the_human_condition_is

having a car. Even a scooter.
getting pulled over just for your car and hair looking ratty.
having insurance.
realizing years later that you still live like you're poor.
paying for a monthly phone subscription.
3-years-old glasses and squinting from the front row.
risking losing your job in order to negotiate a better contract with your boss.
never going back.
buying alcohol.
looking at house prices.
quitting junior college early, because your Pell Grant ran out, and a $12.15/hr opportunity is over double your fast-food wage.
saving money for the future.
paying for a haircut.
2 nights in jail because of a clerical error.
renting a house with a kitchen.
making plans more than a few weeks ahead.
growing up between the trailer park and the dump.
being able to visit your family.
skipping homework to help repair the $600 car so dad can make it to work tomorrow.
worrying about North Korea instead of looking forward to blissful oblivion.
your mother crying over a $100 invoice for the dental service you just received for the first time in living memory.
considering having children at all.
_definitely_ going to put some money in the savings account next month.
hot lunches.
reading about VCs and ICOs and funding rounds on HN and thinking how huge an improvement just a tiny, tiny fraction of that money could make in your life.


Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15041758  (jachee and peterburkimsher)