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by pandatigox 3776 days ago
Just as an aside, I checked out his Patreon page, and it looks like he earns around $850 a month for blogging. With that kind of money rolling in, you'd expect some pretty long essays. Or high quality short ones.
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That kind of money? That's not enough money to live in a cardboard box and eat ramen noodles three meals a day.
Au contraire! Cardboard box: free (salvageable). 90 packs of generic ramen: $90 at most.
Malnutrition and exposure leading to chronic ill health and reduced lifespan: priceless.
I'm assuming that he is not making a living solely based on his blogging. It's seems like a side gig, to be honest
Depends on where you live. I bet you could comfortably live for few months for 820 USD in Thailand.
You don't have to go all the way to Thailand. Eastern Europe (and I do mean the part within the EU!) is livable on that salary or even as low as 500USD if you're really frugal and literally eat beans, oats and rice all day.