• grue@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Who said anything about impossible? All it takes is lowering your expectations on how much stuff you can buy.

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      11 months ago

      Bro I don’t buy anything. Most people don’t buy anything. They live paycheck to paycheck just covering the basics. The little I spend on not being miserable wouldn’t be even 1% enough to save to retire at 35. The only way for me to cut costs is to start squatting? Steal food from the supermarket? Idk. In Minecraft ofc.

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        11 months ago

        I assume you’re in the USA? Can imagine it to be a lot harder there than elsewhere. Here you wouldn’t even need to work at all, as long as you’re ok with the very bare mininum like rent and food and stuff. A reason why we’re drowning in refugees. The more kids the merrier. Or work some hours a week and earn a lil extra with tons of spare time left.

        How one could do this in the US on minimum, i can’t even imagjne. Sorry bro. But we all will catch up with your dystopia sooner or later…

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          11 months ago

          Man if you think the US is the hardest place to live, you truly are drowning in privilege. No offence.

          And I hope you do realise that the benefits and ease you have to live life are the direct fruits of the overexploitation of the global south by your government.

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            11 months ago

            No, jeez. I’m gladly not in the US. And comparing to other so called first-world-nations it’s surely the worst shithole.

            So yes, I do know that. And i dislike it,even though I’m benefitting from it. Like we all do from slave labour in india, china, Pakistán and wherever…

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        11 months ago

        They live paycheck to paycheck just covering the basics.

        Let me guess: “basics” include expenses to commute to work in a car, right?

        Well, for starters, don’t do that.

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          11 months ago

          Let me guess, you have no idea how most people in the world live. Most people in most places can’t afford a car at all, and spend a good chunk of their money on public transport anyways.

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            11 months ago

            This article, this thread, and my comments have all been about the United States. That’s what we’re talking about: the United States. If you think it’s some sort of “gotcha” that what I wrote doesn’t apply to folks in Somalia or wherever, you’re just being disingenuous.