I knew I was the only poor person at my tech startup because nobody else ate the Hot Cheetos that were stocked in our free snack kitchen. Seaweed snacks were always empty. Nobody had those telltale…

Not sure if this is the best comm for this post, but it really hit home with me, and is getting some good discussion in my circles.

    • SoyViking [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I work in tech and I had almost the same experience. A sales guy came into the office I share with a few colleagues for a chat and started to talk about the renovations they were doing on their house. He's a nice guy and he was really happy about his new floors or whatever. In a different timeline I would have loved to talk DIY and construction stuff with him, I love that shit, but in this one I just became sad knowing that my chances of ever owning my own home, let alone do expensive remodeling on it, are laughably low.

      The worst part of it is that he's a really shitty salesman whereas I'm pretty decent at what I do. Yet he's the one living in the big nice house whereas we're living in an apartment that is too small.

      I hate myself for being this envious. I hate capitalism for constructing this bullshit inequality and I hate it for making me feel bad and ashamed about being in this hopeless situation.

        • Dewot523 [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          A table for playing board games/DnD. The main things that make it different than a regular table are that the top slides off to reveal a large inset where you can keep a game in play, and also the walls of the inset prevent dice from rolling off. The fancy ones also have convenient cupholders and mini desks that fold out from under to hold character sheets or scrabble tiles or other game pieces.

          What they also are are not so hard to build for yourself if you don't care about the prestige of a name brand. Back before the pandemic made lumber prices spike, I built one for six people for like 200 dollars total cost. Even had cupholders. Plans are all on the internet.

        • FidelCashflow [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          It is a kiten table with usb power and like dice trays built in. Some other stuff depensing on how much you pay for it. Speakers, or cool moving sections.

          It was kinda rad and a bunch of people built them on reddit for a while. I kinda hope they are the ones selling them but I doubt it.