• BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Sometimes I miss those days. So little responsibility. Renting was so much easier than home ownership. Living alone was way easier than having a family. All I HAD to do was go to work, and pay my bills. All of my time, all of my money, all up to my discretion.

    Not to say I don’t love my family or my house, and I would never trade them to go back. But sometimes, if I could go back in time for just a week… I think I’d be really refreshed. A time vacation.

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    15 hours ago

    Coming home to an empty house is fucking awesome and one of the best parts about living alone

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        4 hours ago

        I knew a guy like that. I used to drive him to/from work all the time after he got his DUI. When my apartment flooded, he let me crash for a few days. He had a couch, a coffee table, a huge TV, the same computer my parents had when I was in middle school, and a mattress on the floor. That was his entire apartment. Except he could afford furniture, he just spent it all on women and booze. Wonder what he’s up to now.

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    15 hours ago

    You’re either buying labor power or you’re a wage slave. The feeling of not wanting to go to work is the implicit acknowledgement that the boss makes a dollar and you make a penny.

  • 「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」@piefed.ca
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    1 day ago

    Funny how when you’re a kid, you always wanted to be home alone, then when you reach adulthood, suddenly that shit aint funny anymore, it’s bleak…

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      19 hours ago

      I think for most kids not being under constant supervision is what sweetens the deal.

      But once you’re an adult you don’t really need to answer to anyone, so now you’re only getting the downsides…

      But given the choice of relative freedom vs. having to live with someone who I don’t really get along with, I’d pick the former. Even if it means being alone more often.

  • JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    14 hours ago

    Our jobs might as well provide us housing & food since we’re basically prisoners there and can’t afford anything else anyway.