<![CDATA[I hate headlines like this.]]>I hate headlines like this. You read the article and discover she works in finance, he runs a life coaching business whatever that is, and they retired once their savings hit £1 million which didn't come from making their own sandwiches.

Meanwhile out in the real world most of us have been bringing packed lunches to work since the 2010s at least and are still one unexpected vet bill away from a couple of months of home haircuts.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/31d51c26-15ea-437b-ba17-09e5af220d5e/i-hate-headlines-like-this.RSS for NodeSat, 04 Jul 2026 23:35:16 GMTThu, 02 Jul 2026 08:37:54 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:57:32 GMT]]>@SquirrelwithaninvisibleW @nusher @afewbugs This is a good point that's almost certainly being deliberately glossed over. I consider myself reasonably well paid, but I'd need over 30 years of saving my entire take-home pay before I'd have a million in savings. It sure ain't the packed lunches that made the difference!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.ty-penguin.org.uk/users/pengfold/statuses/01KWHB1ZDVD9819XQ09TDHJDNJhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.ty-penguin.org.uk/users/pengfold/statuses/01KWHB1ZDVD9819XQ09TDHJDNJThu, 02 Jul 2026 11:57:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:57:24 GMT]]>@afewbugs Reminds me of the old trope about avocado toast.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/annehargreaves/statuses/116850258411149676https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/annehargreaves/statuses/116850258411149676Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:57:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:56:47 GMT]]>@aegir @Tooden @afewbugs Presumably they all go to each other's packed dinner parties.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/GlasWolf/statuses/116850255930172426https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/GlasWolf/statuses/116850255930172426Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:56:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:56:28 GMT]]>@davidnjoku @afewbugs Same. Always packed lunches.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/annehargreaves/statuses/116850254681282983https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/annehargreaves/statuses/116850254681282983Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:56:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:52:50 GMT]]>@afewbugs see also the response from them:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alandonegan_you-may-have-seen-us-featured-in-the-bbc-activity-7477803024745123840-kfok/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://rls.social/users/cdamian/statuses/116850240418134620https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://rls.social/users/cdamian/statuses/116850240418134620Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:52:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:47:28 GMT]]>@afewbugs Also fun numbers, to make that much in savings from "making lunch" they would have had to be spending just under $200/day on lunch to save that much in that short amount of time.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/raptor85/statuses/116850219313588257https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/raptor85/statuses/116850219313588257Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:47:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:46:28 GMT]]>@afewbugs Generally speaking the filter in British journalism is pretty poor.
You can see articles like these all the time. Basically a chain of click baits.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.oncrete.uk/users/nickapos/statuses/01KWHADPY2ZTQ2NH04BJ06441Chttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.oncrete.uk/users/nickapos/statuses/01KWHADPY2ZTQ2NH04BJ06441CThu, 02 Jul 2026 11:46:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:46:25 GMT]]>@jkb Oh, so he DOES look that smug IRL. @afewbugs

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/BackFromTheDud/statuses/116850215220470940https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/BackFromTheDud/statuses/116850215220470940Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:46:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:42:18 GMT]]>@BackFromTheDud @afewbugs He runs a life coaching business…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gotosocial.jkbockstael.be/users/jkb/statuses/01KWHA62D4GNJMX1TA607R7V76https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gotosocial.jkbockstael.be/users/jkb/statuses/01KWHA62D4GNJMX1TA607R7V76Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:42:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:41:58 GMT]]>@afewbugs Ah yes… the bourgeoisie pretending their "money saving for only 10 years enabled them to retire early" (or any other variant of this bullshit like "bought a house at 35, we don't pay rents anymore") AKA 3people dying at work is lies, all you have to do is too take the good decisions to be able to retire young" and "Poor people deserve to be poor because they don't know how to spend their money"…

Fuck this bullshit and pack of lies…

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/devnull/statuses/116850197673157414https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mamot.fr/users/devnull/statuses/116850197673157414Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:41:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:41:43 GMT]]>@afewbugs It's actually flat out impossible to make a million in an average lifetime at minimum wage even if you have zero expenses (free rent, free food). At minimum wage in the US it would take 66 years, pre-tax, putting you well above the life expectancy of 79 years to 84.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/raptor85/statuses/116850196679147667https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/raptor85/statuses/116850196679147667Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:41:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:38:35 GMT]]>@afewbugs tories learning to use computers is one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/edboythinks/statuses/116850184397734330https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/edboythinks/statuses/116850184397734330Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:38:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:36:09 GMT]]>@afewbugs 99% of the time the 'hard workers' from these bootstrap bullpoop articles are from a wealthy background too, so housing and student debt were never issues for them, and family connections opened doors.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furs.social/users/Rycochet/statuses/116850174836878542https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furs.social/users/Rycochet/statuses/116850174836878542Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:36:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:19:44 GMT]]>@afewbugs The headline might as well be "Life is so easy. Why are you a loser?"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/Brad_Rosenheim/statuses/116850110283909974https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/Brad_Rosenheim/statuses/116850110283909974Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:19:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:13:55 GMT]]>@afewbugs You nailed it....😂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/KMBB/statuses/116850087385893952https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/KMBB/statuses/116850087385893952Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:13:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:13:19 GMT]]>@keefeglise @afewbugs and *this* is part of them promoting it? Marketing ain’t their strong point.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116472159933567688/statuses/116850085066712658https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116472159933567688/statuses/116850085066712658Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:13:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:12:18 GMT]]>@debbie @afewbugs @mewsleah @therivercrow the "personal responsibility" diversion has disempowered people and discouraged improvement campaigns for centuries and is still an effective tactic today

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.bike/users/mjr/statuses/116850081052256095https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.bike/users/mjr/statuses/116850081052256095Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:12:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:11:48 GMT]]>@goldfish @nusher @afewbugs exactly.

It’s infuriatingly a nothingburger of an article with no merit (unless we cynically surmise it was just an ad for their YouTube).

Deliberate move to not show the workings as the ‘story’ (as if it is) would be barer.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116472159933567688/statuses/116850079066851258https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116472159933567688/statuses/116850079066851258Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:11:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:56:16 GMT]]>@SquirrelwithaninvisibleW @nusher @afewbugs I don't know why they never tell us exactly how it was done - what is their income, what are their housing costs etc? The boast is about a number, so why not show us the other numbers? I wouldn't mind the headline so much if it didn't tell us something that can't possibly be true, then fail to show the actual truth (which, who knows, might be interesting and informative).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/goldfish/statuses/116850017982814227https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/goldfish/statuses/116850017982814227Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:56:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:54:50 GMT]]>@SquirrelwithaninvisibleW @afewbugs They have a grift of course! So not actually retired. None of it adds up though.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/keefeglise/statuses/116850012345570978https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/keefeglise/statuses/116850012345570978Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:54:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:52:19 GMT]]>@SquirrelwithaninvisibleW @afewbugs
That house had an addition that we dated to 1860. Family’s place on East side of the state was built in 1790s. It had a Franklin stove in the fireplace when I lived there in 1949-50. Electricity had come in 1941.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/stevewfolds/statuses/116850002458605151https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/stevewfolds/statuses/116850002458605151Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:52:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:50:57 GMT]]>@SquirrelwithaninvisibleW @afewbugs So they saved £7.50/day per person on lunches - so back in 2009 they were spending that much on lunch. Each. Pret had an egg and cress sandwich for £1.50 back, then, and the 99p filter coffee. Pret. Not a supermarket takeaway section.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mendeddrum.org/users/Ailbhe/statuses/116849997060090084https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mendeddrum.org/users/Ailbhe/statuses/116849997060090084Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:50:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:50:39 GMT]]>Bloody good rant @afewbugs 👍

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/scozmos/statuses/116849995884413677https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/scozmos/statuses/116849995884413677Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:50:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I hate headlines like this. on Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:40:59 GMT]]>@afewbugs The title is incredibly misleading. They didn't pack lunches as part of their job. It wasn't for charity, either.

They simply brought their own food to work, which most people on this planet do, anyway, because you can't go out to lunch every single day.

Journalism has become a BIG FAT JOKE.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ieji.de/users/adrianmorales/statuses/116849957874012407https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ieji.de/users/adrianmorales/statuses/116849957874012407Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:40:59 GMT