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fantastic, but nobody would ever admit that.
they are all way too razor focused on how it's awful and terrible and how a minor slowdown from where we were a few year ago is beginning of all society collapsing, because their $25K bonus from then is gone.
Of course lemmy downvotes an honest answer to an honest question. Y'all know that every square inch of the planet isn't suffering, right?!
I find it hilarious a lot of people here talk about eating out of cans and clipping coupons, but then if you ask them their income it's well over six figures, and yet the are 'struggling' economically.. despite owning a home, having a fat 401K etc, and yet the are eating rice and beans everyday.
People's perceptions of their own self declared poverty are hilarious to me. But a sad reality of human psychology. And they are mostly angry about prices of luxury goods like gaming PCs, but have no real perception of understanding of broader economic reality affecting other folks than themselves.
I've met quite a few people like this in IRL too. Always the FIRE types who have that mix/max obsessive type of mentality that is deeply detached from any objective measure of economic reality due to their own delusional percpetions of wealth, or a lack thereof.
Well said! I was saying on Bluesky that an extra $20 bucks to fill my tank wouldn't have registered back when I was making $80K. Lady told me she made better than double that and that extra $20 was a BIG deal for her. 🙄 I can't imagine feeling that way when my needs are well taken care of. Now that $20 is a thing to me, but it wasn't then.
Razor focused is my new favorite flavor of Bone Apple Tea.