• GaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      11 days ago

      I get it you have no money contrains but really crazy stories

      They do, but the culture makes people generally not care about long term financial health and taking on debt/spending beyond their means to live in the moment

      Obviously, this is sick af in a country with good security nets but in USA it’s just a way to make people massive irresponsible consumers for the capitalists benefit

    • BodyBySisyphus [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      11 days ago

      Academics are relatively poorly paid but people in industry generally make bank. That said, what do you do with it? If you live in the right area you can get some pretty much unused high end bikes for half off because the tech bros buy them and then realize they have no time to ride them.