Universal Monk @ UniversalMonk @sh.itjust.works

Socialist Mormon Satanist. Socialist Workers Party Kopimist. Debt-free. Alc

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You’re basically saying ‘my life is secure; fuck everybody else that hasn’t got what I have’.

Not what I'm saying at all. I'm saying that if an idiot like me, with very few work skills, made it, then you certainly can because you have more advantages than I have had.

I also had a child to raise, so even if you count in costs of living differences between then and now, it's negated by the fact that I had a kid to care for.

Bruh, I live in a city of over 500,000 people. The majority of people I see are not "just struggling." People are doing it. Are you saying all of them have had it easier than yourself?

Right now as I type this, there is a group of 10 road crew guys working on the curbs of my street. Hard, miserable, dirty work. They make more than I ever did. And their out there, laughing, doing their work and just going on with their lives.

I was never even skilled enough to do construction work. I promise that right now, you have more stuff and more skills than I have ever had.

And I'd trade my paid-for house for your youth any fucking day. But not your mindset. This will sound offensive, but I do believe your mindset is holding you back more than anything else.

By the way, my kid is your age. Lives three blocks from me with his gf, and one roommate. And he's getting by.

Lifting our noses off the grindstone and looking at the horizon shows a future without hope of any of this changing. Too much stacked against us.

No, I don't believe that. I 100 percent think you can overcome and kick ass in life and be way more successful than I have ever been.

Keep pushing. You got this!

Wait, is this a compliment or an insult to me? I love the wording either way though!

Awww, thank you. I appreciate it.

I have had a fucking great time since November. How are things with you? I mean, I'm just a clown, so things must be going super well with you over there, right?

Well you're in luck. Lemmy is mostly a walled garden. And the block button is super easy to use. So you can have your walled-in echochamber garden in under 5 minutes.

I don't write the articles, friend. I just post what I find interesting. And not everything I post is political. So calm your tits.

And I have a life. And it's awesome!

Thanks, friend!

You make a good argument, but I would counter it by saying, it's NEVER been easy. I didn't have it any easier than you did. I fucking lived off of beans are rice and powered milk for years. Literally. my meals for almost eight years straight was Beans and rice. Beans and potatoes. Every meal. Every day.

Sometimes people at work would have a potluck or something, sothen I'd be able to gorge on meat and stuff, but other than, I was eating poverty food.

I couldn't afford a cell phone for the longest time. And I didn't have a car, so I biked/walked to work every single day.

I've never made more that $15 and hour my entire life. Trust me, you STILL have it easier than I did.

Now, to your point, housing as gone up. But roommates. I guarantee you have more luxuries than I do. Even now. I bet you have gaming stuff, good internet, better phone, a better job than I ever had, and more importantly--youth.

There are still plenty of people out there making thru life fine and not just struggling.

I'm not downplaying your struggles, but I'm saying they are no worse than what I had to go thru. Even now, my main computer is a raspberry pi that I bought for $50. And my phone cost $110. And my phone plan is $25 a month.

I use my phone for texting and the GPS maps and apps for working out. No gaming because I don't have the bandwidth or the power.

I bet right now everything you have is nicer and more expensive than what I have. True, I do have a paid off house, but it's a crappy house.

My pension is less than $1,000 a month after taxes. My trips w the girlfriend are on her dime. Otherwise, I'd just hanging out here all day.

I wasn't pretending you said it. I was asking you a question. Feel free to answer. Or not.

So you think Lemmy should only have anti-Trump people and hardcore Democrats on it?

Oops, that's not gonna happen. Deal with it, friend.

I didn't vote for Trump.

But I AM one of those laughing about how much Lemmy and the Democrats fucked up when it came to the election. :)

I didn't vote for him, but I don't care that he won. I think the shit he's doing is hilarious and you all acting like it's the end of the world. lmao

I’m a little envious that you have the resiliency and coping mechanisms outside of meds to deal with it all

I grew up in poverty, surrounded by poverty. Rural midwestern town. Population 2,000. Started working jobs 14.

Became a teen dad. Then ended up being a single teen dad when I got custody.

Couldn't afford college, even with grants. Refused to take out loans.

I didn't have time to doomscroll and wonder when the world was gonna end. I had shit to take care of. I didn't even have the time and/or money to drink! I worked two jobs for a huge part of my life.

I didn't give a fuck if a democrat or a republican was in office, because I had to go to work and feed my kid. I'd vote for who I thought was best on election day, then move on, regardless of who won.

Now I'm retired at age 55. My house is paid off. I have no debt. Live in a beautiful mountain city of 500,000 people. I have chickens in my backyard, and I'm working on running a Lemmy instance on a server that runs on solar power. Just because I can and I have the time.

I also don't give a fuck that Trump won. I don't care. I didn't vote for him. Lots of people did. Ok, cool, onto the rest of my day.

My point is that a lot of people would be well served by not worrying so fucking much about the state of politics and the world at large. So many people on Lemmy make being a democrat a main part of their personality.

And how did that work out? The doomscrolling is not good for you. The world won't end just because Trump is in office. I promise.

I didn't have time to do any of that worrying shit. I worked hard, made it out, and now I just fuck around on Lemmy all day, write and publish my fiction, and take trips with my gf.

If I can do that, with my dull brain, then most people on Lemmy can.

No hate on meds, but meh, I wouldn't have been able to afford them anyway.

Fair points. But I think we provide way to much foreign aid. And I wanna know here the $40 billions dollars that this department oversaw went.

If it's good and they have been doing good work, then they should make it public record.

And I'm still happy about it.

You call me a delusional fool, but Trump won, so I guess it's time for the delusional fools to shine, right?

Maybe the Democrats shouldn't have tried to scam the public. Seems like there were some fools in charge of them too. :)

This great news! $40 billion dollars saved in one swoop. Keep the money here. We gotta take care of our own stuff before we start throwing money to other countries.

Besides, how many countries send us financial aid when something bad happens to here?!

Da fuq? Is everyone in this thread on meds? As someone who has only ever taken aspirin and the occasional cold relief, these comments are wild to me.

You all list meds as casually as a pharmacist. Lol

Dude, it went to two different communities on two different instances. Both communities accept articles like this.

And two of those four communities are my own communities that I started and mod.

So how is that spamming?!

Ooooohhhh you mean that it's not an anti-Trump article, so you don't like it. THAT'S why it's considered spamming. Ok, ok.

So um, no. Please block my name and/or the communities that received the articles if you don't like what I post. Better yet, post your own stuff.

Why are you in this community if the article bothers you so much? Do you see the community name?

Thanks, friend!

Beautiful.

Of course. But it'll be fun to find out of anything comes out of it.

Thank you!