I mean, that’s a ridiculous amount of space compared to when I was out to sea with the Navy…
It sounds like it’s filled with short term renters trying to get startups going. They need a place to shower and sleep while going to a lot of meetings in SF.
I don’t see an issue with that.
Now, if people were signing up to live there for a year at a time while working a full time job…
Well in your case, you were in the military, where people are expected to live in austere conditions.
In this case, however, you have civilians who have to live in these undesirable conditions because the cost of living has gone out of control.
If these pods catch on, this will become the new norm. In other words, unless affordable living is properly addressed, our living conditions will continue to deteriorate.
Many people unfortunately have a slave mentality. They don’t fight for themselves and resign themselves to the increasingly deteriorating conditions we are all living in (provided you’re not a trillionaire, billionaire, or a millionaire).
What’s worse is that many of these people will downvote you if you stand up for yourself and demand better conditions. No wonder banksters, corporations, and the ruling class have hollowed out the middle and working classes so easily.
Amongst the mice fighting for the few crumbs that fall from the table were the fatcats divide the cake, a few will, upon finding a slightly larger crumb, proudly raise it for all to see and shout: “See?! The System works!”
Right now, it might be for people who want to create startups but eventually, if this catches on, it might become the new norm because we are caught in a cycle of increasingly deteriorating living conditions.
As for dorms, yes, while they are small they are still more spacious than these $800/month pods that are around 6 ft long, 3 ft wide, and 4 ft tall.
I did read the article and a person who utilizes these pods spends at least 6-8 hours in them per day, so that comes out to around 42 hours per week or 91 days per year. So people are spending at least 3 months of their lives inside a pod that is smaller than a jail cell.
My life hasn’t been easy by any means (I have an autoimmune condition) but I refuse to let banksters, corps, and people with low expectations drive down our living conditions any further. Instead of opting for pods that are smaller than jail cells, we should demand better housing that’s affordable, otherwise, what do we pay all these taxes for?
I mean, that’s a ridiculous amount of space compared to when I was out to sea with the Navy…
It sounds like it’s filled with short term renters trying to get startups going. They need a place to shower and sleep while going to a lot of meetings in SF.
I don’t see an issue with that.
Now, if people were signing up to live there for a year at a time while working a full time job…
Yeah. That’s dystopian as fuck
The amount of comments defending this make me sick. No one working full time our hell part time should live in those conditions.
Great, no one is!
Rather than complain about all the comments, why not read the article?
Well in your case, you were in the military, where people are expected to live in austere conditions.
In this case, however, you have civilians who have to live in these undesirable conditions because the cost of living has gone out of control.
If these pods catch on, this will become the new norm. In other words, unless affordable living is properly addressed, our living conditions will continue to deteriorate.
Living in pods is not the right solution.
People in the military shouldn’t live like that either. Honestly what is even the point of America being the leading world power, wastes all of it.
Many people unfortunately have a slave mentality. They don’t fight for themselves and resign themselves to the increasingly deteriorating conditions we are all living in (provided you’re not a trillionaire, billionaire, or a millionaire).
What’s worse is that many of these people will downvote you if you stand up for yourself and demand better conditions. No wonder banksters, corporations, and the ruling class have hollowed out the middle and working classes so easily.
Amongst the mice fighting for the few crumbs that fall from the table were the fatcats divide the cake, a few will, upon finding a slightly larger crumb, proudly raise it for all to see and shout: “See?! The System works!”
No, they’re living their to sell their startup ideas, and they need a short term SF rental to do that.
If you dont like the military comparison, what about dorm rooms? Or to get less American, hostels?
How nice has your life been that this looks so horrible?
Cats will marry dogs and it’ll rain gold doubloons!
At least read the article, no one is living in pods.
Right now, it might be for people who want to create startups but eventually, if this catches on, it might become the new norm because we are caught in a cycle of increasingly deteriorating living conditions.
As for dorms, yes, while they are small they are still more spacious than these $800/month pods that are around 6 ft long, 3 ft wide, and 4 ft tall.
I did read the article and a person who utilizes these pods spends at least 6-8 hours in them per day, so that comes out to around 42 hours per week or 91 days per year. So people are spending at least 3 months of their lives inside a pod that is smaller than a jail cell.
My life hasn’t been easy by any means (I have an autoimmune condition) but I refuse to let banksters, corps, and people with low expectations drive down our living conditions any further. Instead of opting for pods that are smaller than jail cells, we should demand better housing that’s affordable, otherwise, what do we pay all these taxes for?
(May vary depending on where you live)
Federal Taxes
Income tax
Social Security tax
Medicare tax
Unemployment tax
Estate tax
Gift tax
State Taxes
Income tax
Sales tax
Property tax
Excise taxes
Local Taxes
Property tax
Sales tax
Income tax
Excise taxes
But you didn’t understand it apparently…
There’s communal living spaces, the “pod” is just for sleeping.
You’re acting like they’re sealed up in there the whole time. Or you just don’t understand that people sleep 6-8 hours a day…
And you’re still acting like people are living there long term. You didn’t understand anything in the article
I updated my response.
Still getting used to Lemmy’s formatting.
But you’re still not getting it…
And I’m not trying anymore. Maybe stick to your pg13 porn sub
I came here to have an honest discussion but if you don’t want to engage that’s fine.
It’s a month to month contract. That seems to back your idea of startups.