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Americans are too comfortable
Oh, yeah. Living in a van and shitting in a bucket is the height of luxury.
Their comment stands. Too many Americans remain too comfortable, at least for now. The standard of living in some ways might be declining, but it's happening at a sufficiently slow pace that it is tolerated. And, so far, the bread and circus is compensating
The people who are too comfortable pulled the ladders up behind them.
Shit take. ~~Cell phones~~ An internet connection and a device to connect to it are a basic requirement for life in the US nowadays.
The funnier things are twofold:
I'm not typing this on my phone. I hate phones for anything beyond making calls.
You can use a really nice kitchen knife to kill someone. You can also prepare dinner. The hardware is not the important thing; the usage is.
That is a good point. I should have said an internet connection and a device to connect to it. But yeah, what a wild thing for them to say after you just gave your current situation
And especially the existence of places like the library where you can use a computer for free, makes it even wilder.
I (once upon a time, not anymore) chose that life voluntarily, so I wouldn't compare myself to those that are forced to live like that, but I always enjoyed digging a little hole, shitting in that, then closing it up again. IMHO sufficiently clean and respectful. But of course it only works if there's ground to be dug, and shelter from prying eyes.