Times have Changed
I just got done watching a movie about artificial intelligence and at the end, man's machine had taken over.It got me thinking. I grew up in small town America, in a place where if you wanted to gain financially, and I mean for the most part just gain enough to pay the bills and survive. In fact, a lot of that life still remains around here....for now. The price to rent an apartment around here can be about $400 a month where in New York City, it can be $2000 a month.
Back when I was young, there really was not much in the lines of making a great living around here. In many cases, one would have to move out from the area in order to "make it" in the world. My father and I would haul scrap iron in the summer time and work in the woods in the -10 degrees cold brisk mornings.
Boy...thinking back to those days seem so ancient now. A time well past....past well back in time.
Now, I can just press a couple of keys in the comfort of my warm home and money comes flowing in from all over the world.
Just the thought of that while I was young...I don't think my wildest dreams could have painted that picture.
This blog is not about money....
It is about the change happening under our noses without us really even giving two thoughts about it. I am from a different time, living in a new world.
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It was a comfort, I hope that is how you feel thinking over time- secure.
Mandela Effect.
Time's really have changed!...Cigarettes have gone up, candy bars have gone up, and not to mention Old Milwaukee beer prices going through the roof.
Now 400 dollars rent really would be a new world around these parts. That would feel like its almost free.
Where the heck is that at? Marrs? Jupiter? Certainly not around here anywhere, perhaps not even on this earth!
heck, just getting an oil change on the car costs $400. or more. A combo meal for two at a fast food restaurant is almost $400. A carton of cigarettes costs almost $400.
And, and the worst thing is, a massage is now $400. or more.
Rent for $400 is unheard of around here.
the oil change will be easy. Right Ladies!?
2 combo meals coming up,
Like an expensive spa.
YOU will do those things for me? Cool. I don't smoke. But, I'll take the massage and hammurgers.
With valentine's day coming, I better go sell some alunumum cans and plastic bottles to get some money to buy chocolates and a card for somebody.. lemmeee see? Who should I give bottles and cans to? I mean, who should I give chocolates and a card to?
No need to bill. I pay cash. I've got three big jars full of pennies. I'll start counting them right now to pay for the services and items. I should be finished counting them in a few days.. hopefully
There is a younger version of me in my picture.
Location has a major role is pricing...it is the countryside here...well...actually more like the woods.
Now about the pushing of the buttons..
Just like people moving out from the cities to live here...they too will be pushing buttons to make their money. More and more, people are doing their jobs from over the internet. :)
I cannot reveal my trade secret...last thing I need is competition.
You buy something to hunt with and a tent, you might be able to live for free.
I would love to hear from again.
Miss Zlata,Miss Adaire,Miss Ekself
...maybe the message is that machines have no feelings.
The man became a creator but not an omnipotent God. I did not watch it in it's entirety.
I get bored when they waste a beautiful filming location.It was breathtaking.
I missed the point of the movie, I tried.
not even in the woods, under a lake, on a tree, on the side of a freeway, is there any space to rent for $400 around here. Even Porta-toilets cost $400 to rent.
I think we are undergoing a huge transition in society and many of us don't even recognize it. With this Covid, we have already undergone something huge. But more to come I think. ...and perhaps not all for the bad.
the cubic size of some of them porta-toilets is bigger than some apartments.
I saw a guy get sick the other day, because with his mask on, his bad breath was making him sick. He needed to get some fresh air. Whew!
Some other guy I saw was walking kind of care free. He said his mask was scented with the scent of weed. What the heck will they think of next?
Sick from his own breath?
I think I have heard it all from you now.
Robert, I will keep a yurt as my plan b.
change is coming but not what you think it is.
Maybe stop droughts, downgrade hurricanes and tornados, keep our water supplies up.
Eliminating the excuses for gmo crops.
Protecting all the species from contaminants
in the land, air and water.
They are not accepting the latest WHO report either.
The little I gleaned from real estate courses which vary state to state was understanding liens and utility debts attached but this is horrible. Watch out for these changes too. (It isn't an outhouse repo Robert you're good.)
I have been hearing a lot of things that are possible. Until then, I am going to enjoy what I have in front of me.
Thanks for sharing.
I saved $45,000 at least ..if I live that long.