• Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I once had a machine shop teacher that has a qoute that still lives rent free in my brain.

    “I feel bad for the people who grew up rich because they dont know how to do anything themselves and dont know how to fix anything!”

    Its pretty true life advice, i wouldnt change the way a grew up even a little bit. Not having alot growing up made me happy to have the small things and take care of the things i already owned. You can be rich with money but the poorest with skills and intelligence and that makes you more sad then ill ever be.

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      3 months ago

      The rich have it better, I feel like that’s just cope.

      Money buys time and convenience. Mr.Rich has no interest in fixing his dishwasher, he pays “the help” to do that and he gets the “bonus” of feeling better than someone else when “the help” comes to fix it. He can then go on a run or sit around doing whatever the hell he wants, not having to worry about fixing anything. He bought the time we lose fixing things.

      I’ve been “the help” and was literally called as such when a little girl said hi to me and her mother said “dont talk to the help.” We’re so below them and they enjoy that.