I make 120k in a medium sized city where the median income is about 75k. I’m pretty content, tbh. I also don’t buy shit i don’t need. Most of my expenses are my hobbies. I do have a lot of hobbies. But I still make enough every two weeks where I’m able to stash it away in a savings account.
Now if I only knew how to and had the balls to invest beyond retirement accounts.
This reminds me of a coworker I had who used to call the Department of natural resources and try to convince the poor clerk that he shouldn’t have to pay for a fishing license for him and his wife because gay people have the right to get married. I still don’t understand the logic on that but that’s what I overheard.
He then went on to attempt to abduct the governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer.
Bananas are ridiculously cheap even up here in Canada, and they aren’t grown anywhere near here. Yet a banana can grow, be harvested, be shipped, be stocked, and then be purchased by me for less than it’d cost to mail a letter across town. (Well, if I could buy a single banana maybe…or maybe that’s not the best...
Search “kratky system”. For real i mix 5 gallons of nutrient solution, put it into a 5 gallon bucket, drop 3 plants into that bucket and do nothing else…
This is 2 buckets, 6 plants in front of my grow tent with a 16oz bottle for scale.
What are you drinking tonight, and is it what you really want to be drinking?
It's just a coffee (startrek.website)
What salary do you think would make you happy?
Mommy's Choice (sh.itjust.works)
The "Left" (lemmy.ml)
Chicken soup (sh.itjust.works)
What are some food items that cost less than what they "should"?
Bananas are ridiculously cheap even up here in Canada, and they aren’t grown anywhere near here. Yet a banana can grow, be harvested, be shipped, be stocked, and then be purchased by me for less than it’d cost to mail a letter across town. (Well, if I could buy a single banana maybe…or maybe that’s not the best...
The early days of Linux (lwn.net)
Microsoft paid $13B for this tech (lemmy.today)
What could my upstairs neighbor possibly be doing to make this much noise?
Their foot steps sound like they just have 2 pegs for feet… they hit so hard....
... and you feel nothing. (lemmy.ml)
They forgot the LGBTQ... (lemmy.ca)
This is great. You should try it. (startrek.website)
What is your favorite hobby?
Mine is computers, I spend every free second on them.