FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day ago"I hate this place even more than I did before"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up1382arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1375arrow-down1image"I hate this place even more than I did before"lemmy.worldFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square12linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTheOrcWhoWrites@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoIf you won the lottery or worked ten times harder. Scratch that. Even working ten times harder still won’t give you that life. And you would blow the lottery winnings ~1 year.
minus-square1984@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoOr the system provided higher salaries for work. Once not too long ago, one person working could support a family on one salary.
minus-squarehumanobserver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoMaybe that’s the real trap. You get a glimpse of a life that most people will never reach. Then you go back to pretending the system is fine.
If you won the lottery or worked ten times harder. Scratch that. Even working ten times harder still won’t give you that life. And you would blow the lottery winnings ~1 year.
Or the system provided higher salaries for work. Once not too long ago, one person working could support a family on one salary.
Maybe that’s the real trap.
You get a glimpse of a life that most people will never reach. Then you go back to pretending the system is fine.