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Appeal to emotion implies that I want to change the guy's mind.

I don't.

I was simply commenting on my perception of his value as a human being.

That guy was basically saying that she should trade her mobility (sell her car), her privacy (get a roommate), and comfort (she stated that her $120 bill was because she turned on the heat) -- rather than complain.

And I seriously doubt he goes without mobility, privacy, or comfort.

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If you can't afford mobility, privacy or comfort then you will have to go without or change your situation. It's a sensible and realistic suggestion and hardly dispassionate.

And while I can't speak for the above poster, many of us have gone without transport, heat, privacy, food and health care.

If you can't afford those things, you have to go without. Do you have another option? Like pulling money out of a magician's hat?

there's a lot of awful stuff in this thread. is it a any wonder that people go on to create yelps and amazons and treat their workers like shit with this huge compassion deficit. horrifying.

Most of the world goes without luxurious transportation (they walk, ride bikes, and use public transit).

They also have privacy by having their own room in a shared apartment.

I can assure you that if you are spending $120 because you turned on the heat, you are doing something incredibly wrong. I live here and it never gets that cold.

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