• jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    This is all back of the envelope math, but yeah, I’ve made it work on less money than that in a more expensive market both in terms of taxes and cost of living.

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      15 days ago

      “Worked for me so fuck everyone else.”

      Your sense of sympathy is legendary… Almost as good as your ability to budget without factoring in … literally almost any detail.

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        15 days ago

        If you make $54,000 a year and can’t find a place to live other than your car, that’s a “you” problem.

        I’d also be super worried about what he’s teaching kids, hope to god not Personal Finance.

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          15 days ago

          You quite literally do not know what you’re talking about. Your obstinance does not make you correct. It makes you fucking stupid.

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            15 days ago

            As an adult who has made a living on less money in a more expensive market without being forced to live in a car, yeah, I do know what I’m talking about.

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                  15 days ago

                  Again, you are a pathetic loser without empathy for sticking to, “not a problem for me, fuck you”.

                  You are trash.

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                    15 days ago

                    I don’t have sympathy for people whose #1 problem is “themselves”. They absolutely do not have to be living in their car. They have the means to fix that situation.

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      15 days ago

      I’ve made it work

      False consensus says what?

      Now let’s add chaos:

      • car troubles
      • car accident
      • non-car accident
      • recurring injury like a back strain
      • COVID and 10 day quarantine

      That’s a thousand- to a million-dollar hit. What’s the plan for absorbing that?

      Teachers in Canada make less, but don’t have the spectre of financial ruin from injury or illness hanging over them.

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        15 days ago

        I was making $50,000 a year when my spine tried to kill me and I ended up taking 10 vicodin a day just to survive. 2 to get out of bed, 2 when I got to work, 2 at lunch, 2 when I got home, and 2 to be able to sleep. I didn’t miss work. I made my rent payments.

        I was miserable, but I figured it out.