Re:You misunderstand what it means to be poor
by dukeofdoom on Friday November 14, 2025 @01:11PM
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I remember an interview with some billionaire talking about how people should grow their own food. He underpays his workers. One the surface great idea. Aside for the fact that it's hugely inefficient and why we have massive farms to take care of the inefficiency problem. Innovation was supposed to take care of this so poor people don't have to substance farm in cities. I mean by all means do that as a hobby. But keep im mind many cities have contaminated soil. People doing their own laundry also had a stay at home parent back than yo do these chores. Now 2 people need to work jobs to pay a mortgage. So don't feel its really a viable alternative
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Re:You misunderstand what it means to be poor
by tome on Friday November 14, 2025 @01:22PM
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> I remember an interview with some billionaire talking about how people should grow their own food. He underpays his workers.
You don't happen to have link do you? I couldn't find any obvious hits on a search engine.
Re:You misunderstand what it means to be poor
by dukeofdoom on Friday November 14, 2025 @04:02PM
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Sorry I don't. Guy looked kind of like Dan Gilbert but somewhat like a Bill O Riley personality. Maybe 2012 or 2013 interview. Possibly 60 minutes. It was in major network. I tried searching it too but couldn't find it. I remember watching an interview about an attractive female pilot that was flying to Epstain Island and can't find that interview now either. So I'm thinking maybe it got scrubbed
Re:You misunderstand what it means to be poor
by mc32 on Friday November 14, 2025 @02:23PM
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When I was a broke college student I don’t have access to a washer and dryer, so I either went to a laundromat or on occasion just washed clothing in a tub and put them up to dry. Wear jeans; they don’t need frequent washing -some manufacturers indeed recommend very infrequent washing.
It’s totally doable. Growing your own fruits and veggies is out of the question. It’s stupid -the only ones that make sense are herbs and only because when fresh they are better.
Re:You misunderstand what it means to be poor
by wredcoll on Friday November 14, 2025 @02:46PM
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Sure, the point is that doing all of that is more expensive, in terms of time, money, flexibility and stress, than owning a washing machine.
The difference is that you need $x00 to invest into the washing machine to then benefit fromt over the next decade+