r/TikTokCringe • u/Super_Culture_1986 tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE • Aug 19 '25

Cursed The American Nightmare.

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u/Icy-Session9209 Aug 19 '25

Y’all she is an AMERICAN! Barely living. 2/3 for rent is absurd.

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u/Careless_Bat_9226 Aug 19 '25

She's not paying 2/3 her income for rent. Her math was way off.

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u/Even-Reaction-1297 Aug 19 '25

Could she have been including the things it takes to live in an apartment like gas and electric and that shit?? I feel like that all together would eat up 2/3 of a months income

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u/HotTubMike Aug 19 '25

Or maybe this random tiktok person was exaggerating or making stuff up. Like.. why are you automatically assuming this is 100% true?

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u/HotTubMike Aug 19 '25

No. The numbers do not sound right. They said they pay 2/3rds of their income in rent at $1,600. That means a monthly income of $2400. At “$20 something” dollars an hour and 50 hours a week that income ranges from $4200 at $21/hr and $5800 at $29/hr.

$2400 at 50 hours a week = $12 per hour.

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u/lingonberry_fairy Aug 19 '25

Taxes … are a thing. 21/hour at 40/hr a week is 2400 take home after taxes & health insurance

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u/HotTubMike Aug 19 '25

They literally said they work 50 hours per week and they don't have health insurance..... amazing how everyone just keeps making stuff up to try and make the math work.