, as do most of the people I know. In fact, those I know who are actually debt-free, all seem to be a lot older than I am. Wiser? Quite possibly in some cases; undoubtedly in others.

The big part of their debt-free status, though, seems to come from this one fact: They've all been in the game for a lot longer than I have.