“A paycheck? Those things my tenants use to pay me?”
What does it mean?
Submitted 2 weeks ago by zedgeist@lemmy.world to aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
It mean you work or die.
forrgott@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Well, actually, lots of working and dying anyway. Cause any emergency you’re fucked
dumbass@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Well when mommy government and daddy business get together to fuck you.
HubertManne@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
they both be daddies.
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
It is a valid question.
How exactly do we quantify this concept because if its self reporting, I guarantee it includes people who have larger incomes claiming they are living pay check to pay check. These people should not be lumped with those who are struggling to afford a basic quality of life.
Golden@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Paycheck to paycheck can be a pretty broad term. I worked at the bottom rung in healthcare scraping by and had to endure listening to people making 3x what I made talking about when their check was gonna hit the bank. It’s easy to be broke when you have a spending problem
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
seriously. I had a client who brought in six figures per month after expenses. He still barely scraped by because he (1) was in major debt which he never paid down, only refinanced, (2) kept renovating his house unnecessarily (3) refused to stop taking vacations to Liberia (4) for some reason his wife is credibly accused of war crimes which occurred after they got married.
i was a college student and i had better credit, but he had access to more liquid funds. it was weird.
my old boss found some criminally interesting clients.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Americans are famous for living beyond their means. Obviously there are a lot of genuinely poor people. But there are also many that just aren’t financially responsible.
remotedev@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
That really should be what’s taught in schools instead of trying to teach them to pass some tests to get the schools money
Datz@szmer.info 2 weeks ago
I distinctly remember watching some movie years ago that involved an American family dealing with debt/low income. They lived in a pretty big house and garden with a ton of crap inside, a good looking car too, and it didn’t strike me as a poor family.
It was fictional, of course, but when half the Internet went “Nintendo raised prices from 70 to 80 bucks, I guess I’ll stop buying since I need food”, that implies to me they had no problem buying full price 60/70$ games (a luxury) consistently, and complaining about lacking basic needs. Same for a lot of people seemingly having multiple same gen consoles.
wieson@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I think, if your savings can’t cover your basic needs for a month, you’re in it. If you miss one paycheck, your life basically falls apart. It also means, if you have a sudden cost (car repair, water pipe burst, or illness in the USA) that is more than a monthly paycheck (which in turn is more than your savings), you’re done.
JstAnthrUsr@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
While people like to dramatize their own Situation, wouldnt it be pretty easy to define it AS people who have as much spending as they have income without being able to save [amount].
If we want to exclude people who just dont save their money: people who have as much fixed spending as they have income
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s just a banana Michael
Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Makes on wonder which of the words he does not understand: “Living” or “Paycheck”.
generic_computers@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
It was actually the word “to”.
choui4@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
It means youve won, cunt.
notsure@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
It means the people governing have never been a human being...
Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It is a mystery, I guess we’ll never know.
And don’t forget, THE FED isn’t a banking cartel! These bankers serving terms on the board are filled with love and affection for us, their little proles. THANK YOU FED THANK YOOOOUUU
basket@pie.gravitywell.xyz 2 weeks ago
out of touch idiots
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 2 weeks ago
That 20% are right here in threadiverse, making electoralism posts, and Democratic picks.
They don’t know what’s a 996. They sure know how to talk about pensions and retirement!Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 2 weeks ago
I know a lot of white people in America who don’t care if Donald Trump is crowned dictator, because they think they’ll be fine. They want America to get as horrible as possible for the working class, because they think it’ll inspire the working class to rise up like Karl Marx said. They complain about the Democratic candidate in every election and say “not good enough, I’m staying home”. They think one starving Gazan child is a good reason to create a thousand more. They give “critical” support to Russia and the CCP, because they think western imperialism is the only kind worth opposing.
I know a lot of communists. There’s no overlap between the two groups.
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 2 weeks ago
You described Nazis succinctly.
The other 30% voted for the other Gaza genocider.
I am aware of what you did to the MLK Jr., no need to rub it in. My question is, why haven’t you burried yourself alive, Nazi?
roofuskit@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
How incredibly privileged to not even be able to conceptualize that phrase.