Removing that is pretty sick, but the line that got me was:
I used to be a waitress and make great tips and travel and live my life without worrying. This year changed everything.
A kid who was never taught the value of money, never wanted for anything and so never saw the need to save. Gurantee you there are thousands of people in this position, suddenly the kids are having to grow up very, very quick.
I never thought I'd see the day where fucking Twitch streamers had a more stable 'job' than productive people.
I've been poor, scrounging, and hording all my life because I've normally had almost nothing except disaster. ... This year had very little effect on my. I actually got a job in a place that was considered "essential" so I didn't even lose out on work. However, I am surrounded by middle-class people who, frankly, seem alien to me.
They have repeatedly told me that I'm a crazy person for taking free food home from work because it was "left out" (for about 6 hours), and that there wasn't going to be a recession, and that buying gold/silver/platinum is ridiculous and an unwise investment.
As a great philosopher once said: FUCKYOUIWASRIGHT
These people are still living their lives comfortably, but I've seen this all back in 2008. The middle class came crashing down to my level. NPR did news stories about middle class people having to... live like me. I was nearly totally uneffected by the 2008 crash too.
These people have no idea what's about to happen to them, despite my hysterical ramblings. I definitely look like the guy who's screaming about the sky falling to them. They just want to keep keepin' on the way things have been. But they are finally getting unnerved about the debt being over 100% of the GDP.
My poor friends are half tempted to do the same thing, because they don't know what's going on, and they're just trying to get by and read manga. But they are taking me more seriously now because I won't stop giving them silver coins and telling them not to sell them. They're starting to realize that I'm deadly serious, and if Gizortnik looks like he's doing something insane, he might just be doing it for a good reason. He's either an idiot and you'll know immediately, or he's right and you should be concerned.
Them: "You can't just eat potato salad that's been out since this afternoon, it's got mayonnaise in it, it will spoil. It's gross."
Me: <eats> "I don't even like potato salad. It was served cold, and it's still cold."
It's the middle-class, bro.
They are so weird. I never used to believe that there were major class differences between populations. Like, it doesn't matter how much money a person has, if they have similar values, they'll look basically the same. But that's just not true. The middle class are fucking alien. I grew up poor and mostly rural so their entire perspective on reality is contrary to mine. I couldn't relate to any of them if I weren't surrounded by nerds.
Then, of course, there are the suburbanite mid-wits which I simply have never been able to stand.
Class is more of a divider than race or religion. No question.
As someone who was working poor for most of my life and who recently joined the middle class in the last three years (looks like I will be back to my roots soon though) I totally agree. People in the middle class who have not known anything else are weird/ignorant of much of the hardship. It's pretty fucked up.
Removing that is pretty sick, but the line that got me was:
A kid who was never taught the value of money, never wanted for anything and so never saw the need to save. Gurantee you there are thousands of people in this position, suddenly the kids are having to grow up very, very quick.
I never thought I'd see the day where fucking Twitch streamers had a more stable 'job' than productive people.
I've been poor, scrounging, and hording all my life because I've normally had almost nothing except disaster. ... This year had very little effect on my. I actually got a job in a place that was considered "essential" so I didn't even lose out on work. However, I am surrounded by middle-class people who, frankly, seem alien to me.
They have repeatedly told me that I'm a crazy person for taking free food home from work because it was "left out" (for about 6 hours), and that there wasn't going to be a recession, and that buying gold/silver/platinum is ridiculous and an unwise investment.
As a great philosopher once said: FUCKYOUIWASRIGHT
These people are still living their lives comfortably, but I've seen this all back in 2008. The middle class came crashing down to my level. NPR did news stories about middle class people having to... live like me. I was nearly totally uneffected by the 2008 crash too.
These people have no idea what's about to happen to them, despite my hysterical ramblings. I definitely look like the guy who's screaming about the sky falling to them. They just want to keep keepin' on the way things have been. But they are finally getting unnerved about the debt being over 100% of the GDP.
My poor friends are half tempted to do the same thing, because they don't know what's going on, and they're just trying to get by and read manga. But they are taking me more seriously now because I won't stop giving them silver coins and telling them not to sell them. They're starting to realize that I'm deadly serious, and if Gizortnik looks like he's doing something insane, he might just be doing it for a good reason. He's either an idiot and you'll know immediately, or he's right and you should be concerned.
Maybe I'm showing my origins here but wtf taking home that sort of food's perfectly sensible imo.
It's the middle-class, bro.
They are so weird. I never used to believe that there were major class differences between populations. Like, it doesn't matter how much money a person has, if they have similar values, they'll look basically the same. But that's just not true. The middle class are fucking alien. I grew up poor and mostly rural so their entire perspective on reality is contrary to mine. I couldn't relate to any of them if I weren't surrounded by nerds.
Then, of course, there are the suburbanite mid-wits which I simply have never been able to stand.
Class is more of a divider than race or religion. No question.
As someone who was working poor for most of my life and who recently joined the middle class in the last three years (looks like I will be back to my roots soon though) I totally agree. People in the middle class who have not known anything else are weird/ignorant of much of the hardship. It's pretty fucked up.