Re:My parents collect cans for a living
by cycomanic on Monday December 20, 2021 @05:20AM
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Ah yes the good old, being poor is a character flaw. There's plenty of evidence that being poor is primarily due to nothing else but lack of money. But the rich/middle class love to feel superior by saying people are poor because of bad financial decisions.
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Re:My parents collect cans for a living
by throwaway0a5e on Monday December 20, 2021 @07:36AM
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He didn't say it was a character flaw. It's just context in which to put their other financial decisions.
The financial risk analysis of college is very different when you're poor.
Re:My parents collect cans for a living
by 0x0nyandesu on Monday December 20, 2021 @05:29AM
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I'm not saying it's a character flaw. I'm saying they held onto a job that wasn't optimal based on their other available options. They could have been middle class had they chosen another job. Down right negligent honestly since they clearly had no healthcare that entire time. One illness could have thrown them on the street.
Re:My parents collect cans for a living
by darkwater on Monday December 20, 2021 @06:58AM
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> They could have been middle class had they chosen another job.
What the effing f? So they "chose" to be poor?
Re:My parents collect cans for a living
by 0x0nyandesu on Monday December 20, 2021 @09:00AM
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Actually.... Yea. In this case that's exactly what's happening. It's like if you got a job at McDonald's working minimum wage when you were 16 but then you never moved on.
Re:My parents collect cans for a living
by pessimizer on Monday December 20, 2021 @10:05AM
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When customizing their character, they should have chosen a different profession than "garbage picker" on the selection screen. To be honest, I really don't know how they found it - I didn't see garbage picker on the menu at all, and I don't even know any garbage pickers.