Eh maybe a useful way to quantify what it means to be poor in the U.S. $85 for me is over 6 hours of my life, if I lived in Iowa that’d mean for every hour of my life spent laboring buys me 1 more day to live free from starvation, if I’m eating sausages and eggs everyday. It is much worse elsewhere, of course, but it’s still an infuriating thought, being able to calculate what your existence is worth to the bourgeoisie. This is a charitable reading though and if it’s a trend I wouldn’t be surprised if some out of touch people were using it to say that food is akhsually really cheap and we should all be grateful or whatever.
I’m trying to quit smoking (vaping now) but, random thought…
They say smoking a single cigarette takes 7 minutes off of your life. On the flipside, it gives you an excuse to take a 7 minute break from work, so… 🤷
Eh maybe a useful way to quantify what it means to be poor in the U.S. $85 for me is over 6 hours of my life, if I lived in Iowa that’d mean for every hour of my life spent laboring buys me 1 more day to live free from starvation, if I’m eating sausages and eggs everyday. It is much worse elsewhere, of course, but it’s still an infuriating thought, being able to calculate what your existence is worth to the bourgeoisie. This is a charitable reading though and if it’s a trend I wouldn’t be surprised if some out of touch people were using it to say that food is akhsually really cheap and we should all be grateful or whatever.
Fuck me that’s stupidly expensive
Yeah…
checks bank account
Yeah… 🫠
checks work schedule
Stay strong comrade. Get through enough weeks and eventually we’ll get to butcher the bourgeoisie.
I’m trying to quit smoking (vaping now) but, random thought…
They say smoking a single cigarette takes 7 minutes off of your life. On the flipside, it gives you an excuse to take a 7 minute break from work, so… 🤷
On the other hand, when smoking you’re breathing through a filter. Which just might be the only time a person is breathing normal air in a big city
Who needs to quit cigarettes when the lung-ruining microplastics in the very air are gonna give everyone COPD anyway?