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Re:Perverse Downstream Consequences of Debunking by smogcutter on Monday May 10, 2021 @06:31PM (#27111681)
Not that you're wrong necessarily, but in my own anecdotal experience the people clinging to the sorts of narratives you're describing aren't exactly the picture of precarity.

They're aging suburbanites whose TV came with a youtube app.

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Re:Perverse Downstream Consequences of Debunking by kodah on Monday May 10, 2021 @06:50PM (#27111833)
This might be useful imagery for mockery but it's far from accurate. That, and I mean, mockery is wrong in any meaningful discourse.
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Re:Perverse Downstream Consequences of Debunking by smogcutter on Monday May 10, 2021 @11:03PM (#27113781)
No, that’s nonsense.

Parent’s post is an exercise in imagination. It might be accurate for some, it might not be for others. It certainly doesn’t match my experience, which is summed up pretty concisely in my post. It may not be kind, but it’s also not wrong.

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