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Re:Price shocks in formative years scar consumption for life by wolverine876 on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @02:45PM (#31757439)
> Never been poor

So what basis do you have for commenting on the experience of it?

> me and my whole family have always done this.

I'm sure there are other things that both your family and poor families have done, but that doesn't have explanatory value.

Re:Price shocks in formative years scar consumption for life by jlawson on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @07:06PM (#31914268)
I'm not commenting on the experience of being poor; I'm saying that the mentioned behavior isn't "part of being poor", it's part of being frugal.