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Fumesucker

(45,851 posts) Tue Nov 10, 2015, 08:59 AM Nov 2015

Are there any poor people on the internet? [View all]

I just had a conversation with a DUer who implied that no poor person can be on the internet. To my ears at least he sounded just like the Republicans who claim if you have a refrigerator, a cell phone or a flat screen TV you can't be poor.

I can get an internet capable computer complete with monitor for $20 at yard sales, flea markets and thrift stores, I'd have to pay more than that for a flat screen TV at the same places because they are more in demand than old computers. An internet connection can be had for free or very low cost if you know what you are doing.

In my view that poster was full of shit but I'm wondering what you think.

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Are there any poor people on the internet? [View all] Fumesucker Nov 2015 OP

Oh good grief. polly7 Nov 2015 #1

wish du had a like w0nderer Nov 2015 #62

Paycheck to paycheck, hand to mouth JackInGreen Nov 2015 #2

Thery would need a service to connect to the internet. It is hard to do if you have poor credit and upaloopa Nov 2015 #3

More and more, you can't look for employment, polly7 Nov 2015 #10

I'm not saying they should live without it. I work with grants to provide housing upaloopa Nov 2015 #23

That's great! polly7 Nov 2015 #25

Anyone can use the internet at their local library for free. cwydro Nov 2015 #24

You can connect to the internet on a smart phone. And you can get a pay-as-you-use smart phone now. MADem Nov 2015 #55

cheap contract less smartphone w0nderer Nov 2015 #71

Whoever said that was an idiot. hobbit709 Nov 2015 #4

Me Too, Exactly ruffburr Nov 2015 #11

My SS is a little bit less than that... Fumesucker Nov 2015 #17

Fuckin A. Iggo Nov 2015 #32

Same here and I qualify for everything...well under the poverty line. haikugal Nov 2015 #64

Define "on the internet" jberryhill Nov 2015 #5

Let's say able to read and post to DU Fumesucker Nov 2015 #6

Yes jberryhill Nov 2015 #42

Fascinating maps and article, thanks for posting the link Kilgore Nov 2015 #28

Fascinating that Google play is so BIG in Japan vs. other countries dixiegrrrrl Nov 2015 #58

AS one of the- ruffburr Nov 2015 #7

And it is very cheap entertainment and very cost effective. I saved up and bought a heat pump water LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #16

+1 2naSalit Nov 2015 #54

computers at public libraries n/t Cairycat Nov 2015 #8

Of course. demmiblue Nov 2015 #9

Obviously it depends on what you want to call 'poor'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #12

I've seen apparently homeless people using the library PCs TexasProgresive Nov 2015 #13

Your first inclination was correct: he's full of shit. Good call.... marble falls Nov 2015 #14

The library Android3.14 Nov 2015 #15

I vote full of shit pinboy3niner Nov 2015 #18

Not sure 1939 Nov 2015 #31

My butler screens the internet for me so that I'm not exposed to poor people Orrex Nov 2015 #19

Your butler is a hit man for the 99 percent pinboy3niner Nov 2015 #20

You know, he has been acting kind of funny lately. Orrex Nov 2015 #21

If you'd just pay off the guild JackInGreen Nov 2015 #27

Lot's of poor afford beer and smokes, why not the innerwebs also. ileus Nov 2015 #22

This person ever heard of libraries? Eom Rebkeh Nov 2015 #26

Comcast has a program ... sunnystarr Nov 2015 #29

Only for families with kids TexasBushwhacker Nov 2015 #67

Many at the public library roody Nov 2015 #30

Yup, and McDonalds TexasBushwhacker Nov 2015 #41

Do you mean poor Faux pas Nov 2015 #33

Yep, the library. I did a year-long job search from the public library. eppur_se_muova Nov 2015 #34

yes, libraries as many have mentioned restorefreedom Nov 2015 #35

I agree with you. Also, many are able to connect at their local library tenderfoot Nov 2015 #36

There are many millions who do not have internet. PowerToThePeople Nov 2015 #37

Correct, but that is not what was said. ohnoyoudidnt Nov 2015 #60

I would agree with that. eom PowerToThePeople Nov 2015 #61

damn right there are Union Label Nov 2015 #38

I'm here. redwitch Nov 2015 #39

Even the winter we spent with no heat... bunnies Nov 2015 #40

I just bought an Internet capable iMac for 84 bucks. MrScorpio Nov 2015 #43

That's the secret. Elwood P Dowd Nov 2015 #45

I got the 21in white 2 Core Duo 2.16GHz model MrScorpio Nov 2015 #46

Dam, that thing is worth at least 3-4 times that price. Elwood P Dowd Nov 2015 #47

Here you go� MrScorpio Nov 2015 #48

I'm on the internet living on a small Social Security check Elwood P Dowd Nov 2015 #44

I'm in the same boat, small income from SS but everything is paid for Fumesucker Nov 2015 #49

Yes there are loyalsister Nov 2015 #50

can i repost in working poor (even better with a url) w0nderer Nov 2015 #51

please feel free to give ingnoramus the url to w0nderer Nov 2015 #52

I've seen that meme on DU before Hydra Nov 2015 #53

How are we defining poor in this context? SheilaT Nov 2015 #56

Family of four living on my disability check. Half-Century Man Nov 2015 #57

I would be considered poor, according to the federal government guidelines. xmas74 Nov 2015 #59

It really depends zalinda Nov 2015 #63

I got a flat screen monitor for $12.00 at thrift store. 840high Nov 2015 #65

+1000 Melurkyoulongtime Nov 2015 #66

I see them on computers at my local libraries. B Calm Nov 2015 #68

I know very poor people on the internet. Homeless people are on the internet. gollygee Nov 2015 #69

They are probably looking at their 100mb home internet as normal. A lot of DUers think of a LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #70

So much truth in this post w0nderer Nov 2015 #72