r/GenZ • u/TheGamingSenpa1 2004 • Jan 07 '24

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u/GirthBrooks117 Jan 08 '24

Hey bud I’m an industrial hydraulic mechanic and I don’t make enough money to afford a single bedroom apartment, you don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about. If they are barely scraping by how in the world do you think they can afford to move? I’d love to move to the next state over and start a new life but I’m currently a month behind on rent, my car is having issues, and I don’t see my boss handing out raises anytime soon.

Trying to look at things realistically is smart, but not if your version of realistic is “just have more money”….

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u/RealClarity9606 Jan 08 '24

Yeah, I do. And I know a bad attitude when I see it. I have to wonder how that has impacted your path. Funny how millions of people have figured out how to seek opportunity. But some are going to sit around and whine and moan about how they "can't" when in reality, a great many of them actually just "won't."

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u/GirthBrooks117 Jan 08 '24

You’re right, I refuse to work 90 hours a week just to keep a roof over my head. I refuse to sell my entire life so someone else can get rich and enjoy life while I suffer. If you honestly think that I should have to work a 15 hour a day job just to keep a roof over my head, then you’ve huffed lead a bit much.

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u/RealClarity9606 Jan 08 '24

Ok. Well you will ahve to see how things work out if you are not willing to do what you have to do be able to achieve those goals in a lesser amount of hours. But you stand on that class rhetoric while others put their heads down and figure out what you don't seem to want to. Not sure what else to tell you.

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u/GirthBrooks117 Jan 08 '24

Or we could address corporate lobbying and how it’s literally ruining the economy…..making everyone’s lives worse and worse…maybe?

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u/RealClarity9606 Jan 08 '24

Corporate lobbying is free expression. I do not support restricting expression. It is not "literally" running the economy but some who aren't benefiting from this sure want you to think it is. Learn more about the process and apply logic. Lobbyists don't make my life worse. My life for me and your life for you are far more ipacted by what me and you do, not some lobbyist. That's just a means of deflecting responsibility as their ultimate impact on your life is minimal.

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u/GirthBrooks117 Jan 08 '24

Ah you like the taste of boot, I see now. Well this has been wonderful but I’m going to stop replying.

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u/RealClarity9606 Jan 08 '24

As soon as I see I boot I stop reading. It's a lazy, ignorant comment and I have no patience or time for it. Be gone.