What an insane mentality. Barring some pretty specific circumstances I fail to see how anyone would be forced to endure 2 hr commutes.
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SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Around here, if someone complains about a two hour commute, it’s “man up, it’s just part of life!”
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
ChexMax@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My husband is blue collar. He goes where things need to be fixed. Sometimes his commute is 15 minutes, but it’s often 2 hours, when you factor in distance and traffic. A lot of blue collar deals with this, and yeah. We choose that shit over being homeless. His tech field laid him and everyone else off a few years ago.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The specific circumstance is your religious family indoctrinating you into thinking you have to have at least 6 children and then you have to move somewhere that you can afford that much space. It’s extremely common in the US.
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Traffic is so shitty, it takes two hours to go 20 miles by freeway.
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 3 weeks ago
“Man up” is just a universal thought terminating cliche whenever a person that happens to present masculine complains about anything.
OwOarchist@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
And if we’re going to go that route, I prefer “embrace the suck” as a more fun and helpful thought terminating cliche.
rockerface@lemmy.cafe 3 weeks ago
It’s also not needlessly gendered, so that’s another point in favour!