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Re:Flash Game Simulates Living on $9/hr. by dkersten on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @08:17AM (#3070528)
True, I have often eaten the cheapest food I could find and once or twice went without eating for a day.

But, I always had a safety net: while I may have been low on money and even without money on occasion, I could always have borrowed money from family knowing that they would give it to me if I asked. But, I was saving that for if I ever really really needed it.

Re:Flash Game Simulates Living on $9/hr. by StavrosK on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @09:47AM (#3070838)
Exactly the same situation as me. That's why I clarified with "soft-poor", which isn't really the same, but not too different either.