Looking forward to seeing some interesting jobs I haven’t really thought about. Bonus points if it’s an IT job.

  • MrVilliam@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    The real Simpsons joke is affording a big house with a garage, two cars, three kids, pets, and vacations on a single income from a high school education. My wife and I are a DINK couple each with associates degrees in a two bedroom apartment with no pets.

    D’oh indeed, Homer. D’oh indeed…

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      9 months ago

      It was doable back in the day, especially if nuclear plant workers make as much as the OP says.

      My family was exactly like the Simpsons in terms of what we could afford growing up and who was working. Although my dad worked in an auto factory as opposed to a nuclear plant. He was first a line worker but then managed to be trained to repair machinery.

      In the year 2024, it’s hard to fathom how that was at all possible to do, but times were different back then. I will say, I’m fairly certain that my parents were also in a ton of debt when I was growing up. It’s just that they used to give loans to everyone (hence the housing market crash in around 2009 or whenever it was).

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      9 months ago

      I don’t know if it was created by the show, but if it is, by mentioning “Dink” you seem to be a fellow Doug enjoyer.

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        9 months ago

        I don’t think Doug invented it, but probably helped popularize it.

        Yeah, I like Doug. Killer Tofu is unironically a fucking bop. But now that I’m older, Doug might have had some kind of social disorder or something lol. But he also has a ton of similarities to JD from Scrubs, another show I really liked.