Dealing with inconsistant behavior.

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I am twenty years old and still living with my parents like a leech. I appreciate being allowed to stay here past the 18 year mark very much. I am perfectly away that if I were to be kicked out now, it wouldn't matter because I have no business still living at home anyway. But, I still think that I should be treated fairly. Maybe I am wrong.

My issue ultimately the lack of consistancy in the way that I am treated. One moment I am being hugged and kissed randomly...the next moment I am being degraded, screamed at, and threatened with being kicked out. Everything that I say is a lie...despite the fact that I am telling the truth. Everything that I do is weird or disrespectful when I don't intend it to be so. I am constantly told that I am stupid...but at the same time I am constantlty berated for not knowing certain things because "you're not f--king stupid!! !". It is stressful, confusing, and quite frankly pissing me the hell off. I am sick of this, but at the moment I cannot get away because I have no job and no where else to go.

In the past (and present) my parent and I have sat down and attempted to speak to one another like civil human beings. My parents will tell me things that are unacceptable about my behavior which is FINE. I am by no stretch of the imagination a perfect angel. I never have been and I never will be. BUT, my issue with is, is that if I remark about how I feel that certain punishments were going a bit to far...my parent explodes (so to speak) and launches into a tyraide about "Is it RIGHT for you to talk to me any kind of way?! Is it OK for you to roll your eyes at me and talk back?! Is it OK for you to blow when I ask you to do something?! Is it RIGHT that you disrespect me?!" and I say no, of course, because it isn't. And I will admit that I DO talk back. I DO raise my voice when we argue. And I KNOW that that is wrong. And I have tried to make this clear and she accuses me of only saying that what she does is wrong. Which I never have. But, at the same time, I feel that the punishment should fit the crime. I do not feel that, for example, beating someone about the head with a piano stool is an appropriate punishment for raising one's voice. I am not saying that raising one's voice is not disrespectful, because it is.

The main thing that drives me insane is the lying. Telling people that I have done horrible things that I have never done OR telling people that I have done something that I HAVE done and lying about WHY I did it.

And after this crap...maybe 20 minutes later I am expected to act like nothing happened! And I get yelled at or punished for being angry 20 minutes later because, apparently, I should be over it. I don't understand this. Can anyone explain the rules???

That sounds like an unhappy situation. It sounds like you guys are getting on each other's nerves from time to time and that might be part of the problem. Are they upset that you are yelling instead of talking? Try to discuss stuff calmly with them.
It sounds like you guys all need a break from each other.
If you don't mind saying, what specific things are you doing that they are angry about? Not cleaning up and stuff like that, or something more serious?
Are they upset because you are unemployed? What about school or skills training?

Woah, what??

They are upset about me being weird. They are upset because I never go anywhere or do anything...but then they STOP me when I try to go places or do things.

Meh. Long story, old news.

If there's any way possible for you to get job training, that could be a way for you to get some distance between you and them. You might even find that you get along with them much better after you have some space. It's stressful not having that space to call your own.
Is there something, besides them, standing in the way of going to college or technical classes? What's going on there. That's the easiest way to deal with these situations, sometimes.

I'm in college, but I still have to come home at the end of the day. I can't afford to stay on campus. I have been applying to jobs for years and I haven't gotten one. Either I bomb the interview, I never GET the interview, or no one will TAKE me to the interview (most recently) because they don't want to "commit [themselves] to taking [me] to work every day." And I have no other method for transportation because no one will let me get my license and being the jobless parasite that I am, I have no money to take the bus or a cab or whatever.

You might be able to get a bus pass. Have you looked into it? How much does one cost in your area? What about work/study at college?

$40 which is forty more dollars than I have. I am trying for work study. So far everything is taken.