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What's your "old person" trait? (feddit.ch)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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My old person trait is that I think 'ghosting' is completely unacceptable and you owe the other person a face-to-face conversation.

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[–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Except the work availability doesn't exist in low cost of living areas so you just trade monetary cost with time and accessibility cost.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    You never heard of remote work eh? There are tons of jobs you can do from anywhere that you have reliable internet.

    Also, there are other jobs that pay well enough to live comfortably in many areas close to rural areas. It's quite simple to just drive a few miles to town for a work commute.

    You could not persuade me to move into a city / metro area for double my current salary. Nothing beats having your own home and land for a price that you can easily afford.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The problem here is menial work. Some people need to build houses or produce furniture or repair cars etc. And that is often not well paid, destroys you physically, and you need to live where the work is or you need to pay for a car and extra insurance and extra taxes etc. etc. And then people do a full time job with actual societal merit, working in a field they want to work, but it's not worth doing so. And that can't stay this way. There is no remote job as a stone mason, Raoul. Not everyone can do that.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Yes, there is menial work available in many areas. Even if you live in a rural area, as millions of Americans currently do, who make a living and own homes.

    The magical secret is CARS - you can get a car, and drive it to the job. Jobs definitely exist outside of big city metro areas, even if you don't believe in them.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    They increase your costs and cut back on your effective income. That's the fucking point.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago

    Not when they allow you to live in a low cost of living area and make a good income. I get to keep more of my income because my bills are low.

    Having a car grants a human being a much greater amount of personal freedom, because you can simply get in it and drive to anywhere the roads lead. One of those benefits is being able to go to work and bring home the bacon.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Ahh you're under the false assumption that low income areas have those facilities to accommodate remote work and supply ample employment to the entire area, I'm glad we were able to identify the gap in your comprehension.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    You really don't seem to be grasping how remote work works at all. All you need is a room indoors (unless the weather is good) and a computer with Internet access.

    But if you have no skills for those jobs, you can work other jobs in person, by commuting to nearby towns. This is nothing new, and if you didn't realize this, it has been occurring for quite a number of years already. In my rural area, I could drive around and see many nice valuable homes that people have obtained by having been gainfully employed. It's the reality of millions of rural American already. We get to live nice comfy lives in affordable living conditions because we don't buy into the big city bullshit lifestyles.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    Someone doesn't understand why low income areas are low income, while using examples of high income earners living in low income areas. Your determination to make a point in spite of your ignorance is amusing, it's like you're trying to pretend poor people don't exist, kind of pathetic really.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    No, it's you who doesn't understand what the real world looks like. I've lived years and years in poverty, with those poor people you're talking about.

    You're ignorant of the whole world that exists outside of overpriced high population areas.

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