I mean, this is how far our standard of living has fallen in the US.

Like, back in the 80's and 90's it was pretty normal for a family to subsist on a single income, in a reasonably nice house, with all of their necessities taken care of. It was so normal that even a brainless loser like Homer could do it.

Also because back then, kinda fat = automatic loser

He's not? There's literally an episode about how Homer is so lucky in life that he drives a man insane.

Uhhhh... Homer has three kids, surely?

Wait, 2 kids? Which one died?

My dudes.... He has three kids.

OP lives above a bowling alley and bellow another bowling alley.

Because he's a little overweight, and in 1989, that was reason enough to laugh at someone.

Plus, all of those were commonplace thirty years ago.

loser? no. stupid? yes.

I see your Homer Simpson and raise you Al Bundy, who works at a shoe store and raised a family of 4 on that salary

I live in a single room above a bowling alley and below another bowling alley

Isn't Homer meant to be an illustration of privilege? Like, he's pretty useless, but still gets essentially everything he wants.

You missed how he is dumb as fuck and how all he have is by luck . As another person commented there is an episode in which a real hard working man gets mad how homer has everything even tho he does'nt deserve it and i agree he almost causes nuclear melt down atleast twice a day, abuses his son, ignores his daughter etc.etc.

He is not, see the Frank Grimes episode

WELL, I DON'T NEED SAFETY GLOVES, BECAUSE I'M HOMER SIMP--

I'm fifty one years old and just kinda wanna break down what I've seen in my life:

My grandparents generation: Was able to buy housing, get healthcare, receive retirement. Note: They lived through the great depression, and categorically never spent any money that wasn't necessary, even when they had several boatloads of it.

My parents generation: Housing was achievable but not given (I remember a whole lot of single wides, apartments, and duplexes among the adults of my childhood). Healthcare was affordable. Retirement was promised but not delivered.

My generation: Housing was achievable if you moved to the sticks and loved you some Jesus at the local Baptist Church, but not in the cities. We got a taste of healthcare twenty five years ago, but then yeah no. Retirement? Hahahahaha! We got 401(k)s forced in us, and they never materialized into dick. Many flatout vaporized when our marriages fizzled out.

My kid's generation. Seriously, just die in the street. You'll get absolute fuck all nothing, and you'll like it as the older generations blame you for our fuckups.

My great contribution is that I'll be able to leave my house free and clear of mortgage to my spawn when I check out. She can live in it, sell it, rent it, burn it to the ground. Whatever she wants, but damnit, I'm giving her the opportunity to do it, which most of her peers will never have.

Hedonism and Wealth should not be your metric for evaluating people, anon.

Homer sleeps at his job, is a habitual drinker, and is willfully ignorant.