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(DIR) Post #AxjwvSiZNNnpaMRO5Y by mayintoronto@beige.party
2025-08-31T15:23:43Z
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My greatest fear is probably poverty.
(DIR) Post #AxjwvUDnmkNcFW3qPQ by mayintoronto@beige.party
2025-08-31T16:07:14Z
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Growing up poor, I decided that I never want to live like that again. I bought into the work gospel: work hard to get a degree, get a nice job, be a productive member of society. Well, that doesn't work for anyone. You get this temporary safety buffered by income and savings. I'm not them anymore, you tell yourself. You buy nice things for the people in your life who can't afford them, but deep down, you know they shouldn't be struggling in the first place. The deeper you look, the more you see the systemic inequity scream out at you. You put more blinders on. Make yourself feel better through philanthropy."What good could I do as one person?", you ask yourself, "I'm not a billionaire. I don't even own my own home. I'm not responsible for their well-being."In Canada, the tech salaries aren't as inflated as in the US. But then I see my friends living off disability, and friends working low-waged jobs finally feel like they've "made it" at $50k (Canadian)/yr, and it's a shit job. But they can never leave it because they believe that it's the best they can get. And there they are, a decade later, still at the same pay.The wealth gap is killing us. You can't rest because you'll be poor. You can't be unemployed because you'll be poor. You can't fight for better working conditions because you'll be fired, then poor.Nowhere in here did I even mention living. This fear overwhelms every part of our lives, that we're willing to give up more and more of it for money. When do we live? When do we find peace and belonging in community? When do we find out that poverty can be defeated in community?When do we defeat poverty?
(DIR) Post #AxjwvVQbIeDBzV3Zzs by cobalt123@beige.party
2025-08-31T16:34:14Z
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@mayintoronto You’ve written wise, experienced and knowledgeable thoughts everyone should consider and share talking with teens before they start what they think is just a job they can leave. But life happens and you could be trapped. So many people have big dreams and think every choice is just temporary. Then the young adult thinks “oh this $20/hour job is fantastic. But when does reality come in? My 23-year old granddaughter is moving to a far better home rented with friends. She said “Grandma, my apartment and utilities are taking almost all of my paychecks!” And at the moment she hadn’t thought about her car payments too. And she hasn’t thought past what she would do if her employer closes down her older store she works in.
(DIR) Post #AxjwvWLfsRriqVl9xQ by RobotDiver@starlite.rodeo
2025-08-31T16:59:27Z
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@cobalt123 @mayintoronto I don't know anyone who could afford to live in an apartment by themselves, and I'm in my late 40s. It's depressing when you realize you've lived with roommates since you were 17, had supposedly decent jobs in design, engineering and the coast guard and never made enough to afford even your own studio apartment rental as a solo person. I kept trying to find a career that would pay more than $20/hr. I think I made more at 19 teaching choir in 1996 than I ever have in my life. It's profoundly depressing. And now I'm disabled and unable to work with basically nothing to show for it. I'm educated in multiple fields. There was no gain for any of it, just loads of unpaid overtime and 60hr weeks. I feel for young people. No one should sell them on this ever getting better without a fight.
(DIR) Post #AxjwvXQJsfAwBCwNpw by RobotDiver@starlite.rodeo
2025-08-31T17:09:34Z
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@cobalt123 @mayintoronto And all that while being regularly verbally beaten by an older generation that just kept saying, "well, you're obviously not trying hard enough!"
(DIR) Post #AxjwvYNsJEoX9unwfI by RobotDiver@starlite.rodeo
2025-08-31T17:16:28Z
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@cobalt123 @mayintoronto "What are you doing with all your money?" "What money?! I'm excited when I can actually afford to buy cheese."
(DIR) Post #AxjwvZIEvfttyjAxWK by mayintoronto@beige.party
2025-08-31T17:19:40Z
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@RobotDiver Ain't no poverty or lactose intolerance holding me back from cheese.@cobalt123
(DIR) Post #AxjwvaIHD1WZ58CVDU by RobotDiver@starlite.rodeo
2025-08-31T17:21:31Z
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@mayintoronto @cobalt123 There's gotta be some joy in life, even if it involves flatulence!
(DIR) Post #AxliYmz6qfk0jtOKZc by poopdotnet@blog.poop.net
2025-09-01T17:07:24.797901Z
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@mayintoronto donate to me at donate.poop.net
(DIR) Post #Axlilpc2OCymebopQe by poopdotnet@blog.poop.net
2025-09-01T17:09:47.771119Z
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@mayintoronto poverty is ok
(DIR) Post #AxlkCGKZm1ul0EonwW by poopdotnet@blog.poop.net
2025-09-01T17:25:12.190487Z
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@mayintoronto be frirends
(DIR) Post #AxlkGKepd3qpa2EXVA by poopdotnet@blog.poop.net
2025-09-01T17:25:35.488775Z
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@mayintoronto lets, i look like you kind of