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Unethical Life Pro Tips

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An Unethical Life Pro Tip (or ULPT) is a tip that improves your life in a meaningful way, perhaps at the expense of others and/or with questionable legality. Share your best tips you've picked up throughout your life, and learn from others!

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[–] luckyhunter@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I'm guessing her rent is double my mortgage, if not higher.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Just to be clear. This is illigal. Fraud will get you in prison.

[–] JesusTheCarpenter@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

I don't known, I feel like Photoshop subscription is at this point like rent in NY.

[–] CountMonte@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Our mortgage is $2600 month. My wife has a much better paying job than me. I make $2200 a month after taxes/deductions. She is currently going through cancer treatments and although everything is looking positive it really got me thinking about what the hell does life look like for my family if something happens to my wife?

I've had the same bus driving job for 23 years. I'm undereducated. A 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment is $1600 month here. I don't know how I'd ever be able to take care of myself and two kids.

They want us to have 80k+ in school debt so you can be allowed to have mortgage debt or rent and own nothing. I don't know where I'm going with this but I'm just bummed out about life right now.

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[–] _number8_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

it is FUCKING INSANE that apartments get to ask for all sorts of invasive shit like this and that's just fine. yeah god forbid you take on any risk, we're only committing to fucking thousands a month, fuck you.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love visiting NYC, but you couldn't pay me to live there. I have friends I stay with when I'm there, and they take 45-minute showers because that's the only time they get any real privacy.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 year ago

There are one bedrooms and studios for < $2k in brooklyn. They might not be fancy, but they exist.

That might be more than other places, but you have to factor in you don't need a car here. So that's $10k/year saved (though I think it's about $2k/year if you max out your transit rides before they become free every week).

You'd have to pay me a shit load of money for me to consider living somewhere that isn't walkable.

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