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The subtext is that most Redditors have significantly better lives than 90% of people on Earth. Life is bleak if you perceive it to be bleak.
by wavemode 9mo ago
The subtext is that most Redditors have significantly better lives than 90% of people on Earth.
Life is bleak if you perceive it to be bleak.
- fwip 9mo agoIt depends on how you measure quality of life.
- mikkupikku 9mo agoI can't afford the yacht lifestyle enjoyed by Jeff Bezos, so my life is ruined. #EatTheRich
- goatlover 9mo agoMore like the super rich have huge influence over politics and can buy media companies to push their preferred narrative. Elon being the most visible example.
- RiverCrochet 9mo agoWho at this point trusts any media anymore?
- mikkupikku 9mo agoI'm not a member of the richest most powerful group of people ever, and my government falls far short of the ideal I envision, therefore I cannot possibly enjoy my life.
- fwip 9mo agoSee, that's just using the same measuring rod. If you measure quality of life by income, yes, even poor Americans live good lives compared to the rest of the world. There are many other factors you could evaluate it on, though, and many of them are harder to quantify. Stuff like personal agency, status, leisure time, social life, community cohesion, etc.
- kelseyfrog 9mo agoWho in the world has it worst? I want to make sure I listen to the right person.
- groundzeros2015 9mo agoYou act like this is an enigma. Let’s start with people without college degrees and no family history of college degrees.
- kelseyfrog 9mo agoSurely there are people who have it worse than that, no?
- mikkupikku 9mo agoIt isn't necessary to identify the world's most unfortunate person to recognize that most redditors have privileged lives, yet choose to wallow in misery.
- kelseyfrog 9mo agoI just choose to not let what redditors do bother me.
- cindyllm 9mo ago[dead]
- next_xibalba 9mo agoTo wit, the vast majority of them have: - easy access to clean water - sufficient calories - safe shelter - education (presumably they can read and write if they’re on Reddit) - internet access - free time (can’t be writing nasty comments on Reddit if you’re swinging a pick axe in a coal mine) Many of these things can’t be claimed by millions in the world. And yet, it’s one of the most cynical, negative places on the internet.
- _DeadFred_ 9mo agoThis is not the 1950s. Most American's have internet, where they can see average people living lives around the world. Their houses may be a bit worse, but their cars are normally newer, they have internet, they have FAMILY. They have vibrant COMMUNITY. They have free time.
- 306bobby 9mo agoAre you not agreeing with their point? Everything you listed are reasons NOT to be so cynical
- _DeadFred_ 9mo agoYou mean most Redditors live in a country with a higher GDP than 90% of people on Earth. That doesn't necessarily translate into 'significantly better lives', especially in a country with wealth gaps such as the USA has. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiymTzsZfoA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiymTzsZfoA