• Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world
        29·
        1 year ago

        For real. I have a lot of problems right now, and there’s not a single one of those problems that can’t be solved with an adequate amount of money.

        I, like I think a lot of people, fantasize about winning the lottery not because I’m desperate to live in a mansion or to have a $500k sports car in my driveway, but because I dream of watching all my problems absolutely evaporate before my eyes.

        • SolarNialamide@lemm.ee
          12·
          1 year ago

          I have a disability and I’m a student so I have zero physical or mental energy to have a job next to my almost full time study. I used to just be broke all the time. I found out there’s a city government fund for people exactly like me, and it honestly so fucking crazy what that extra 300 euros a month does. It’s not just that I can afford necessities and something fun once in a while but it gives so much peace of mind. One of my cats was sick a few months ago and I could just take her to the vet and have her blood work done without having to stress about it.

        • HubertManne@kbin.social
          6·
          1 year ago

          xactly. Any other problems are usually self made or if not then the money still can ameliorate them greatly. Like being crippled. Better to have a nice house, someone to come clean, with stair lift and such than to be on the streets with a tiny tim crutch.

        • trailing9@lemmy.ml
          11·
          1 year ago

          Find the other people who don’t want to have problems and solve your problems together.

      • dontcarebear @lemmy.world
        6·
        1 year ago

        True, but do you see anyone rewarding the character in this comic/meme? Nope. That’s because he isn’t greedy, he is just anxious.

        When a billionaire wants more, or a corporation, THAT is a display of greed. Which is rewarded.

        Should’ve wrote my first comment more clearly as it does come off like an okboomer criticism of anyone needing more money

  • Matriks404@lemmy.world
    203·
    1 year ago

    Over-consumption loop.

    You work hard for money -> so you buy unnecessary stuff since you earned it -> you have no money -> you work hard for money…

    I have quit this loop by limiting my consumption to minimum. My friends ask me why don’t I buy X if I can easily afford it and it will make my life better. Well, not better enough to justify waste of both my money/time and Earth’s resources to manufacture something.

    Also over-consumption is a fuel to capitalist dystopia.

    • eezeebee@lemmy.caEnglish
      18·
      1 year ago

      I have already limited my consumption to a minimum. Now I just need to make more money.

    • DocCrankenstein@lemm.ee
      3·
      1 year ago

      While this is true, this is severely short sighted and misses the perspective of being impoverished and constantly being unable to make ends meet even after you have cut luxury from your life.

      • foggy@lemmy.world
        18·
        1 year ago

        Step 1: wake up at 4:30 every morning

        Step 2: ICE BATH

        step 3: fucking butter in your coffee for some reason

        Step 4: starve yourself, that butter was enough.

        Step 5: GRIND

        Step 6: p90x

        Step 7: Write Joe Rogan a pledge of allegiance.

        Step 8: GYM

        Step 9: GOGGINS!

        Step 10: MARATHON

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        STEP 13: here you can either traffick women or rob a bank

        AND THATS HOW I HAVE ALL THESE NICE THINGS BRO JUST GRIND IT OUT.

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  • NielsBohron@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Unrelated to the meme, but I appreciate your username. Do you prefer chair conformer or boat conformer?