In a world where most must sell their time for money to survive, free time is true luxury.
Sell your kids on the black market. Poof! Free time.
President Milei I didn’t know you were on the fediverse!
Good man Javier wants to buy all the kids for his special orphanage in a secluded island, such a good guy!
And some contemptible people who have more free time and resources than they know that do to with - they must focus all efforts on acquiring more resources AND making it harder for others to catch up.
It would be reason to pity the emptiness of some lives, were they not so destructive.
- I am not talking about people that find their work or their career fulfilling and keep working hard at it. That’s different than a billionaire who spends millions every year to bust unions and prevent raises to the minimum wage. (Or assassinate whistle blowers, as the case may be)
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I don’t disagree, just a quite reminder that not everyone can afford this. The meme doesn’t say it but it gives “money doesn’t buy happiness” vibes and while this isn’t false, a certain amount of money is required for this.
Maybe I’m misunderstanding the picture, but I thought that’s why they were called luxuries - because not everyone gets to have them. Though they aren’t what we usually associate with a luxurious lifestyle.
E: just to be clear, everyone should have them, but many are too occupied with the daily battle for survival.
Yes, I read it the same way, that’s why I said that I don’t disagree. Still there is this other reading I wanted to “debunk”
Re-reading your comment I see that I must have meant to reply to someone else. I apologise, my social media timer sometimes makes me hasty.
How much money does one need for a long walk and listening to birds?
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Time is money. If you work 2 jobs to provide for your kids alone, good luck finding the time and headspace to not worry about anything.
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Parks and forests aren’t evenly distributed. Not everyone can afford living near one or going there.
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In capitalism, one must first pay for basic necessities like food and shelter before anything else. For some people who make low wages this requires an amount of time and effort that interferes with their leisure time.
That said, there are also some people who think they are in this category when in reality their stress is due to self-imposed standards of living that are higher than necessary. Or anxiety and other psychological problems that could be addressed through non-material strategies.
Yeah this is lowkey a boogie meme - the majority of people don’t live in a work situation that allows for day naps!
How do we call something that the majority of people can’t afford ?
A luxury
We call it expensive, which is a subtlety that the title of this meme poopooing on “consumerism” is missing out on.
Hence, a boogie meme. Those of us down here in the dirt don’t have time for these luxuries; we consume imitations.
You’re in solarpunk territory. They want to rid us of money entirely. Sounds pretty nice but requires huge cultural and lifestyle changes.
Thank you for moving day naps higher on the list.
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We have made it so that having the freedom to choose, a most basic human need, feels like doing incorrect stuff.
Like, just choosing to leave a relationship subjects you to so much pain and hate that you’d rather not do it.
It sucks, but sadly a lot of these things are luxuries. Some are getting better but others worse (for example, there are less birds now than in the past, or at least it seems that way).
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“The ability to freely express yourself”
—with fire.
These are great but aren’t colorful sunsets (at least in part) a side effect of air pollution? ;)
I’m on the fence about hearings birds singing. It is really annoying to get woken up way too early by a bird who just knows two tunes and sings it over and over and over again. Like what the fuck?! Didn’t they teach you a third tune at bird school to make your song a bit more melodic and less irritating? Fucking twitter.
The birds here are really confused lately and have just been singing all night without a break, it’s driving me crazy.
Light pollution?
what are you a millionaire?
people rejecting these ideas as a whole as they continue to doomscroll online 👌
Most of those shouldn’t be luxuries, but rights.
Sooo being a Hobbit? Yeah I’m good with that
Mornigs 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Parklife!
Yes, I love when birds wake me up at 5 am from their incessant singing because they can’t shut up. It makes me so happy to not be able to sleep.
Bruh they aren’t that loud
