• alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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      28 days ago

      There is, nobody can be comfortable not knowing whether they’ll be able to afford rent next month.

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        28 days ago

        No, but if those irregular paychecks are high enough, you may be able to create a reserve to work around it. Ti’s how owning businesses and being self employed works.

        Everyone thinks being youtuber/streamer is sweet until they realize they have no idea when the next ad-pocalypse or algorithm change will be and when they are getting paid next.

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        This answer assumes a state of affairs where everyone living from paycheck to paycheck should be normalized. I think this way of thinking buries a much deeper issue which is that owners of capital continue to squeeze non-owners of capital.

        Let’s assume we address that problem and ask the question again.

        I would say, that choosing a riskier but higher average source of compensation is a perfectly reasonable, personal choice for someone to make.

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      27 days ago

      If the quiz is “Do you have what it takes to be a you-tuber?”, or something like that, then yes. If it is some corporate bullshit, the quiz makers should fuck off.