Comment on How much do you guys tip your landlord?

chagall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• rab@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Yeah same, I’m worried his kids will starve if I don’t

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  • cerement@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    he just needs to cut back on the daily Starbucks, stop ordering avocado toast all the time, lift himself up by his bootstraps

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    • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Fun fact: old fogeys who tell kids to just “pull themselves up by their bootstraps” are actually using dark humor to agree with us and have compassion that we are in an impossible situation. Because think about what it means to “pull yourself up by your bootstraps.” It’s literally impossiblevto do. youtu.be/nHOBjsRrLZY?si=cVHSNmmKpEv4NJGg

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