like every now and then i see someone with their age being like 14 or some shit in twitter or some other site and im like how tf r u so young wtf grow up shithead

  • asaharyev [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    ngl, I expect at least one of those families was lying.

    Maybe I've just never lived in a real upper middle class community, but, uhhhhh, poor people have other priorities, and the library exists.

    • Canama [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      yeah i grew up in a suburb that ranged from "upper-middle class" to "almost billionaires" so there weren't exactly a lot of poor people in my school. not zero; there was a small area out of town where poorer people live that was included in the school zone (i had a mentor in high school from that area and he was one of the people that really introduced me to socialism. also he had internet access at home) but not many

      • asaharyev [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        This is wild to me. I thought those types of places only existed in movies.

        • Canama [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          and when i said poorer earlier i mean relatively speaking. i'd expect everyone there was still above the official poverty line.

          • asaharyev [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            My town growing up had a median per-capita income of $19k (in 2020 dollars). So this is what I expect from others.