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I love being a Millennial. Being a Millennial is great. Being a Millennial doesn't make me yearn for death. 2000$ to exist is a steal (lemmy.world)

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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So, take the above with a grain of salt because it is, after all, green text. The numbers may be bullshit. The entire thing may be bullshit. Who knows.

But that said. $2000 monthly is more than my mortgage, utilities, insurance, internet, cell phone, and fuel expenditures combined in the same span of time. That is insane. (With what I overpay towards the principal on my mortgage puts me above that, but I wouldn't technically have to. I'd just like to actually own my house some time this century, or at least before I'm dead.)

Why anyone would deliberately choose to live that way is beyond me. There isn't anything special about my situation; I live in the here and now, at precisely the same date and time as this dude, in the same country, in a major metropolitan area. I'm not an executive, CEO, or landlord. I work in the durable goods industry, for fuck's sake.

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is a living hell

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Remember, socialism is evil because in socialism you won't own anything.

Meanwhile, capitalism creates this…

[+] Colorcodedresistor@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

be an adult take 5 mins to diagnose the problem and order the $10 part and do the 20min labor yourself for a change

Yeah I tried to do that. I figured out the gaskets on the toilet had worn out and were leaking. Turned into about $200 in parts and consumables as I had to dremel off the bolts due to bad corrosion and replaced other parts that were in bad shape while I was at it. I'd done my research, quadruple checked the manuals and resources. Guess what happened? I had some leaks on the new gaskets and a new leak on the water intake hose.

I also took the trap out of the sink to clear a clog because it was full of gunk. I put it back in wrong and didn't realize it until months later so now the problem has grown significantly and the floor is damaged

I'm just paying a plumber to fix it because every time I've tried to fix plumbing I've made it significantly worse and at greater cost than just calling a plumber, no matter how much I try to make sure I've got the right tools, supplies and process.

Not everyone is handy, so not everyone can fix it themselves. This is why humans specialized, not so much because not everyone could do it, but because some people are so much better at certain things that its better to let people do more of what they're good at and let them get better at that then to have everyone be moderately okay at everything.

[–] stringere@reddthat.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am 100% with you on plumbing. Doesn't matter how well prepared I am or how simple the job. It always goes sideways on me. I can build a datacenter from the ground up as long as there's no plumbing involved.

[–] Kuragi2@lemmynsfw.com -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'll take the bait! I definitely wouldn't say renting is BETTER, but your comment definitely exposes some privileged views. Not everyone has the skills, competency, time, or cash on hand to manage their own repairs. There's also other advantages to renting. Most obviously is the fact that it's a lot easier to move - signing a new lease is so much less of a hassle than dealing with all of the things involved with selling and buying a home. This was somewhat mitigated by having equity, but right now it can take 5-10 years to have positive equity in a home.

Don't get me wrong, the article is absolutely dystopian, dude's paying 1400 a month for a shoebox. There is a lot that's ridiculous about his situation, but to throw out all of the actual advantages renting can have is as disingenuous of a take as if I were to say buying is a gamble. Call it copium, or say I'm a cuck, whatever but it's definitely not a clear-cut victory on either side

Edit: motivated -> mitigated. Thanks autocorrect.

[–] pjhenry1216@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He could probably own a car if he stopped using the ride share. He's probably spending close to $600 a month for the rideshare service unless he's splitting the cost with others. Average rental in Hollywood is (and this is the highest, which is twice what I found elsewhere) $5k a month. I'd rather split rent with some roommates and have a place of my own. Work from home instead of renting a desk. That's $2k alone to put toward rent. Two or three roommates and you could actually save money.

His lifestyle is a lifestyle driven choice, not a cost driven choice. He's paying extra for that lifestyle. Forget food costs since he can't very well prepare much food without owning storage space, so it's eating out all the time for him.

[–] Poggervania@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago

I think what’s… I guess sad, for lack of a better term, is that this dude in Anon’s story is literally the embodiment of “you’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy”, which is terrifying because who the fuck doesn’t want to own anything? The only difference between a homeless person and this guy is that the guy spends $2k a month to be practically a homeless person.