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  • That differs for a lot of people.

    My wage was nearly unchanged for 15 years(a total increase of €16 per month) while i watched rent and groceries triple in cost.

    It all started like: your wage is low, here’s help with the rent insurance and bills plus you’ll be locked into the low rent segment.

    Right now they claim i have a high wage and am locked in the high rent segment with no support anymore.

    My father however never had the oppertunity to buy and is still renting according to the old rules and pays a third of what i pay for twice the space. His retirement is almost identical to my income.



  • My old coworker watched 2 movies on a week night, i take 2 weeks to watch a single movie half the time.

    I asked him how he did it, turns out the kid does well on half the sleep i require.

    Ah man, i miss my teens and early twenties xD i was taught that the older you get the less sleep you need…so that was a lie.













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    10 days ago

    My brother fucked his life up by stealing 120k worth of goods from his employer and school, he and his friends got caught and had to do their time and pay the fines.

    He managed to get out on top tho, he lied himself into the army and now works there with a cushy office job for security supervision in the entire country.

    I never did any crime and always worked hard, i have trouble keeping my fridge filled. The wife and i ended up living in a 14m2 room as it was all we could afford at the time. My brother has managed to live the “American dream” even though we aren’t Americans haha.

    Another old coworker of mine was an alcoholic and after 16 years he got fired because of it. He left the country for a woman he met online, started a family and funded the local school…only to pass away a year in due to complications from his lifelong alcoholism.