Just skimmed through the thread and its filled with strawmen or plain misunderstanding.
Nobody is criticizing someone for having rich parents, even if said parents got that money from exploitation, heck even slavery.
No the criticism is that someone rich, thanks to their parents rather than their own effort, is promoting a way to reach such a position in life by replicating a path that is not real. If you have rich parents and you promote “making stuff” or writing a book, which you actually did yet never meaningfully contributing to the lifestyle you are promoting, you are basically dishonest.
TL;DR: nobody cares about that specific person or that situation, we are just tired of lies sold for profit.
Reminds me of an aside from this blog article that has been living in my head for a few months — To Save the Arts we must Kill the Artist — that goes like:
the artist as the bourgeois failson
And other such points about the intersections of privilege, wealth, etc, and art.
Or they might have broken their back working long hours for 20 years sacrificing to live below their means and build up a big enough stash to be able to vibe for a while and maybe even find something to do that would be meaningful for them and possibly help others. I don’t presume to know anyone else’s history, struggles, or circumstances, and it seems a bit unkind to make assumptions.
But, probably, yeah. In most cases. I just felt personally attacked because I just left a job I hated, moved to a low cost of living area, massively downsized on housing, and realized I can exist for quite a while without having a job, and can finally try finishing some side projects I never had time for. So, I still work, it’s just that nobody is paying me.
The best way to fight the system is to be jobless. Imagine if no one had a job? Bye bye capitalism. The end. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
im so happy that i was blessed with parents who never struggled with money. nothing wrong with that. and yea, im hella vibing in life jobless <3
Found the trust fund trustafarian 😂
i have no idea what that means but ok
You’ll be able to go through life saying that a lot. Eventually, the only thing you’ll fear is when that might end.
For sure, and props to you for being open about that—something this post is arguing for IRL (trustafarians tend to conceal their privilege)
thank you, im always open about my privilege. but theres always gonna be wage cucks who shit on people like me lmao
Try not calling them ‘wage cucks’ and you may get shat on less.
nah they can shit on me all they want, it makes me laugh
Why are you even here?
just to suffer
I guess. I’m trying to imagine a world where I could consider that suffering. :p
Congratulations on your detachment from reality.
fuck reality
Fuck leeches.
mald harder ✨
Don’t you know you need self value from being a slave. Chase fake paper money like a good gerbil. Our slave morality tells us you are not a good person like us unless you do what we do.
im a bad gerbil~
let’s hope nobody has to depend on you one day
lets hope you stop being a meanie beanie -_-
i lost my job earlier this year, so i’m just vibin’. Not exactly ideal but I have some buffer time saved up.
This is, apparently, Shanin Blake. This is a picture from 2017.
Arguably, there’s a lot to criticize her about, but her leading a carefree lifestyle and finding success in publicizing it doesn’t seem like one.
Arguably, there’s a lot to criticize her about, but her leading a carefree lifestyle and finding success in publicizing it doesn’t seem like one.
Wanna bet that whoever latches onto the image to jam their lazy uninformed truthiness (as Stephen Colbert coined the term) narrative into, uses the same kind of lazy uninformed truthiness narrative
bOtH pArTiEs ArE tHe SaMe LoL aMiRiTe MuH pURiTeH
to not vote and empower the goose-stepping fascist goons into the federal government and into their communities.Has anyone seen real dreadlocks before? These are obviously not real. Maybe she’s not trying to pass them off as real, idk.
I’m not sure I get why you responded to my comment.
Cuz you made me look her up.
Okay. I was confused because I never mentioned anything about dreadlocks.
Trustafarian is an absolutely brilliant insult.
why would you insult somebody for being middle-class
Trust fund isn’t middle class.
why would you insult somebody for having a trust fund
You’re on ML, rabidly hating the rich should be your thing.
mm… well I hate billionaires for being exploitative and shit. And I’d like to see their money shared around. But a trust fund is something that one is given by the circumstances of their birth, not something one needs to be an exploitative asshole for. Perhaps their parents are exploitative assholes, sure, but why would I hate somebody just for being born into privilege?
That’s far too reasonable a viewpoint, you’ll get banned from your instance talking like that.
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As someone who effectively lives in his grandmother’s attic and “vibes” I am insulted by the vague comparison. I have to budget with my job damnit, I work as a courier one day a week.
The rest of the week is me doing autism and childhood PTSD things, so jacking off and playing Fallout NV. Also getting new scars via cats.
I also have a far better sense of fashion, THE 1940 SWEDISH TANKER GREAT COAT STAYS ON DURING SEX!
stays on
Im sure
during sex
Unproven.
My right hand is a very fulfilling partner!
Lucky, my left is way better and im super right handed. Plus the pins on my masturbation cape got sugary coctail on them and they’re really hard to clean.
But have you 100 % NV yet? I’m currently trying to.
I have had NV since it more or less released I have over a thousand hours on it and have played it more or less continuously for over a decade. Of course I havent 100% it.
Nice. I also have had it since then, but got it for the 360. Did one playthrough and vowed never to play another Bethesda game on console haha. Been doing it on PC this time.
Could be worse, my first playthrough was the PS3 version. Which to say was a scuffed introduction would be an understatement, though luckily I was able to get the ultimate edition at Walmart discounted on August 13 2012 according to my steam profile. Which I am now realizing means I put up with PS3 NV for nearly 2 years fucking hell, kid me had a high tolerance for bullshit.
Oof. Weird thing was that I played FO3 on PC, but then got NV for the 360. Not too sure why. 2 years on console NV is a feat to endure haha.
Skyrim on 360 was even more painful. Hope ya like 10 minutes of chicken loading screen. My laptop back then couldn’t run Skyrim but it could run NV rather well.
I may not understand much… but this I get
Don’t you get bored, or back problems from sitting at a computer 24/7 ?
I have enough room to pace in a circle while listening to music and emotionally spiral over my past failures, perpetual inadequacy, etcetera. Also I sometimes need to sleep so I lay down at times. Also it isn’t seven days a week, I need to go out to the desert and deliver vegetables and other produce every Friday.
I feel like I am being trolled, but if this is actually true, it sounds interesting
I’m being completely serious, though theres a good bit of self awareness mixed in. I wish I could get a job that was more than one day a week, but alas unless you want to work front end retail getting any other job is like pulling teeth. Online applications were a mistake for numerous reasons least of all it forces folks like myself more or less out of the job market because I fundementally can’t deal with their stupid song and dance, just give me a job if ya don’t like me fire me.
Or are you referring to my pacing? If so I feel it’s needed context that I more or less have the second floor to myself since my grandmother’s knees can’t handle it. Helps that I’m her only descendant on speaking terms with her, also she raised me.
I need to go out to the desert and deliver vegetables and other produce every Friday.
Now that would be fucking awesome. love driving
It’s great, now if only the out of staters knew how to drive in hazardous wind conditions.
That sounds mostly okay!
Fucking trust fund babies.
I’ve got friends who are vibing without a job. The vibes are… not so good.
I for one just had a good job and zero life for 5 years and will kms when my savings run out in a year or two
You really shouldn’t. But if you do, you should consider doing something that would make your death meaningful.
Not going to say anything further.
I survived death. 85-95% chance of dying - nobody’s fault but my own. Let me tell ya: when I go down (probably being dragged to a concentration camp, since I am now an illegal person), it won’t be quiet and bureaucratic.
Ok
Why not just work for 5 more years and build the buffer again instead of ending it?
Tbh, that’s not true. If your standards are low enough, you can get by with very little money.
When I was at university (10 years ago) I could get by with 5-10h of work per week. I had a single-room flat and no car, a 10yo laptop, a cheapo second-hand phone and ate cheap food. The total amount of assistance that I received from my parents were birthday and christmas presents with a total worth of €700 over 5 years.
Now I have a larger flat, a wife, two kids and a car. Now I need much more money.
Of course, neither the cost nor the lifestyle are comparable.
i sincerely doubt you could afford to live on barely part time work 10 years ago, which would be 2015, unless you were massively subsidized by unemployment, an angel investor, or you were a squatter
Neither nor.
I paid €350 for my flat and made €25/h doing maths tutoring. I had a monthly budget of €800 in 2015 and that was enough.
I never received unemployment benefits and why on earth would someone invest in a random student?
I think you just got extremely lucky, and it’s not exactly transferrable to most others especially today.
I don’t think that surviving on €800/month is extremely lucky. I know quite a few other people who also did that. I also know quite a few other people who just stayed with their parents during university so they didn’t have to work at all.
Being able to live on 800€ a month isn’t that hard if you’re in a lower COL area, like a smaller town.
What’s hard is making those 800€ while working 10 hours a week. I checked the tutoring prices in an area like that (my small central European hometown) and the only people charging 20+ eur per hour were people with decades of experience.
It’s not that difficult. First, you need to start with the right subjects: Maths with English on the side. Maths alone is usually enough, but English is a good side for slow times of the year.
Then get into an agency that does tutoring at home and employs you as self employed. The don’t pay that much, but their clients pay a lot. In my area, they paid €19 for 1.5h to the tutors, but the clients had to pay €65.
So after the pre-paid package that they booked was done, I took them on as direct clients for €40-50/1.5h. Together with the travel time (I used public transport and had the flatrate subscription) that came out at roughly €20/h. And since I was a student at the time, I used the travel time to study, so it wasn’t really wasted time either.
(The big advantage of these agencies is that their high prices prefilter the clients, so that only wealthy people use these services, and if they got a decent tutor for their kids, they are willing to pay a lot for that. Also, it’s super easy to get into these agencies. They are always looking for tutors and their tutor screening is incredibly easy to pass. If you managed to finish school, you’ll have no trouble getting into one of these agencies.)
When I was a bit futher into my university course, I switched over to freelancing as a software developer and made €40/h, working from home.
Yeah, I guess if you live in a place where people can afford 65 eur per hour for tutoring but also has 800 eur studios it works.
You guys don’t have a welfare system?
Not enough to vibe with
Can’t afford to have good vibes. Money brings you happiness and prettier partners.
real ones do acid with theres friends at 3 am
That chick is annoying. I think I’ve blocked five or six video different clone accounts to stop getting her videos on the reels feed.
