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PaperclipPerfector  11mo ago (text post)   3751 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for December 8, 2023

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The european mind cannot comprehend this

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The european mind cannot comprehend this.

I hate you because you're not wrong. It is an apt illustration of what has been lost.

Well, if you'd bought BONK last month you'd have 6xed your investment. Fly-in fly-out truck drivers in some Australian mines can still get comparable wages considering they only have to work half the time (albeit with long hours). There are lots of ways to make money in this world.

Hell, I have been in America for the last 6 years and I cannot comprehend this.

I have yet to see a manager in these jobs that isn't in their 40s, so may be skewed, but still. That's an excellent wage. You would struggle to make a tech wage that good outside the big tech cities or in consulting out of the Big-3 MBB.

How is there any poverty in the US at all ?

Is this in a location with an extremely high cost of living?

Nah. Buc-ee’s are usually on big highways firmly outside the urban sprawl.

No it's not, and that belief is at least partially reponible for the disparity.

All non-Americans, barring maybe Norwegians and the Swiss. But American wealth is still something to behold just the scale of it.

I've seen redditors complaining about the picture above on how hard Buccees works its employees, it's like no shit buddy, that's what the money is for! People work harder for much less in most places in the world, I guarantee you that.

I chose the wrong profession. I certainly didn't chose the right country to be born in, not that I had a choice in the matter!

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