Angel (she/her)Mar 19

What’s it like in your country??

https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/asklemmy/p/645377/whats-it-like-in-your-country

What’s it like in your country??

I live at home and am gonna get a job. Despite our President here, life so far is OK for me. However, I do wanna see the world and at least travel …

Show threadAskewLordMar 19
America is great if you are rich, but even our rich people are very unhappy.
Show thread1984Mar 19

The culture in America certainly seems very, very focused on money.

But all a person really needs to be happy is somewhere nice to live, money for food and good friends.

Some people need to get cancer to understand what is important in life.

Show threadSparroHawc
That’s because having tons of money is the only proven way to not have a crappy life in the USA. All the public services and citizen protections are undergoing rapid disassembly, without which one wrong move can put you on the street.
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Show threadAskewLordMar 19

I don’t have tons of money and I grew up with even less and my life is great dude.

You don’t need tons of money. What you need is to be smart with your money and way too many people aren’t.

Show threadSparroHawcMar 20

You don’t need tons of money, until you get an Expensive Disease and all of a sudden you need a LOT of money.

The number one cause of bankruptcy in the USA is medical debt. Unless you have insurance, in which case the number one cause among THOSE people is … actually still medical debt.

Show threadAskewLordMar 20

You have no control over that.

If you want to sit around being worried that you might get cancer one day and get bankrupted… go right ahead. But it won’t make a difference.

Even if you have all the money, you can also still die.

Show threadPapaSkwatMar 20

I don’t have tons of money and I grew up with even less and my life is great dude.

Same! The doomscrollers on Lemmy seem to enjoy being unhappy and have no clue how life is for most people. lol

Show threadPapaSkwatMar 20
I don’t have any money and I have a great life. And I live in the US. All my neighbors seem pretty happy too.