• Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I regularly tell my parents that the reason I am not like so many Americans, is that I have a supportive family. I live with my parents, but I would likely be homeless if they weren’t here for me.

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      But like … You do work or go to school or at least try to do something besides just mooch, right? This guy never even tried, apparently for two decades after high school

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        The government has wasted at least 176 Billion dollars in Iran over the past three months, the leader of our society has siphoned at least 2 Billion in the past two years, data centers with near zero product are draining the water and electricity from communities all over the country while playing hot potato with hundred of billions more, and you’re calling your peer a mooch for feeling unable to participate.

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        I would like to think so? Even so, I do pay my parents 500 a month as rent.

        Yeah, he would probably be homeless if he didn’t have an overly supportive family I think.

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          There’s a definite difference between renting below market rate from your family and being a 37 year old who’s never had a job, can’t drive etc.