if anyone’s Uncle does say this I would follow up with something like:
except it’s not just your phone it’s everything in your life only goes to 6%.
you have 6% shoes, they hurt they leak but you can’t get better ones
you have 6% food, you are either hungry or eating something terrible for you or something that tastes terrible all the time (I for example did not realize steak could taste good until I was in my twenties and finally had a job where I could afford a nice dinner)
you have 6% housing, there are bugs and critters, there are leaks it is too cold or too hot all the time, you always live next to neighbors you aren’t sure about so it’s probably not safe to walk around, your landlord won’t fix anything and you can’t do anything about it
you have a 6% life most everything in your life cannot get very much better than it is and you don’t have the time the money or the connections to do hardly anything about it
Sincerely, every uncle this Thanksgiving.
And tried to blame your bad phone on immigrants, minorities, and trans kids.
yeah intentionally misunderstanding it of course.
if anyone’s Uncle does say this I would follow up with something like:
except it’s not just your phone it’s everything in your life only goes to 6%.
you have 6% shoes, they hurt they leak but you can’t get better ones
you have 6% food, you are either hungry or eating something terrible for you or something that tastes terrible all the time (I for example did not realize steak could taste good until I was in my twenties and finally had a job where I could afford a nice dinner)
you have 6% housing, there are bugs and critters, there are leaks it is too cold or too hot all the time, you always live next to neighbors you aren’t sure about so it’s probably not safe to walk around, your landlord won’t fix anything and you can’t do anything about it
you have a 6% life most everything in your life cannot get very much better than it is and you don’t have the time the money or the connections to do hardly anything about it
I feel like if they are intentionally misunderstanding the point then no amount of talking or explaining will help :/
Exactly. This just leads back into the avacado toast and Starbucks (who are also killing Christmas) rant.
Pretty sure it’s an analogy to “just get a better job then”.