Comment by bluefirebrand
3 hours ago
> For every one person who genuinely couldn't afford a movie, there were at least 1000 who just wanted it free.
You have this backwards. There are way more poor people who can't afford things than there are people who can afford whatever they want
Genuinely cannot afford is different than can't afford.
Genuinely cannot afford means you don't have the $15 to buy the movie after paying for necessities.
Cannot afford tends to mean "I bought a 72" OLED last week so no way I'm spending another $1400 on a movie collection".
How many people can afford to pay cash for a 72" OLED?
If you have to use credit to "afford" such things, then you can't actually afford them