This TikTok made the rounds over the last couple of days and was widely and mercilessly mocked, as it should have been. First of all, shout out to her abuse of the filter on her video. I bet she was going for Sandra Bullock, but she looks like a 3D anime character.
The idea that their family is "struggling" is based on their ridiculous consumption habits. On one macro level, having people buy a bunch of stuff they can't afford is a short term boost for the economy. In the long term is can create serious problems (see 2008). What really is inexcusable is the idea that "the economy" is bad when you are leveraging the shit out of your lives in order to drive one of those ridiculous penis extensions. A pickup truck used to be a working person's tool, now it's an exurban status symbol with the price tag to match.
Your inability to budget your money is not a sign of a weak economy, it's a sign of weak self-discipline. Oh, and this goes just as much for people living in Brooklyn and complaining about the rent.
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