Comment on Anon watches Malcolm in the Middle

bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There’s a few episodes that actively showed gow much they struggle. Like one of their biggest vacations is going to a waterpark in a car that has the heater on full blast so it doesn’t cook the engine. They only eat super cheap food and mystery meat. They lived in a camper because they could barely afford to get termites removed. Hal has no money to go to a dentist. As soon as hal lost his job they are cooked. They lived paycheck to absolute paycheck. They never pay all their bills. I would say they struggled a lot. They struggled more than al bundy.

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  • Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In the Flashback episode it is noted their house is smaller then their previous apartment. It also shows how they went from comfortable/upscale living to cheaper conditions with each additional child, specifically stating they had less money with each birth.

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  • EnderMB@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I distinctly remember an episode where Lois was watering down their orange juice, and realising that it was becoming more water than juice. They were definitely poor, and decidedly trashy for their neighbourhood.

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