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“No One Wants to Work Anymore”, and Other Distasteful Fictions (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is there a sourcey horsey for this or just a cute meme?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonmoore/2019/10/21/stock-market-crash-protection-strategies/?

https://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-sample-budget-is-actually-fine-2013-7

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/07/16/that-mcdonalds-budget-people-are-making-fun-of-isnt-cruel-its-realistic/

Etc

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Of course, even if the McDonald's budget may have been "realistic" in some areas 10 years ago, I don't think wages have kept up with the rise of prices for rent, groceries, etc in the intervening decade.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I call bullshit even on that.

Then we moved to Philadelphia, where we paid $1,125 for a two-bedroom apartment in another nice neighborhood.

I lived in Philadelphia around that time, and there was nowhere that you could rent a two bedroom for less than $1,600.

I wouldn't trust any of those numbers, and even if you could, it still didn't account for groceries. The budget didn't include FOOD. Did they expect employees to steal hand soap and toilet paper from their reataurants? Mustard for toothpaste?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

They expect them to live on the free meal they are getting from their one of their two fast food jobs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The first one has no relevancy, the second one fights against your point and third is behind a paywall. Etc? You got jokes huh 😝

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

the second one fights against your point

For whose point? The person you're talking to didn't do anything but respond with links. One of those links corroborates the story about the budget, regardless of what rhetorical argument they're trying to make. So you got your answer, but you don't care because you're not trying to stay factual on the Internet, you're just here to be an asshole.