After reading this news story that half of Americans are skipping meals because of affordability and a bad economy, I have to ask how are you all doing out there?

I heard from a real estate agent friend of mine that REOs, i.e. bank foreclosures on home mortgages, are going up like crazy, which is a sign of bad times, like the recession of 2007-08.

I have heard from others about rents not being paid, lack of jobs, etc.

Every day, there’s more news of corporate layoffs, moreso than usual.

I live in the economic bubble of the SF Bay Area, where tech wealth more-or-less insulates me and mine from the most serious consequences of a bad economy, but how are things elsewhere?

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      2 days ago

      It was a clear joke. Sometimes I wonder if lemmy, in general, really is as autistic as they claim to be.

      • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        33·
        3 days ago

        Because I already have a bad habit of rambling and figured writing an entire paragraph to explain was neither needed nor wanted. I cut out half of my original comment, and the original draft didn’t add anything about hobbies.

        That doesn’t justify insinuating that someone’s a rapist, murderer, or whatever other angle theyre suggesting.

        Also, I didn’t ask you, I asked the user making the accusation.

        • roofuskit@lemmy.worldEnglish
          62·
          3 days ago

          It was a joke, it’s a heavy thread and I was trying to inject some levity. Take a breath. Hope you had a happy Halloween my friend.

        • ComradeMiao@lemmy.worldEnglish
          43·
          2 days ago

          Also, I didn’t ask you, I asked the user making the accusation.

          Wow, you are standoffish.

          • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            21·
            2 days ago

            You literally jumped in to back up someone who’s accusing people of being some kind of predator for no reason. Mind your own business, asshole

            • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
              21·
              2 days ago

              Uh, I don’t think anyone seriously believed that you were a predator, it was a pretty obvious dark joke. The super defensive overreaction is way more suspicious than if you’d ignored it, or even learned into it.

              And this is a public forum. “Minding your own business” is the exact opposite of its purpose.