Well, in Russia for some reason it’s kind of stereotype for everyone to beleive he is living in poverty (it is probably result of the politic ideology of the first half of 20th century, when any person with too much money and power was considered an enemy of the nation and “poor” was almost a synonym for “good”, “conscientious”). But when I’m realizing I have at least 3 computers at home (not counting separate parts using which I can compose another one if I really want), my living area itself is almost 100m² (not counting the owned land, of course), and I drink coffee like Kopi Luwak every day, I understand that it’s not exactly true. I also used to meet with the real poverty a few times, and I certainly can say it’s terrible. I can let myself having hobbies like
TASing,
electronics, web backend development and so on; those people, however, can maybe let themselves play in mud — and only if they live in an area where there is enough water.
However, I would lie if I claimed I never thought of making money by TASing. And the only reason making me think so is obvious — great time consumption. It is real that sometimes TASing affected my job quality (by the way, I am jobless right at the moment, though I take some freelance tasks) as well as it often didn’t let me sleep enough… So… I can understand what TheYogWog is meaning. And sometimes I want someone to beat some of my best movies — just to know he experiences the price of that result.
