The Bundys had a one income household, where dad was working minimum wage at a shoe store and he could feed and clothe his kids, have a big house, a car, and all the adventures they pulled. You couldn’t even feed yourself on that income these days
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Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 months ago
A lot of those shows have aged pretty badly in terms of what “struggling” looks like. The idea of a boring office job being some awful fate is also kinda dated.
At least shows like the Simpsons were self aware about this.
Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 2 months ago
BluesF@lemmy.world 2 months ago
A boring office job is an awful fate, we should bring that perception back!
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 months ago
There’s a fair few people who would straight up murder someone for a boring, stable office job.
BluesF@lemmy.world 2 months ago
After a few years in a boring job they’ll be ready to kill again.
jimrob4@midwest.social 2 months ago
Guy who’s “living the dream” here:
I wish death upon everyone.
Localhorst86@feddit.org 2 months ago
Unfortunately, murder will often land you in prison, making your freshly earned office job not that stable.
Don’t ask me how I know.
thisisnotgoingwell@programming.dev 2 months ago
Big difference between a low paying boring office job and a high paying one lol.
son_named_bort@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There’s a lot of starving children in Africa who would be ecstatic with a job that paid American minimum wage, that doesn’t mean anything.
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 months ago
In a lot of ways, we are those starving children.