I knew I was the only poor person at my tech startup because nobody else ate the Hot Cheetos that were stocked in our free snack kitchen. Seaweed snacks were always empty. Nobody had those telltale…

Not sure if this is the best comm for this post, but it really hit home with me, and is getting some good discussion in my circles.

    • Yuri_The_Red [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      I'm not familiar with different cultures in US so it's hard for me to understand, but I appreciate the explanation

      • SerLava [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        They're saying that this is in a much less elitist-liberal sort of area.

        Southern California and the New York megalopolis are stereotypically shallow and elitist, while the Midwest kind of lets it hang out, is generally a lot friendlier, and less obsessed about appearance. But even in the Midwest they ran into those kind of classist rich snobs, which certainly exist.