• yesman@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    This man owns a two story home in the Chicago suburbs with an attic and a basement. The conflict of the story is how he won’t be able to add a pool to this palace. He lusts after some random girl at the mall when Beverly DiAngelo is right there.

    I will never relate to this man.

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      He’s an upper middle senior lower upper management type who is looking for a bonus payment (just for himself, not for his team) so he can improve his already outlandish standard of personal living.

      What’s not to empathize with? I mean, we’ve all been there.

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        23 hours ago

        When I was a kid, I thought people who lived like that were just on TV. Middle class existence was as relevant to my experience as robot maids and talking cars.

        Honestly I’m still a little suspicious. Hollywood contrivances are a history of how we think of ourselves, not of how we are.