There is one thing for uber wealthy people to act poor but I dont care if a wealthy person finds happiness in a frugal lifestyle. Sharing in cultures is vital to the human experience.
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The crazy thing is that i i were filthy rich, the only thing that would change is that i wouldn't go to work anymore, and i'd probably invest in some sort of farm/weekly market where you can buy actually fresh and cheap veggies and things like that and i wouldn't have to care if it makes money. So i totally get that aspect of it. But pretending to be a complete hippie and selling that lifestyle while you're clearly not, just seems weird
Not trying to be a contrarian but a lot of hippies were from rich backgrounds which is why they didn’t have to work to begin with.
See if there are any Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) orgs in your area, I used to go pick up a big box of produce every week at the farm where they grew them, was cool
Farmers markets, there usually held on weekends around here, get fresh fruit and vegetables from local growers.
I don't think they needed to be educated on what a farmer's market is.
They are saying they'd stand a new one up
Where I am at least, the veggies can also be double to triple the price of the grocery store.
I don't disagree with your sentiment taken in a vacuum, but gentrification (of housing and activities in general) is 100% a real thing and is almost always due to rich people trying to live a "frugal lifestyle." Idk man, shit just sucks all around
Yeah, I get that but the complaint that these people with wealthy parents get to focus on art and lifestyle is a failure of the system not the person.
We should all be able to do that but only the wealthy can, so spread the wealth yeah but dont hate on arts and independent thought, trying new things and seeking an environment you enjoy.
? in my expereince it's just people with some money trying to find a affordable place to live... and it gets nicer, so richer people are interested in it... and so on and so on.
it's cyclical.
you missed the point. they aren't frugal.
they just look frugal.
I think that is not necessarily true, just because they are wealthy does not mean they cannot then enjoy living frugally as a part of their chosen lifestyle.
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There's this weird in between that many sister in law lives in. She buys everything at thrift stores but it's those trendy super expensive thrift stores lol
trendy super expensive thrift stores
This truly is the darkest timeline. Definitely the stupidest 🤦
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Had a real waking up moment last week leaving one of my favorite venues seeing the band Chat Pile in a crowd of crusty, unwashed, punks, only to look at the parking lot after the show and see it filled with current model year Teslas, Mercedes, etc.
To be fair, there are also cases especially for older bands where their fanbase who were teens and young adults during their prime are now 40-50 year olds with families and are better off financially than they were back then.
How anyone can financially improve right now is beyond me
They can't. Gen X was the last generation that got wealthier with age and it's gotten progressively worse for every subsequent generation.
They can it's called getting a better job. There are tons of jobs out there making 100k a year in fields from computers to plumbing.
Yeah, because there's absolutely no barriers to most people getting those jobs. People just don't want more money 🙄
Well, one has to learn those things. But why are we shitting on people that do now?
I'm not. I'm pointing out that you're presenting it as something anyone can just do, which is far from the case.
Apart from many people simply lacking aptitude in the jobs you're talking about (not everyone can learn any trade), dozens of millions of people are working the equivalent of more than a full time job to (most often with limited success) make ends meet. They don't have time or energy left over from their CURRENT job(s) to retrain and/or apply for other jobs. It's not like they can just take enough time off without being fired.
And then there's the fact that a large portion of struggling people live in areas where those kinds of jobs at that kind of pay either don't exist at all or there's hundreds if not thousands that want the job per opening.
And no, those people can't just move. Moving costs a lot of money, time, and energy that the average working poor simply don't have.
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depends on the circumstances.
lots of people have barriers. lots of other people are simply lazy and refuse to help themselves.
and lots of folks just want someone to give them lots and lots money for merely existing so they can be a leech on others and society.
lots of folks just want someone to give them lots and lots money for merely existing so they can be a leech on others and society.
Those are called billionaires
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Describes every major festival since the 2000s
I mean give the price of tickets. I have went to like 3 concerts (paid for rock ones) in my lifetime and never to a festival that had admission.
Love Chat Pile! Actually saw them on Saturday night in Chattanooga, on their new tour with Portrayal of Guilt. They always put on a fantastic show.
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This guy sucks.
FYI: Trustafarian is a word that has been used for at least 25 years. He thinks its new.
Anyways, I digress. Most trustafarians also suck, but this guy sucks for entirely different reasons.
I’m not familiar with him, why does he suck?
If you listen to the first 3 or 4 minutes of this edgelords rant and don't get why he sucks... and don't see any red flags ... well, if you'd like to pay me for my time, message me and I can send you my venmo, and upon receipt of $10, I'll explain it to you.
edit: to all y'all who think I owe y'all my time, you're as entitled as this custie trustafarian pictured above.
You took the time to write all this why not just stand by the opinion you clearly have?
"all the time"
lol
ALL THE TIME! ALL OF IT!
Dude still sucks, even if y'all think I suck. Doesn't change that dude sucks.
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We used to use the term in the mid 90s to describe the kids hanging out in Berkeley begging for cigarette money, then getting picked up in Mercs to get driven home in the hills. They were usually white kids with dreads.
They were dumbass kids. I'm sure the current batch are dumasses too I was never a fan, but in the scheme of things, there is a lot worse out there.
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They say you can always spot them by their teeth.
And their expensive dye jobs and tattoos. I saw a woman panhandling downtown the other day, wearing brand new Asics, with full sleeve tattoos and bright purple hair. Fuck that honestly, i wish I had tattoo money. Not only that, they see you pushing a stroller and beg for money. Every cent I have belongs to my kids, you entitled, fake poor pricks. The wealthy Western kids that Panhandle while traveling are by far the most deplorable though
Reminds me of portrayal of societies "kinda like Middle East" in American sci-fi shows.
this is the culture of most of my city. lots of people in very expensive clothes, beards, and etc that make them look like semi homeless bums. who work for a tech company and are banking six figures.
Tech people look like semi homeless bums because we don't know how to dress ourselves. We aren't buying expensive clothes. We're spending our money on hardware, goofy nerdy shit, or investing in stonks for some reason.
You'll be sitting all day, might as well be comfortable.
I don’t give my money to anyone, usually. Except specifically some nader chasers I’ve
followed for years. They’re out there losing windshields for my enjoyment. That’s it tho.
Papa Meat!!!
The rich have always imitated the rest of us.
Tattoos used to see you barred from many military and civil service organizations. Now ink is considered cosmopolitan and they're allowed.
Low-income service workers used to occupy the top floors of residential buildings, and even set up makeshift accomodation on building roofs. They called them penthouses.
Look at the shift in treatment of marijuana in the United States over the last decade.
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like half of the Grateful Dead tour on the late 80s and early 90s
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