1003
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

i got this meme from @internetsavedme2 on instagram

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

I get that life is safer, cleaner, and more comfortable for almost everyone on earth.

But, I wish I could decide to spend a few months not working and living in the mountains or jungle without any serious work or financial repercussions.

My wife and I are at a place where we have a long term plan to save and buy land away from the city.

I can’t wait until I’m out in the country side and and can go outside to nature rather than concrete.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

without any serious work

this part sadly only works, if you've already worked your ass off beforehand.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

Have you tried being born rich?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Meh, you can be pretty middle class and afford to take a month or two off of work.

I could do it with my PTO if I really wanted.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Most people aren't middle class.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

"worked your ass off beforehand"

Criticism potentially not valid if you've tricked a corporation to pay you to shitpost.

[-] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

👌👍 cope with the reality that 30% of the country are home owners with wealth and not living week to week.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The best part is there's a lot more ignorance and disingenunity in the statement than that.

Unless he's just saying homeowners don't work hard for what they have.

[-] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Have you tried being born rich?

That's what it's being addressed. That a middle class exists and can and do take a month off at a time. They went off into left field. Try to keep up.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I know your whole schtick is being a bit of a dumb bastard that confuses himself for a rationalist, but the phrase "working their ass off beforehand" applies to the job(s) they work and earned with personal effort and the familial responsibilities they have, unlike the idle rich.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's kind of the point, though. The fact that you can't just...live in the world without participating in a destructive and exploitative economic system first is disgusting and immeasurably immoral and unethical.

load more comments (10 replies)
this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2023
1003 points (96.0% liked)

Memes

45189 readers
1322 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS