>>214040117
Why is everybody in /med/ part of the new poor? Are there no others here like me, descended from a long line of dirt-poor peasants who have never owned property or touched silken bedsheets before?

>>212775430
I am, as they say in Spanish, sin trabajo. I get my money from monthly NEETbux deposits and a small amount of money from reselling stuff.
It's kinda just stacking up in the bank ever since my cat died, so I'm going to start dumping it in a savings account for the future.

>>212441834
Those are some fair counterpoints, nothing much I disagree with. Personally, I never understood those people who wanted to travel back in time and live in a period before germ theory or modern plumbing, where 8 men slept in one room and puked up their weekly wages outside of the local pub (The Dusty Lung).
Nevertheless, we're still on a downward trajectory and necessities like food and clothing are a lot more expensive than they were pre-COVID. Things may not be that bad relative the average experience of the anatomically modern human, but things seem like they will get worse before they get better. If they get better.

>A council leader apologised "unreservedly" for posting a picture of a steak dinner on Facebook with the words: "Wonder what all the poor people are doing?"
Well, if you must know, I am listening to GTA: San Andreas radio stations while playing Minesweeper.
>>211942764
I do not cycle, only woolk, so 50km sounds like a megahike to me.
100km sounds like Frodo's journey to Mordor.