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Why does the media print rags to riches stories?
  • Can I assume by that comment that you're also a self-made millionaire?

    No? Oh, why are you so lazy? After all, it just requires hard work. There are over a thousand self-made millionaires in my small town alone. The media call us a "statistical anomaly" but they just don't see how easy it is if you just put down your 9-5 and get to work.

    /s

    Don't get me wrong, I absolutely believe that hard work can get you there but it is very, very uncommon. I work bloody hard, have a good paying job, no debt and investments but will only have enough for an ok retirement.

    Friends with their own business who are more driven, work even harder and longer than I do and are absolutely better off, but they'll never earn the level of money like this article suggests.

    My issue is with the disingenuousness of the article. This sort of success requires a huge amount of work, a once in the lifetime (for most people) idea or market to kickstart and even then often still requires a bucket of 7-leaf clover levels of luck. But it's sold by the media as others have detailed "if you just work harder..."

  • They will if they win
  • Why aren't the Dems packaging this message accurately?

    "Trump wants to stop you dipping your wick. Will ban condoms - practically eliminating your chance of getting laid"

  • Democrats call Trump ‘chicken’ after he declines second debate.
  • Oh ffs! He's said he won't run again if he loses this one, can we stop egging the idiot on until someone manages to get some cuffs on the pos?

    Remember, we're only in this position because Obama hurt his feelings by telling some jokes, making fun of old Donny. THANKS OBAMA! /s

  • China: Two women spark debate after locking girl in plane toilet
  • Good on you! I've found the best thing to do with upset babies is try to engage with the kid - ask the parents first(!) but babies are fascinated by new people in a way that parents can't fulfill.

    Story time: I had a crying 6mth old next to me earlier this year so I pulled out the safety sheet (asked the mum if I can show him this), channeled my inner Wiggles and kick-started it with a big, excited interruption to his crying: "wow, look at the plane!" The unexpected, strange interaction short circuits their focus on being upset and he just stopped and started at me like "wtf is this dude on?". Once I had his attention I started pointing and describing all the pictures, then gave him the page. This turned into a 10min game of point at the picture, say the word or a story then hand it back. My names and descriptions for the people on the page got more crazy each time - after all, his were nonsensical too! I even got a few giggles as I kept it animated with hand gestures and big smiles. That turned into pointing out the windows or different things in the cabin.

    The kid eventually got bored of the games after about 15-20 mins but had already forgotten he was upset and then peacefully interacted with his mum again for the rest of the flight. I got back to my book while he had the sky mag to read along like me and would still point out different pictures to me or check my book, puzzled why they were no pictures!

    I even scored a tiny-dude high five as they were leaving which everyone knows are the best high fives.

    Best flight I've had all year!

  • Trump: In 6 states you can kill the baby after it's born
  • I wish the media would attack him on this on BS - demand to know which states, then when he skirts around it call him or on his lies.

    Tell him the interview can't be broadcast without verified facts and threaten the one thing he really cares about - exposure.

  • You are given an opportunity to hard reset our universe (particularly, the Earth). You are also allowed to change one rule about the new universe. What rule would you change?
  • Being bad or evil is literally bad for your health.

    The better you act, the better your health - great teeth, good muscle, low fat, high fitness, good looks, and longevity (to a point), no addiction or mental health issues, selfless with no crazy ego. Ie Mother Teresa looks like a supermodel!

    Health can fluctuate based on behavior but it always drops 3x faster than it improves. So if you fuck around on your wife, your teeth go bad, or you start balding etc. cheat on your taxes, or lie maliciously (excl. good lies like Santa) you start to get fat n ugly.

    If you're a miserable prick who fires staff, scams people, bribes, hires children for sweatshops or harms people just to increase profit or boost share price you get cancer. But if you help those people then you may be cured provided you handle it really well and undo all the damage.

    You attack someone, pedal harmful drugs or hoard unnecessary wealth, you go blind/deaf until you earn it back, more than once and it becomes permanent, each time after that you lose a limb for good.

    You intentionally harm or kill someone via murder, drink driving, rape etc then it's game over via a slow, long, painful debilitating disease that's contagious to anyone you like or care about, ensuring you die alone.

    To help identify the good/bad, your gut instincts are 10,000x more powerful and obvious to warn you of the dangers or benefits of each choice.

  • Republicans want someone younger than Donald Trump as president: new poll
  • Something to remember:

    Don't think for one minute that "not-Trump" means "not-Project 2025".

    This plan will be on the back burner quietly simmering away until all those who support it are evicted from the RNC.

  • I guess we should call it Old Zealand.
  • Typical racist BS theory as a method to delegitimise the Treaty.

    Somehow these clowns seem to think if they can prove Maori weren't the first here, thereforethe Treaty means nothing and can be scrapped.

    Regardless of any prior inhabitants, Maori were already here when the Europeans arrived.

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