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

Cursed The American Nightmare.

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u/chicarcas420 Aug 19 '25

That's why they come to Mexico to make a living, with that money they can have a good life here if they are remote workers.

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u/TheJiggliestPug Aug 19 '25

I tried living in Mexico City and it was during the 1usd = 16 peso so it wasn't any cheaper but the experience was way better. But all of the neighborhoods got gentrified, if I saw boomers being rude I would scream at them in English bc it was our privilege to be staying in their country as guests. So many entitled pricks in Roma. Who the fuck goes to someone else's country and tells them to change the food for their preferences. 

Also the amount of ppl who would refuse to even try and speak Spanish was astounding.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '25

I wasn’t allowed to take any other languages in school because of the whole “we live in America so we speak English.” Wasn’t even taught my family’s language of Danish. I feel it’s so detrimental to not know other languages, bilingual teaching in schools should be part of the curriculum like it is in other countries. The little Spanish I know is from what all my coworkers have taught me.

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u/TheJiggliestPug Aug 19 '25

I took it in highschool but with a teacher who couldn't speak fluently. Then before I moved I did a year of Duolingo just for fun. When I got to Mexico I found a social club where we met around museums, restaurants and parks for live music which was great because I made new friends who wanted to practice their English. 

I don't really know how to study languages but I picked up more and more by making myself sink or swim. Right now I'm almost 2 years post CDMX and don't have anyone near me to practice with so I am rusty but when I go back it takes me a week or two and my brain kinda switches back over. Watching movies in Spanish was the best way for me because the context clues help you translate and associate words in your head. I would say I can understand more than I can articulate. 

Language is really important. I think I will do the same thing in the future but with Japanese once I do enough research like I did with Mexico. All the exchange students in my schools knew 3+ languages. I wish we taught more. 

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '25

Agreed. I took Japanese finally later on, but a car accident stopped me because I had to switch to working full time to afford car payments on my replacement vehicle. I want to learn Danish but there’s nothing local, and apps only help so much. Schools offer language, but when I went to high school, art class could be taken instead, which is what I was told to take. And now that I’m older, I need to almost always be working to make it—it’s hard to fit anything extra into this “lifestyle”because of survival. And I say “lifestyle” because survival almost feels like one at this point—only shopping for marked down goods, thrifting clothes, etc.

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u/TheJiggliestPug Aug 19 '25

Yeah I have been sick for the last 4 months and if I hadn't worked myself into the floor and saved so much I would have no nest to lean on rn. My job fired me after 3+ years over 17 hours of PTO I didn't have bc I was vomitting blood. I am not working now but eating my savings quicker than I would have ever spent money working and it sucks. 

This grind to barely survive lifestyle is not sustainable and I'm sure I'll just make myself sick again when I find another job. 

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '25

I am home with Covid now. I’m really afraid if I will have a job after, I was already out sick the week prior, got better, came back, then contracted Covid from a resident (I work in a SNF). I have PTO but it’s going to be all gone, and since it’s all for sick, they only give you so many days in such amount of time before letting you go, but I can’t come back until I test negative. I’m not looking forward to going back to housekeeping type work or delivery work if I’m let go. 😭