What's the most out of touch thing you've ever heard someone say? | Ask Reddit

[@amaradominica]

I saw someone on Twitter say, “I don’t get why people have mental health issues when there’s so many resources like just go to therapy and get medication” I was so sad and angered by this

[@webbsband1566]

Yeah that’s crazy that someone thinks that way

[@ottakringcalling]

This is exactly the reason why we need to teach about mental health in schools.

[@_Piers_]

That just the typical bullsh*t you get from a lot of people without health problems. I have chronic fatigue, people are frequently jealous that I've just slept for 17hours "Oh that sounds nice" etc. No.

[@dragonwings36]

Yeeep. And even if someone can get therapy and medication that's not a guarantee that they'll have a good and competent therapist and or psychiatrist. And even then it's not a guarantee that everything will be perfect. My therapist and psychiatrist are great, and I'm still not doing as well as I'd like. Next time I talk with my psychiatrist I'm going to ask if I can adjust one of my meds for nightmares as I'm having breakthrough dreams/nightmares. There are a lot of crappy therapists and psychiatrists out there and people need to remember that. There are good ones but also then there's the cost.

[@irfanb4332]

That is a sign of the times. People think that for every health issue there is a pill or an appliance or a therapy that will efficiently ’cure’ the health issue or just make the unpleasant thing go away. This does not only apply to health issues, but to any aspect of life or nature. If their app says that the weather will be clear and dry all day, they will believe the app, even if it is dark and clouded outside and they can smell the moisture in the air. If the weather app had a button to clear the sky, they would press it and expect the clouds to really disappear. Consumer mentality…

[@narrakasa81194]

As someone in the UK currently living on PIP ( disability) I really wish it was as much as people think it is. I'm not even 40, I have a teenager and a brain tumour. It's not fun, I'd rather be back at work ( medically retired at 35). I'd love to be able to do the things people assume those on disability can supposedly do.

[@gregorarmstrong2535]

It’s strange some people seem to act like disabled people are either complaining too much and luring about it or basically useless it’s horrible

[@_Piers_]

I'm currently on ESA (and PIP), they're going to force everyone onto UC over the next couple of years and screw a lot of us over in the process. "These poor disabled people aren't suffering enough!" You know, typical Tory things.

[@steph_stargirl]

PIP doesn’t touch the sides for anyone

[@randomtransportguyx4397]

I'm on pip as an autistic 16 your old and I get £200 a month but thats not alot lol

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

It’s such a shame. I also know multiple people who claim PIP who don’t need it, they just lie. Their money spread to people who actually need it could help so much

[@speleokeir]

I once had a female colleague ask me who washed my clothes ironed my shirts because her brother had recently got divorced and needed someone to do these things for him. Apparently he'd asked her to do them for him but she explained she had enough to do doing the cooking, laundry, etc for her husband and sons. Me: 'Tell me why don't you pay someone to do all that for you?' Her: 'I can't afford to.' Me: 'Exactly. I get paid the same as you, so why do you think I can afford to pay someone to do it for me?' Her: 'You must do. You're a single guy, your mum doesn't live locally and you're not gay so who does your cooking and cleaning and stuff?' Me: ' I do it myself.' Her: 'What! Really?' Me: 'Yes. I suggest your brother does the same.' Her: 'He doesn't know how.' Me: 'Maybe that's why his wife left? Tell your brother to buy an iron and ironing board, plus a cookery book or visit the BBC recipe site. Does he have a washing machine?' Her: 'Yes, but he doesn't know how to use it.' Me: 'Well either show him or tell to read the instructions. Then teach your husband and sons to do the same. Personally I'd be ashamed if I couldn't look after myself as a grown adult. It's time they all learnt.'

[@medealkemy]

*he's not gay* 💀 *he doesn't know how to use the washing machine* 💀💀 Honestly, as someone who ended up doing more housework than my brothers, I low-key hate women who coddle their sons like that. It's like they're brainwashed.

[@bobthebuilderday6leader]

Oh god. I’m Asian and you can see how patriarchal our culture is. Women are expected to do all the housework and men do the “real” work. Thankfully the younger generation doesn’t really follow that archaic mentality anymore. Maybe her household has the same old-timey mentality, which honestly sucks. Boys and men should learn how to be independent.

[@speleokeir]

@@bobthebuilderday6leader Sadly many of my female colleagues in that office were the same. They all came from a local, working class background where this was the norm and so they didn't question it. It was a bit like living in the 1950s. In contrast most of the people I socialise with come from a more middle class, educated background where this is less acceptable. If one of my male friends acted this way he'd get crap from both the guys and girls. A lot of that comes from going to uni which is an important step in gaining your independence and being forced to learn how to look after yourself. If you want to eat properly and have a limited budget it's an excellent incentive to learn these skills. And the good thing is everyone else is in the same boat so you learn together and there are plenty of people to ask for help and advice. I was fortunate compared to may because I was taught to cook at school and by my mum. By my mid-teens on the days my mother worked I was expected to make the evening meal, put the washing on, etc so when I left home I had all the skills and was able to pass these on to friends and housemates who's parents had run around after them and left them unprepared for living on their own.

[@vikbys]

Wow, anyone who comes into their 20s definitely needs to start learning how to do the basics. Also, did she really mean gay people are more likely to clean and iron their own shirts or something? What

[@speleokeir]

@@vikbys Yep. The stereotype is that gay men are more feminine, stylish and know more about clothes, etc so therefore will know how to do 'women's work' whereas straight men need a woman to do these things for them. Yes, there are still plenty of people who think that way. Pretty much all of the women I worked with didn't know what to make of me. They knew I wasn't gay, but I knew how to cook, use a washing machine, etc. They couldn't get their head around it, since all their partners and male relatives simply didn't do that and their wives/mothers, etc ran round after them. Like I said it was as if I'd been time warped back to the 1950s.

[@elliothunter2579]

"All people on benefits are cheats/lazy/workshy". That one boils my piss, always.

[@LittleKitty22]

And of extremely low intelligence! That's what I get all the time. I'm not on benefits by the way, but assumed to be by everyone I come across for some reason.

[@elieli2893]

This 🙈 I'm currently (kind of) employed, but for me in the past and many of my friends, it has been just that there simply aren't places that are hiring people with our expertise in our area or surrounding areas? Not everyone can be healthcare workers who get employed here just by walking through the door 😅 And yeah, the options are minimum wage jobs, unemployment, and going back to school for a new degree, which is often not possible. Every once in a blue moon there might actually be a listing for a job with our degree requirements. I'm glad my country at least has a safety net for unemployed people so the benefits are livable and there are workers checking on you and helping with finding new work possibilities. Also, what about people with disabilities? Chronic illness? Burnout and other mental health problems? To hell with 'lazy' 😬

[@ShizuruNakatsu]

​@@LittleKitty22I'm on disability with an IQ of 155. I was in the honours class for every subject I took at school. Life isn't that black and white 😂

[@LittleKitty22]

@@ShizuruNakatsu I know. I'm disabled but got several degrees. IQ of over 150 too, haven't had it measured exactly as these tests are rather unreliable. I worked on the railroad in a highly responsible position for many years until I became disabled. I'm also a writer. But according to everyone I come across (government agents and doctors that is - not friends) I'm apparently of such a low IQ that I don't know where I am... 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bekahd1661]

I live in Derry, Northern Ireland - one of the most deprived places in NI. Last year I had to get a taxi home one day and the taxi man asked if I still live at home. I said yes, and he went off on a tangent about how entitled young people are thinking they can live rent free under their parents roof. Saying how at my age he lived in Vegas and travelled the world. For context, I was 20 at the time, have been working full time since I was 17, in the middle of an economy crisis and pandemic. I was so shocked I couldn't say anything back.

[@medealkemy]

Oh wow I only know Derry thanks to Derry Girls, didn't know it was one of the most deprived places in NI ☹️ That taxi driver though 😒

[@neuralmute]

That reminds me (a late GenXer, currently scraping by on disability in Canada) of how my stepdad will reminisce about how he could afford his own place on his after-school job by the time he was 16. In 1960. Attempting to compare *anything* about his experiences to mine, when I left home at 18 in the 90's, and have been dirt poor ever since, is impossible. Especially since he's a cis/het man who's always had good health, and I'm a gay trans person with chronic autoimmune illness. There are NO comparisons to be made, except to point out how damn lucky he was!

[@deankeith2507]

You should've asked him how he had ended up driving a Taxi in Derry then - what went wrong ?

[@deadlymelody27]

so my example of someone being out of touch was when i was at uni and a girl in my tutor group (who didnt like me at all for not turning up to classes etc, it was due to mental health and i had no idea how to get help at that point) who said, i dont understand why you dont come to class, your parents are paying for you to be here. I said, my parents aren't paying, i have a student loan like the majority of people at uni. i later found out she was from a private school whose fees wouldve been higher than uni fees. the absolute assumption that everyone's parents pay for them to go to uni is sooooo out of touch from the average university experience.

[@alexreid1173]

Other point about living on disability (at least in the US, though other countries have similar issues): living on disability benefits won’t even put you above the poverty line. It’s not enough money to live in most areas. Also they’ll stop giving you benefits if you make too much money elsewhere OR if you get married (I know that’s also true in the UK). Being disabled is almost always more expensive due to the high cost of medical care, mobility aids, caretakers, and other accommodations. I spend thousands of dollars out of pocket on medical care every year and I have insurance. Disability benefits basically only work if you have someone else paying most of the bills (and that person can’t be your spouse) Edit: forgot to mention that if you don’t have the initial money and transportation needed for a doctors recommendation or diagnosis for disability benefits, you often can’t get it. Discrimination in medicine is also a huge issue…

[@norXmal]

I know at least here in Norway(since Jan 2022) if you reach over certain amount per bill (20-25$) you can request a refund or you can apply for a coverage card that will void you from any future bill that is used to directly treat your illness/injury/etc that you applied for, you can extend it if more came to be. I believe before Jan 2022 it was done by how much you paid per year (2460kr / 256$) and if you are residing out of the country it generally will cover 75% on all procedures, I am not 100% sure regarding outside of the country, so take it with a grain of salt. Transportation is also covered if used to travel to appointments, albeit if you the coverage card, you most likely already have a disability card that lowers the transportation cost drastically.

[@_Piers_]

@@norXmal In the UK the the best we can do is claim back the VAT on items purchased *exclusively* because of your disability. It's better than nothing, but it's not great when everything is expensive and you're poor.

[@amara560]

Yep I am in constant financial stress which does not make my disability any better :/ it's so expensive being ill.

[@BilboBiggun007]

Yes that's true about the UK apart from one point ALL prescriptions and treatments are FREE

[@amara560]

@@BilboBiggun007 All *approved* prescriptions and treatments. There are a lot of vitamins and supplements that I need to take that help tremendously (I would be waaay worse off without them) but I have to pay out of pocket. Not saying it's not better than the US, but it's not an utopian as you the picture you paint.

[@bekahd1661]

A few weeks ago an older man approached me and my sister at a bar. Pulled a chair over and proceeded to ask what we do for a living. I'm 21, my sister is 20. She said she is a barista, and I'm a chef. He went on to say how absurd it is that we work these jobs when there's people having to pick the coffee beans to allow us to have these jobs. Obviously that is a horrible fact of our society, but at the same time my city is poor and job opportunities are not good. You take what you can get to make a living in an economic crisis. He then told us we should just get up and move country and actually live and appreciate life. As if either of us chose to have been born and live in a deprived city, work hard jobs on minimum wage and watch the economy fall to pieces all during a pandemic. "Just move country", yeah because it's as easy as that

[@James-H84]

ha, 'live' of disability, my partner who gets it spends all of it on extra cost related to her disability, you could not live on it. Most out of touch thing said to my partner with a chronic pain condition, "You smile a lot so you can't be in pain".

[@steph_stargirl]

Preach!! I get ‘but you don’t say your in pain’ take it as a given I’m in pain if I’m telling I’m dying! Or ‘how can you do cuz if your in pain all the time?’ the answer is good drugs and knowing my limits

[@Jazzyjen1997]

Like ah, yes, I would LOVE to only get $1200 a month, while over $400 of it going towards paying insurance… 🥲😅

[@geekchic8798]

When I told my cousin who lives in the US that I do volunteering at a second hand store in the UK, she asked me how much I get paid volunteering at the store. I told her that I don't get paid. She thought volunteering meant getting paid, instead of donating your time.

[@geekchic8798]

@@jwb52z9 Here in the UK, people who are on welfare have the option to do unpaid volunteering in places to fill out their C.V. (resumé) while they're between jobs.

[@trianglemoebius]

@@jwb52z9 Not the politicians, the people who own corporations. The more you struggle for employment, the more you'll be glad to have it, and the more shit you'll take. It just so happens to politicians regurgitate corporate interests.

[@JessieHTX]

I live in the US. Never heard of paid volunteer work, but I still volunteer for more than a few days. I do agree most places are struggling to find volunteers, but they still do find some. I volunteered full time at an animal shelter for 4 years while I was supporting myself with a full time job. The only reason I stopped was because my car died and I can’t afford a new one. Before that, I volunteered full time for 2 years helping to build and set up a local history museum. I’m currently looking for more volunteer work, but it’s harder to find time because I now need 2 paying jobs to get by. I’ll probably only be able to a couple days a week.

[@geekchic8798]

@@JessieHTX I guess my cousin instantly thought working in second hand shops in the UK (Oxfam, Barnardos, British Red Cross, etc) were like the good will stores in North America. The only things people who are in-between jobs is having volunteering on their CV/résumé and a shop discount.

[@andthanksforwatching]

I loved the "if that was my husband, I could arrange that", so fierce, so unapologetic, I'm here for it! :D

[@music4life813]

My husband and I bought a house in spring 2019 and we will never be so lucky at timing as we were in that moment. Our home would sell for $120k MORE NOW than it did then….. 🤯 people don’t realize how crazy it got so quickly

[@frankmitchell3594]

People have told us something similar. But if you want to buy another house you must buy into the present market, and the house you want is now 120k more than 3 years ago.

[@b4itstarted]

The summer after my first year of undergrad, I didn't get any of the internships I applied for so I got two part-time, minimum wage jobs - one at a large supermarket and one at a childcare center. Together, I could usually get 40-50 hrs a week of work. Anyway, before the summer started and everyone was chatting about their summer plans, I had two friends say two out-of-touch things: 1) I could never do that kind of work. That would be such a waste of my potential. 2) Oh why would you do that? Can't you find something more interesting to do?

[@JasperCasper24]

That second one drives me NUTS because they just assume you’ll get any job you apply for. Nobody hired me and I need money wtf do you want me to do lol

[@neuralmute]

I would LOVE to see those internship babies work through their summers in an actual freakin' steel foundry, which is how I paid for my education back in the day. It was hard, sweaty, filthy work with terrible safety standards, but the pay was great, and it wasn't quite as hot if you could get onto the midnight shift. They'd have adored the high-fashion coveralls and safety glasses, too!

[@scottstevens4633]

I am 48 and unemployed in the UK. In the last 14 months I have applied for 700 jobs. My 85yo neighbour, Norman (actually a nice guy), asked me "have you applied for any jobs?," when I told him I was still out of work. Wtf? Did he think I'd been sitting around for the last year doing nothing? 😮

[@behindzerosp]

​@@JasperCasper24 I graduated university [I admit not degree I want] but even still It took me a year to find part time job at clothing store

[@JasperCasper24]

@@behindzerosp Yeah I'm finding that now, been nine months since I graduated and not managed to get anything

[@petitecamusette3913]

When I studied flute in Music-University we were of course expected to have our own instruments, but because they're so expensive and most of the students in my class were not from rich families, we all had quite crappy instruments at first (at least until you saved enough money to eventually buy a good one). We once talked about the qualitative differences of flutes and that it's worth it to make some sacrifices to save money for a good instrument and one of my fellow students said something like "Just buy one pair of trousers less and you'll be fine!"

[@bekahd1661]

What infuriates me is when (usually older) people ask what I'm doing with my life, and when I tell them I work in a cafe they just go "oh...so you're not in university?". When I tell them no they ask why not? When I say it's not for me they ask "sooo....you'll just....work here then?". Makes me feel so dumb but I also wouldn't have survived university, I barely made it through secondary school, dropped out when I was 17 because of health reasons and have been working different full time jobs since.

[@Stefiiiz]

That sucks. But also, the question is not really out of touch, it's just rude, but not particularly weird.

[@Hulachowdown]

Growing up I actually thought everyone travelled to a new country every few months😅. I figured it out pretty quick that that wasn’t normal ( aka once I went to a HS because before then I had always been at a school with mainly expats and ppl who travels often as well). At college I had a super close friend who had never been on a plane before and that really blew my mind. It was cool because I remember his first flight was to mexico for spring break and he was soooo proud he managed to save up for that. That really made me check my privilege though.

[@toroallin5734]

This is so nice though! Like you can recognize the privilege you had/have. That’s how we grow as people and helps the overall interactions with people. Side note: what countries did you visit? What one was your favourite?

[@Hulachowdown]

@@toroallin5734 thank you. I feel like so many people are too ashamed to admit their lack of perspective but to me it is more of a logical part of growing up . But I am an anthropology major so maybe that is just how my brain works( like observing , learning and accepting that other ppl live differently and it doesn’t make anyone better or worse) 😅 i have travelled to every continent except Antarctica. I don’t know if I have a favourite favourite country but I have a love for dif places for dif reasons. If this is bragging or something I am sorry, I am not trying to at all. Just explain what countries are my top. I love Italy/ France because that was were my family is from and lived there a bit as a kid. I love Barbados because it is also like a second home to me I was there so much growing up. I would love to go back to Japan because it is just the Coolest Place , the vibes are calm and excited at the same time it is fun. I wish I had gone to ukraine for more than a bus drive through because the rest of east europe was so pretty , I can only imagine what Ukraine was like before the last month. I loved my time in Namibia/Botswana/Mozambique , the animals were so cool and the ppl were the kindest ppl I will ever meet. They treat you like you are family even when I was clearly a random white kid trying to just not expire as every bug or snake 🤣 I really think Argentina was amazing but would love to travel more in South America. (( i live in Canada and was born Canadian but I have my euro passport too. ))

[@danielbliss1988]

The point I knew we were in political trouble in the US was in 1994 when of the 82 new Republican members of Congress from their landslide election win that year, it was reported, I think in the context of them all having to apply for passports simply to function in their new jobs, that only one quarter of them even possessed a passport. The passport circulation statistics currently given by the State Department are a mess and not to be relied on (for example, suggesting that only three percent of Americans had passports in 1989) but as I recall at the time, it meant incoming GOP members were below the national average on passport holding which was perhaps one-third -- remarkable for someone as high ranking as a member of Congress. (More than 90 percent of serving MOCs on average hold passports and not surprising given the number of times they're sent on foreign trips for doing things like oversight of US foreign policy, but I'd wager the rate of passport holding in the UK Parliament was close to 100 percent).

[@Liggliluff]

@@toroallin5734 The most annoying part about some people telling others to check their privilege, is that they don't check their own privilege. They're telling poor and starving people that they're overly privileged, for example. So it's nice to see a situation where this actually is valid.

[@bobbirdsong6825]

Having also grown up as a frequent mover, but certainly not to the same extent, I would definitely say its a privilege but wouldn’t introduce it like that. At least for me, it has a variety of issues related to it, particularly that everyone else is expected to have regularity and identity in that but you don’t. Of course we have been nomads since the beginning of the species but its one of those things that modern life gets in the way of and that you wouldn’t recognize if you didn’t experience it

[@Ayusa]

I am from Europe, so you could argue that traveling to many countries is easier for us (well it definitely is compared to the US). I would say that I have travel quite a lot yet I also have „only“ been to 17 countries.

[@Susanoo7108]

Yup. I'm in the UK and you don't even need to book a single flight to travel across Europe. Just use the Eurotrain/Eurorail. There's ways to cut costs if you look hard enough.

[@elieli2893]

Yeah it's like 30€ to hop on a ferry from Finland to Estonia and you don't need a visa or even a passport, just an European ID card 😆 I think the cheapest flights from here to central Europe are about 60€.

[@Susanoo7108]

@thorgerdur asgeirsdottir yeah, you're absolutely right about that, though with the UK leaving the EU I think it has become a bit more expensive since we now need to get visas to travel there but the distance isn't as inconvenient as you rightly pointed out.

[@riverstein7251]

Classmate: “why is he nervous about getting fired? Why is that bad? Why is getting yelled at (by your boss) bad?” The context for this was in a creative writing class, in which the classmate was asking me to explain a scene in my story where a guy is getting berated by his boss and threatened to be fired in front of all his coworkers and is having a lot of anxiety because of it. They didn’t understand why that was a bad situation. They straight up didn’t understand work or the stress of being yelled at. They said they never had a job before, which, ok fair, I had a friend that went to college on scholarship without ever working part time (though when I told her about this she asked if this person was new to earth). Then when I tried to relate it to getting yelled at by a teacher or parent in which the teacher threatens detention or the parent threatens to ground them, they told me they had never been yelled at in their life. After that I didn’t trust a word that came out of their mouth in regards to what they thought of my story. And believe me, they really tried to convince me that my story wasn’t relatable to anyone in the room when I had been in that position so many times working retail.

[@JanderVK]

Oh, I would have started yelling at her. Then she would know what it's like. Problem solved. :)

[@greenbeantm1096]

2:10 my grandma was literally advised multiple times to divorce her husband so she could get better benefits… also not disability related but my uncle who lived on his own somehow qualified for more oil and grocery assistance than my single mom with 2 kids

[@mrlnxf8455]

When I was about 12 I complained about issues with my horse riding classes (which I already felt very privileged for being able to take) and one of my friends said something along the lines "Well, why don't you just get your own horse, then you can take it for a ride whenever you want - it's so much better than relying on school horses". Needless to say her family owned several horses.

[@beltingtokra]

Much respect to any grown up kid living with their family, I had been renting omo for almost 3 years then my parents moved closer and I was invited to live with them (thanks parents!), then corona hit and idve been stuck for months. I think our relationship is better now because we had space but I was grateful to financially be able to. It's tough,especially if you've been living independently for a number of years!

[@thecunninlynguist]

4:39 about companies...I absolutely hate that type of thinking. The only loyalty you should have is to yourself. Screw these companies. I had an exit review at one and he straight up told me I should feel fortunate he had given me a chance and that I'll regret leaving. I don't regret it and years later they went under.

[@dredfell]

In regards to the bus one, I’ve heard buses and trains referred to “The Poverty Wagon” or something to that effect before - some of these people are the same ones that complain when there’s heavy traffic, and don’t seem to realise they could help reduce it themselves by getting the bus/train

[@sandrasaunders8777]

Where I live it's called the "loser cruiser". People who own cars here actively hate any other type of vehicle on the roads and think that only the poor take the bus.

[@toroallin5734]

I hate that! Because some people really just choose it, they could afford a car but don’t want to. And it’s better for carbon emissions if less vehicles are on the road. Ugh!

[@BilboBiggun007]

Here in the UK they're known as the peasant wagon

[@elieli2893]

Here it's super normal to use buses and trains. Everyone from school kids, pensioners, young working adults and students, to older working adults and hell, even many people like university researchers and such, use local buses. I live in a part of town that only has one bus connection and it still goes 3 times/hour on weekdays, 2 times/hour on weekends. Between the city center, uni campuses and the hospital area, there are buses going about every 4-ish minutes. It's fast, easy and efficient, and you can save a lot of money with a bus card :D Inter city travel is also easy with buses and trains, again, used by people of most earning ranges. It's safe and usually uncomplicated, although train travel tends to cost more than bus travel, but it's also faster since the trains speed up to 100-200km/h depending on the connection. So yeah, cars are really only necessary if you live in rural areas or have to transport a lot of stuff regularly. Of course many people still have their own cars, but it's definitely not a necessity. Haha, sorry about the rant, I just think public transport is useful and important 😅 Oh, and in my city, it's perfectly possible to use a bike for travel, the bike routes are in good condition and there's a lot of them!

[@sandrasaunders8777]

@@elieli2893 you're so lucky to live in a place like that. My transit system is horrible, but I refuse to get a car.

[@kathryn4936]

There's a difference between bragging to make people impressed with you (like the person with the 500k house) and inviting people to share in your joy by telling them about something that you're proud of (like Evan is doing with his place).

[@Molikai]

For me, a day or s oago: We were discussing what nations would come out of US civil wa 2/breakup of the USA. I was taking the position that There would be a theocracy, and they'd probably get most of the US air force. And was told 'You're putting way to much wait on religion!' While we're talking about a Nation with an area known as 'The Bible belt', with megachurches, with laws being passed based on faith...

[@bobbirdsong6825]

Nothing to do with other people’s issues, but why would the theocratic states of America get the Air Force? Its a separate federal entity, so id assume whichever party maintains the DOD would be the one that keeps it, not to mention the Air Force isn’t particularly religious and might have even less religious people than the army or marines given that nowadays atheism is most common among those is scientific/engineering professions, which constitutes a large portion of the USAF

[@SamAronow]

@@bobbirdsong6825 These are the questions we need answers to!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@bobbirdsong6825 I guess the idea was that if the country gets broken up into pieces, so would the national infrastructure.

[@deankeith2507]

The airforce would be no use in a civil war because it won't be about territory bit about ideas ... or rather Trumps troops who have no idea while the supreme orange hides in a bunker and the sane people

[@jennievrchota2284]

Saw on twitter in reference to US student debt being canceled: "don't go to college if you can't pay for it/go into a career that will pay you enough to pay your student loans" I'm sorry I went to 4.5 years of college to work in a field I actually enjoy. It's not my fault that the industry standard is barely a livable wage, especially if you don't have a second source of income (I'm a zookeeper btw).

[@ajc94]

Facts!!! They think everyone should do stem and other subject aReNt ImPoRtAnT ok enjoy your world with no music or netflix shows

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

@@ajc94 STEM subjects also don’t even pay for the loans anymore

[@ErinFromSydney]

Australia is experiencing a housing affordability crisis at the moment. Sydney median house price is $1.5M AUD. I think it's something like 14 times the median wage. It's pure madness. Rural areas are also going bonkers in the market. The Prime Minister of Australia, let me repeat that - THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA said something along the lines of "People who are struggling to pay rent should just buy a house". Sure dude, I'll buy 10!!! Duuuuuude, you're running the country, you'd think you'd understand that people are paying astronomical rents of $500-$600 a week rent (in the cheaper areas) because they can't afford to save up the $180-$200K deposit required, funnily enough. I am constantly asked (as I am trying to buy property) if my parents can pitch in.

[@ciara2837]

searched for this comment, I know someone would say it. Scomo is the most out of touch dude ever

[@ErinFromSydney]

@@ciara2837 I just couldn't believe he'd say it! I mean, he's said a lot of really out of touch things throughout the time he's been in public awareness but this and his "blessed" comment just take the cake.

[@robynmurray7421]

Don't forget that a former member of the Coalition government (I think it was the treasurer at the time, Joe Hockey, but I'm not sure) said if people couldn't afford to buy a house, they should get another job that paid more money. Simple.

[@ErinFromSydney]

@@robynmurray7421 they are ridiculous, the whole darn lot of them.

[@Pineapple123Gaming]

Most out of touch thing I had herd is from our last PM (Australia) "If you can't afford rent just buy a house"

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

I've had someone tell me that I should just buy a car if public transport is getting to expensive for me. Yes because getting a license and a car with insurance is so cheap here in Germany.

[@jamesthezemnian753]

Public Transport should be free. Getting a license is Crazy expensive in germany and it also takes a huge amount of time many people don‘t have

[@JamieNemeth]

6:54 Thank you for reacting as I would to the electric car statement! I passed my test a few years ago, and I thought, do you know what? Maybe the iron is hot right now, let's see how feasible it is to go electric! I don't need the latest tech, let's just go for something modest, small... The best deal I could find was a hire purchase agreement on a Nissan Leaf (that's OK, I actually like the Nissan Leaf). The car was around £10,000. But to get the hire purchase agreement, you had to put down a £5,000 deposit. I mean, wow...if I had £5,000 of disposable income to spend all at once on a car, then why would I use it to NOT actually completely buy a car?! I'd just go and buy a nice new £5,000 petrol car! (except I didn't, I bought a second-hand one for £400 that sort-of lasted me three years, with around £1,000 of repairs, so yeah...if I'd gone electric, by now I'd be around £8,000 down and STILL have a couple of years to go before I actually owned the Leaf...)

[@Medved290]

even if you miraculously had the money for a new one it's an 18month minimum wait list as they can't build them fast enough so the used prices are skyrocketing. my mums little Renault Zoe is worth 3k more than when she bought it in 2019 right now at 11k

[@leenanorms]

Loved the point about unlearning and 'touching up' 😂

[@Kaotiqua]

Touching up is much better than punching down...

[@selenamartinez2017]

Fox News this week: “Just go to a blue state to get it done if you’re so worked up about it.” Ah, yes. Because a pregnant teen in Texas can just hop on their private jet and be in New York by supper.

[@iancomputerscomputerrepair8944]

I'm British and a male, and I think that decision by Texas is disgusting!

[@Stefiiiz]

@kaiserfranzjoseph9311 That's a really stupid sentence. It's like saying "Don't accidentally get killed". Things happening accidentally are, well... ACCIDENTAL. Also, rapes happen.

[@KizetteandTotoro]

“Here is a lovely bar of olive oil soap. Don’t eat it. It is for washing your face”. I made my elderly neighbour a flower wreath as a present and she came this morning with some olive oil and a bar of soap as a return present. Don’t ever gift anything to a Japanese. The back -and-forth ‘omiyage’ nightmare will never end. Plus, because I am "the only foreigner in the village", I do not not what a bar of soap is for…(But she is very sweet, so I didn’t get offended. I though it was quite funny!) I hundred of these a day (adventures of a Londoner in Japan)

[@suzannax]

When someone at university says they're so poor now that they can't even afford Marks and Spencer food anymore.

[@IceMetalPunk]

"External things don't affect your mental health; it's all about you." That's basically something my dad told me once when I was like 8 years old, after I was crying because something he'd said hurt my feelings. He replied, "no one can hurt your feelings unless you let them. When my grandfather died, I let myself be sad." Like... 1) that's obviously BS, and 2) his response to his young son crying was to blame the kid instead of comforting. Many years later, I took a few psych courses at uni, including a neuropsych course, and guess what? That's not how emotions work. I know, shock and awe! Emotions evolved to guide us away from harmful outcomes and towards beneficial ones. They are *mostly* influenced by external factors. (Yes, some of it is internal, based on how we think about outcomes to determine if they're good or bad, but to say that means you can just pretend nothing is bad and always be happy is... fucked up, dumb, and incorrect.)

[@borkbork4124]

This comment needs more likes and attention. I had this told to me when my dog was diagnosed with cancer last Christmas…..it shouldnt take me brushing up on psych to explain to them that being sad is a normal response when a vet says your 6 pound dog will not make it to 2023. To not worry anyone, she is still alive rn. Paid for a short chemo protocol to buy some time with her. She is sitting with me rn watching KZbin. Everyday after work I walk her, and play with her. She has done 2 training classes since the diagnosis bc she likes being a working dog-about to start another class. Chemo days were hard, but now that it is over, it is just me and her [and her two older brothers]. I am doing my best to give her a good quality life everyday until it is time, and it is harder some days than others on my emotions. I am still sad of course, and when I was told not to cry it made me cry harder-having someone invalidate my feelings. Sadly, it is news like this that shows someones true colors.

[@lenaertsjelke]

So prices for dorms in my country have been extremely high lately and the news has been really focusing lately on how students struggle to pay for their dorms and the different alternatives some students have taken to because they can’t afford to pay the dorm’s rent every month. Recently my uni’s principal got interviewed by a newspaper. He was asked about the dorm prices rising (because it’s just a big news item) and he just answered with “if you don’t have a 900€ phone, you can perfectly afford a dorm”, completely ignoring that 900€ is just about 3 months of rent for your dorm and most dorms need you to sign a 12 month contract so that phone won’t even pay for the entire thing. Also ignoring that the uni he’s the boss of prides itself on how technology forward it is and it’s literally impossible to got to that school without a smartphone. He got a lot of backlash for that quote (which was used in the title of the article) to which a responded with “go read the entire article and don’t take me quote out of context”, which would be fine if not for the fact that it’s behind a paywall and he is talking to students who are already struggling to get everything paid without having a stupid newspaper subscription.

[@evilauntie5408]

My niece just got a job her first she's 22 and my sister and I are thrilled. She suffered so such bad bullying she tried to kill herself at age 14. It's minimum wage and only 20 hours a week. She did it all by herself. I am so proud of her.

[@catfrog49]

once a girl in my pshe class said "i think we should close the NHS because i don't like waiting"

[@rayq8711]

holy fuck what

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

That girl should be in a psych class instead she needs her head checked.

[@akiram6609]

Tell her to go to the Go Fund Me page and look at the Americans begging online so they can have that lifesaving procedure. If she still isn’t convinced, there are videos here on KZbin featuring kids setting up lemonade stands to raise money for cancer treatment. I don’t think anyone in their right mind would voluntarily be in this unenviable position. I have seen people break down in tears because they’ve been diagnosed with cancer and they can’t afford the treatments. Heartbreaking.

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

@@akiram6609 People like that lack empathy. She wouldn't CARE.

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

I mean we have private healthcare in the uk if she doesn’t want to wait… That’s the best thing about the uk. We have CHOICE. Closing the NHS prevents choice

[@pandysandy1151]

While on a student exchange in France some students suggested that having a part-time job during the exchange ruins the experience. My friend from Colombia said: - I have to work here, in my country we earn 2-3$ per hour -- you just have to work more! For example me, i saved up for my exchange during holidays in my own country! (Dude was from Australia)

[@j3ssijee]

"Just go to sleep at a reasonable hour" Why thank you! I've had difficulty with sleeping for 15 years and I could have just done that! Better tell those ~15 different nurses, 2 therapists, 4 psychiathris, 6 different kinds of medication and sleep apnea too.

[@elisebjerke3976]

I'm a garbage worker, I literally work with thrash. And the most out of touch thing I've heard someone say to me about my job is when I explained my job to my grandfather. I told him I work with thrash, and that I help people learn about how to sort things and recycle better, and he asked me with a straight face: "And you get paid for that?" Not in a concern for me getting proper pay, no he asked because he straight up didn't believe that job was worth paying for... I were so close to sarcasticly replying: "Nah, I just do it for free you d..." Thankfully I held my tongue and didn't. He's getting around to understanding it now, but it took him 2 years.

[@medealkemy]

It took two years to realise trash does not ✨*magically*✨ disappear ? Jesus

[@elisebjerke3976]

@kaiserfranzjoseph9311 I'm not a garbage collector, I'm a garbage worker. I work at a recycling station where people come in with their trash for sorting and further recycling. If you've got a sofa, we can help you with that, if you've got an old computer, we can help with that too, and if your grandpa died and left behind a garage full of chemicals you can't even identify, then we can even help you with that. There's a lot more to the garbage industry than those who collect your trash.

[@YMandarin]

its like telling someone who cant afford bread to buy a wheat farm

[@mstone4677]

I did taekwondo most of my life and when my instructor found out I was going to community College she had a talk with me about how I can still go to university with scholarships just like her son who got a full ride because he was a swimmer or take out loans. I didn't really do anything that would get me a full ride and knee loans were terrible but it was just so shocking to me how she had no clue what privilege her family has since they actually had a decent amount of money with a son who got basically perfect grades and was an amazing swimmer

[@JUMALATION1]

After I moved abroad for a while and one time had 24 cents to my name just before rent was due and my already minimum wage job was late with my salary payment and I had pretty much nothing to eat for three days, I got really humble. I also recently was on unemployment pay for four months while frantically job-searching and putting in applications left and right. I got to several interviews but didn't get a job until about a week ago, finally. I never felt poor as a kid though. My parents took us on short trips like on the ferry across the bay, but nothing compared to my friends going to Southern Europe several times a year.

[@thelorax9622]

My dad, when I was unemployed. I can't remember the exact phrase, but my replay was "Honestly, what would you know? You've never been unemployed - in fact you've never applied for a job" - which was true.

[@thelorax9622]

@@jwb52z9 He had to admit it was true - he had two jobs that he got through friends before buying a business, which he ran until he retired.

[@abispanner3957]

I'm 23 and still living at home - I have been away a few times to study but while I sort out a permanent job, I'm working part time and saving money 🤷 most sensible thing to do I think and I love my family

[@borkbork4124]

Same here, turning 23 in a few months, and this fall moving to go to a 4 yr school. I am studying an in demand field, so I should have job opportunities when I graduate, but if I dont, my parents said their door is always open. Having that privelege to live with them for a few years while I worked full-time and went to community college, and knowing that post-college if something happens that I have a safety net, is a literal lifesaver. University is still expensive, but the money I have saved and the freedom of not spending most of my measily paycheck on rent and utilities has helped me start to invest, and have a cushy savings to top off any expenses not covered by my student loans😬

[@grimftl]

Speaking from experience, getting disability can, literally, take years in the US. And lots of people with serious disabilities won't get it. I have essential tremor (similar to Parkinson's) and I didn't get it. They told me I could work in a restaurant.

[@chaossmith3864]

They didn't even mail me the paperwork. Multiple requests and being told it would be sent (like 6 or 7 each from myself and my designated proxy that was approved when I started the process). Got the denial for not filling out the paperwork they never sent fine. Later on my friend was looking into it and was like dude, your state has 4 extra steps and brags about its high denial rate. Yeah... You're screwed.

[@grimftl]

@@chaossmith3864 My biggest mistake was not getting an atty. They get paid only if you win and they can take only 1/4 of your *back pay*. They get no future earnings. If it's not too late, get one.

[@chaossmith3864]

@@grimftl I tried and the one around here refused, saying that people would be rejected as many as 5 times before getting anywhere. Trust me, I definitely thought of getting one. I barely have the energy to live, once I heard that I just didn't see any hope.

[@JasperCasper24]

I love the look on peoples faces when they give me that “ew only poor and disabled people use the bus” and they are very unaware.. I too am disabled, so I can just send them down that rabbit hole

[@RCKennington]

Off topic but I've been loving the colour, lighting and video quality since you got your office set up.

[@nataliew6979]

I've had people tell me back when I was unemployed to just move to London cause that's where all the jobs are, like what part of me being on benefits means that I can afford to live in one of the most expensive cities in this country?

[@meowkat2050]

When I started my current job (theatre steward, zero hours contract at minimum wage), one of the older women referred to my pay as 'a nice bit of pocket money'. This is my main job, this 'pocket money' of a wage is my main source of income!

[@bionicmagi6388]

When I was in undergrad, we did everything we could to cut down on the cost of college. Part of that involved me living with my mother off campus. I remember one day just kinda lamenting to some of the other girls that I wished I could experiance living on campus, but it was just so much more expensive... and one of the girls told me... "oh, why don't you just work over the summer so you can be on campus next year?" Becky. What SUMMER JOB is going to net me TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS?????

[@LittleRedIrishRover]

Sadly a lot of these don't surprise me and I've noticed they often come from sheltered people. I've had a lot of similar comments made to me, but the two that really stick to me are "if you move to the UK your healthcare is gonna cost more/American healthcare is the cheapest and the best" and "minimum wage should be abolished/companies shouldn't be entitled to give you $15/hr/PTO/maternity leave/if the company requiring 3+ years experience and a BA wants to pay $2 above min wage that's their business." How far removed from reality can people be?

[@thecunninlynguist]

LOL. We have the best healthcare? That is delusion at its finest

[@medealkemy]

Apparently, quite far

[@dappermuis5002]

Was watching a local tv talk show. They kind of tried to pass themselves as having a touch of high society flare to their shows. Which came back to clearly show how out of touch some of their guests were with reality. The one time they talked about backpacking places around Europe. After asking some questions to someone who had done some backpacking in the past. They asked the lady next to them, who kind of had her nose in the air about things. What she would recommend from her side. Her answer, pack in a fancy black dress with Heels! Clearly she hasn't been anywhere near anything to do with hiking of any kind.

[@JoyandSerenity.]

The disability stuff gets me, I am recently 30 and am being looked at for Psoriatic Arthritis, which is a fun new disease that apparently just fucking destroys your life the moment you hit 30 and now I'm facing maybe a few more years of being ABLE to work before I lose control of my hands... I work in the NHS, we need hands, how am I to clap without hands... Jokes aside, if we don't buy a house before I become too disabled, the banks will hold it against me as a mortgage risk so more fun to add to the pot of joy.

[@mirensummers7633]

One of my neighbors kids screamed at him for not buying her £600 jeans, the other, when caught smoking weed in a park by an officer, pulled the "my dad's a lawyer" card..... can't make this shit up

[@libbystorer9399]

Most out of touch thing said to me personally was when I was in my first year in uni and we were making christmas dinner in my flat and one of my flatmates said "I don't think I've ever peeled a carrot before!" But even worse, today my friend told me that when he was looking for where to go to uni, one of his friends turned down a city because "it would be a hassle for her dad to buy a house for her there" !!!!

[@Sophie_Cleverly]

You don't really have to peel carrots though, I don't know if I've ever peeled one either lol. Or you can buy frozen carrots. I feel like never having peeled a potato would be weird but carrots seems fairly normal to me

[@lancelotandmerlin]

the carrot thing doesn’t necessarily have to be out of touch. some people don’t eat carrots often but even if you do you don’t have to peel them

[@libbystorer9399]

I get that some people don't peel carrots and that's fine but it was less "i've never peeled a carrot because I don't" and more "I have never peeled a carrot because I didn't have to". I was peeling carrots and she was peeling potatoes and judging by the way she was struggling I don't think she had done that very often either

[@trianglemoebius]

Neither of these are particularly entitled. The carrot one's been gone over, but even with the "Not burden my dad": having the ability to get nice things does not make you out of touch, unless you also take these abilities for granted. If someone couldn't buy a house but their parents were willing and able to, then it would be very kind of them (and in fact a sign they realise how lucky they are to be in this position) not to add to the burden by insisting it be in a specific area or neighbourhood. Beggars can't be choosers as they say, and so the people literally having their parents buy them a house are in no position to insist it be in a location they want, especially when that location would be troublesome for the people doing the actual buying.

[@libbystorer9399]

@@trianglemoebius What you're missing is that the house was for university. As some who is currently in uni, I do not know any student who does not rent or anyone even considering buying somewhere to live whilst they study. People do not own houses at 18/19 unless, as Evan says in the video, they got Daddy's money. To have your parents be able to just buy you a house for uni, pick a city and quickly and easily make a huge financial investment that a lot of working adults struggle with these days, is out of touch because it is not something that anyone else does or even considers as a possibility. And how is it not taking it for granted? I wasn't there (this is my friend's story) but i'm pretty sure they didn't say 'I'm so very very lucky to have my dad buy me a house to stay in' they said something closer in tone to 'oh yeah my dad will just buy me a house for uni, no worries' which is taking it for granted. And whilst it is considerate to not go where your dad tells you it would be a hassle, its also saying 'I can't live there because I can't have my cushy house paid for by daddy's money and would have to rent accommodation like everyone else' so not exactly the Saint you make them out to be.

[@FTZPLTC]

One of the most obnoxious things I've encountered is people insisting that benefits need to be cut to incentivise people to work. They tend to use words like "languish" and "workshy" and "feckless" for the first and only times in their lives. And because I've become a bit of a curmudgeon over the years, I tend to ask those people why *they're* not opting out of employment if they think unemployment is so luxurious. And there's no answer to that. It's shocking how stupid spite can make people.

[@FTZPLTC]

@@jwb52z9 Sadly this mentality is common in the UK too.

[@leahbrady167]

Evan yelled at us to drink water at the exact moment I opened a Pepsi bottle, ha. So I slowly screwed the cap back on... and got some water instead!

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

5:00 You've got two thumbs, you could have granted your boss' wish and made them legally blind. Kudos for walking away and not going to full GBH.

[@myleswalsh6854]

I like these. I recognise the joy, beneath it all, of another ex-pat american from New Jersey who has escaped 🙌! Greetings from Norway.

[@BlueDaisy33]

Just nearly got into an argument with someone about refugees and the UK situation where they said the UK has no obligation towards refugees when they literally wrote that law in the UN and were against their new host country 10MONTHS ago

[@lukaslauermann1984]

Regarding bragging: A very, IMO, good trait is to just don't give a flying F about what other people think about you. As long as you are fine with yourself what does it matter what others think

[@richardhockey8442]

London does 'if everyone took the bus' -> taking the Tube strikes as an example: waiting for three hours at a bus stop with several hundred people for a bus which isn't already full by the time it reaches the bus stop

[@beththebubbly69]

In response to the disability thing: It's out of touch bc a) disability does not give you enough money to live b) if you're on disability, there are hugely strict rules about how much money you can have (if you have over 2000$ they can literally charge you and take your money) c) you also lose your benefits if you get married, making it a marriage equality issue as well. someone might not be able to get disability because they're married, but their partner cant support the family alone for example.

[@davidshipp623]

I assume you are from the US as for clarification in the UK disability benefits are not related to your spousal status. Still crap though.

[@nerdyfangirl1]

@@davidshipp623 unfortunately, they can be. Jessica Kellgren-Fozard has a video about how she lost money when she married

[@davidshipp623]

@@nerdyfangirl1 that’s interesting as that wasn’t our experience, perhaps my wife was protected from that from historical inclusion. The only thing that affected us was joint savings or savings in my wife’s name, and this mainly affected contribution to care packages rather than direct benefits. I have to agree though that disability benefits are not enough to live on, many disabilities make so many incidental things more expensive.

[@davidshipp623]

@@nerdyfangirl1 thanks for the pointer to Jessica, she’s super. The situation is quite nuanced and has changed a bit since as well, but confirmed my thoughts about ESA and the new ESA can be independent but only if you have worked and paid at least a year of NI, which was the same as when my wife claimed Invalidity Benefit originally 30 years ago. What is crazy though is those payments meant that in the early days of our marriage I could pursue my career and business and paid way more back in tax. If we had to chose I may well have had to restrict more to look after my wife and essentially have both of us on benefits! The other benefits Jessica lost were around housing and these are something that applies equally to all claimants as they start to co-habit. I think this just shows that disability benefits don’t cover enough.

[@chaossmith3864]

Dude I'm disabled and I talked about applying for insurance and my dad straight up told me I couldn't expect a handout like that and I should go on Medicaid instead. I'm still reeling at that.

[@edaj1990]

My example is being out of touch and also just being a shitty friend. My moms friend couldn’t wrap her head around the fact my mom didn’t want to/couldn’t spend money to go to dinner with her after my parents just lost their house.

[@kmacdizzle]

This video could be 2 hours long and I’d watch the whole thing. This is one of my favorite topics having grown up lower middle class and my dad got wealthy later in life and listening to some of the people that run businesses around him.

[@alexwood3459]

You mentioning Oxford St and public transport reminds me that recently when the tube strike was on I had to get from Victoria to Kings Cross and I was going to use my push scooter but I was stressing about time (and it was raining which was quite grim) so I was like okay, fine I'll catch the bus- all was going well (minus the line down the street for the actual bus but everyone fit thanks to double deckers) until Oxford St- I didn't notice how slow the bus was until I realised people were walking faster than the bus, I got off at the next red light (thanks to the driver understanding) but it was too late- I missed my train to Liverpool despite scooting my heart out (I had 1 hr for the transfer, the bus was meant to be 20mins, took 10mins to get to Oxford street so we were stopped for at least an hour and while scooting I actually caught up to the bus '20mins' ahead of my original bus) and vowed to never catch a bus in London again- bike and scooter only if tubes are down and tbh, even if not. Oxford St is only nice at 5am I think. Avoid at all costs otherwise.

[@loveisonthemove]

“Content to make content.” 💗😄👍 Thanks Evan, Keep it up!!

[@elliemj21]

Been outta the loop for a while so haven’t seen you with long hair and a beard before! Looking good dude! I rate it!

[@lightsideofsin8969]

I was 17 when friends asked me "shouldn't you have a car by now?" I come from a community where it's very common for grandparents to pay for your license and your first car. I was unlucky enough to get rich but egotistical shitheads as grandparents and right now I can barely pay my rent, so I'm 25 and still have no license.

[@joshuaadi2754]

I had a whole argument with a girl on a dating app who INSISTED that her needs had to be put before her partner’s . And to make it worse she would gaslight the guys she was with to change the cars to the ones she’s liked and would go as far as saying that they now liked the cars and lifestyle they were in. I reported her after i unmatched 😐

[@j.rinker4609]

As someone who works at a community college, I would suggest that we are better at serving non-traditional (older, married, with kids, etc.) students than many universities, and if you are looking for small class sizes as a freshman/sophomore, I'd suggest earning your associate's degree at a community college (but make sure it will transfer to whatever university you plan to attend). You can also get a degree in nursing, or a certificate in cosmetology or diesel mechanics.

[@starparodier91]

Loving the shirt!

[@HellDuke-]

The buying a home (I will asume apartment) is really location based as well though. 5-6 years ago I saved up to buy an apartment and all my friends said it's better to rent. But when I showed them the numbers it quickly became aparent that you are basically paying the exact same in rent and you make up the difference in 2-3 years. I did live with my parents for a few years to save up the down payment but in the end it was worth it. For context the apartment of ~64 sq. meters cost ~78k EUR + finishing it up (it was basically just the walls, so flooring, painting the walls, doors etc. had to be done by ourselves) which was another 14k-17k. For referance a slightly above average pay here would get you ~1.2k per month after tax so you are getting 14-15k per year

[@steph_stargirl]

Let’s break it down: PIP payment £246 p/m Gym membership so I don’t get worse -£69 Phone bill - £11 Petrol because the bus takes too long and stops too far away for me to do it safely alone -£55 Percription certificate -£11 Plus other bills and food and I have to pay leaves about £70 I live at home… now imagine if I didn’t 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@daiseighelliott]

How is it possible i face palm so hard in the first 10 seconds of one of evans Reddit videos

[@hhcoolmv1]

1:45 - It might depend on the country, but also often even APPLYING for disability stuff is REALLY difficult and needlessly stressful. I'm from NZ, am autistic and have ADHD, it's hard and stressful even though it's probably better/easier to apply here than in some places. (And it is admittedly slightly better than it was about 8 years ago when I first had to apply for it)

[@scifirocks]

My mum recently was surprised when I said I struggle for money, I'm off work because of my disability so I'm on universal credit. I get £333 plus rent a month, which has to cover everything else. It barely covers my outgoings, I can just about survive if I make very frugal choices, but I have to make sacrifices that normal people wouldn't even consider. But, what you're poor?

[@scifirocks]

@@karendunlop3534 Um, thanks for the advice, but maybe look at the video title? If you're thinking of PIP, you need personal care needs or be able to walk less than 50m to get financial aid. And for ESA it's very hard to qualify unless you have multiple different types of disabilities. It's very common for disabled people to get no financial help other than income related benefits if they don't meet a narrow view of disability.

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

£333 after rent is pretty good tbh. I get a bit less and I honestly don’t feel I make ‘sacrifices’. I still go on holidays abroad, I still go out (concerts, bars, restaurants etc). I have to be sensible don’t get me wrong but I don’t feel I’m sacrificing anything other my time to earn the damn money. Maybe I have low standards? But I grew up very middle class so wouldn’t think I do. (I’m a student and I work 2 jobs)

[@scifirocks]

@@Bringon-dw8dx I'm guessing money after rent is more like fun money for you? I have water, gas, electricity, phone, council tax, food etc to pay for, that's barely covered. Things like holidays, concerts, bars, buses, restaurants, house maintenance, clothes, and toiletries are a pipe dream for me.

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

@@scifirocks I live in a privately rented property so despite the fact my landlord takes essentially all of my money every month I of course have pay my bills. How else would I have Gas/water/electric/Wi-Fi/working phone/food. The only thing I don’t have to pay as a student is council tax, but I do have less money after rent then you so that accounts for that.

[@MERCHIODOS]

Oh I heard this many times "Can't find a job? Why don't you go and study then you have better chances of getting a job" and I think to myself, but most people can't afford to study, or if they can they still need to job to live.

[@olivinemage4233]

My boomer dad at christmas showed me an ad for these robots his company sells that are made to replace real people's jobs. The ad said something along the lines of "we know there's a worker shortage rn because people are demanding better pay and HeAlThCaRe, so buy our robots instead of hiring! Robots are cheaper than real people and won't complain! 😃" He was upset I didn't like the ad despite knowing I'm currently looking for a job.

[@thecunninlynguist]

WOW. That got past their marketing department? Although companies are heartless enough that I see how they'd let that one fly

[@olivinemage4233]

@@thecunninlynguist That is literally the first thing I said to my dad after watching the ad 😂😭. I thought he showed it as a joke at first but he was dead serious.

[@akiram6609]

That ad will go over like a lead balloon. On second thought, that ad is targeted towards businesses that probably view their employees as liabilities and not as assets, so that ad could work. What kind of jobs are these robots built to do?

[@olivinemage4233]

@@akiram6609 mostly factory line work and sorting things. Like Amazon or car assembly plants.

[@Geert2682]

I worked as a robotics engineer for a while and was sent to a factory assembly line for a new project, where I had to observe and interview a worker. I basically had to make his job obsolete. he was a nice guy who took pride in his work, and I felt like such an asshole. I left that job not long after that (without something new lined up). just couldn't do it anymore

[@Irishharper]

Evan just wanted to stop by and say you're awesome. Love your content.

[@applegurrll]

40 year old mother of 4 went from 60 hours a week to horrible autoimmune conditions and being housebound at 27. The £490 I get a month is definitely not enough to live on, my job when I became unwell was £27 an hour. I’m thankful for the help but it is absolutely nowhere near a living income.

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

£490 certainly isn’t enough to live on! I know student nurses and doctors who are expected to live on £416 a month… I also know some on as low as £60 a month (with quite a few falling in the range between those to figures). How are you supposed to live on £60 a month? Just how. Makes absolutely no sense.

[@blueeyedmagic6544]

Or it's all in your head in regards to mental health. I'm like yeah that's part of the problem but also it can be physical

[@SarahFrickArt]

in other countries it's normal to live with family until maybe they're married, for example. I'm still at home in USA bc my parents are best friends, we get along so well, I have some health issues, and I take care of my aging parents and house. Happy!

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

Actually, yes! Why is there this big rush to shove kids out the door on their 18th birthdays? No other generation had this: kids were encouraged to live in the family home if not until they married, then for a VERY long time. Very young married couples often lived with in laws for the first few years!

[@towelie1313]

I'm in the exact same situation. I once had a mental health crisis and was talking to my American online friend to vent/distract myself. She told me: "You're suicidal because you're still living with your parents, like a loser and a freak." For context: I was 18, attending uni full time, without a job, with 0 money, living in a big expensive city. It was so deeply stupid it momentarily snapped me out of said mental health crisis, so in a way she helped...? 😂(I blocked that bitch though)

[@charlotteinnocent8752]

@@towelie1313 That qualifies for this whole segment as completely out of touch!

[@SarahFrickArt]

@@towelie1313 Right?! I always say, everyone's biggest regret at the end of life is not spending more time with family. Why stop now? :D

[@SarahFrickArt]

@@charlotteinnocent8752 Yes! America is such a socialital thing to leave parent's home ASAP. Why?!

[@MrKishan24]

I absolutely love your DRINK MORE WATER bits in your video can you please do it in every video because it makes me drink, which I am really bad at

[@parsley1602]

oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh what the actual heck, so the legally blind one though… that especially hit home. i may have cried bc i too am legally blind and severly struggling to find employment.

[@KingFinnch]

the "just buy an electric car" thing actually works in a ton of situations (eg: if you're already leasing or paying off a car thats above the value of a 2020 VW Golf)

[@najrenchelf2751]

Thanks for the water drinking reminder!

[@bentilley5412]

"Drink more water!" : wine is, like, 85% water, so what I'm hearing is "drink more wine!". OK, will do (drains glass, tops up glass). 😁

[@gabbymcclymont4167]

Moved t England in 1986 our house was not finished so we were living in a caravan . The Geography teacher and a boarding school, first lesson asked us to describe our homes, I had moved from Scotland. She said I must be loaded due to the size of the house, I explained Scottish house were not like Surrey houses. I’m also the girl who made her own way home after realising the geography trip was to see council houses!!! walking out saved my mental health.

[@myronvenero9371]

What a different vibe. Cool new look.

[@OscarGhostCat]

Great video as usual!

[@secretlybees]

I was talking about how public transport can reduce poverty and allow people get opportunities they wouldn't otherwise have. That it's hard for people in the city to get out if they don't have a car, and that in rural areas people also have less access. Bunch of people said anyone who feels that way should just move somewhere cheaper and get a car. :T

[@shadebug]

I actually did buy an electric car to save on fuel bills. I realised that a ten year old Vauxhall Ampera (Chevy volt) would cost me the same in hire purchase as my fuel bills used to be on my £750 civic. Of course, now the price of electricity is insane so not sure how much I’m saving anymore and I wouldn’t be saving anything if I had a long commute but if you only do short distances then it’s ideal. Presumably long distance people will be able to start getting in on that as things like big battery Nissan Leafs and Kia Neros start ending their leases but that probably also has to wait until the energy crisis dies down

[@14Ramjet]

I honestly wish I did like 2 years of community college first. But then again, I wouldn't have the friends I have now. Monetarily wise I regret, social wise I am grateful because they are the best friends I could ever have. Also, electric cars. I love them, but they have a lot you have to think about. Mostly charging situations. You can get cheap ones that are good for just around town and everyday tasks. Everything else is a big NO because they cost too much for most people right now. Now, Plug-in hybrids are fantastic options or even just normal hybrids. But also, just get what you can afford (whether a normal car, PHEV, Hybrid, or Electric).

[@TokuNorth]

I got one too i saw on discord "You can be orphaned as an adult?"

[@kitty2894]

Evan you're puns are magnificent

[@thecunninlynguist]

Not reddit, but on gamefaqs a user told posters they should just move of they are concerned about item theft, such as a switch.