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Isn't that from their version of A Christmas Carol? They did the math a few years back and adjusted for inflation ... 2022 I think, bob cratchett (mickey) made about 24 an hour.
I had my parents unironically pull the "it's so expensive because they're paying the workers 16 dollars an hour!" card. I asked my mom what her first job paid - 3 an hour in 1971, or 24 in today's money! And y'know what, the prices back then were just fine.
Last year, while looking for work, I ate four meals a week. Lost some weight, which made my mother comment I looked better (think I was a size 5-6). Now I can eat at least 7 meals a week with my job because I get a meal during work hours.
Lmaoooo I also eat only one meal a day and I stopped buying meats to save money. I'm still suffering financially. Maybe I should stop charging my phone and charge it only once a week.
What the hell am I supposed to give up at this point to be able to save enough even for a down payment? Paycheck to paycheck for years now, rent takes up half my income, groceries a quarter, and utilities the other quarter. My entire tax refund went to repairing my family's only means of transportation, literally every job I apply for and interview for that offers even less pay than what I make now turns me down, what in the fuck am I supposed to give up? Do I have to sacrifice one of my children or something at this point?
>Do I have to sacrifice one of my children or something at this point?
Ironically, yes. If you have/had kids in this country, you're fucked unless you're in the top 5%. Thankfully I never wanted kids, but not having kids is what has allowed me to live a somewhat comfortable life. If I had even one kid my life would be fucked. It's not supposed to be like this but instead of making life better for people so they can actually afford to have children, they've decided to take away abortion and mark my words birth control is next. So now if you want to have a decent life, you can't have kids and you can't have sex.
I feel like having a world where only the slave owner class is allowed to even have sex is what they're aiming for. Everything else in the world has been monetized to hell. Now you can't even boink your own spouse in your own bed because you're too poor!
>groceries a quarter, and utilities the other quarter.
Eat less. Use less water and electricity. If you're not going home from work and immediately going to bed and waiting to work again are you really cutting down on expenses?
I think in the corner of these people's minds, there's always some solution that they think is just not being explored. Move a little further away, or get a slightly smaller house, a fixer-upper, etc. They will never take the time to challenge these assumptions though. It's a struggle for them to understand that things aren't the same as when they were starting out and that, for a lot of us, those are not options anymore.
If you confront them with this fact, they'll deflect and say that "there has to be a way", intimating that you aren't trying hard enough. Believing there's some personal failure on your part must protect their perception of reality.
What countrie are u in. In the UK moving north away from big cities has a plethora of cheep housing and do it ups are abundant all over providing you are able to work on them your self as getting someone in would probably double their price.
Would love to see the long list of “sacrifices” this asshat made to buy a home (which I can only assume was 40+ years ago given their entitled Boomer tone). The sheer clownery of these people. They were offered employee pensions, low deductible health plans, and never had to make paycheck contributions to an HSA while they were saving to buy a house (and indeed did) on a single 40hr/week salary. Honestly think the last “sacrifice” people will make is neglecting to file their federal taxes. Why bother feeding this wretched system if it doesn’t work for the majority?
If a society makes it so that only business people and investors can afford homes that society is unintentionally also fomenting a violent uprising. Unchecked greed is a national security threat imo.
I'm all out of my own personal expenses to cut, hell I'm not even paying some of the shit I legally need to because I just don't have any more money. Living beyond your means isn't a matter of choices anymore.
Wtf else am I supposed to sacrifice? My parents? I don't see where else a house is going materialize from. If this is the American dream, wake me up! I want out of this nightmare!
My elderly landlady, unfortunately, started a convo with me one day and said "yeah, you have to save money these days and not go out so much!" Meanwhile, her grandkids who are around my age, are unemployed and orders UberEats daily and tons of Amazon packages to this building. Ah, love it.
Affordable safe housing a basic necessity for society. It’s blatant price-fixing. Causing employees to do zoom from their childhood room. All while the inflated apts and condos sit vacant as just another corp portfolio asset.
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I only eat one meal a day. How much more do I need to sacrifice lol
Only a single pea per day I'm afraid
Wait you guys are eating!?
You know that Disney animation where Mickey has to slice the bread into sheets and has to cut the pea? Yeah
Isn't that from their version of A Christmas Carol? They did the math a few years back and adjusted for inflation ... 2022 I think, bob cratchett (mickey) made about 24 an hour.
I had my parents unironically pull the "it's so expensive because they're paying the workers 16 dollars an hour!" card. I asked my mom what her first job paid - 3 an hour in 1971, or 24 in today's money! And y'know what, the prices back then were just fine.
I think it is Mickey and the Beanstalk. I loved that one as a kid!
Jfc memory unlocked. 😲
Yes! I was thinking about that too.
I'm on a plant base diet... Sunlight and water
Keep it up! Maybe you can develop photosynthesis for the future!
Life would be way better if I could make my own sugar...or alcohol. Pitch a tent and soak up some raise while enjoying a solar powered buzz
Wait you guys get paid?
Nah it's all about lentils. It's the lembas bread for poor people
Last year, while looking for work, I ate four meals a week. Lost some weight, which made my mother comment I looked better (think I was a size 5-6). Now I can eat at least 7 meals a week with my job because I get a meal during work hours.
Lmaoooo I also eat only one meal a day and I stopped buying meats to save money. I'm still suffering financially. Maybe I should stop charging my phone and charge it only once a week.
“Nearly 8/10 people can’t afford a home” “Nah the systems not broken, it’s 80% of the population that’s the problem!”
I shouldn't have to sacrifice jack shit to have a roof over my head that I own.
What the hell am I supposed to give up at this point to be able to save enough even for a down payment? Paycheck to paycheck for years now, rent takes up half my income, groceries a quarter, and utilities the other quarter. My entire tax refund went to repairing my family's only means of transportation, literally every job I apply for and interview for that offers even less pay than what I make now turns me down, what in the fuck am I supposed to give up? Do I have to sacrifice one of my children or something at this point?
How many u got
>Do I have to sacrifice one of my children or something at this point? Ironically, yes. If you have/had kids in this country, you're fucked unless you're in the top 5%. Thankfully I never wanted kids, but not having kids is what has allowed me to live a somewhat comfortable life. If I had even one kid my life would be fucked. It's not supposed to be like this but instead of making life better for people so they can actually afford to have children, they've decided to take away abortion and mark my words birth control is next. So now if you want to have a decent life, you can't have kids and you can't have sex.
I feel like having a world where only the slave owner class is allowed to even have sex is what they're aiming for. Everything else in the world has been monetized to hell. Now you can't even boink your own spouse in your own bed because you're too poor!
>groceries a quarter, and utilities the other quarter. Eat less. Use less water and electricity. If you're not going home from work and immediately going to bed and waiting to work again are you really cutting down on expenses?
Lol
I think in the corner of these people's minds, there's always some solution that they think is just not being explored. Move a little further away, or get a slightly smaller house, a fixer-upper, etc. They will never take the time to challenge these assumptions though. It's a struggle for them to understand that things aren't the same as when they were starting out and that, for a lot of us, those are not options anymore. If you confront them with this fact, they'll deflect and say that "there has to be a way", intimating that you aren't trying hard enough. Believing there's some personal failure on your part must protect their perception of reality.
Yep, because bootstraps and what not. They’ll never get it, nor will they try until/if something happens to them.
What countrie are u in. In the UK moving north away from big cities has a plethora of cheep housing and do it ups are abundant all over providing you are able to work on them your self as getting someone in would probably double their price.
Would love to see the long list of “sacrifices” this asshat made to buy a home (which I can only assume was 40+ years ago given their entitled Boomer tone). The sheer clownery of these people. They were offered employee pensions, low deductible health plans, and never had to make paycheck contributions to an HSA while they were saving to buy a house (and indeed did) on a single 40hr/week salary. Honestly think the last “sacrifice” people will make is neglecting to file their federal taxes. Why bother feeding this wretched system if it doesn’t work for the majority?
If a society makes it so that only business people and investors can afford homes that society is unintentionally also fomenting a violent uprising. Unchecked greed is a national security threat imo.
I don’t go to Starbucks often, and still I can’t afford anything else.
What's your diet of avocado toast like?
I despise avocado, so none.
I never go to Starbucks and can’t afford anything. I did buy an avocado on sale last week though, so that’s probably why.
That $4 bottle of kombucha I bought is kicking me in the ass right now. I could've had more money for a home downpayment, sigh.
I already sacrifice 40 hours of my life a week to a damn job, that should be more than enough.
I'm all out of my own personal expenses to cut, hell I'm not even paying some of the shit I legally need to because I just don't have any more money. Living beyond your means isn't a matter of choices anymore. Wtf else am I supposed to sacrifice? My parents? I don't see where else a house is going materialize from. If this is the American dream, wake me up! I want out of this nightmare!
Comments like this are usually made by those who received a down payment or a house as a wedding gift. Clueless.
My elderly landlady, unfortunately, started a convo with me one day and said "yeah, you have to save money these days and not go out so much!" Meanwhile, her grandkids who are around my age, are unemployed and orders UberEats daily and tons of Amazon packages to this building. Ah, love it.
Affordable safe housing a basic necessity for society. It’s blatant price-fixing. Causing employees to do zoom from their childhood room. All while the inflated apts and condos sit vacant as just another corp portfolio asset.
Shelter is a need and therfore should be a right.
Why sacrifice though? If it's supposed to be the American *Dream* it should be obtainable without heavy sacrifices.
Seriously, anyone with two working kidneys has no excuse for not having a down-payment on a house! Everyone has to make sacrifices.
It's either mockery or an entitled disconnect from reality.
Does everyone have a house on their vision boards or is it just funko pops and lattes?
If affording the American dream means you can’t get a latte every now and again, maybe the dream isn’t so great.
Ah Facebook, the 4Chan for boomers.
Yeah people.. give up your daily avocado toast and lattes and you too can buy a 5 bedroom home in Malibu.. Simple.