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[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I don't really see the lack of appeal other than the judgement of other white collar people

Money... My parents were both factory workers and I'm a white collar worker. I made more as an intern when I was 19 than they both did together at the peak of their career

They retired with only 100k in the bank in the UK after working an entire lifetime

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Weirdly, factory workers here are loaded compared to tech support officers etc. At least in my experience.

[–] GaveUp@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

I find white collar workers largely have keeping up with the Joneses syndrome and spend way too much money on shit just because other people do