Post #3276517
2026-06-04 01:34 UTC
@broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca I want to scream every time someone mentions the "nice cellphone" that a homeless person has, as if the $150 they spent on the cheapest smartphone they could find would have made them not homeless if spent on rent instead
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@the_wub@mastodon.social 2026-06-04 06:16
@fluffy@plush.city @broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca I remember such comments being made about single parents on low incomes in the UK in the 1980s owning VHS players. In terms of providing entertainment/distraction for your children the economics of a video player (whether bought honestly or "second hand") were hard to beat. A trip to the cinema was out of the reach of many people. Videos could either be rented, copied or swapped which gave such families access to new films that they would otherwise not have had.
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@bigpawedbear@masto.nu 2026-06-04 09:41
@fluffy@plush.city @broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca also, in the UK now, we need celphones, or mobile phones as we call them here, to manage beneifits claims. so they are a must have.