I have heard similar over the years. I cut enough out though, when things are long. I don't find it too challenging to write a 30 minute read in a day, but I also know that's quite long, yet the people are getting paid. The TL;DR thing almost doesn't make sense here.

Going from $5 and always being stuck underground for years to what's happening now took some time to adjust to, mentally. Comes with some heavy baggage as well. Superficial nonsense. People see $30, and forget only half is mine. No reason to get jealous or be pissy, because there was a time plenty of us earned far more than 15, and people were happy.