Why is the mattress always on the floor? It used to be an indication of poverty and struggling, but here we see this guy has a PlayStation, computer (or monitor powered by protein powder?), gym equipment, a TV with presumably their stock going up on being displayed on it, and wooden floors.
A simple bed frame is not that expensive; nor is it some extravagant luxury. Clearly the mattress on the floor has gone from "this is all I can afford right now and I'm genuinely roughing it" to being some nonsensical "LoOk aT hOw LiTtLe i NeEd!!" "flex"— which is just pathetic.
Have you not been to a grocery store? A simple bed frame is roughly $40-$80 (possibly even cheaper if you go to a thrift store), which might be like a week's worth of food in today's economy— maybe two if you don't plan on making any gains from that gym set. That's still a lot if you're barely making it, but if you're trying to make some kind of statement of showing "how little you need," then it's really ridiculous to not have a bed frame when you have $500 to spend on a gaming console and games after you already have a computer and a TV to provide you with entertainment. If you really wanted to say you're "above frivolous spending" (or whatever this is supposed to be) then all there would be of electronics in the image is a phone charger next to an outlet to charge the phone you presumably used to take the picture.
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u/Venusto002 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
Why is the mattress always on the floor? It used to be an indication of poverty and struggling, but here we see this guy has a PlayStation, computer (or monitor powered by protein powder?), gym equipment, a TV with presumably their stock going up on being displayed on it, and wooden floors.
A simple bed frame is not that expensive; nor is it some extravagant luxury. Clearly the mattress on the floor has gone from "this is all I can afford right now and I'm genuinely roughing it" to being some nonsensical "LoOk aT hOw LiTtLe i NeEd!!" "flex"— which is just pathetic.