A Boring Dystopia

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A family of 5 downsized to a one-bedroom apartment to escape feeling 'house poor.' Saving money hasn't been the only benefit. (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 156 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Woman got paralyzed due to surgery, guy got laid off, they have to sleep in their living room because they are living in a tiny place with their sole source of income as fucking landlords.

What a feel good story. Great spin, Business Insider! Bunch of loons.

[–] AJ1@lemmy.ca 47 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't forget about their income as TikTokers... which is still something I can't understand. Collecting money for posting inane, self-fellating horse shit to social media? That's a job? Ok whatever

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Well, “family accounts” with young daughters/children are a magnet for creeps. I’d wager it’s something like 70/30, creeps to genuinely interested watchers. And the grossest part is a lot of families lean into this, whether intentionally or just responding to the analytics when they post a family “beach trip” or “kids having fun playing in the hose like the good old days!” Yeah. It’s fucking disgusting.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

They donated and sold much of their furniture and kids' toys, preparing themselves to live in the 830-square-foot apartment.

Real classy. I guess they come from the Donald Trump school of "maybe they'll have one or two dolls instead of fifty."

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I agree this is a dystopian nightmare of a story. But... if we had to downsize, one of the first things to go would be all the toys my kids have accumulated over the years. My daughter has a doll house she got from grandma 6 years ago that she hasn't played with in 3 years. My son has a collection of Hess trucks that he never really asked for but grandpa gets him one every Christmas (he loves them, but he's 12 now).

If we had to, we would donate a lot of toys and the kids would be OK with it. We keep them for sentimental reasons, but only because there's a corner of a spare bedroom/playroom/office that has the space. We have gone through their toys several times for donations, and the kids feel better letting things go when they go to a good cause.

Trump is a douche canoe, and saying people can buy fewer dolls is ghoulishly out of touch. Donating your kids' toys, though, isn't at all the same.

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

I wish I could get my son to this point! He is so rough on literally everything he owns, I do a sweep through his room yearly to get rid of the broken stuff. The only toy that has survived through the years is legos. Thank goodness he's getting older now, and toys aren't really what he wants anymore. I always wished to donate old toys clothes, but my boy is the destroyer of all things lol