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[-] Transcriptionist@lemmy.world 67 points 1 year ago

Image Transcription:

A photo of a young man sitting at the top of a set of wooden steps attached to a bunk bed. Between the two beds is a chalkboard with "1", an arrow pointing up, and "Zach" written on the left side and "Mike", an arrow pointing down, and "2" written on the right side. Under the bed is a gap with a pair of shoes and a couple of hard plastic travel bags. Tucked between the stairs on the left side of the bunk bed and the cement wall is a bicycle. A pot plant is barely in frame, and the floor appears to be bare cement, the doors and wall a temporary wood and clear plastic.

Underneath the image is a 4chan post reading:

'Steven T. Johnson, 27, works in social media advertising and lives in Hollywood. He spends most of his days using things he does not own.

'He takes a ride-share service to get to the gym; he does not own a car. At the gym, he rents a locker. He uses the gym's laundry service because he does not own a washing machine. Johnson doesn't even have an apartment, actually. He rents a bed in a large room with other people who rent beds, for nights, weeks or months at a time. All the residents share a kitchen and bathrooms. Johnson also rents a desk at WeWork, a coworking space. And he says the only clothes he owns are two versions of the same outfit.

'Johnson says he owns so little that he has even been able to get rid of his backpack. "I gave that up two months ago," he says. He says that for him, this lifestyle isn't cumbersome or confusing. "That's what's great," he says. "When you don't own thing, you don't have to keep track of them. You just show up." He pays $1,400 a month to rent a bunk and an additional $600 a month to rent a desk to work at.'

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[-] DasherPack@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago
[-] Transcriptionist@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago
[-] DasherPack@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I assume you arent in any transcribing group, right? I was a transcriber on reddit but they stopped

[-] Transcriptionist@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not aware of a transcribing group on Lemmy, and I haven't seen other transcribers. Maybe I should start one.

Just made a community c/lemmy_scribes if you want to join or anything. 💜

this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2023
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