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   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Nov 27, 2025 at 6:49:33 PM MST, "chrisv" wrote   
   :   
      
   > Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >> You think this is an important metric?   
   >   
   > It was just an example.  I know you're an Apple fanboi, but get over   
   > it.  Even many "poor" people in this country live easy lives and has   
   > luxuries that they dont need.  Anyone who is willing to get off their   
   > asses and works has the ability to live a decent life.  Only an   
   > unreasonable dipshit denies it.   
      
   Your “example” wasn’t really an example so much as a broad swipe at   
   anyone   
   you’ve decided is lazy, which isn’t an argument. And tossing in “Apple   
   fanboi”   
   doesn’t make the point any stronger.   
      
   The idea that “anyone who works can live a decent life” just doesn’t   
   match   
   current economic data. Wages at the bottom haven’t kept pace with housing,   
   medical costs, childcare, or transportation for decades. Plenty of people work   
   full time and still struggle. Pointing that out isn’t “unreasonable” —   
   it’s   
   basic reality.   
      
   If you want to talk policy or economics, great. But pretending that structural   
   issues don’t exist, and that anyone struggling is just lazy, doesn’t get us   
   any closer to an honest discussion.   
      
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