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Comment on Microsoft laying off about 6,000 people, or 3% of its workforce

Streaming: Remember when we only had Netflix and it had a full extensive catalog, no ads and was much more affordable?

Yes, but even then I never subscribed to netflix because free streaming sites had more content for free. They still do.

Delivery: Sure, no one needs to order takeout, but even cooking at home is getting expensive

Wait… what? You’re saying it’s getting expensive to cook at home, so the solution is to spend more money on delivery? Is this satire?

Living: let’s not pretend there’s not a housing crisis going on for a while

That’s because people have been conditioned to rent instead of own. Most of the people complaining about housing are living above their means and think they deserve more before people who have less. For example, I guarantee most of the people on these forums complains about not having enough money while spending $1,000+/month on rent in a major city.

They could live more modest lives in more rural areas, but “that’s not good enough for them.” Saying “there are no jobs” is a load of bullshit and I guarantee none of them are talking from experience.

(Also, just saying, that whole “fuck you” attitude of yours doesn’t really help with anything.)

I’m holding people accountable for their contributions to the problem. They want to consume guilt-free and get mad at anyone who calls it out.

I don’t expect them to change no matter what. It would take an act of god to beat the consumerism out of this generation.

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jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

They could live more modest lives in more rural areas

Living in a rural area for many people is literal hell, on top of having an array of less obvious costs. The big one is going from not needing a car to needing one. Your rent might drop $500 but you need to spend a lot on gas, insurance, maintenance, etc.

Also the social options might fall off a cliff. Humans are social creatures. I live in a city and I can walk to dozens of social activities, many of them free. Board game meetups, free music in the park, free museums with tours, free sport leagues, etc. Out in the countryside there just aren’t as many options.

If you’re queer or another minority, you might also have a worse time in the countryside. Maybe even fatally. A city is going to have a queer scene.

Also, there are likely more jobs in the city. Remote work and economic upheaval have changed things, but even so, most of those offices in Manhattan are full of jobs. There’s just more stuff where there’s more people.

Now, to your point, some people are certainly living in a $5900/mo apartment with a doorman and in-building gym that they can’t afford. They could move to a less “nice” place in south Brooklyn or Queens for less than half that, likely at the cost of a longer commute, and losing easy access to a neighborhood they feel a part of. There is a housing crisis though, and people are getting priced further away. That’s probably not going to be solved any time soon because capitalism doesn’t care and will happily eat itself.

Anyway. Long tangent but I’m extremely pro city so I spoke up.

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- gradual@lemmings.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  Living in a rural area for many people is literal hell
  
  Stopped reading after that. You’re trying to defend entitlement.
  
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  - jjjalljs@ttrpg.network ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Well, if you want to have a conversation go ahead and read the rest of the post. Otherwise you’re just kind of jerking yourself off
    
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    gradual@lemmings.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I’m not interested in conversing with people like you.
    
    Goodbye.
    
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