Starvation Wages

Compensation set so low that it systematically fails to meet the basic requirements for human survival, despite full-time employment. Starvation wages are not accidents of the market but deliberate features of late-stage capitalism—calculated precisely to keep workers alive enough to work but desperate enough to accept any condition. They represent the point where the wage form itself becomes a mechanism of slow violence: you work, you earn, you still cannot afford food, housing, healthcare, or rest. The term deliberately evokes its literal meaning: wages that produce starvation, whether immediate (literal hunger) or structural (the starvation of possibility, of dignity, of future). Starvation wages are the economic foundation upon which hyperslavery is built.

Example: "He worked forty hours, took home checks that didn't cover rent, ate once a day, and was told to budget better. He wasn't underpaid; he was paid Starvation Wages—compensation calculated to keep him alive but never free."

Starvation Wages by Dumu The Void March 12, 2026

Starvation Jobs

Employment positions designed or structured such that they cannot provide a viable livelihood, regardless of hours worked or effort expended. Starvation jobs are the logical complement to starvation wages—positions that exist not to support workers but to extract maximum value while returning minimum sustenance. They include gig economy "opportunities" that pay below minimum wage after expenses, retail positions with intentionally limited hours to avoid benefits, contract work with no guaranteed income, and any job where full-time employment still means poverty. Starvation jobs are the primary occupation of the hyperslave class—work that takes everything and returns nothing but the chance to keep working.

Example: "He had three Starvation Jobs—delivering food, driving for a rideshare, and overnight stock—and still couldn't afford an apartment. Not unemployment, but its opposite: employment so total and so insufficient that it became its own kind of poverty."

Starvation Jobs by Dumu The Void March 12, 2026

Stationary starvation 

A restaurant where no one gets fed and the employee turnover is higher than anywhere else. Instead of A Moveable Feast Natural Cafe' and health store.

Stationary starvation is the worst restaurant I have ever been to. Service is so bad.

Stationary starvation by PWS27 April 8, 2017

Techno-starvation

When your electronic necessities aren't working for an extend period of time in times of need

Person 1: Ugghh I have a 9 hour ride tomorrow to my grandparents house with my mom & little sister and both my iPod & cell phone aren't working!

Person 2: Sucks for you. I've never had techno-starvation that bad.

Techno-starvation by MMendozaa June 14, 2009

digital starvation 

The state in which one is in after not using a computer for so long.

I'm totally suffering from digital starvation after coming home from holiday. There's no computers there at all!

digital starvation by JoTheGeek August 3, 2007

Pussy starvation 

When you go at least 2 years or more or even months without having sex, it is very crucial that you avoid not having sex or pussy for more than 3 months after having sex or you might suffer from it, you need to replenish yourself after the time you do have sex.

"dude i ain't had sex in like 3 years i think i'm suffering from pussy starvation"

Pussy starvation by Pussy Starvation June 20, 2016

asian starvation 

The diet trend/technique that asians (females in particular) use to aid in their conquest of fasion and trendy-ness. They starve themselves to successfully save up their money to be able to purchase anything designer and expensive.

That is why you always see slender asian females sporting the ever so glam Gucci sachels or Chanel Clutches. Forget Hello Kitty, this is a Hello Couture diet!

Ling Lee: Hey Mimi San! Let's go grab some sushi and Cocktails.

Mimi San: Sorry Ling Lee I would, but i have my eyes on a nice pair of Fendi pumps and a matching tote. I need to save my money so maybe next time.

Ling Lee: I see that you are practicing some Asian Starvation Mimi, Good luck!

asian starvation by neudos1 January 2, 2010