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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My partner and I were laid off December 2019. In February 2020 my government started giving us both a lot of money every month. We were not working from 2020 until 2022, and made money anyway. We spent all of our time together, at home, going out as little as possible, doing everything we loved (we have all of the same hobbies and are homebodies).

Best years of our lives.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah borrowing from the future is fun. Until the future arrives. :/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It’s like living off credit cards. It’s fun until the limit runs out and now you have to pay it all back.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t quite understand. I didn’t have to pay anything back, we just saved a ton of money and bought a bunch of index funds hahaha.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

We all paid and are paying it back via inflation.

(At least that’s how it is in my country)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 32 minutes ago

Ahhhhhh alright you’re not wrong at all hahaha. Selfishly, it was the best time for us.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Well we got to see the nations lowest forms of life throw a largely ineffective temper tantrum. What's not to enjoy?