But that’s exactly the point…I’m not some rare unicorn.

Most people on Lemmy make more money in a single year than I ever earned. A lot of you have probably never made less than $85k a year since college. Do you even realize how much money that actually is?

How many on Lemmy made at least that much on their very first fucking job. You know what I did as a job in college? I worked as a fucking dishwasher.

The average full-time U.S. worker makes about $62,000 a year.

Most of you wouldn’t even consider taking a job that pays that little. You can complain about prices, gas, and the cost of living all you want, but $85k a year is more than enough to live comfortably for the vast majority of Americans.

The truth is, most of Lemmy has no real idea how the average person actually lives. Yet you still come here and bash capitalism and technology. The very fucking things that let you earn well above the national average.

Most of you have had far more financial comfort than I ever did, even after adjusting for inflation. Plenty of you could buy a house in a nice small town and pay it off in less than 10 years. But instead, you choose to live in expensive cities, go out every night, buy the latest tech and electric cars, then act like your life is so hard.

I was a single dad at 19, could never afford to finish college. Worked two jobs so my kid could have a room of his own in a small dumpy house. I would stay awake at night scared to death of losing one of my jobs and then losing my kid to the state because I wouldn’t have housing. The vast majority of Lemmy has no idea what real struggle is, but they’ll come on here and bitch about how terrible their lives are. What a fucking joke! What, you worried you won’t be able to make a payment on your brand new EV? lol

Get away from me with that nonsense. Most Lemmy’s have never had to work at McDonalds and wouldn’t know how to live off that salary if they did. Hell, my pension is smaller than half of your paycheck. LMAO

Most on this platform have multiple degrees, tech jobs that pay way above average, but you bitch and moan. It’s all bullshit. You could go to a rural town in Missouri and buy a nice fucking house for $180K. And you know what the majority of replies here on Lemmy would be to that bit of info? “Yeah, but it’s Missouri and they probably voted for Trump, so fuck that!”

That shit right there is all of Lemmy. Every single one of you could have a house if you really wanted one. But holy smokes, you may have some conservative neighbors, so fuck that. hahhahhaha

Guess you don’t really want a house and affordable living then do you? Because god forbid that you have neighbors that vote different than you.

But all good. The reckoning is coming. Your good tech jobs are gonna go away, and then you can know what real fear is like. How many of you are gonna be able to survive digging ditches for a living… like I did for 6 years. Try that during summer in Missouri, then come back here and tell me how much of a “unicorn” I am. lololol

Oh ok, ok, gotcha. My bad.

So do you think that Lemmy is evenly divided between liberals and conservatives, and believes in even equal discussion about liberal and conservative viewpoints? Do you feel that someone who is a conservative would be welcomed here and be allowed to give their viewpoints in a fair and calm manner? Without fear of downvote brigading? You think it’s 50/50 here?

Do you feel that Lemmy should be described as a welcoming place for both liberals and conservatives to calmly talk about issues if you were describing it to someone?

Or would you say something like, “Lemmy is pretty liberal” as a general summary?

I was born in the 70’s, grew up in the 80’s. Stranger Things did not feel like the 80’s to me at all. They definitely tried to nail the look and stuff (sometimes it worked, sometimes not), but the whole thing just seemed to be made by someone who watched a couple of 80’s movies and said, “yeah, let’s set it during this time!” rather than actually lived thru the 80’s.

I was in my 20’s in the 90’s and that’s the time I miss most. OMG the girls, the music…that was a great. Fuck the 80’s…bring back the 90’s!

You’re absolutely delusional if you think there’s some hard evidence hidden away somewhere

Yep! If there were, the Democrats would have released it during Biden’s administration. Ain’t no Democrat gonna resist releasing dirt like that.

I’m a new Linux convert. And I love it! But you’re right. Also, in the past, when I tried to convert (when it was more difficult), the Linux communities then were um, less than helpful.

I remember back then not being super comfortable with the terminal, and they were like “Fuck off and come back when you know how to program simple shit, you fuckin’ newb.”

So I put it off for a long time. Now I love going into the terminal and learning new things. And it doesn’t seem like linux communities are as elitist as they used to be. But yeah, back in the day, I had such a bad experience with them, I actively boycotted Linux stuff. I was just a young office professional and needed my computer to work without a lot of tweaking.

I love it all now though! And I have plenty of time to tweak because I don’t work. Even tho, to be honest, it’s all pretty easy to install these days.

And that’s awesome! :)

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Nope

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Facts! Funny how Lemmy overlooks all of what you posted. In between the ones saying that it didn’t really happen. The extremism on here is getting to be too much. I swear if just one word was changed in most people comments, I’d think they were Republicans.

What the fuck is going on with Lemmy lately?! There is enough stupid shit to make fun of and point out about this admin, people don’t need to invent shit. The security people did their jobs. And by judging the comments here lately, they did their very thankless jobs.

Right?! Epstein was doing stuff for a long time. And lots of pepole knew about it. I wonder why no previous admin released them either. Hmmm…

I didn’t pretend that. I didn’t imply that. Nor do I believe that.

Ok, sure. I mean, I get it. I have an opinion that goes against most Lemmy groupthink. So obviously I am uneducated and must read a book. Thanks for that advice.

Brother, I can read any book you want, but I stand by what I said. No matter how mad you get about it.

I’m not a Republican at all. If I were, I’d admit it. Why would I be ashamed to admit anything on an anonymous forum like Lemmy? I’m pro-third party, which is even worse than being a Republican to most people here. :)

Haven’t you heard? Lemmy things everything is ai now, and everyone is a bot, especially if they don’t agree with the points being made!

But wasn’t your point to assure me that every city US is not people starving and dying in the streets all because of Trump? It’s not masses of people being round up by Trump to go to special camps?

I don’t understand your message then.

but you can expect San Fransisco-style prices for things

Yeah, I gotta nope out on that. San Fran is crazy prices!

Fuck your small town full of bigoted assholes and meth.

Thanks. Nothing here like that, but ok!

Fair enough!

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