I should also be able to walk through the worst parts of Compton as an out-of-town white man by myself with a 10k necklace on and not be worried I’ll get robbed and shot

But also I need to take responsibility for my own actions and not make bad choices

Is it victim blaming to call me stupid when I get robbed? Probably

Was it stupid of me to walk through the worst parts of Compton by myself as an out-of-town white man with a 10k necklace on? Also yes

You can wish in one hand for a perfect world where you can work an easy job taking orders at McDonalds and make enough money to buy a 5 bedroom house in a good neighborhood with a decent yard and have enough left over to raise 3 kids and take a vacation ever year while treating yourself to daily high-quality coffee and fancy snacks…

or

You can climb down from the fantasy world in the sky and join the rest of us here in reality and realize that if you want to move out of your moms house you’re going to need money and the only way to have lots of money is to figure out how to save as much money as you can

it doesn’t matter if you like it; that’s how it is