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[–] norimee@lemmy.world 271 points 2 months ago (14 children)

24 y/o with a teaching job.

No real income is what she has. Probably on top of a shitton student debt.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 118 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Don't forget how much money she spends on classroom supplies for her "not real kids"!

[–] puppy@lemmy.world 88 points 2 months ago

Apparently she doesn't have a good parent either.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 32 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

"no real bills" I'd believe...if the parent said she lived at home (no rent, and food provided), was on parents' insurance (health, auto, etc.), had no student debt, and was walking distance to work.

But given that her parent didn't, I'd guess that isn't the case. Turns out rent, food, transportation, and like you said, student debt, are all...what's the word...real bills?

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[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 124 points 2 months ago (9 children)

This pervasive selfishness in older generations sickens and astounds me.

Imagine not wanting to give your kids everything.

I would forego food if I had to in order to help my kids see better.

[–] ilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I would forego food to make sure my kids had glasses or contacts, sure.

I would not forego food so they could have elective surgery.

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 38 points 2 months ago (16 children)

Pay once or pay multiple times a year? LASIK pays for itself, you’ll always be buying glasses and contacts.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (16 children)

LASIK isn't some great cure. It has potential side effects and you can end up seeing worse than you did before.

[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I know I’m just one person, but it was one of the best decisions I ever made. I was almost legally blind without glasses/contacts, and just the stress of making sure my glasses prescription was up to date once I switched to contacts, making sure I packed glasses, contacts, extra contacts, solution, etc, for a trip, and losing 1 contact while at the store or something was instantly erased.

I could read the street signs on the highway on the way home from the surgery. I hadn’t been able to do that unaided since I was probably 10.

Do I need readers now that I’m older? Yep, just like they told me I would because everyone does because it’s a different issue that comes with aging. I wish they had a similar treatment for Presbyopia!!!

Sure, everyone’s experience is different, but it almost was akin to a miracle for me. Life changing for sure.

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 118 points 2 months ago (7 children)

"no real kids"

"no real bills"

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the fact that he added "real" to both means she has them but he somehow doesn't consider them real, whatever the fuck that means. but this sounds like a total piece of shit and i feel sorry for the 24 year old.

nothing like ruining the economy and the future for the next generation and then refusing to help.

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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 88 points 2 months ago (2 children)

what does "no real kids" and "no real bills" mean?

[–] KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world 65 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pets and "only" bills related to the daughter and her everyday life.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

And I'd bet "real bills" are only bills that the parent deems worthy


mortgage, car payment, etc. I'm guessing teacher pays rent, utilities, pays for groceries...

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[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 34 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

She's a teacher, so she has kids that aren't hers, and probably pays her phone bill and auto loan and student debt (and possibly rent to her shitty parents). Those parents of course don't consider those real bills.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's worse when you consider that "real bills", ie a mortgage, is probably out of her reach while he had it easy.

He's mocking his own daughter, when she probably got absolutely fucked by corruption and the economy, for not having the opportunity to indebt herself for housing, when he probably bought his house on a potato salary.

[–] fatboy93@lemm.ee 67 points 2 months ago (5 children)

The fuck does no real bills mean? Does eating, rent and gas/insurance not count as real bill?

[–] OlPatchy2Eyes@slrpnk.net 40 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Forget the bills, why does she clarify no real kids?

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 23 points 2 months ago

Pets, or the more grotesque option, step-children.

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[–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

More importantly what does no real kids mean?

Step kids? Only daughters? Just pets?

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[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 56 points 2 months ago (1 children)

She only has fake kids and fake bills

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I bet it was because she is not married and has kids. The conservative mind ladies and gentleman and in betweens.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

It's her students

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if this lady will ever realize the politicians she votes for (come on, we know which party) are why her daughter with one of the most importsnt jobs in the entire world can't afford to see. Probably not.

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[–] trumpetmouth@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Dammit Mom, my 56 imaginary kids cost me nearly my ENTIRE paycheck! Have some sympathy.

But for real, what is "real kids?"

[–] yuri@pawb.social 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

because she’s a teacher she probably pays out of pocket for school/project supplies. i’ve known a good few teachers, and refereeing to students as sort-of surrogate children is very common. i’d put my money on the mom hassling the daughter about not yet having kids, and the daughter saying something like “i already have kids!” and this idiot is still bitter about it because she feels she is OWED grandchildren.

i’m making a LOT of assumptions here, but like i said i WOULD put money on it. you hear enough firsthand stories and you start making these sort of assumptions.

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[–] philycheeze@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 months ago

Sounds like she’s bitter that she hasn’t been given the grandchildren she thinks she is owed.

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[–] thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Why does she say no real kids? Did she adopt or something and the mom is crazy?

[–] keyez@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

Probably has a pet or two and doesn't want any "real" kids so they don't end up acting like their parents...

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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 34 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)
  1. Teaching is a real job, probably one of the hardest
  2. Your daughter is fucking blind, and you're laughing at her? You are slime
[–] slumlordthanatos@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)
  1. Being a teacher usually requires a Master's degree. She very probably has student debt.
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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

Dude this is like every post on the estranged parents sub on reddit... they really are oblivious to the fact that their kids have good reasons to hate them

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 31 points 2 months ago (7 children)

It wouldn’t occur to me to broadcast this to others on the internet, especially with personal details, even for a random solicitor, let alone a family member, let alone my own child.

And since the kid didn’t anticipate the public ridicule, it may very well be the first time they ever asked for this kind of help. What an awful way to learn your parent considers you little more than an expendable prop in their social life.

In nature, some species prey upon their young. We usually understand this as an evolutionary mechanism, to ensure only the strongest offspring survive. With that in mind, if your parent behaves like this, consider that they may no longer be your caregiver, and it may be time for you to decide what it takes to be the offspring that survives.

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[–] chrislowles@lemm.ee 31 points 2 months ago

"No one has audacity like the people you raised" proceeds to post about it to potentially millions of people, you know like people without audacity do.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

Remember when our parents told us social media is bad? Here it is, they are exactly why.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Someone tell them "i think i raised an entitled shit" isn't the pwn they think it is

[–] hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

The biggest child in the room is that pain in the ass of a parent.

[–] Kalysta@lemm.ee 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wouldn’t it have been nice to get Bernie’s medicare for all, with vision and dental coverage, so people fresh out of college with their likely first real job don’t need to ask their shitty ass parents for help?

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[–] plz1@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

My daughter that is under-paid because she's a teacher and they are all under-paid is asking me for financial help, and I'm a scumbag outing her for trying to have a better quality of life with a medical procedure early in her working career.

Man, I hate the internet sometimes...

[–] SasquatchCosmonaut@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (8 children)

To be fair you can get a pair of glasses on Zenni for like 20 bucks.

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Why would people want to be on Twitter for posts like this?

It's like joining a real life club where the more of a jerk you are, the more speaking time you get.

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[–] houstoneulers@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Sad b/c teachers really don't get rewarded monetarily enough, and OOP is acting like that's some kinda lucrative career that would provide enough even for that.

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is bad form all around... like, yeah, be a parent and love your kids more than yourself.

Even if you are incapable of that, at least be smart enough to not be shitty to the people who will pick your nursing home.

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[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Am I the only one who lives with their parent and helps paying bills? I am asking, because some people seem to be surprised that my father forces me to pay for the living in his house, but the truth is I don't mind that, and I'd rather not be a freeloader.

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

If your parents want you to pay rent, while at the same time complaining that you still live with them(which is often the situation), they can charitably be called dumbfucks.

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