Okay. I'll break it down for you.
I'm 26 and haven't dated women since I was 22. I can't afford children or to have a girlfriend.
Since I was 20, My income has been from working on cars and attempts at self education in web development and Information Security. My current financial situation is:
I make 9.5 an hour. After an 8% income tax, I make 8.74 an hour. Assuming I get 30 hours a week, that's $262.20 in my pocket every week, and $1048.8 a month. Keep in mind, no one wants to hire full time, because that means benefits.
My payments per month break down as:
$605 for rent. I don't have a nice place, but the rent is just above the amount that is required for Section 8. That means I don't have shitty neighbors. You don't know how much it sucks living in a diverse apartment complex until you live in Section 8 housing.
$35 a month for phone service.
$40 for internet
We'll round food out to $200.
That's 880 to just survive, $168.20 is what's left over as "spending money" (Imagine what a toll car insurance would be). I could go dumpster diving and use the Universities internet, I suppose.
I have trouble funding myself, let alone a woman, and god forbid kids. Besides after all that time I have to spend making myself "comfortable" I don't have time to go out and meet my white conservative qt 3.14159 gf. Besides, she's looking at someone higher status than herself anyway.
Assuming I don't commit suicide, I am and will always be, just a cog in the economic machine with no substantial reward to myself other than the privilege to survive.