• @[email protected]
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    704 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.

    • @BluesF
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      694 months ago

      A boring office job is an awful fate, we should bring that perception back!

      • @[email protected]
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        414 months ago

        There’s a fair few people who would straight up murder someone for a boring, stable office job.

        • @BluesF
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          274 months ago

          After a few years in a boring job they’ll be ready to kill again.

        • @[email protected]
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          214 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.

        • @son_named_bort
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          14 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.

    • @Nuke_the_whales
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      84 months ago

      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