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.
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.
there’s an inflection point at which the acquisition of money supercedes any alleged moral goodness. Idk what that point is, but I’d wager it’s sub 100kpa
I make more than that. I wish we all were, and that’s why I’m here.
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
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
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.
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
guessing you don’t want to move to amerikkka
I like not being shot
I make less than 50k a year but where I live and how I live makes it feel like a decent amount of money to me. Got no car,pets,children and I live alone in a small but nice place. I feel “ok” from a financial standpoint and I can afford most things I want while still saving some money. It does help that I eat at my parents place quite often and they sometimes chime in with stuff like health bills. Im not wealthy but I dont feel close to poor if that makes sense.
If I had a partner that would also bring in some money I would “feel” really well off. That said owning my own place is currently far out of reach…
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.
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.
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”.
and now to frontflip on my previous comment, my original 100k estimate still stands
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.
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.
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.
Don’t worry, I’m not going to reply to random comments of yours with something like “oh hey, it’s that guy who defends the using of the word “guy” for everyone”. I’m fairly certain you aren’t a transphobe, and insinuating you are would be a dick move. My instance (rightfully) has rules against being uncivil and I value my comrades and membership there.
I’ve made this comparison before, but in my local queer group of friends (it’s seriously in our name on our discord server), the word queer is a catch-all term for anyone LGBT. It was originally used as a slur, but it’s long since been reclaimed by queer people. But there are still some who don’t like the word. I’ve never met any, but if I did, I would refrain from using the word around them out of respect. But amongst my other queer friends, I’m obviously going to still going to use the word because we like it.
Now, I had no idea that the word in question had racist origins (a claim that I’m still somewhat dubious of). But you people clearly don’t like it, so I agreed to not use it around you. But in my friend group it is completely reclaimed, even if it were racist at some point. I see no reason to force it into becoming a slur with them.
If you really think I’m a racist, why aren’t I banned? That would be against instance rules. Otherwise, I would like to ask you to respect these rules on your instance:
Because getting accused of being a racist every time I post anything here is really not something I need in my life.
Love you too.
Stop using racist slurs and justifying the use of them.
I didn’t. Please stop going offtopic in random threads just to harass me.
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.
I try. I really do. Please ignore Nakoichi. He just needs to touch some grass.
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.
Thank you for your work. We’ve taken some pretty bad hits recently in the supreme court.
Oh hey it’s the “I should be able to use racist terms from 90s car culture” guy
I’m not a guy. And you are seriously misrepresenting me.
Would be nice if pronoun tags were more prevalent across the fediverse.
i make more than that and i am devoid of moral goodness, so that tracks.
Weirdly enough, this happens to be the pressure at sea level too. Go too far below, and it becomes harder to breathe.