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What's really the big deal? Folks have been living like this for much of mankind and million of folks still do around the world. First world amusement if you
by segmondy 11y ago
What's really the big deal? Folks have been living like this for much of mankind and million of folks still do around the world. First world amusement if you ask me.
- irl_zebra 11y agoIt's pretty unlike anything I have ever experienced as someone born and raised in the developed world. Despite what people have done for much of mankind, it is still fascinating to me, whether that makes it first world amusement or not.
- ctdonath 11y agoNot with running drinking water, 100Mbps networking, multi-GHz processing, instant temperature adjustment, and so many calories society's biggest problem is obesity. Most of "our poorest" are still in the world's 80th percentile of income/wealth.
- s73v3r 11y agoWealth is relative to where you are.
- ctdonath 11y agoYou're on Earth. Short of "extreme poverty" (if you're making more than half the people on the planet, you're not - which applies to practically all Americans), moving is an option.
- erikpukinskis 11y agoDo you really think the poorest people in your city are better off than people making an equivalent dollar amount in poorer countries?
- detaro 11y agoWhat's wrong with amusement? / Why does everything have to be a big deal?