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Like ever? I feel like it’s almost guaranteed the more money the worse you become. I know this isn’t very dialectic but it’s true.

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[-] forcequit@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago

and now to backflip on my original comment, I'd wager it's more to do with the intention of acquisition. If you're already making enough to live comfortably and then some, putting any further energy into earning more is taking away from your ability to assist others.

Also give me money pls

[-] YearOfTheCommieDesktop@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago

yeah I make way less than 100k and I've already hit the point where I have no push to strive for more money, beyond just like, asking for raises commensurate to outpace inflation and my increasing experience/responsibilities, and even that I'm not that good about. I'd probably try harder for more if I had aspirations to buy a big house, or if I had a partner and kids to support or whatever, but nah

[-] forcequit@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

I mean the aus poverty line sits at like $25kpa. That's more than what I earned as a teen/young adult, and it's not nearly enough to live on independently.

I'd love to have the security of owning my own home one day, and splitting expenses with a loved one, but boy howdy is that getting more and more unattainable or what.

[-] YearOfTheCommieDesktop@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

yeah honestly I'd also still like something more stable than renting, so I guess owning a condo or something is probably still a goal, and ofc so is finding a life partner or something, but I'm in no hurry for either rn, I can barely keep the rest of my life from falling apart, I don't need more responsibility

[-] forcequit@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

yea you wanna fall in love to split the cost of living?

guessing you don't want to move to amerikkka sadness

[-] forcequit@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago
[-] YearOfTheCommieDesktop@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

yea

and yet I still don't think I'd move anywhere else unless things seriously deteriorate. america really sucks but I do like my city and its climate (snow). idk whats wrong with me, but I'm just a polar bear, can't take the heat. I guess there's canada

[-] forcequit@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

yeah I'm in SE aus, no snow but away from the worst of the heat. Idk how people willingly live in the tropics tbh

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

I make like 25k a year and still find ways to give to others less fortunate. I put in $500 of my own money to the fundraiser we had featured, I frequently buy groceries for people that need help, or bring food to unhoused folks even when I am not doing stuff like working at the local FnB free kitchen.

[-] WhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago

I hit that point about a decade ago. It was a fantastic feeling after a lifetime of empty bellies and living paycheque to paycheque. Now I have dependents, and being trans is seriously a lot more expensive than I thought it would be (not to mention inflation and housing costs skyrocketing). I'm in no danger of starving anymore, but I kind of miss making less money and having less responsibility.

[-] citrussy_capybara@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

No need to backflip. That user was in one of the “stop using racist slurs for customising cars” sticking up for racism. And that they’re sad they can’t use slurs on hexbear but will continue to do so in real life. Car-brained bigot. “What would Karl do” is apparently “glorify car culture and use anti-Asian slurs”.

[-] forcequit@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

and now to frontflip on my previous comment, my original 100k estimate still stands

[-] WhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So here's what actually happened, because the entire post was apparently deleted. I was confused about why the term "rice" was considered racist. I've always considered it to be a play on the word "race", where people made a bunch of go-fast mods to their cars that were purely cosmetic (exactly as urban dictionary defines it). Anecdotally, my biggest car nut friend IRL is asian and uses it all the time. Does that make me a bigot? These people apparently feel that I've committed crimes big enough to bring it up in random threads and misgender me, but decide for yourself please.

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

I did not deliberately misgender you, I'm old and from california where terms like guy and dude are often used in a non-gendered way. Also "I have an asian friend" is a hell of a way to deflect from the fact that the term rice wrt cars and ESPECIALLY Linux OS customization has explicitly racist origins.

[-] pillow@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

I did not deliberately misgender you, I'm old and from california

michael-laugh

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

My sister and I always addressed each other with the word "dude" and we would often refer to a plurality of our friend groups as "you guys" etc. Now this is not an excuse on my part and I should do better at keeping a check on that about myself but I was definitely not deliberately misgendering this person who comes off very strongly as a concern troll.

[-] seeking_perhaps@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

I get that you genuinely didn't intend to misgender, but you should probably stop calling people guy/dude if you're unsure of their gender or if they will be comfortable with it.

[-] WhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago
[-] citrussy_capybara@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

Stop using racist slurs and justifying the use of them.

[-] WhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I didn't. Please stop going offtopic in random threads just to harass me.

[-] citrussy_capybara@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

You’re literally doing it in this thread.
https://hexbear.net/comment/3961310
“Harassment is when I reply to someone online and they reply back.”
Stop being racist.

[-] WhatWouldKarlDo@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I try. I really do. Please ignore Nakoichi. He just needs to touch some grass.

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago

Last month I touched grass in three different states while doing work to build an organization with the aim of restoring indigenous sovereignty. Please tell me more about this.

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