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i think a lot of people need to
| and obv i dont mean this in a condescending way or that everyone has to go through this--but for someone like me, who has usually been very blase about money and going where the wind blows, i did find it a bit enlightening. i spend a lot less and im generally more careful and thoughtful towards what i purchase (so a lot less drinking and "ooh, video game sales" and more chilling at home and playing my massive backlog of Already Purchased Games, for example)
| I'm glad it was a learning experience for you, but I don't recommend the experience. I live that life, it's degrading and miserable. You really don't need to live in abject poverty to learn self-restraint, g/u/rls. There's tricks to saving money, and you can learn them. My parents taught me a lot, both of them lived a good chunk of their life with no electricity.
| >>987709
oh dont get me wrong. again, i dont think this is something people at large "need" to experience, i think that many ppl comfortable or possibly profligate with their spending might appreciate it however
many that consider themselves Just Fine are two bad paychecks away from poverty and dont appreciate that at all
| What's an "enlightening experience" to your bougie ass is lived reality to billions. What will you post next, Instagram wellness mantras? Jesus, kill yourself already.
| >>987712
actually im a working poor stiff living in a dogshit rooming house with 4 roommates and serving/bartending to get by, and i specifically pointed out that people that consider themselves comfortably middle class (nonexistant) are all at risk of being in poverty
the reactions to this have been extremely weird tbh. saying "a lot of people need to experience dure circumstances to actually understand them" should not be a controversial statement
| i got comfortably used to relying on friends and roommates to take up the slack and vice versa, and now that we're deep in recession and hydro and food cost like twice as much im very much more aware of the comforts i took for granted, as well as prioritizing things on a more needs based basis than want
| the people who just log on here to be weirdly hostile and refuse to engage honestly are definitely way worse than any bot spammer or low effort chan troll if im being honest tho
i can tell this thread will be taken as uncharitably as possible so lemme just go head n hide it
| >>cd8fc6 have you tried eating mud in order not to starve to death? That would be an even more humbling experience lmao
| Nah, I'm with OP on this one. Makes you think different for sure.
| 4 eggs? My gurl do be living like a queen
| The world would be a better place if everyone was forced to work a customer service job for like a year
| >>987709
Not OP but I think there are people who need the experience - largely people who have no understanding of poverty because they've never had to endure anything resembling struggle. You know, the kind of assholes who say poor people are "just being lazy" or other such ignorant shit.
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| experience like 2 straight weeks of something at least resembling poverty in order to realign their thinking
-no spending money
-no transportation
-a fridge and pantry extremely sparsely stocked with like 4 eggs, a wilted celery, tinned goods etc
its extremely humbling and makes you start to think about neccesities and excessive spending. after some crappy stints like that, i simply dont order out like i used to, and carefully shop for foods on sale that i cook myself