The "dollar menu" doesn't exist anymore. Fast food costs the same as a sit-down restaurant used to. A combo meal at McDonald's is $15. You're paying restaurant prices to eat in a parking lot from a bag. The value proposition is gone, only the habit remains.
@Leonajardinho Too many billionaires inherited their wealth from their parents. They don't know what it's like to be poor and act like they're better than everyone else.
The middle class didn't disappear because people stopped working hard.
It disappeared because every basic necessity was converted into a financial extraction system.
Housing became a speculative asset class for hedge funds.
Healthcare became a corporate subscription model.
Higher education became a lifelong debt trap.
We don't have a productivity problem. We have an economy that drains every dollar of working-class surplus before it can ever turn into wealth.
@zachbussey It was already hard enough to meet the eligibility requirements. Now it's almost impossible to get paid to create videos. All YouTube wants to do is exploit their creators and have every reason to keep all profits instead of giving creators a cut.
YouTube is making changes to the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) for *new* applicants.
Starting February 1, 2027, creators will need:
1. 8000 Qualified Watch Hours (up from 4000), or
2. 20M Qualified Shorts Views (up from 10M)
There are no eligibility changes for fan funding.
I think we’re going to reach a point where the internet is so flooded with AI-generated nonsense that nobody trusts anything anymore. Eventually, people will stop scrolling, stop checking feeds, and start going outside again like it’s the 90s.
Subscription culture is the softest form of economic slavery I’ve ever seen. You don’t own music, software, movies, or even your car features anymore. You’re just renting your life month by month.
Not everything needs to be “smart.”
I don’t need a refrigerator connected to WiFi. I don’t need an app for my light bulbs. I don’t need my toaster downloading a software update.
Give me appliances with an ON button, an OFF button, and absolutely no ability to send me a notification.
@19Tasha83@Raindropsmedia1 We live until 90 instead of 50 during Shakespeare's time so girls learning to cook at 8 years old is predatory? We're going to jump to conclusion that he's a predator just for teaching his daughter a basic life skill?
@ShinMekaku1@Dexerto Dairy and eggs cause gas and bloating. Meat takes way to long to digest. The fake meat from @ImpossibleFoods has fiber and mimics the taste and texture of meat.
@ShinMekaku1@InternetH0F Exactly. If they were truly vegan they would do more than eat a plant-based diet. They would stop using leather and wool. I correct anyone who says I'm vegan because I'm not. I only eat a plant-based diet. Veganism is a lifestyle not a diet.