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Re:Laziness isn’t why people are poor. And iPhones aren’t wh... by Romanulus on Thursday March 09, 2017 @02:10PM (#13832115)
Huh. Colour me controversial, but I always thought it had to do with low IQ, traumatic childhoods, and not being able to defer gratification, etc.
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Re:Laziness isn’t why people are poor. And iPhones aren’t wh... by Tepix on Thursday March 09, 2017 @02:19PM (#13832269)
Not controversial, just uninformed.

Being poor can lower your IQ. Read this http://theweek.com/articles/460396/how-being-poor-lower-iq

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Re:Laziness isn’t why people are poor. And iPhones aren’t wh... by M_Grey on Thursday March 09, 2017 @02:14PM (#13832184)
That's not controversial at all, about half of the country seems to believe that. It's just... wrong.
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Re:Laziness isn’t why people are poor. And iPhones aren’t wh... by synicalx on Thursday March 09, 2017 @08:18PM (#13835519)
Is it entirely wrong though? Dumb people who impulse buy things aren't poor?
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